1954: Sports Illustrated, with Eddie Mathews of the Milwaukee Braves on the cover, launches. Newsstand price: 25 cents. Two weeks later Pamela Nelson will become the first swimsuit-clad beauty to appear on SI’s cover.

1974: “One! Two! Three! Four!” The Ramones play their first public gig at New York City’s famed CBGB.

Hey. Ho. Let’s go.

1987: Harmonic Convergence. The world’s first globally synchronized meditation. Basically, a bunch of weirdos attempt to get the whole world to sign on. It’s working better for Tom Cruise than it did for them.

1995: Bob Costas delivers the eulogy at Mickey Mantle’s funeral. Mary Carillo hosts the late night viewing.

2009:  Tiger Woods loses a major golf tournament for the first time when entering the final round atop the leaderboard. Y.E. Yang runs Woods down and wins the PGA Championship.

–Bill Hubbell