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June 13


1789 - Mrs. Alexander Hamilton served a new dessert treat for General George Washington. The highlight of the dinner party was ice cream! And you thought all this time that Dolly Madison was responsible. Not so. Nor did she invent Twinkies.

1893 - The first British Ladies golf championship took place on this day in St. Agnes, England.

1921 - Babe Ruth connected for a 460 foot home run deep into the center field bleachers at the Polo Grounds in New York City. It was the longest homer in the career of 'The Sultan of Swing'.

1927 - On this day, for the first time, an American flag was displayed from the right hand of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor.

1935 - Jim Braddock defeated Max Baer on this night in a 15-round decision. Braddock captured the the world heavyweight boxing title for the win in New York City.

1939 - Lionel Hampton and his band recorded "Memories of You" for Victor Records.

1940 - The Boston Red Sox and the Chicago Cubs were the first two major-league baseball teams to play at Doubleday Field at Cooperstown, NY, in The Hall of Fame Game.

1944 - The wire recorder was patented by Marvin Camras on this day. Wire recorders were the precursor of much easier to use magnetic tape recorders.

1948 - Uniform #3, belonging to Babe Ruth, was retired at farewell ceremonies for the Babe on this day. The touching ceremony at Yankee Stadium came just two months before the baseball legend passed away.

1970 - The song, "Make It with You", by David Gates and Bread, was released on this day. It turned out to be a number one hit (8/22/70). Though Bread had a dozen hits, including one other million-seller ("Baby I'm-A Want You", 1971); "Make It with You" was the soft-pop group's only number one tune.

1971 - Singer, Francis Albert Sinatra, made an attempt to retire from show business following a performance this night at the Music Center in Los Angeles, CA. 'Ol' Blue Eyes' got a bit restless in retirement, however, and was back in "Sinatra - The Main Event" at Madison Square Garden in November, 1973. Mr. Sinatra turned 80 in 1995.

1984 - Rick Sutcliffe was traded from the Cleveland Indians to the Chicago Cubs on this day. Sutcliffe had been 4-5 for the Indians but ended the season, 16-1, with the Cubs. He led the Cubbies to the National League East Division title.

1985 - Andy North won his first tournament in seven years by capturing the U.S. Open with a winning scorecard of 279. North won a paycheck of $103,000. Tze-Chung Chen of Taiwan, who had been the tourney leader until final day of competition, finished second in his U.S. Open debut.

1987 - Garrison Keilor, host and storyteller on the award-winning National Public Radio series, "A Prairie Home Companion", from the delightful shores of Lake Wobegon, left the program to write in Denmark. He had been with the NPR program for 13 years (he returned to the U.S. two years later).




Birthday Board: June 13

1865 - William Butler Yeats (Nobel Prize-winning poet & dramatist [1923])
1892 - Basil Rathbone (actor: The Mark of Zorro, Captain Blood, The Last Hurrah, The Hound of the Baskervilles, House of Fear, David Copperfield, Last Days of Pompeii, Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes, A Christmas Carol, The Comedy of Terrors)

1903 - Red (Harold) Grange (Pro and College Football Hall of Famer: The Galloping Ghost: Chicago Bears, University of Illinois: running back)

1912 - Samuel Taylor (playwright: The Freshman, Vertigo, Girl Shy)

1913 - Ralph Edwards (TV and radio host: Truth or Consequences, This is Your Life)

1915 - Don Budge (tennis champion: Australian Open [1938], French Open [1938], Wimbledon [1937, 1938, 1939], U.S. Open [1937, 1938])

1916 - Mary Wickes (Wickenhauser) (actress: Little Women, Sister Act, Postcards from the Edge, How to Murder Your Wife)

1917 - Sy (Simon) Zentner (bandleader, trombonist: Boyd Raeburn Orchestra)

1918 - Ben Johnson (actor: Angels in the Outfield, The Getaway, The Last Picture Show, One-Eyed Jacks, Red Dawn, Shane)

1922 - Mel Parnell (baseball)

1926 - Paul Lynde (comedian, actor: The Paul Lynde Show, Hollywood Squares, Love American Style, Temperatures Rising, Bewitched, The Red Buttons Show; cartoon voice: Claude Pertwee)

1936 - Michel Jazy (track)

1940 - Bobby Freeman (singer: Do You Wanna Dance, C'mon and Swim)

1940 - Dallas Long (shot-putter)

1943 - Malcolm McDowell (actor: A Clockwork Orange, O Lucky Man, Blue Thunder, Caligula, Gulag, Look Back in Anger)

1948 - Dennis Locorriere (musician: guitar, singer: group: Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show: Sylvia's Mother, Sexy Eyes, The Cover of 'Rolling Stone', When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman)

1950 - J.P. Bordeleau (hockey)

1951 - Richard Thomas (Emmy Award-winning actor: The Waltons [1973], Roots: The Next Generation, All Quiet on the Western Front, Johnny Belinda)

1952 - Ernie Whitt (baseball)

1954 - Tim Allen (actor: Home Improvement)

1962 - Ally (Alexandra) Sheedy (actress: St. Elmo's Fire, Breakfast Club, War Games)




Chart Toppers: June 13


1955
Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley and His Comets
Learnin' the Blues - Frank Sinatra

It's a Sin to Tell a Lie - Somethin' Smith and The Redheads

Ballad of Davy Crockett - Tennessee Ernie Ford

1963
It's My Party - Lesley Gore
Sukiyaki - Kyu Sakamoto

Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer - Nat "King" Cole

Still - Bill Anderson

1971
Want Ads - The Honey Cone
Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones

Rainy Days and Mondays - Carpenters

You're My Man - Lynn Anderson

1979
Love You Inside Out - The Bee Gees
Hot Stuff - Donna Summer

We are Family - Sister Sledge

She Believes in Me - Kenny Rogers

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