On This Day: Wednesday July 13, 2005
This is the 194th day of the year, with 171 days remaining in 2005.
Fact of the Day: all-star game
The Major League Baseball all-star game was first played in 1933. There have been many brothers voted in as all-stars, including Jim and Gaylord Perry, Joe and Phil Niekro; Joe, Dom, and Vince DiMaggio; Ken and George Brett, Felipe and Matty Alou, and Sandy Jr and Roberto Alomar. There have been plenty of father-son combos, too: Randy and Todd Hundley, Ken Griffey Jr and Sr, Bobby and Barry Bonds; Ray, Bob, Bret, and Aaron Boone; Felipe and Moises Alou; and Sandy Alomar with Sandy Alomar Jr and Roberto Alomar.
Holidays
Feast day of Saints Bridget and Maura, St Henry the Emperor, St Silas or Silvanus, St Francis Solano, and St Eugenius of Carthage.
France: Night Watch or La Retraite Aux Flambeaux.
Japan: Bon Festival / Feast of Lanterns.
Events
1787 - The US Congress, under the Articles of Confederation, enacts the Northwest Ordinance, establishing rules for governing the Northwest Territory, for admitting new states to the Union and limiting the expansion of slavery.
1837 - Queen Victoria became the first sovereign to move into Buckingham Palace, London.
1863 - Deadly rioting against the Civil War military draft erupted in New York City.
1939 - Frank Sinatra made his recording debut with the Harry James band, singing "Melancholy Mood" and "From The Bottom of My Heart."
1977 - A blackout lasting 25 hours hit the New York City area after lightning struck upstate power lines.
Births
1729 - John Parker, leader of the volunteer Minutemen in the American Revolution.
1913 - Dave Garroway, American newscaster and television host.
1921 - Charles Scribner, Jr., American book publisher.
1942 - Harrison Ford, actor.
1944 - Erno Rubik, inventor.
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