This Day In History

October 2nd

1920  Cincinnati Reds took 2 out of 3 games from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the only triple-header in baseball history.
1998  Singing Cowboy Gene Autry dies

1869  India Leader Mahatma (Mohandas) Gandhi
1890  Comedian/Actor Groucho Marx (born as Julius Marx)
1895  Comedian/Actor Bud (William) Abbott
1928  Child Star Spanky (George) McFarland
1940  Movie Critic Rex Reed
1945  Songwriter Don McLean
1950  Musician Michael Rutherford
1951  Musician/Actor Sting (birth name Gordon Sumner)

1956

• Hound Dog/Don't be Cruel - Elvis Presley

• Honky Tonk (Parts 1 & 2) - Bill Doggett

• Just Walking in the Rain - Johnnie Ray

• I Walk the Line - Johnny Cash

1964

• Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison

• G.T.O. - Ronny & The Daytonas

• Remember (Walkin' in the Sand) - The Shangri-Las

• I Guess I'm Crazy - Jim Reeves

1972

• Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me - Mac Davis

• Ben - Michael Jackson

• Everybody Plays the Fool - The Main Ingredient

• I Ain't Never - Mel Tillis

1981

• Endless Love - Diana Ross and Lionel Richie

• Step by Step - Eddie Rabbitt

• Start Me Up - The Rolling Stones

• Tight Fittin' Jeans - Conway Twitty

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