🏇Happy Wednesday & Happy Birthday U.S. Air Force 🛩️🇺🇸
For your Wednesday wagering, we are in beautiful Louisville, Kentucky, for a nine-race card at Churchill Downs.
The track is named for John and Henry Churchill, who leased 80 acres (32 ha) of land to their nephew, Colonel Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr. (grandson of explorer William Clark). Clark was president of the Louisville Jockey Club and Driving Park Association, which was formed in 1875. As for the second part of the name, the word “downs” comes from the cleared grass areas in the UK that initially hosted horse races in the days before modern dirt or grass tracks were built. Downs has been used to describe horse racing venues ever since.
What's that? You'd like some more fun facts? Well, on this day in sports history....
1938 Chicago Bears beat Green Bay Packers 2-0
1946 Joe Louis KOs Tami Mauriello in 1st round for the heavyweight boxing title.
1955 Willie Mays hits record-tying 9th HR at Ebbets Field (ties Joe Adcock)
1963 Final MLB game at Polo Grounds, New York City; 1,752 see Philadelphia Phillies defeat New York Mets 5-1
1966 Baltimore quarterback Johnny Unitas throws 4 touchdown passes in 38-23 win at Minnesota to surpass Y.A. Tittle as NFL's career leader with 212; finishes career with 290 TD passes
1996 Roger Clemens ties his own major league record with 20 strikeouts
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🏇🏻 Churchill Downs // Wed. Sept. 18th, 2024 🏇🏾
🏇🏾 1st Post @ 12:45 (EDT) (9:45 PDT)
R1: 5-3-4
R2: 6-4-7-5
R3: 5⭑-2-3-7
R4: 2-8-5-10
R5: 1-4-9-8
R6: 4⭑-2-3-8
R7: 6-3-1-2
R8: 10-9-7-1
R9: 9-11-10-8
⭑ Best Bet(s)
R3: Curlins Incharge (#5)
R6: Global Sensation (#4)
From our friends at National Day Calendar......
"Almost from the moment, the Wright brothers found a way to soar with the birds, the military incorporated aeronautical pursuits into their missions. However, the Air Force did not become a separate Armed Forces branch until September 18, 1947.
The military established the Signal Corps as the first aeronautical force in the United States. During the Civil War, the first missions provided visual communications via flags and torchlight from aerial balloons. Even so, the Signal Corps didn't become an official branch of the Army until 1863. Its creation made way for more aeronautical training and study.
Since then, military air service has gone through many names and commands. Examples are the Air Service of the US Army, the Air Corps, and the Army Air Force. Finally, in 1947, President Truman signed the National Security Act, establishing the United States Air Force as a separate military branch."
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