Today In History: Two Hits, Two Teams, Same Day

On this day in history, August 4th, several notable events unfolded across music, sports, and social change. In 1974, Paul Simon released the hit single Love Me Like A Rock. Eight years later, in 1982, Joel Youngblood made MLB history by getting hits for two teams in one day—starting with the Mets and ending with the Expos. In 1990, Mariah Carey’s debut single Vision of Love began its four-week reign at No. 1 on the U.S. charts. Fast-forward to 2009, Paula Abdul surprised fans by announcing via Twitter that she would not return to American Idol’s ninth season. In 2010, a federal judge overturned California's Proposition 8, a major victory for marriage equality. And in 2020, the U.N. reported that COVID-19 caused the most significant educational disruption in history, affecting over 1.6 billion students. That's a wrap on today's Almanac, here on Northwest Newsradio.