Holidays and Observances
Famous Birthdays
Music Chart Toppers
Top Box Office Movies
Top Video Rentals
Top Sports Teams
- 2008: MLB - Tampa Bay Rays
- 2009: MLB - New York Yankees - .626
Top Athletes
- 2008: Carlos Quentin, CWS - 35 Home Runs
- 2009: Albert Pujols, STL - 39 Home Runs
- 2008: Tim Lincecum, SFG - 200 Strikeouts
- 2009: Tim Lincecum, SFG - 214 StrikeoutsMLB: Daily Stats
August 23 2008
2008: Presidential Candidate Barack Obama names Joe Biden as his running-mate.
The 1990s
- 1999: New York City reports the first care of West Nile Virus in the city.
The 1980s
- 1989: Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose accepts a lifetime ban from Major League Baseball as punishment for betting on games.