Mona Hatfield
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
James Joseph Tunney (May 25, 1897 – November 7, 1978) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1915 to 1928. He held the world heavyweight title from 1926 to 1928, and the American light heavyweight title twice between 1922 and 1923. A highly technical boxer, Tunney had a five-fight light heavyweight rivalry with Harry Greb in which he won three, lost once, and drew once, though many ringside reporters believed Greb should have won the decision in their second meeting. Tunney also knocked out Georges Carpentier and defeated Jack Dempsey twice; first in 1926 and again in 1927. Tunney’s successful title defense against Dempsey remains one of the most famous bouts in boxing history and is known as The Long Count Fight. He retired undefeated as a heavyweight after his victory over Tom Heeney in 1928, after which Tunney was named Fighter of the Year by The Ring magazine.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Question of the Day
When was the fly swatter invented?
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Dog Days
Puzzle of the Day
A somber color I am found, And as to dirt I little show it; But if you fairly turn me round, Behold I am a poet. (What word fits the first clue, but when read backwards, fits the second?)
Drab – Bard
Born
- Anne of Cleves (fourth wife of King Henry VIII) –
- George Gordon Lord Byron (poet) –
- Paul Muni (actor) –
- John Houseman (actor) –
- George Balanchine (dancer/choreographer) –
- Joseph M. Valachi (criminal) –
- Tommy Lasorda (baseball player) –
- Shari Belafonte-Harper (actress) –
- Joan Jett (singer) –
- Scott Baio (actor) –
- Bonnie Hunt (actress) –
Died
- Nathan Hale (patriot) –
- Dan Rowan (comedian & actor) –
- Irving Berlin (songwriter) –
- George C. Scott (actor) –
- Joseph Kane (author of Famous First Facts, a collection of provable trivia) –
- Gordon Jump (actor) –
- Marcel Marceau (French mime ) –
- Eddie Fisher (singer) –
- Yogi Berra (baseball player, exactly 69 years following his 1946 MLB debut.) –
Events
- Position of U.S. Postmaster General established–
- Lincoln issued preliminary Emancipation Proclamation–
- Gene Tunney beat Jack Dempsey–
- Fiddler on the Roof opened on Broadway–
- The first Farm Aid concert took place–
- Turner Broadcasting System announced plans to merge with Time Warner–
- 3.3 earthquake near Rathdrum, Idaho–
Weather
- Hailstorm in Strawberry, Arizona. Five days after the storm, drifts of remaining hail were still 12 to 18 inches deep–
- Hurricane Esther circled Cape Cod, Massachusetts, for four days, bringing heavy rains and widespread flooding to Maine–
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