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Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 11:47:55 EDT

1908 - For the fourth time in history, baseball fans saw a perfect game.
Cleveland pitcher Addie Joss never let Chicago near the bases as Cleveland won,
1-0.
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1920 - The only triple-header in baseball history was played, as the
Cincinnati Reds took two out of three games from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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1928 - This was a busy day at Victor Records Studios in Nashville, TN.
DeFord Bailey cut eight masters. Three songs were issued, marking the first studio
recording sessions in the place now known as Music City, USA.
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1929 - The National Farm and Home Hour, which gave rural Americans
information about farm products, growing crops, farm animal care and useful household
tips, debuted on NBC radio. The Stars and Stripes Forever opened the show.
Don Ameche and Raymond Edward Johnson were featured, along with music and
entertainment by The Cadets male quartet, Jack Baus and The Cornbusters and
Mirandy of Persimmons Holler. The National Farm and Home Hour was sponsored by
Montgomery Ward (or, Monkey Ward’s, as we used to call it).
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1933 - Red Adams was heard for the first time on NBC radio. Later, the
program was retitled, Red Davis (starring Burgess Meredith), Forever Young and,
finally, Pepper Young’s Family (starring Mason Adams). Radio listeners kept
listening through all the changes until 1959.
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1937 - Ronald Reagan, just 26 years old, made his acting debut with the
Warner Brothers release of Love is in the Air.
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1939 - Flying Home was recorded by Benny Goodman and his six-man-band -- for
Columbia Records. A chap named Fletcher Henderson tickled the ivories on
this classic. It later became a big hit and a signature song for Lionel Hampton,
who also played on this original version of the tune.
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1949 - “Hennnnnnreeeeee! Henry Aldrich!” “Coming, Mother!” The popular
radio program, The Aldrich Family, became one of TV’s first hits, as the
longtime radio show appeared on NBC-TV for the first time. In addition to being a
successful radio transplant, The Aldrich Family scored another distinction --
being the very first TV sitcom (situation comedy).
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1953 - Friday nights were Person to Person nights on CBS, beginning this
night. Edward R. Murrow, with lit cigarette in hand, premiered the popular
interview program which would establish him as a TV icon.
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1955 - “Good Eeeeeeevening.” The master of mystery movies, Alfred
Hitchcock, presented his brand of suspense to millions of viewers on CBS. The man who
put the thrill in thriller would visit viewers each week for ten years with
Alfred Hitchcock Presents. And who could forget that theme song (The Funeral
March of a Marionette)?
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1959 - “There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is
a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle
ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies
between the pit of man’s fear and the summit of his knowledge. This is the
dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the twilight zone.”
Familiar words now, but they were first spoken this Friday night on CBS-TV at 10
p.m. by the creator and host of The Twilight Zone, Rod Serling.
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1963 - Pitcher Sandy Koufax struck out New York Yankee Harry Bright to end
game one of the World Series. Bright was Koufax’ 15th strikeout victim,
breaking the World Series single game record of 14 set by Brooklyn’s Carl Erskine
against the Yankees in 1953. Koufax’ performance helped the Los Angeles
Dodgers to a 5-2 victory over the Yankees and their ace, Whitey Ford. The Dodgers
went on to sweep New York in four games. Koufax was the Game 4 winner also.
His 1963 regular-season record was 25-5.
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1965 - The McCoys’ Hang on Sloopy hit #1 in the U.S. The song snuck in at
number one for one week, between Eve of Destruction, by Barry McGuire and
Yesterday, by The Beatles.
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1966 - Sandy Koufax, in great pain from an arthritic elbow, won 27 games
and, for the third time in four years, led the Los Angeles Dodgers to the
National League pennant. However, the Baltimore Orioles swept the Dodgers 4-0 in
the World Series that year.
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1967 - Thurgood Marshall, appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, was
sworn in as associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Marshall was the first
black Supreme Court justice and served until his retirement on June 27, 1991,
at the age of 82. He had served in the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals
(1961-1965) and as U.S. Solicitor General (1965-1967). Justice Marshall died
on January 24, 1993.
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1971 - This was a very good day for singer Rod Stewart. His Every Picture
Tells a Story album hit number one in both the U.S. and the U.K. And, to add a
little icing to this day’s cake, his single with two back-to-back hits from
the album -- Maggie May and Reason to Believe -- rose to #1 on the Billboard
singles chart.
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1998 - These motion pictures opened in U.S. theatres: Antz (Dreamworks
Pictures); Dee Snider’s STRANGELAND (Raucous Releasing); A Night at the Roxbury
(Paramount Pictures); and What Dreams May Come (Polygram Films).

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