This Day…

1947 – New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra hits the first pinch-hit home run in Baseball World Series history off Ralph Branca in the 7th inning of a 9-8 loss to the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 3.

1940 – Musical film “Strike Up the Band” starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland opens

1909 – US President William Howard Taft sets aside some 3 million acres of oil-rich public land (including Teapot Dome, Wyoming) for conservation purposes.

1949 – “Lone Ranger” premieres on ABC-TV. Hi-yo, Silver! Away!

1948 – Margaret Chase Smith, American politician (R-Me) elected senator, 1st woman to serve in both houses of US Congress

1942 – Enid Blyton publishes “Five on a Treasure Island” first of her “Famous Five” children’s novels, start of one of the best-selling children’s series ever with over 100 million sold

1897 – Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope [kinetographic camera], a device which produces moving pictures

1806 – New York City’s second daily newspaper, the “Daily Advertiser,” was published for the last time.