This Day In History

May 13th

1821  Samuel Rust of New York patented the first practical printing press built in the US.
1918  The first airmail postage stamps issued.
1985  The Boss, Bruce Springsteen, married actress/model Julianne Phillips in Lake Oswego, Oregon. They were separated in 1989. He remarried Patti Scialfa in June 1991.

1842  Operetta Composer Arthur Sullivan
1884  Inventor of the reaper machine for farming, Cyrus McCormick
1925  Baseball Legend Yogi Berra
1941  Singer Ritchie Valens (Valenzuela)
1950  Singer/Musician Stevie Wonder
1950  Singer/Song Writer Peter Gabriel

Top of the Chart Hits Courtesy of...

1962

• Soldier Boy - The Shirelles

• Mashed Potato Time - Dee Dee Sharp

• Stranger on the Shore - Mr. Acker Bilk

• Old Rivers - Walter Brennan

1970

• American Woman - The Guess Who

• ABC - The Jackson 5

• Let It Be - The Beatles

• The Pool Shark - Dave Dudley

1978

• If I Can't Have You - Yvonne Elliman

• The Closer I Get to You - Roberta Flack with Donny Hathaway

• With a Little Luck - Wings

• Two Doors Down - Dolly Parton

1986

• West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys

• Addicted to Love - Robert Palmer

• Greatest Love of All - Whitney Houston

• Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days - The Judds (Wynonna & Naomi)

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