Saturday, August 10, 2024
Tim, don't you lie to me
Tim, don't you lie to me: As Chuck Berry said:
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— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) August 10, 2024
Happy # 91 Rocky Colavito
Rocco Domenico Colavito was born in New York on this in 1933. He broke with the Indians in 1955 and was hitting a lot of HR's in a few seasons.
As a kid, I remember having a 1965 Rocky Colavito card. It was awesome to see all of those HR's on the back.
He was quite a power hitter: 374 HR & 1,159 RBI in 1,861 games. His best season was 1961: .290 average, 45 HR & 140 RBI. He hit 4 HR in one game in 1959.
Great power hitter and one of the most popular men ever to wear the Indians' uniform.
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1971: We remember Killebrew's # 500 & # 501
On this day in 1971, Harmon Killebrew hit # 500 & # 501 off of Mike Cuellar.
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Summer 1975 and I thought that The Bee Gees were singing "Child talking".....
Back in the summer of 1975, Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb hit the top of the international charts with "Jive Talkin"! I remember hearing the song on the radio and thinking that the title was "Child talkin'".
It was the # 1 song in the US, and much of the world, in mid-August 1975! It turned out to be one of the biggest hits of 1975 and another gem in the amazing story of these very talented Gibb brothers! This song is also from "Main Course", my favorite of the 1970's albums.
It was the # 1 song in the US, and much of the world, in mid-August 1975! It turned out to be one of the biggest hits of 1975 and another gem in the amazing story of these very talented Gibb brothers! This song is also from "Main Course", my favorite of the 1970's albums.
Barry does the lead. Maurice & Robin do great backup vocals.
Click for a digital version of the song.......it sounds super!
August 1974: Nixon, Ford and the presidency
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It was the first week of August 1974 when the unthinkable happened: President Richard M. Nixon announced that he had resigned the presidency. We say unthinkable because it was the first and only time that a US president had resigned. He made his announcement on TV the night before and formally resigned at noon on this day in 1974.
As I recall, I rushed home to watch President Nixon’s departure from the White House and President Gerald Ford’s inauguration. I kept telling myself that I was a witness to history — a resignation and a new president who was never directly elected by voters.
Later my dad came home with a business friend visiting from Venezuela. We sat down for dinner and the friend commented that it was impressive to watch a transfer of power without tanks or shots.
After the speech and his departure from Washington, President Nixon went into political exile but made a comeback in the 1980's with some great books, one of them his memoirs, RN. He became one of the premier foreign-policy statesmen in the world.
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