Houston won their first game in 1962

On this day in 1962, the expansion Houston Colt-45, who later became the Astros, played their first game.  It was also the first major league game played in Texas.     (The Rangers moved to the Dallas Ft Worth area in 1972)

Houston beat Chicago, 8-1:   Veteran Bobby Shantz pitched a complete game and Cuban Roman Mejias was the batting hero:    

Shantz ended his Opening Day complete-game victory by getting Ron Santo to fly out to right field. The Colt .45s had won their first game! And Roman Mejias, with two three-run home runs, a single, and six runs batted in, was the day’s hitting star.

And so Colt-45 got off to a winning start in 1962.

Roman Mejias led Houston with 24 HR & 76 RBI.  He was out of baseball a couple of years later.   

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1970: Paul quit The Beatles and "Let it be" was the #1 song in the US

Not surprisingly, The Beatles broke up on this day in 1970.  

It started with Paul McCartney officially leaving the group but the guys had not played together for about a year.      In other words, The Beatles had not really been a group since they recorded "Abbey Road" in the spring and summer of 1969.

2 months after the official breakup, McCartney released a solo album.  It was so "solo" that he played every instrument.   The most popular song was "Maybe I'm amazed" although it was never released as a 45 in the US.

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We remember Omar Sharif (1932-2015)

We remember Michel Dimitri ChalhoubI who was born on this day in Alexandria, Egypt.  We know him as Omar Sharif or one of the great actors of the last 50 years.  

Sharif made many movies.  My favorite is "Dr Zhivago" about Russia in the middle of political turmoil.  Another is "Behold a pale horse" about Spain 25 years after The Civil War.

I have never read the "Zhivago" book.   They tell me that it's a good one to read but a bit long.    The movie is great.

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