By Terrianna Daniels
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Peter Edward Rose Sr. (born April 14, 1941), also known by his nickname “Charlie Hustle“, is an American former professional baseball player and manager. Rose played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1963 to 1986, most prominently as a member of the Cincinnati Reds lineup known as the Big Red Machine for their dominance of the National League in the 1970s. He also had a successful stint playing for the Philadelphia Phillies, where he won his third World Series, as well as a brief stop with the Montreal Expos. During and after his playing career, he served as the manager of the Reds from 1984 to 1989.
Rose was a switch hitter and is the all-time MLB leader in hits (4,256), games played (3,562), at-bats (14,053), singles (3,215) and outs (10,328). He won three World Series, three batting titles, one Most Valuable Player Award, two Gold Gloves and the Rookie of the Year Award. He also made seventeen All-Star appearances at an unequaled five positions (second baseman, left fielder, right fielder, third baseman and first baseman). Rose won both of his Gold Gloves when he was an outfielder, in 1969 and 1970.
In August 1989 (his last year as a manager and three years after retiring as a player), Rose was penalized with permanent ineligibility from baseball amidst accusations that he gambled on baseball games while he played for and managed the Reds; the charges of wrongdoing included claims that he bet on his own team. In 1991, the Baseball Hall of Fame formally voted to ban those on the “permanently ineligible” list from induction, after previously excluding such players by informal agreement among voters. After years of public denial, Rose admitted in 2004 that he bet on baseball and on the Reds. The issue of his possible reinstatement and election to the Hall of Fame remains contentious throughout baseball.
In June 2015, ESPN concluded its own investigation of Rose and determined that he had bet on baseball while still a player–manager. The results of the investigation were made public, revealing the records of bets made by Rose. Federal authorities had seized the records from one of Rose’s associates.
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Brad H. Gerstenfeld (born April 14, 1960), known professionally as Brad Garrett, is an American stand-up comedian and actor. Possessing a distinctive deep voice, he has appeared in numerous television and film roles in both live-action and animation mediums.
Garrett was initially successful as a stand-up comedian in the early 1980s. Taking advantage of that success in the late 1980s, Garrett began appearing in television and film, in minor and guest roles. His first major role was Robert Barone on the CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. The series debuted September 13, 1996, and ran for nine seasons. In 2002, he gave an Emmy-nominated and critically lauded performance as Jackie Gleason in the television film Gleason.
Garrett also played the leading role of Eddie Stark on the Fox sitcom ‘Til Death from 2006 to 2010. From 2006 to 2014, he played the Easter Island Head in the Night at the Museum trilogy. From 2018 to 2020, he starred in the ABC sitcom Single Parents. In 2021, Garrett also helped create Disney+‘s Big Shot with David E. Kelley and Dean Lorey. He is also known for voicing the Big Dog on 2 Stupid Dogs.
Garrett has won three Primetime Emmy Awards, with three other nominations. He is still prominent within stand-up comedy and owns a comedy club at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, called Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club, where he performs regularly.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Question of the Day
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
Born
- Anne Sullivan (teacher and mentor to Helen Keller) –
- Loretta Lynn (American country music singer-songwriter ) –
- Pete Rose (baseball player) –
- Brad Garrett (actor) –
- Adrien Brody (actor) –
- Sarah Michelle Gellar (actress) –
- Abigail Breslin (actress) –
Died
- Burl Ives (actor & singer) –
- Buck Baker (race car driver) –
- Don Ho (entertainer) –
- Trevor Bannister (actor) –
- Walter Breuning (retired railroad worker from Montana who was, at the time of his death, the world’s oldest man at 114 years old.) –
Events
- The sky was full of unknown moving objects in Nuremberg, Germany–
- Noah Webster’s American Dictionary of the English Language printed–
- President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater, Washington, D.C.–
- New Jersey passed the first law providing state aid for public roads–
- John Harvey Kellogg patented process to make cornflakes–
- James Cash Penney opened his first store, Kemmerer, Wyoming–
- President William Howard Taft threw a pitch to open the baseball season–
- The world’s largest passenger ship, the RMS Titanic, struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage–
- Dr. Harry Plotz’s discovery of the cause of typhus was formally announced –
- Judge ruled “aspirin” is generic trademark in U.S.–
- Katharine Hepburn became the first to win three Best Actress Oscars–
- First major league baseball game in Canada, Expos vs. Cardinals–
- Don Calhoun won $1 million by making a 79-foot shot in a basketball contest–
- 51-pound 4-ounce monkfish caught in Stellwagen Bank, Massachusetts–
- Beatle George Harrison received a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame–
- A massive fireball shot across the evening sky, visible for about 15 minutes in the Midwest. A sonic boom and lightning were reported.–
- A 7.1-magnitude earthquake devastated China’s Yushu County in the Qinghai Province–
Weather
- Severe coastal storm, Virginia and North Carolina–
- Devastating tornado cut 20 mile path through St. Cloud, Minnesota–
- Today into the following day: 87 inches of snow fell in 27.5 hours in Silver Lake, Colorado–
- The Black Blizzard, a huge dust storm, blew through the drought-stricken Great Plains. The day became known as “Black Sunday.”–
- Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, received 13 inches of snow–
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