1917: Our Lady of Fatima

We remember Our Lady of Fatima today..........the movie "The miracle of our Lady of Fatima" is very good.

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1958: Musial got # 3,000

The great Stan Musial got # 3,000 on this day in 1958.    It happened at Wrigley Field.    Musial came into the game as a pinch-hitter.    He may be the only player to get # 3,000 as a pinchhitter.   

Musial went into The Hall of Fame in 1969.   He won 3 NL MVP's and retired with a .331 average, 3,630 hits, 475 HR & 1,961 RBI.

He was one of the greatest.

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Remembering Ritchie Valens (1941-59)

Richard Steven Valenzuela (Ritchie Valens) was born on this day in 1941 in Los Angeles.  He became one of the first Mexican-American rockers and the inspiration for "La Bamba", a great movie from the 1980's.   

His story was also part of Don McClean's "American Pie", a song written in the early 1970's about the crash that killed Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper & Ritchie Valens.

He was 17 when he died in February 1959.  Ritchie was not around too long but did record hits like "La Bamba", "Donna", "Come on let's go" and "We belong together".

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We remember Mary Wells (1943-1992)

Motown had 32 # 1 hits.     Who recorded the first one?   

The answer is Mary Wells who was born on this day in 1943.      She died in 1992.   

Back in 1964, she recorded "My guy", a song that later showed up in the soundtrack of "Sister Act".

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