THIS
WEEK IN HISTORY
October 3rd - 9th
Elvis
Presley won second prize in a radio-sponsored talent contest at
the age of 10 in 1945. He sang "Old Shep" at the Mississippi-Alabama
Fair and Dance Show in downtown Tupelo, Mississippi. Several hundred
people saw his performance.
The Beatles' first single, "Love Me
Do" was released this week in 1962.
On
October 4, 1957 Sputnik 1 was sent into space. This was the first
artificial satellite and this launching marked the beginning of
the Space Age.
In
1956 Donald James Larsen of the New York Yankees pitched the first
perfect game in World Series history. A perfect game is when a
pitcher pitches a game where there are no hits, walks, or errors.
Not one player reaches a base at all. The game was the fifth game
of the World Series and was played at Yankee Stadium. The New
York Yankees were playing the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Yankees went
on to win the World Series, four games to three.
In
1947 then President Harry S. Truman held the first presidential
address televised from the White House. The president spoke about
the current international food crisis and he urged Americans to
practice food conservation. President Truman suggested that Americans
not eat meat on Tuesdays, and not eat poultry and eggs on Sundays.
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