Pleased fiftieth Birthday to Hideki Matsui, aka “Godzilla”. The DH and outfielder was the most effective Japanese guests to those shores who ever performed within the Main Leagues. He loved a 7-year profession with the New York Yankees, throughout which he gained the World Sequence in 2009 and was named the MVP. Taking part in his first 10 years with the Yomiuri Giants in Nippon Skilled Baseball, People had been handled to this excellent participant for a tragically brief time frame. READ some glorious stats on Matsui-San… (1974)
In 10 seasons he hit a profession 175 residence runs and 760 RBIs, batting a median of .280
In 2003 on the Yankee Stadium season opener he hit a Grand Slam, the one participant to ever accomplish that on a house debut. In his second season, Matsui completed 2004 with a .298 common with 31 residence runs and 108 RBIs. He was the American League All-Star Ultimate Vote winner in 200.
Together with great energy and clutch performances in massive video games, Matsui boasted a taking part in streak of 519 consecutive video games, a streak which included an incident whereby Matsui fractured his wrist at the beginning of a recreation however had performed the minimal time required by MLB guidelines to depend as a recreation performed. He had surgical procedure and returned the following day towards the Tampa Bay Satan Rays, had an RBI-single in his first at-bat again, and proceeded to go 4 for 4 with a stroll and scored twice.
MORE Good Information on this Day:
- Virginia’s colonial legislature grew to become the primary to undertake a Invoice of Rights (1776)
- The Nationwide Baseball Corridor of Fame and Museum was devoted in Cooperstown, N.Y. (1939)
- Anne Frank obtained a diary for her thirteenth birthday (1942)
- The Supremes grew to become the primary American group to attain 5 consecutive U.S. No.1 singles when ‘Again In My Arms Once more’, went to the highest of the charts (1965)
- The U.S. Supreme Court docket voted unanimously that state legal guidelines banning interracial marriage had been unconstitutional, a seminal second for civil rights in additional than a dozen states, and for the couple, Richard and Mildred Loving, who filed the lawsuit towards Virginia (1967)
- The primary Indiana Jones movie, Raiders of the Misplaced Ark, one of the vital widespread motion pictures ever made—directed by Stephen Spielberg and produced by George Lucas—premiered (1981)
- In New York Metropolis’s Central Park, 750,000 folks rallied towards nuclear weapons with Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, and Linda Ronstadt (1982)
- Ronald Reagan challenged Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall (1987)
- Queen Elizabeth reopened the Globe Theatre in London (1997)
- The Philippines on its Independence Day celebrated its centennial 12 months of Independence from Spain (1998)
373 years in the past at present, Gian Lorenzo Bernini completed La Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi, or the fountain of 4 rivers, within the Piazza Navona, in Rome. It depicts 4 representational rivers, the Danube, the Rio de la Plata, the Nile, and the Ganges, to rejoice riverinity. In accordance with a report from the time, an occasion was organized to attract folks to the Piazza Navona. Beforehand, wood scaffolding overlaid with curtains had hidden the fountain, As soon as the general public had been summoned to the Piazza, the report notes, the residents of the town had been overwhelmed by the huge fountain, mentioning “enraptured souls” of the inhabitants; the fountain, which “gushes out a wealth of silvery treasures” inflicting “no little surprise” within the onlookers.
This report additionally goes on to notice that the surprise was changed finally with opposition after the citizenry discovered that Pope Harmless X had paid for it with tax cash.
Bernini the designer has been referred to as the creator of Baroque-style sculpting, and the 4 Rivers was his to be his 4th erected in Rome. The wedding of architectural stilts and sculpture made the 4 Rivers revolutionary in its time.
The Ganges carries an extended oar, representing the river’s navigability. The Nile’s head is draped with a free piece of fabric, which means that nobody at the moment knew precisely the place the Nile’s supply was. The Danube touches the Pope’s private coat of arms, since it’s the massive river closest to Rome. And the Río de la Plata is sitting on a pile of cash, a logo of the riches America might supply to Europe (1651)
474 years in the past at present, the town of Helsinki was based by King Gustav I of Sweden. Referred to as Helsingfors initially, the city consolidated the zip codes of native bourgeois in an effort to counter the regional affect of one other middle which might grow to be Tallinn, Estonia. In the present day, Helsinki is the one metropolis in Finland, with 1.1 million inhabitants, one-quarter of all of the nation’s jobs, and sits because the northernmost EU capital.
An eclectic mixture of architectural kinds might be present in Helsinki. It was one of many hotspots of Europe for Functionalism, the place constructing designs are based mostly solely on their operate. Nevertheless, the wealthy presence of neo-classical-style buildings acted as a Russian backdrop for a lot of Hollywood movies at a time when filming within the USSR was unimaginable. These embrace Gorky Park, The Kremlin Letter, and Reds.
Helsinki has one of many highest requirements of residing, the happiest populations, and the best potential for cultural growth. It’s the capital of what’s repeatedly the happiest folks in Europe. (1550)
On this present day in 1929, Anne Frank, the Jewish Holocaust sufferer whose diary describes her household hiding from the Nazis through the World Struggle II, was born. She obtained a clean ebook for her thirteenth birthday that grew to become the now-famous account of her life in hiding for 2 years. Afterward her household was betrayed, and he or she died within the Bergen-Belsen focus camp.
Her father Otto Frank, who hid his household at the back of his workplace constructing, grew to become the one household survivor, and he orchestrated the publishing of his daughter’s manuscripts. After being rejected by a number of publishers, Anne Frank’s diary was revealed in 1952—and is now revealed in over 60 languages with 30 million copies bought.
And on this present day in 1923, Harry Houdini freed himself from a straight jacket whereas hung by his ankles the wrong way up, 40 ft (12 m) above the bottom in New York Metropolis. One among Houdini’s hottest publicity stunts, it started as a problem from police, who utilized the canvas and leather-based jacket themselves earlier than he was hoisted up by a crane. He made his escape in full view of 1000’s of onlookers in about two minutes.
Additionally, 14 years in the past at present, a rookie baseball participant, Daniel Nava, got here to the plate on nationwide tv and hit the primary pitch he ever noticed in a Main League recreation for a grand slam—and was solely the second participant ever to do this (after Kevin Kouzmanoff in 2006). Nava drove in 4 runs at Fenway Park for the Boston followers, and was introduced the ball from a Crimson Sox pitcher who caught it within the bullpen—“the memento of a lifetime.” Crimson Sox Radio broadcaster Joe Castiglione had informed him earlier than the sport to swing as exhausting as he might on the primary pitch as a result of “that’s the one first pitch within the majors you’ll ever see,” and he did simply that. Nava hit his second grand slam 4 years later. (2010)
And, Rachel Beckwith, though she solely lived to her ninth birthday on this present day in 2011, left an enduring legacy that helped to lift greater than $1.26 million for clear water.
When she discovered that people on the earth are dying as a result of they don’t have entry to scrub drinking water, she wished to lift $300 for “charity:water,” by asking for donations as a substitute of presents for her ninth birthday. When she died in a automobile crash weeks later, her reminiscence impressed a flood of impressed motion by adults and kids worldwide. READ the complete story of Rachel’s legacy and Watch a heartwarming video on Good Information Community, right here.
In the present day is Report Retailer Day, first held in 2008 by impartial report retailer homeowners as a technique to rejoice and unfold the phrase in regards to the distinctive tradition spinning daily in 1400 vinyl retailers within the US—and 1000’s worldwide on six continents.
Revving up gross sales and celebrations with in-store occasions, the employees, clients, and artists are coming along with greater than 100 particular vinyl and CD releases being dropped completely for the Day. The 2021 Report Retailer Day Ambassador is Fred Armisen, a comic, producer—and drummer—who may also launch a brand new LP at present.
Previous ambassadors have included Josh Homme, Ozzy Osbourne, Iggy Pop, Jack White, Chuck D, Dave Grohl, Chuck D, St. Vincent, and Pearl Jam. Metallica wore the ambassador’s sash too, and so they spent hours at Rasputin Music in San Francisco assembly their followers.
This 12 months, amongst different goodies completely created for the Day, Crosley Radio has teamed up with Apple Corps Ltd to launch a Beatles Yellow Submarine turntable—simply 1,500 turntables accessible at shops, priced at $159.95. CHECK Out the turntable, new releases, and discover a retailer…
A whole bunch of artists shall be flocking to report shops at present (and once more on July 17) for performances, signings, and meet-and-greets—and the needle will drop on new releases throughout all genres, with 60% of them coming from indie labels. See an entire record of the Report Retailer Day releases in alphabetic order, together with rock bands like AC/DC, Bob Dylan, Beastie Boys, and Chilly Struggle Children, HERE.
Should you’re busy tomorrow, they’re holding a second Report Retailer Day to assist shore up cash misplaced through the pandemic, with new releases and in-store appearances persevering with on July 17. FIND a taking part report retailer close to you, try the occasion’s on-line retailer locator…
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