Hello.
Thank you for making us part of your day. We understand the week can sometimes feel long, stressful, and difficult. For this reason, we like to slow it down a bit and start your Saturday with a simpler “stroll down memory lane.”
It’s just a way to look back at events that happened on this day in the pages of history before we head out into the day to record new pages. So, grab your favorite sipping’ drink, and let’s scroll!
Today is Saturday, July 9th, the 190th day of the year. There are 175 days until the end of the year.
On this day:
In 1872, John Blondel of Thomaston, Maine, patented the doughnut cutter.
In 1878, the corncob pipe was patented by Henry Tibbe of Washington, Missouri.
In 1922, Johnny Weissmuller became the first person to swim 100-meters in less than a minute.
In 1953, New York Airways began the first, commuter passenger service by helicopter.
In 1956, “Bandstand” hosted by Dick Clark first airs on Philadelphia’s WFIL. It was later distributed on ABC-TV and was changed to “American Bandstand.”
In 1966, an artificial surface is installed into the Astrodome in Houston. That coined the phrase “astroturf.”
In 1968, the National League beat the American League in baseball’s first All-Star game played indoors. The game was held in Houston’s Astrodome.
In 1972, Paul McCartney performed on stage for the first time since 1966.
In 1976, TV game show “Lets Make A Deal” last aired on ABC.
In 1985, Joe Namath signed a five-year deal with ABC Television to work on “Monday Night Football.”
In 1986, The Marquis Theatre opened on Broadway in New York City. It was the first new theatre on Broadway in 13 years.
In 1987, Oliver North admitted to shredding evidence in an attempt to cover up his role in the Iran Contra Hearings.
In 1997, boxer Mike Tyson was banned from the ring and fined $3 million for biting opponent Evander Holyfield’s ears.
In 1999, a jury in Los Angeles ordered General Motors Corporation to pay $4.9 billion to six people severely burned when their Chevrolet Malibu exploded in flames in a rear-end collision. A judge later reduced the punitive damages to $1.09 Billion.
In 1999, civil rights leader James Farmer died on this date at the age of 79.
In 2002, actor Rod Steiger died on this date at the age of 77. Steiger was best known for his role as small-town sheriff Bill Gillespie in the 1967 film “In The Heat Of The Night.”
In 2004, a U.S. Senate report said the U.S. invaded Iraq based on false claims. The 500-page report from the Senate Intelligence Committee said there was no evidence to support pre-war assumptions or intelligence that Iraq was stockpiling weapons of mass destruction and “reconstituting” nuclear weapons programs.
In 2004, Emmy winning actress Isabel Sanford died of natural causes in Los Angeles. She was 86. Sanford was best known as Louise “Weezy” Jefferson in the popular CBS show “The Jeffersons” which ran from 1975 to 1985. She was the first African-American woman to have received an Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series.
In 2011, New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter became the 28th player in major league history to reach three thousand career hits in the Yankees’ game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Yankee Stadium. The hit was a home run. It also made Jeter the first Yankee to reach the historic milestone.
In 2016, New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter married “Sports Illustrated” swimsuit model Hannah Davis.
In 2017, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers played what will be their final concert outside North America, headlining British Summer Time at Hyde Park in London. Stevie Nicks joins Petty on “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around,” the last time the two ever perform the song together.
In 2018, Starbucks announced they planned to stop using plastic straws by 2020.
And that brings us here to this day.
Whatever plans you have for your 7.9.2022 here’s hoping there are moments along the way to record in our own personal history books
Thanks for stopping by!
