A word about May 13

We remember May 13:

Tuesday’s podcast:  “Mexico and “Fast & Furious” with Allan Wall“……We will discuss President Lopez-Obrador’s comments about the “Fast & Furious” program under the Obama Administration..

1917:  We remember Our Lady of Fatima today……….the movie “The miracle of our Lady of Fatima” is very good.

1981:  Do you remember the day that Pope John Paul II was shot?  It happened on this day in 1981.

Music:   We wish a very happy # 70 to Stevie Wonder who was born in Michigan on this day in 1950.

“La Bamba”:    Richard Steven Valenzuela (Ritchie Valens) was born on this day in 1941 in Los Angeles.  He became one of the first Mexican-American rockers and the inspiration for “La Bamba“, a great movie from the 1980’s.   

“Motown story”:    Motown had 32 # 1 hits.     Who recorded the first one?   The answer is Mary Wells who was born on this day in 1943.      She died in 1992.   Back in 1964, she recorded “My guy”, a song that later showed up in the soundtrack of “Sister Act”

“Hall of Fame:  The great Stan Musial got # 3,000 on this day in 1958.    It happened at Wrigley Field.    Musial came into the game as a pinch-hitter.    He may be the only player to get # 3,000 as a pinchhitter.   Musial went into The Hall of Fame in 1969.   He won 3 NL MVP’s and retired with a .331 average, 3,630 hits, 475 HR & 1,961 RBI.

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