2014 Event Peyton Manning, quarterback for the Denver Broncos, wins a record fifth Associated Press MVP award; the award has never been won more than three times by a single NFL player 2013 Event In the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, Australian pledges $10 million to help with major clean-up and relief efforts in Vietnam, where over people in a single province are feared dead 2013 Event Within days of its launch, the 'Grand Theft Auto V' videogame reaches sales of $1billion, becoming the fastest single entertainment product ever to achieve these sales 2011 Event The music video for the single, 'Marry the Night' is released by pop singer Lady Gaga; the song is from her 2011 album 'Born This Way' 2010 Death Malcolm McLaren, Sex Pistols manager/notorious for the banned "God Save the Queen" single, dies in New York. 1995 Event Beatles song, "Baby It's You," with late John Lennon as lead singer, is released, 1st Fab Four single in more than 30 years 1994 Event Largest U.S. Tennis Open single session (total) 23,618 1992 Event Target date for Europe's single market 1992 Birthday Miley Ray Cyrus, pop-rock singer, actress, 100 Most Influential People in the World list, Time magazine, 2008, star of Disney's 'Hannah Montana', debut album, 'Meet Miley Cyrus' had first top ten single, 'See You Again' 1992 Event Barry Bonds signs baseball's highest single year contract - $4.7 mil 1990 Event Ken Griffey and Ken Griffey, Jr. become 1st father and son to play on same team (Seattle Mariners), both single in 1st inning 1989 Event Mets' defense does not record a single assist in a 5-1 win over Phils 1987 Event Largest U.S. Tennis Open single night session (total) 21,016 1987 Event Madonna's "Who's That Girl," single goes #1 1987 Event Bunt single gives Paul Molitor longest hit streak of 1980s at 32 games 1987 Event Heart's "Alone," single goes #1 for 3 weeks 1987 Event Madonna's "Open Your Heart," single goes #1 1986 Event Madonna's "True Blue," album goes #1 for 5 weeks and her single 1986 Event Red Sox pitcher Tim Lollar gets a pinch-hit single 1986 Event Madonna's "Live to Tell," single goes #1 1986 Event Heart's "These Dreams," single goes #1 1985 Event Madonna's "Crazy For You," single goes #1 1984 Event Madonna's "Like a Virgin," single goes #1 for 6 weeks 1984 Event Reds' Pete Rose collects record 3,053rd career single vs. Philadelphia 1984 Event Expos Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with his 3,052nd single 1984 Event Yoko Ono releases "I'm Stepping Out", the last single from the John Lennon and Yoko Ono album 'Milk and Honey' 1984 Event Mattingly's single breaks up Lamarr Hoyt's perfect game bid 1983 Birthday Michelle Branch, born in Sedona, Arizona, singer, songwriter, guitarist, top selling albums, 'The Spirit Room', 'Hotel Paper', Grammy-nominated single, 'Leave the Pieces' 1983 Event David Bowie's 'Let's "Dance' single goes #1 1981 Event Olivia Newton-John's "Physical," single goes #1 and stays for 10 weeks 1981 Birthday Beyonce Knowles, born in Houston, Texas, singer, actress, dancer, song, 'Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)', earned six Grammy Awards, worth over $87 million dollars 1981 Event Dave Koza scores Marty Barrett with bases-loaded single in bottom of 33rd inning, Pawtucket beats Rochester 3-2 1981 Event Pirate Jim Bibby gives up a leadoff single to Brave Terry Harper, then retires next 27 batters 1981 Birthday Kelly Rowland, born in Atlanta, Georgia, singer, actress, founding member of group, Destiny's Child, sold more than 50 million albums, collaborated with Nelly on 'Dilemma' single 1980 Event Barbra Streisand's "Guilty," album goes #1 for 3 weeks and her single "Woman In Love," goes #1 for 3 weeks 1979 Event Phillies Pete Rose collects NL record 2,427th career single 1979 Event Costliest single periodical ad, $3.2 million, Gulf + Western in Time 1977 Birthday Fiona Apple, born in Manhattan, New York, singer, songwriter, alt-rock, pop, early jazz influences, Grammy-Award winning single, 'Criminal' 1977 Event Red Sox (6) and Brewers (5) tie single game home run record of 11 1976 Event Ringo releases "Hey Baby" single 1976 Event Sex Pistols release their debut single "Anarchy In The UK" 1976 Birthday Ja Rule, born in New York City, New York, born Jeffrey Atkins, rapper, singer, actor, sold over 35 million albums worldwide, hit single, 'Livin' It Up' 1975 Event David Bowie's 'Fame' single goes #1 for 2 weeks 1975 Event New York Yankees catcher Thurman Munson's 1st-inning single and RBI are 1975 Birthday Robert Norman Waddell, Cambridge New Zealand, Single scull rower 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Deborah Cox, born in Toronto, Canada, actress, singer, hit song, 'Nobody's Supposed to Be Here' was 'Billboard's' longest-running number one R&B and hip-hop single 1972 Birthday Adam Clawson, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, slalom single canoe, Olympic-19th-96 1972 Event Paul McCartney releases "Give Ireland back to the Irish" single 1971 Birthday Scott Shipley, Bremerton Wash, slalom single kayak, Olympics-6th-96 1971 Birthday Hamish Pepper, Auckland New Zealand, laser single handed yachter 1996 Olympics 1970 Event George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord" single 1970 Event Beatles' "Long and Winding Road," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks 1970 Event Beatles' "Let It Be," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks 1970 Birthday Queen Latifah, rap singer and actress, Khadijah James-Living Single 1969 Event Isolation of single gene announced by scientists at Harvard 1969 Event Smallest U.S. Tennis Open single session-131 (men's doubles final only) 1969 Event Beatles' "Get Back," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 5 weeks 1968 Event Beatles' "Hey Jude," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks 1968 Event Pittsburgh Pirate Willie Stargell hits 3 home runs, a double and a single 1968 Birthday Paula Cole, born in Rockport, Massachusetts, singer, songwriter, Grammy-Award winning single, 'Where Have All the Cowboys Gone' 1967 Event Beatles' "Hello Goodbye," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks 1967 Event Beatles' "All You Need is Love," single goes #1 1967 Event Pink Floyd's single 'Arnold Layne is released in the United States 1967 Event Beatles' "Penny Lane," single goes #1 1967 Event Pink Floyd's single 'Arnold Layne' is released in the UK 1967 Event Pink Floyd finishes recordin the single, 'Arnold Layne" at London's EMI Studios 1967 Birthday Olivia d'Abo, born in London, England, actress, Wonder Years, Single Guy 1966 Birthday Tracy Byrd, born in Vidor, Texas, Tracy Lynn Byrd, country singer, musician, known for Number One Billboard hit single 'Holdin' Heaven', recorded nine studio albums, 30 hit singles, 11 top ten hits 1966 Event Jimi Hendrix Experience releases its 1st single, "Hey Joe," in the UK 1966 Birthday Jonathan Silverman, actor, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Single Guy 1966 Death Bobby Fuller, rocker, singer, guitarist, most famous single titled, I Fought the Law, written by Sonny Curtis, first top 40 hit, Let Her Dance, influences include The Beatles, Little Richard, Eddie Cochran, found dead at 22 1966 Event Beatles' "Paperback Writer," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks 1966 Event Beatles' "We Can Work It Out," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks 1965 Event Beatles' "Yesterday," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 4 weeks 1965 Event Beatles' "Help!," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks 1965 Event Beatles' "Ticket to Ride," single goes #1 1965 Event Beatles' "Eight Days a Week," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks 1964 Event Beatles' "I Feel Fine," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks 1964 Event Rod Steward records his 1st single "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" 1964 Event Beatles' "Hard Day's Night, A," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks 1964 Event Beatles' "Love Me Do," single goes #1 1964 Event Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 5 weeks 1964 Event Beatles' "She Loves You," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks 1964 Birthday Bridget Fonda, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Scandal, Single White Female 1963 Birthday Rich Weiss, Munich Germany, U.S. slalom single kayak, Olympics-6th-96 1963 Birthday Coolio, born in Compton, California, rapper, and actor, released hit debut single, 'Fantastic Voyage', 1994, and 'Gangsta's Paradise', 1995 1963 Event Beatles release their 1st single in U.S. "Please Please Me" 1962 Birthday Aleta Rzepecki Sill, born in Detroit, Michigan, bowler, 1983 WIBC single 1962 Birthday Kim Coles, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Synclaire-Living Single 1961 Event Zanzibar's Afro-Shirazi party wins 1 seat by a single vote and parliament by a single seat 1960 Death Kathlyn Williams, actress (Single Man), dies of heart attack at 72 1959 Event Single game World Series attendence record set (92,706 in LA) 1959 Birthday Joyce Sims, born in Rochester, New York, singer, songwriter, released U.S. and UK hit single titled, 'Come Into My Life', 1987 1959 Birthday David Hearn, born in Washington D.C., slalom single canoe, Olympics-9th-96 1958 Birthday Jennifer Jason Leigh, Morrow, LA Cal, actress, Single White Female 1957 Event Buddy Holly and Crickets released 2nd single "Oh Boy!"/"Not Fade Away" 1957 Event Jackie Wilson, releases his 1st solo single "Reet Petite" 1956 Event Guy Mitchell's "Singing the Blues," single goes #1 for 10 weeks 1956 Event U.S.S.R. single sculls winner Vyacheslav Ivanov wins Olympic gold medal in his excitement he jumps for joy, and loses his medal, it sinks 1956 Event Yankees Enos Slaughter scores from 1st on a single in World Series 1956 Event Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog," single goes to #1 and stays #1 for a record 11 weeks (for a single) 1955 Event McGuire Sisters' "Sincerely" single goes to #1 and stays #1 for 10 weeks 1954 Event Elvis Presley records his debut single, "That's All Right" 1953 Event Phillies Curt Simmons gives up a single, then retires next 27 in a row 1951 Event Cleveland Indian Bobby Avila hits 3 home runs, double and single vs Red Sox 1951 Birthday Stephen Tobolowsky, Texas, actor, Single White Female, Thelma and Louise 1951 Event 1st North Pole flight in single engine plane-CF Blair 1950 Event Dodger Gil Hodges hits 4 home runs and a single in a game vs Braves 1950 Event Single day 16 team home run record set at 37 (NL-25, AL-12) 1949 Event RCA releases 1st single record ever (45 rpm) 1948 Event New York Yankees Joe Dimaggio hits for cycle (single, double, triple, home run) 1946 Event Enos Slaughter scores from 1st on a single in World Series 1945 Birthday Gary Stewart, Latcher County, Kentucky, country singer, She's Actin' Single 1943 Birthday Jimmy Castor, born in New York City, New York, musician, saxophonist, pop, funk, disco, hip hop genres, known for hit single 'Troglodyte' 1972 1942 Birthday Bobby Fuller, born in Baytown, Texas, rocker, singer, guitarist, most famous single titled, I Fought the Law, written by Sonny Curtis, first top 40 hit, Let Her Dance, influences include The Beatles, Little Richard, Eddie Cochran 1941 Birthday Barbet Schroeder, director, Barfly, Single White Female, More 1938 Event Phillies Harold Kelleher faces 16 batters in 6th, as Cubs score 12 runs, both marks are NL records off one hurler in a single inning 1934 Event French Equatorial Africa constituted a single administrative unit 1930 Event Mao Tse-tung writes "A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire" 1927 Birthday Joe Adcock, born in Coushatta, Louisiana, first baseman, outfielder, played for Cincinnati Reds, homered four times in a single game against Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field 1925 Event A's Jimmie Foxx, 17, 1st game; he pinch-hits a single 1923 Event Harry Heilmann goes 2-for-2, sit out rest of season, except for a pinch single on final day, hitting .403 1923 Event After a single, Red Sox Howard Ehmke retires next 27 Yankees 1909 Event Middlesex beat Gloucs (Bristol) by Inn and 31 in a single day 1889 Event Single tornado kills 119, injures 146, New Richmond, Wisconsin 1888 Event Lord Walsingham kills 1070 grouse in a single day 1888 Event Longest U.S. men's single tournament match Palmer Presbrey defeats T S Tailer, 19-21, 8-6, 6-1, 6-4, an 80-game 1st-round contest 1881 Event 1st U.S. men's single tennis championships (Newport, RI)
