This Day In History

October 17th

1917  RCA (Radio Corporation of America) forms.
1933  Newsweek Magazine hits the newsstands originally as News-Week.
1933  Dr. Albert Einstein moves to Princeton, New Jersey from troubled homeland Germany.
1945  Actress Ava Gardner married bandleader Artie Shaw.
1989  An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale shakes Candlestick Park during the Baseball World Series in San Francisco. While all were safe in the stadium, outside in the city it cause 270 deaths, thousands of injuries, and $3 billion in damages.  If it had not been during rush hour, more would have survived. 

1880  Cheese Mogul Charles Kraft
1918  Actress Rita Hayworth (born as Margarita Cansino)
1920  Actor Montgomery Clift
1938  Stunt Daredevil Evel Knievel (born as Robert Craig)
1948  Actress Margot Kidder
1948  Actor George Wendt
1949  Comedian/Singer Bill Hudson
1958  Singer Alan Jackson

1958

• It's All in the Game - Tommy Edwards

• Rock-in Robin - Bobby Day

• Tears on My Pillow - Little Anthony and The Imperials

• Bird Dog - The Everly Brothers

1966

• Reach Out I'll be There - Four Tops

• Psychotic Reaction - Count Five

• Cherry, Cherry - Neil Diamond

• Blue Side of Lonesome - Jim Reeves

1974

• I Honestly Love You - Olivia Newton-John

• Another Saturday Night - Cat Stevens

• The Bitch is Back - Elton John

• Please Don't Stop Loving Me - Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton

1982

• Jack & Diane - John Cougar

• Who Can It be Now? - Men at Work

• I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) - Michael McDonald

• I Will Always Love You - Dolly Parton

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