August 14. On this day in history: In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, creating a safety net for millions of Americans. In 1953, David Mullany Sr. invented the wiffle ball for his 13-year-old son in Connecticut. In 1965, “I Got You Babe” by Sonny and Cher climbed to number one on the charts. In 1985, Michael Jackson outbid Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono for the ATV Music Publishing catalog—gaining control of nearly all Beatles songs. In 2017, Pantone introduced a new purple shade named Love Symbol #2 in tribute to Prince. In 2023, 19 people, including former President Trump, were indicted for attempting to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia. In 2024, the World Health Organization declared M-Pox a global health emergency. That’s today’s Almanac—on Northwest Newsradio.