Today Is Friday, May 15

Today in
Sports History

1862 - Brooklyn's Union Grounds opened. It was the first enclosed baseball park.

1926
- The New York Rangers were officially granted a franchise in the NHL.
The NHL also announced that Chicago and Detroit would be joining the
league in November.

1935 - The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Philadelphia Phillies 20-5.

1941 - Joe DiMaggio began his major league baseball hitting streak of 56 games. The streak ended on July 17th.

1965 - The Canadian Football Players Association was organized.

1973 - Nolan Ryan (California Angels) pitched his first no-hitter.

1980 - The U.S. Basketball League canceled its summer schedule.

1991 - U.S. President Bush took Queen Elizabeth to Oakland A's-Baltimore Oriole game.

1993 - The Montreal Expos retired Rusty Staub's #10. It was the first number retired by the team.

1993 - In San Antonio, TX, the Alamodome opened.

1995
- The Vancouver Canucks set an NHL playoff record when Christian Ruutu
and Geoff Courtnall scored shorthanded goals only 17 seconds apart.

Sports Quote

Today in
U.S. President History

1928 - U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signed the Jones-Reid bill. The act
allotted $340 million for flood control in the West and Midwest United
States.

1940 - British Prime Minister Winston
Churchill sent a note to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt
requesting eventual participation in the war against Germany.

1970 - U.S. President Nixon nominated America's first two female generals.

1972 - In Laurel, MD, Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace was shot by Arthur
Bremer while campaigning for the U.S. presidency. Wallace was paralyzed
by the shot.

1991 - U.S. President Bush took Queen Elizabeth to Oakland A's-Baltimore Oriole game.

U.S. President Quotes

Today In Middle East History

1948 - Israel was attacked by Transjordan, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon only hours after declaring its independence.

2000 - Israeli troops and Palestinian security forces engaged in a four-hour gun battle in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.


Middle East Quote
"Let
me tell you one thing we Israelis have against Moses.  He kept us in
the desert for 40 years and then led us to the one place in the Middle
East that has no oil!"
Golda Meir

Today in
Dick Clark's American Bandstand History

1959 - Dave "Baby" Cortez performed "The Happy Organ" on American Bandstand.

1961 - Gene McDaniels performed "A Tear" on American Bandstand.

1965 - Jackie DeShannon performed "What The World Needs Now is Love" on American Bandstand.

1971 - The Staple Singers performed "Heavy Makes You Happy" and "You've Got to Earn It" on American Bandstand.

1971 - Bobby Bloom performed "We're All Goin' Home" on American Bandstand.

1976 - Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds performed "Every Day Without You" on American Bandstand.

1982 - War performed "You Got the Power" on American Bandstand.

What will we all do when the trial is over?
- Dick Clark

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