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.

     Q: Did Sylvester Stallone write the script for the film Rocky in: (a) three days; (b) three weeks; or (c) three months?
     A: Three days.

     Q: In 1999 was the price of an AK-47 assault rifle on Uganda’s black market: (a) one chicken; (b) two chickens; or (c) three chickens?
     A: One chicken (Harper’s Index).

     Q: Was the first commercially produced chewing gum called: (a) Licorice Lulu; (b) State of Maine Pure Spruce Gum; or (c) Sugar Cream?
     A: State of Maine Pure Spruce Gum, produced in 1848 in John Curtis’ kitchen in Bangor, Maine. In 1850 he moved to Portland and made 10 spruce gums including Sugar Cream and Licorice Lulu.

• The #1 song was "I Wanna Be Loved" by the Andrews Sisters.

• The #1 country song was "I’ll Sail My Ship Alone" by Moon Mullican.

• The #1 R&B song was "Pink Champagne" by Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers.