Today In History: Historic Recording Ruling

July 24. In 1974, the Supreme Court ruled that President Nixon had to turn over subpoenaed White House tapes to Watergate prosecutors. In 1978, Yankees manager Billy Martin was fired by George Steinbrenner—only to be rehired, then fired, then rehired, and fired again. In 1982, Survivor began a six-week run at No. 1 with "Eye of the Tiger," from Rocky III. In 1998, Saving Private Ryan, starring Tom Hanks and Matt Damon, opened nationwide. In 2015, AT&T completed its purchase of DirecTV, creating the largest pay-TV provider in the U.S. And on this day in 2019, Queen’s legendary "Bohemian Rhapsody" hit one billion views on YouTube—a record for the band. That’s your Almanac for today, on Northwest Newsradio.