Today In Patriots History April 30, 1985: NE trades down for a LS; 49ers take Jerry Rice with pick

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Today in Sports History
April 30 Events​

April 30, 1939:
Lou Gehrig sets a MLB record playing his 2,130th consecutive - and final - game for the New York Yankees.

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April 30, 1976:
An out of shape Muhammed Ali defeats Jimmy Young to retain the heavyweight boxing title in a controversial decision.

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Young vs. old: The 50th anniversary of one of Muhammad Ali’s worst nights

Eric Raskin rewatches, and rescores, Muhammad Ali's 1976 victory over Jimmy Young to see if it really was as contentious as we're now led to believe

www.boxingscene.com

1919:
The Phillies and Brooklyn battle to a 20-inning, 9-9 tie at the Baker Bowl in Philadelphia.

April 30, 1919: Burleigh Grimes and Joe Oeschger go the distance in epic 20-inning tie – Society for American Baseball Research

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1921:
The undefeated Akron Pros are awarded the inaugural title of the first American Professional Football Association season. One year later on this same date the APFA would meet in Akron and reorganize, renaming themselves the National Football League.




1922:
Charlie Robertson becomes the third pitcher in the modern era to throw a perfect game, as the White Sox beat the Tigers 2-0 at Navin Field, Detroit.




1944:
NY Giant outfielder Mel Ott scores six runs in a single game after being walked five times, for the fourth time in his career. The Hall of Famer was named to his 11th consecutive All Star team in 1944, but finished second in his quest for a seventh home run title that year.

1946:
Cleveland Indians pitcher Bob Feller throws his 2nd no-hitter, beating the Yankees, 1-0

1958:
Ted Williams becomes the 10th major league baseball player to get 1,000 extra-base hits

1961:
At the LPGA Titleholders Championship of Women's Golf at the Augusta Country Club, Mickey Wright wins her 5th major title by one stroke over Patty Berg and LPGA co-founder Louise Suggs. On this same date one year later Wright won her 8th major in the same event.

1962:
San Francisco Giants outfielder Willie Mays becomes just the 9th player in MLB history to hit four home runs in one game, in a 14-4 win over the Braves in Milwaukee

1967:
At Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Orioles pitchers Stu Miller & Steve Barber combine to no-hit Detroit - yet lose 2-1 to the Tigers




1969:
Cincinnati Reds pitcher Jim Maloney records his second MLB no-hitter, in a 10-0 rout of Houston Astros

1970:
Chicago Cubs left fielder Billy Williams is 1st National League player to appear in 1,000 consecutive games

1971:
The Milwaukee Bucks, who were founded as an expansion team three years earlier, swept the Baltimore Bullets (who had defeated the 1969-70 champion New York Nicks in the Eastern finals) in four games. This was the first NBA Finals played between two expansion teams (the Bullets originally started out as the Chicago Packers, an expansion team that began play in 1961–62 before moving to Baltimore in 196.); only the second (and last) time in NBA history that teams alternated home games; and only the second four-game sweep in NBA history. Milwaukee was led by Lew Alcindor and Oscar Robertson, while Baltimore countered with Wes Unseld and Earl Monroe.

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1975:
Larry O’Brien is named the NBA’s third commissioner, following J. Walter Kennedy (1963-75) and Maurice Podoloff (1946-63). O’Brien holds the position until 1984.




1987:
NY Islander Mike Bossy plays his final game




1988:
NY Yankees' Dave Winfield gets his 29th RBI in the month of April, setting the AL record and tying the MLB record set by Atlanta's Dale Murphy on this same date in 1985

1990:
Mets pitcher David Cone screws up by arguing a safe call at first base, ignoring the fact that the play was still live - which allowed two Braves runners to circle the bases and score. Despite the gaffe, Cone proceeded to lead the NL in strikeouts in 1970, including a game in August when he became the 25th pitcher in major-league history to throw an immaculate inning (three strikeouts on nine pitches)

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1992:
The Red Wings and Canucks become the ninth and 10th teams in NHL history to rebound from 3-1 deficits to win playoff series. Detroit beats the Minnesota North Stars 5-2 in the Norris Division, while Vancouver defeats the Winnipeg Jets 5-0 in the Smythe Division.




1993:
Top-ranked Monica Seles is stabbed during a changeover in Hamburg, Germany. Guenter Parche, 38, reached over a courtside railing and knifes Seles in the back. She has an inch-deep slit between her shoulder blades and missed the remainder of the 1993 season.

2010:
Tiger Woods matches the worst nine-hole score of his PGA Tour career and winds up with a 7-over 79 to miss the cut at the Quail Hollow Championship. Woods finishes at 9-over 153, the highest 36-hole total of his career. It’s the sixth time in his 14-year career he misses a cut.




2014:
Anze Kopitar scores the tiebreaking goal late in the second period and Jonathan Quick makes 39 saves to cap the Los Angeles Kings’ comeback from three games down with a 5-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks in Game 7 of the first rounds. This is the fourth time an NHL team won a best-of-seven series after losing the first three games.




2022:
Brock Purdy is selected by the San Francisco 49ers with the final pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, becoming Mr. Irrelevant. The pick arguably saved GM John Lynch his job, after he blundered the previous year by trading three first-round picks and a 2022 third-round pick to the Miami Dolphins to move up to #3 overall in order to draft QB Trey Lance, a massive investment that monumentally failed after Lance played only eight games in two seasons.

2023:
Seattle Kraken become first NHL franchise to earn its first-ever playoff series win against a reigning Stanley Cup champion, eliminating the Colorado Avalanche in 7 games

 

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Today in Music History
April 30 Events​

April 30, 1991:
Nirvana signed a recording contract with Geffen's DGC label for $290,000. The 'DGC' portion of the name was then known as the David Geffen Company, which was launched in 1990 by David Geffen as a subsidiary label of Geffen Records. The label embraced the emergence of other influential acts like Sonic Youth, Hole, Weezer and Beck.

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1885:
Henry Lee Higginson starts the "Popular Music" series with the Boston Symphony, which evolves into the Boston Pops Orchestra in 1900




1900:
Casey Jones dies heroically in a train wreck at Vaughn, Mississippi, while driving Cannonball Express, immortalized in the song "Ballad of Casey Jones". The feat was later also referenced in the Grateful Dead's "Casey Jones", from their 1970 Workingman's Dead album.

Why was Casey Jones an American folk hero? | HISTORY

Casey Jones was a locomotive engineer who became a folk hero after his death in a train crash in 1900 was commemorate...

www.history.com

1948:
Wayne Kramer, guitarist, singer, and songwriter from the MC5 (Motor City 5) was born in Detroit. The band is best known for their energetic live performances, one of which was recorded as their 1969 debut album Kick Out the Jams.

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1955:
Cuban bandleader Pérez Prado's mambo version of "Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White" goes #1 for 10 weeks

1957:
Elvis Presley recorded the Leiber and Stoller song Jailhouse Rock as featured in his third motion picture of the same name.

1961:
Billboard Song of the Year "Tossin' and Turnin'" is released by Bobby Lewis

1966:
The Young Rascals' "Good Lovin'," a song originally recorded by The Olympics a year earlier, goes to #1

1970:
Allman Brothers tour manager Twiggs Lyndon is arrested for stabbing a club manager to death over a contract dispute. Incredibly, Lyndon gets off by pleading temporary insanity caused by being the tour manager for The Allman Brothers Band.




1973:
Paul McCartney releases "Red Rose Speedway" album, which includes the slow, sappy hit single "My Love". Three years later on this same date wings released 1976 Billboard Song of the Year "Silly Love Songs", a response to music critics accurately accusing McCartney of selling out by predominantly writing "silly love songs" and "sentimental slush".




1976:
The Who's drummer Keith Moon paid nine cab drivers $100 each to block off both ends of a New York street so he could throw the contents of his Hotel Navarro room out of the window. Details of this story may have been exaggerated or embellished, but it is consistent with his behavior.




1977:
Led Zeppelin play to 76,229 fans at the Pontiac Silverdome, (breaking either their own record of 56,800 at a 1973 show in Tampa, or a Who concert, depending on the source) for the largest attendance of a single-act concert. The show was part of their 1977 North American Tour and featured a 3-hour set. It was Led Zeppelin's biggest ever tour, and tickets sold at a rate of 72,000 a day.

As a perspective on where the band was in their career, Physical Graffiti was released in February 1975, Presence was released in March 1976, and their first live album, Song Remains The Same was released in October 1976.

Unfortunately the quality of the remaining available video and audio of the concert on YouTube is piss poor.

Led Zeppelin Pontiac Silverdome - April 30, 1977

Click here to view the US '77 Tour Programme (flipbook) [View 1977 TV News Report here] Production company 'Worldstage' projected close-ups of the band on a large video screen above the stage. Led Zeppelin play to largest audience ever for single-act rock show. The attendance at Led Zeppelin's...

www.ledzeppelin.com

The tour did not include a stop in New England, thanks to their being banned in Boston . . . after a teenage me had scored tickets.

More than 2,000 Led Zeppelin fans trash the Boston Garden | January 6, 1975 | HISTORY

On January 6, 1975, a freezing cold day, a crowd of 2,000-plus lines up outside Boston Garden to buy tickets to the r...

www.history.com

How Led Zeppelin Got Banned In Boston

On their record-breaking tours in the 1970s, rock band Led Zeppelin earned a reputation for excess and debauchery. One story even has their drummer riding…

www.wgbh.org

On This Day in 1975, the Mayor of Boston Canceled This Led Zeppelin Concert After Hundreds of Fans Stormed and Rioted Inside Boston Garden

On this day, January 6, 1975, the Mayor of Boston, Kevin White, canceled a rock concert after hundreds of fans destroyed the Boston Garden.

americansongwriter.com

1977:
Glen Campbell went to #1 with the fluffy pop-top 40 toe-tapper 'Southern Nights', his second #1 hit. The lyrics of 'Southern Nights' were inspired by childhood memories his writer Allen Toussaint had of visiting relatives in the Louisiana backwoods, which often entailed storytelling under star-filled nighttime skies.




1978:
The Clash are among the acts at a "Rock Against Racism" concert, playing to over 50,000 in London's Victoria Park to combat the National Front, a neo-Nazi group in the UK whose slogan is "Keep Britain White."




1982:
Renowned music critic Lester Bangs, who wrote for Creem and Rolling Stone, dies at age 33 from an accidental drug overdose.




1983:
Blues legend Muddy Waters died in his sleep at his Illinois home at 68. He was a major influence on many acts including, Cream, Eric Clapton, and Led Zeppelin. The Rolling Stones named themselves after his 1950 song 'Rollin' Stone.' Some of his best known songs include 'I Just Want To Make Love To You', 'I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man', and 'Got My Mojo Working.'

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1983:
Michael Jackson started a three week run at #1 with 'Beat It', his fifth solo #1. The third single from his Thriller album featured Eddie Van Halen on the song's distinctive overdriven guitar solo, but Eddie - who recorded the solo in about 30 minutes for free as a favor, even rearranging parts of the song with Jackson's approval - was prevented by his record label from appearing in the music video. Jackson was looking to toughen up his image by adding an edgier rock song to the album, but there was no PR firm in the world that could pull that off. (See the 2004 entry below)




1988:
After hanging on at #198 the week before, Pink Floyd's album Dark Side Of The Moon drops out of the Billboard Albums chart for the first time in 11 years. The band is still on the chart though, with A Momentary Lapse Of Reason at #62.




1997:
Rock for the Rainforest benefit concert is held at Carnegie Hall, NYC; performers include: Sting, Elton John, James Taylor, Stevie Wonder, Lyle Lovett, Bobby McFerrin, Bonnie Raitt, Shawn Colvin and Zucchero




2004:
Michael Jackson is arraigned on his child molestation charges, pleading not guilty to ten different criminal counts, also including child abduction, extortion and false imprisonment.




2005:
The Dave Matthews Band agreed to pay $200,000 after their tour bus dumped human waste on a literal boatload of tourists in Chicago in August 2004. Bus driver Stefan Wohl, who was alone on board the bus at the time the sewage was dumped, was fined $10,000; the band had already donated $100,000 to two groups that protect the Chicago River and its surrounding area. DMB offered their "deepest apologies" to more than 100 boat passengers who were on an architectural tour.




2008:
Gail Renard, who was given the hand written lyrics to 'Give Peace A Chance' by John Lennon in 1969, announced plans to sell the lyric sheet at a Christie's auction. At the time, Lennon told Renard to hang on to the piece of paper, saying "It will be worth something someday." The piece of music history was expected to fetch around $400,000, but when it was actually sold it went for $790,000.


At the Coachella festival, Roger Waters' giant inflatable pig escapes, roams the countryside and ultimately deflates.




2015:
Ben E King, soul and R&B singer with The Drifters, died at the age of 76. The band had the 1960 #1 single 'Save The Last Dance For Me', and King scored a 1987 #1 solo single 'Stand By Me', (first released in 1961).




2019:
Concert promoter and disc jockey Russ Gibb died. He was best known for his role in the Paul McCartney is dead phenomenon, a story he broke as a DJ on radio station WKNR-FM in Detroit. As a promotor around the Detroit music scene, he was instrumental in giving the MC5, Ted Nugent and Iggy Pop their starts.

Music's Biggest Conspiracy Theory: 'Paul Is Dead'

What happens when fans start looking for hidden meanings in The Beatles' music? Let's dive deep into the conspiracy theory that shook the world.

www.beatlesstory.com

2022:
Naomi Judd died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at her home in Tennessee at the age of 76. The Kentucky-born singer was part of The Judds, performing with her daughter Wynonna. The Judds released six studio albums during a three-decade career, winning five Grammys and nine Country Music Association Awards.

2023:
Willie Nelson hosts the second of two-night 90th birthday concerts for himself at the Hollywood Bowl; guest performers include Dave Matthews, Emmylou Harris, Keith Richards, Bob Wieir, Margo Price, Nathaniel Rateliffe, Dwight Yoakam and Sheryl Crow.

2024:
Guitarist Duane Eddy died of cancer in Tennessee, four days after his 86th birthday. He had a string of hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s, which were noted for their characteristically "twangy" sound, including 'Rebel Rouser', 'Peter Gunn', and 'Because They're Young'. Eddy became the first rock and roll guitarist to have a signature guitar when, in 1961, the Guild Guitar Company introduced the Duane Eddy signature models DE-400 and the deluxe DE-500.

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Today in US/World History
April 30 Events​

April 30, 1952:
Mr. Potato Head becomes the first toy advertised on TV. The original kit, which included 30-stick-on facial features, sold for 98 cents - supply your own spud (or other vegetables). The ad helped Mr. Potato Head sell more than one million units its first year.

1562:
Jean Ribault and colonists arrive in Jacksonville Florida, the first French colonists in North America




1789:
George Washington is sworn in as the first American president and delivers the first inaugural speech at Federal Hall in New York City, in front of a crowd of hundreds of people.

1803:
Representatives of the United States and Napoleonic France complete negotiations for the Louisiana Purchase, a massive land sale that doubles the size of the young American republic. What was known as Louisiana Territory comprised most of modern-day United States between the Mississippi and the Rocky Mountains, with the exceptions of Texas, parts of New Mexico, and other pockets of land already controlled by the US. A formal treaty for the Louisiana Purchase, pre-dated to April 30, was signed two days later.

1808:
First practical typewriter is finished by Italian Pellegrino Turri




1859:
Charles ****ens' "A Tale of Two Cities" is first published in the literary periodical "All the Year Round" in weekly installments until November 26

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1864:
New York becomes 1st state to charge a hunting license fee




1897:
English physicist J.J. Thomson announced that he had discovered the electron, which helped revolutionize the knowledge of atomic structure; he later was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics.




1900:
Railroad engineer Casey Jones, later made famous in song, died in a train wreck in Mississippi.

President William McKinley signed the Hawaiian Organic Act, which made Hawaii a territory of the United States.

1904:
The Ice Cream Cone makes its debut at St. Louis World's Fair, invented by Ernest A. Hamwi




1925:
Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Company for $146 million, plus $50 million for charity



1939:
The Radio Corporation of America (RCA) and National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) made the first television broadcast to the American public at the New York World's Fair, launching regular broadcasting and showcasing the medium's future. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's opening address on this date became the first presidential speech televised, viewed on RCA TRK-12 sets. The exhibit featured the "Radio Living Room of Tomorrow" and a popular, transparent "Phantom"

1945:
Holed up in a bunker under his headquarters in Berlin, Adolf Hitler commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head. Eva Braun, whom he had married a day earlier, also died. Soon after, Germany unconditionally surrendered to the Allied forces, ending Hitler’s nightmarish dreams of a “1,000-year” Reich.

1945:
"Arthur Godfrey Time" begins a 27 year run on CBS radio. It would end on this same date in 1972.




1948:
The Land Rover, a British-made all-terrain vehicle that will earn a reputation for its use in exotic locales, debuts at an auto show in Amsterdam




1961:
Eastern Airlines begin their first "shuttle flights" between Washington, D.C., Boston, Newark and New York City. The shuttle became part of the fabric of business and government travel in the northeast corridor. No reservations were needed; passengers just showed up at the terminal, paid for a ticket - and if the plane was full, another would soon roll out.

1973:
President Richard Nixon addresses the nation and announces the resignation of his closest advisers, HR Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, as the fallout from Watergate begins to suffocate him. It would still be another year and a half before Tricky **** resigned.




1975:
The Vietnam War officially ended when North Vietnamese forces captured the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon. The Fall of Saigon prompted a massive helicopter evacuation of American personnel and South Vietnamese allies and resulted in the unification of Vietnam.

1977:
More than 2,000 protesters occupy the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant construction site in New Hampshire; 1,414 of these activists are arrested in what becomes one of the largest mass arrests in American history.

Anti-nuclear demonstrators set up tents and toted signs reading “Split Wood, Not Atoms” and “Go Fishing, Not Fission” as they occupied the property for nearly a day. State police were deployed to dissolve the occupation, and the advocates were charged with trespassing on the site of a proposed nuclear energy plant and detained in National Guard armories for up to two weeks.

The demonstrators, known as the Clamshell Alliance, opposed the construction of the $2 billion Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant. Work on the plant had already been halted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission following the Federal Environmental Protection Agency’s concerns that the plant’s cooling system could endanger marine life.

2009:
Chrysler filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to restructure under government guidance following failed creditor negotiations and a 48% sales slump. The restructuring saw Fiat take over management, acquiring a 20% stake in the "new" Chrysler, while the U.S. and Canadian governments provided financing in exchange for ownership stakes.

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