On this day in...
1929 – Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.
1934 – First civilian prisoners arrive at Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.
1965 – Race riots (the Watts riots) begin in Watts area of Los Angeles, California.
1972 – Vietnam War: the last United States ground combat unit departs South Vietnam.
1988 – Al-Qaeda is formed.
Births
1946 – John Conlee, American country music singer
1953 – Hulk Hogan, American professional wrestler
1961 – Craig Ehlo, American basketball player
1967 – Joe Rogan, American television host,comedian,commentator,and actor.
Not a bad overall day. Race riots and Al Qaeda are bad but leaving Vietnam and Babe Ruth are good. But more importantly...it's Hulk Hogan's birthday everyone. You know what that means!
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