Today In History: The First REALLY Fast Ball

On this day in history, the push for workers’ rights gained momentum in 1866 as the National Labor Union held its first formal meeting, championing the eight-hour workday. Fast forward to 1974, baseball history was made when Nolan Ryan threw the first pitch ever clocked at over 100 miles per hour. The next year, in 1975, the U.S. took a giant leap in space exploration with the launch of Viking One toward Mars. In pop culture, 1989 saw the debut of the teen sitcom Saved by the Bell on NBC. In 2000, Tiger Woods made golf history by winning the PGA Championship, becoming the first to win three majors in a year since 1953. That same year, Janet Jackson’s “Doesn’t Really Matter” topped the music charts. In 2012, the exclusive Augusta National Golf Club finally admitted women members. And in 2020, Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president, making history as the first woman of color on a major-party ticket. That’s your August 20th Almanac, on Northwest Newsradio.