September 19, 1970: The 1st Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts is held in Pilton, Somerset, England. The Kinks and Wayne Fontana were supposed to be the headliners, but both backed out. So it was not surprising that only 1,500 people attended a show whose headliner turned out to be the as-yet-unknown T. Rex. Al Stewart, also not yet especially famous, also performed at that 1st show.
The 1971 festival had David Bowie, Traffic with Steve Winwood, Fairport Convention, and Woodstock performer Melanie. That got the ball rolling, and since then, crowds of over 200,000 have attended, with the Pyramid Stage being the centerpiece. In addition to rock and other music, the Festival hosts dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret and other arts.
The festival is not held every year, so canceling the 2020 show because of COVID was only a big deal because it was the 50th Anniversary.
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September 19, 1970 was a Saturday. This was also the day of the premiere of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. I have a separate entry for that event.
These games were played in Major League Baseball:
* The New York Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers, 7-6 at Tiger Stadium in Detroit. The Yankees scored 5 runs in the top of the 9th to win it, although they didn't hit a home run. Horace Clark and John Ellis each had 2 hits and 2 RBIs. Al Kaline went 0-for-4.
* The New York Mets lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 2-1 at Shea Stadium. Luke Walker (not Luke Skywalker) outpitched Gary Gentry. Roberto Clemente and Willie Stargell each went 1-for-4 with an RBI.
* The Chicago Cubs beat the Montreal Expos, 8-4 at Jarry Park in Montreal. Ernie Banks did not play.
* The Boston Red Sox swept a doubleheader with the Washington Senators at Fenway Park in Boston, 7-3 and 11-3. Carl Yastrzemski only got 1 hit over the 2 games, but he got an RBI from it.
* The Cleveland Indians beat the Baltimore Orioles, 4-2 at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. Brooks Robinson only appeared as a pinch-hitter, and did not reach base. Frank Robinson also appeared only as a pinch-hitter, and drew a walk.
* The Cincinnati Reds beat the Atlanta Braves, 7-4 at Atlanta Stadium (later Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium). Pete Rose went 0-for-2 with 3 walks. Johnny Bench went 3-for-4 with an RBI. Jim McGlothlin was the winning pitcher, and helped his own cause with a home run. Hank Aaron did not play.
* The Minnesota Twins, which would have been Mary's team, were on the road, and beat the Chicago White Sox, 5-3 at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Would you believe me if I said that Luis Aparicio hit a home run and Harmon Killebrew didn't? That's what happened in this game, although Killebrew did have an RBI on a sacrifice fly. Rod Carew did not play.
* The Kansas City Royals beat the Milwaukee Brewers, 4-1 at Milwaukee County Stadium.
* The Philadelphia Phillies beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 10-6 at Busch Memorial Stadium. Lou Brock went 0-for-3, but had an RBI on a sacrifice fly.
* The San Francisco Giants beat the San Diego Padres, 3-0 at San Diego Stadium (later Jack Murphy Stadium and Qualcomm Stadium). Willie Mays went 0-for-3 with a walk. Gaylord Perry pitched a 3-hit shutout.
* The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Houston Astros, 6-5 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
* And the Oakland Athletics beat the California Angels, 2-1 at the Oakland Coliseum. Reggie Jackson went 0-for-2, but drew 2 walks.
There was also college football that day. Not for preseason Number 1 Ohio State, who didn't open their season until the following week. But these games were among those played:
* Number 2 Texas beat the University of California (a.k.a. Cal), 56-15 at Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas.
* Number 3 Southern California (a.k.a. USC), fresh off beating then-Number 3 Alabama in what became known as "The Sam Cunningham Game," were themselves sort-of upset, held to a 21-21 tie by Number 9 Nebraska at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
* Number 4 Stanford beat San Jose State, 34-3 at the old Stanford Stadium in the San Francisco suburb of Palo Alto, California. Even though these schools' respective stadiums are just 15 miles apart, this is not a rivalry. Certainly not like Stanford vs. Cal, 40 miles apart, the regular-season finale known as "The Big Game."
* Number 5 Mississippi (a.k.a. Ole Miss) beat Memphis State (now the University of Memphis), 47-13 at the Liberty Bowl (now Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium) in Memphis.
* Number 6 Notre Dame beat Northwestern, 35-14 at Dyche Stadium (now Ryan Field) in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois.
* Number 7 Penn State beat Navy, 55-7 at Beaver Stadium in State College, Pennsylvania.
* Number 8 Michigan beat Arizona, 20-9 at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
* Number 10 Missouri beat Minnesota, 34-12 at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri. It was never mentioned if Mary Richards went to college, although the University of Minnesota is a strong possibility.
* Number 12 Louisiana State (a.k.a. LSU) were upset by Texas A&M, 20-18 at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
* Number 13 Kansas State were upset by Kentucky, 16-3 at McLean Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky.
* Number 19 Georgia were upset by Tulane, 17-14 at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans.
* Alabama were now unranked, and took their frustrations out on Virginia Tech, 51-18 at Legion Field in Birmingham.
* North Carolina beat North Carolina State, 19-0 at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
* Baylor beat Army, 10-7 at Michie Stadium in West Point, New York.
* And Rutgers beat Lafayette, 41-16 at Rutgers Stadium in Piscataway, New Jersey. Princeton did not start their season until the following week, and beat arch-rival Rutgers, 41-14 at Palmer Stadium in Princeton, New Jersey.
Also, in English soccer, Arsenal beat Birmingham-area team West Bromwich Albion, 6-2 at the Arsenal Stadium, a.k.a. Highbury, in North London.
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