This Day In History

August 2nd

1769  The city of Los Angeles was named after a chapel in Italy, loosely translated now as the City of Angels
1824  Fifth Avenue opened in New York City
1858  The first mailboxes installed along the streets of Boston and New York City
1876  Wild Bill Hickok was shot from behind while playing poker in Deadwood, South Dakota by Jack McCall, who was later hanged
1887  Barbed wire patented by Rowell Hodge
1921  Opera star Enrico Caruso died in Naples, Italy
1923  Warren G. Harding, 29th US President, died in San Francisco

1892  Movie Mogul Jack Leonard Warner of the Warner Brothers
1924  Actor Carroll O'Connor
1933  Actor Peter O'Toole

Top Hits Courtesy Of...

1961

• Tossin' & Turnin' - Bobby Lewis

• I Like It Like That - Chris Kenner

• Last Night - The Mar-Keys

• Dum Dum - Brenda Lee

1969

• In the Year 2525 - Zager & Evans

• Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town - Kenny Rogers and The First Edition

• Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond

• Johnny B. Goode - Buck Owens & His Buckaroos

1977

• I Just Want to be Your Everything - Andy Gibb

• I'm in You - Peter Frampton

• My Heart Belongs to Me - Barbra Streisand

• It Was Almost Like A Song - Ronnie Milsap

1985

• When Doves Cry - Prince

• Ghostbusters - Ray Parker, Jr.

• Infatuation - Rod Stewart

• Love Don't Care (Whose Heart It Breaks) - Earl Thomas Conley

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