Today in History: “Smokey & The Bandit” premiered

Today in History...May 19th:

1912 - AL Pres Ban Johnson tells Tigers if they continue protest of Ty Cobb's suspension, they will be banned from baseball

1958 - South Pacific soundtrack album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 31 weeks

1960 - Alan Freed & eight other DJ accused of taking radio payola

1962 - Stan Musial breaks Honus Wagner's NL hit record with 3,431

1977 - "Smokey & the Bandit," premieres

Other Memorable Events:

1979 -Guitarist Eric Clapton marries Patti Boyd; 2012 - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (28) weds his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan at a small ceremony in Palo Alto, California; 1536 - Anne Boleyn, Queen of England/wife of Henry VIII, beheaded; 2004 - Tony Randall, actor (Felix Unger in The Odd Couple) dies aged 84

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