1925 - 1st East-West Shrine Bowl game of college football 'all-stars' played before 25‚000 fans at Ewing Park‚ San Francisco. Proceeds continue to benefit Shriners Hospitals for Children. 1940 - JA Fields/J Chodorov's "My Sister Eileen‚" premieres in NYC 1954 - "The Shadow" airs for last time on radio 1968 - Bruin Ted Green sets NHL penalty record of 3 minors‚ 2 majors and 2 game misconducts in a game against NY Rangers in NY's Madison Square Garden 1968 - Led Zeppelin's concert debut in Denver as opener for Vanilla Fudge 1972 - Ballon d'Or: Bayern Munich defender Franz Beckenbauer wins award for best European football player ahead of tied fellow German duo of Gerd Müller and Günter Netzer 1973 - Horror film "The Exorcist" based on book and screenplay by William Peter Blatty‚ starring Linda Blair‚ rated X‚ premieres - 1st horror film to be nominated for Best Picture 1975 - Crowd of 85‚661 attend the 1st day of the Australia vs West Indies MCG cricket test 1991 - Gun of Jack Ruby‚ killer of Lee Harvey Oswald‚ sells for $220‚000 at auction 2003 - A magnitude 6.6 earthquake devastates southeast Iranian city of Bam‚ killing tens of thousands and destroying the citadel of Arg-é Bam. More Historical Events »