On this date in . . .

1846: American Presbyterian clergyman John Sammis was born. He wrote the hymn "Trust and Obey."

1933: Major-League Baseball played its first All-Star Game at Comiskey Park in Chicago.  The American League won 4-2. Babe Ruth hit a home run.

1937: Benny Goodman’s orchestra, featuring Gene Krupa, Ziggy Elman, and Harry James, recorded Louie Prima’s big band classic, "Sing, Sing, Sing,"

1954: WHBQ Radio in Memphis played the first Elvis Presley recording, "That’s Alright, Mama." He had recorded it at Sun Records the day before.

1955: Elvis had his first hit record when "Baby Let’s Play House" reached #10 on Billboard’s country chart. The flip side was "I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone."

1957: Althea Gibson became the first black tennis player to win a Wimbledon singles title, defeating Darlene Hard 6-3, 6-2.

1963: The favorite song of every serviceman away from home entered the country charts. Bobby Bare's "Detroit City" instantly struck a chord with a chorus that pleaded, "I want to go home!"

1964: The Beatles first film "A Hard Days Night" had its royal premier at the London Pavilion.

1985: Tommy "Muscrat" Greene of Annapolis, Maryland, set a world record by eating 288 oysters in 1 minute 33 seconds.

1989: A study released in Washington, D.C., showed that one-third of American adults had dangerously high cholesterol levels.

1991: The TV comedy "Salute Your Shorts" debuted on Nickelodean.

1993: With Fremont, California, police in hot pursuit, a drunk driver ran 15 red lights and side-swiped several cars before crashing head-on into the city jail.

1994: The movie "Forrest Gump" opened in theaters throughout the U.S.

1998: "King of the Cowboys" Roy Rogers died in Apple Valley, California, at age 86.

2002: Serena Williams beat older sister Venus to win her first Wimbledon title and second straight Grand Slam tournament.

2004: Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry chose Senator John Edwards of North Carolina to be his running mate.