230 - 220 * 0.5 = 230 - (220 * 0.5) = 230 - 110 = 120
The key is "5!" where the "!" is the factorial operator = 5 * 4 * 3 * 2 * 1 = 120
Therefore 5! = 120
What Happened On
Abbot while with the Calgary Cannons minor league team
Photo Credit: John Traub / Albuquerque Isotopes Baseball Club
Abbot while with the Calgary Cannons minor league teamPhoto Credit: John Traub / Albuquerque Isotopes Baseball Club
One-Handed Pitcher
April 8, 1989
Jim Abbott, born with only one hand, makes his Major League Baseball debut, for the California Angels. In 1993, he would pitch a no-hitter for the New York Yankees against Cleveland (4-0).
Photo Credit: Coolcaesar
Photo Credit: Coolcaesar
U.S. Mail Truck
April 8, 1986
The United States Postal Service (USPS) awards Grumman a $1.1 billion contract to produce 99,150 Long Life Vehicles (LLVs), with an option to order an additional 54,000 units. The USPS provided a specification and three companies vied for the contract by creating prototypes with Grumman's being the winning entry. The Grumman LLV was the first vehicle specifically designed for the USPS. From 1987 up till 1994, the USPS purchased more than 100,000 of these vehicles. The specified lifespan was 24 years and they can last over 200,000 miles on their original engine and transmission before needing an overhaul.
The Grumman LLV's estimated average combined EPA fuel economy is 17 miles per US gallon (14 L/100 km) on the city/highway, but in actual stop-and-go driving for residential mail delivery they average about 8.2-10 mpg‑US (29-24 L/100 km).
In 2021 the USPS awarded Oshkosh Defense a contract to produce up to 160,000 delivery vans to replace the LLVs.
Hank Aaron's 715th Home Run
April 8, 1974
The baseball legend Hank Aaron hits his 715th home run, breaking Babe Ruth's record.
Is God Dead?
April 8, 1966
Time magazine asks the controversial question on its cover.
The article looked at the problems facing modern theologians, such as making God relevant to an increasingly secular society with science reducing the need for religion to explain the natural world.
First Full-Length 3-D Movie from a Major Movie Studio
April 8, 1953
Man in the Dark from Columbia Pictures premieres in New York City. It was in B&W.
Milk bottles circa late 1800s
Milk bottles circa late 1800s
Milk Bottles
April 8, 1879
First milk sold in glass bottles in the U.S. (Echo Farms Dairy Co. of New York).
Prior to selling milk in glass bottles, the milkmen would sell milk in bulk with the customer providing containers.
Smoking
April 8, 1994
Smoking is banned in U.S. military workplaces, including the Pentagon.
Willie Shoemaker Auto Accident
April 8, 1991
Horse racing's all-time victory leader Willie Shoemaker loses control of his vehicle while driving with a blood alcohol level of 0.13 percent. The wreck left him a quadriplegic, for which he successfully sued Ford Motor Co. (1993) for $1,000,000.
Photo Credit: Jntracy75
Photo Credit: Jntracy75
Jimmy Swaggart Defrocked
April 8, 1988
Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart is defrocked by the Assemblies of God church after refusing to accept their punishment for the unnamed sins he had admitted to. Swaggart had been implicated in a sex scandal involving a prostitute. He was exposed in retaliation for exposing fellow Assemblies of God preacher Marvin Gorman, whom Swaqggart accused of having sexual affairs. After Gorman was defrocked for the scandal, he hired his son and son-in-law to stake out a motel in Baton Rouge. When Swaggart showed up with a prostitute, they took photos, let the air out his car's tires, and called Gorman. Swaggart claims Gorman then offered to remain silent if he would publicly apologize and say he lied about Gorman's affairs and help Gorman rebuild his ministry. Swaggart failed to meet these demands, and Gorman showed the photos to church leaders.
With Louis Gossett, Jr. and President Ronald Reagan
Clint Eastwood Elected Mayor
April 8, 1986
Actor Clint Eastwood is elected mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.
David Copperfield Makes the Statue of Liberty Disappear
April 8, 1983
Magician David Copperfield makes the Statue of Liberty disappear on his TV special The Magic of David Copperfield V. Copperfield said he wanted to perform this illusion, because his mother was an immigrant: "She impressed upon me how precious our liberty is and how easily it can be lost. And then one day it occurred to me that I could show with magic how we take our freedom for granted. Sometimes we don't realize how important something is until it's gone."
A Japanese freighter sinks
April 8, 1981
A Japanese freighter sinks after colliding with an American submarine in the East China Sea.
First Legal Off-Track Betting System in U.S.
April 8, 1971
The first legal off-track betting system in U.S. opens in New York City.
First NBA Championship
April 8, 1950
The first game between the Minneapolis Lakers and the Syracuse Nationals takes place. The Lakers went on to win four games to two.
17th Amendment ratified
April 8, 1913
17th Amendment ratified, defined the election of U.S. Senators.
Birthdays
My Lai Massacre - Vietnamese Women and Children Dead on a Road
My Lai Massacre - Vietnamese Women and Children Dead on a Road
Seymour Hersh
Born April 8, 1937
American Pulitzer-winning reporter. Hersh exposed the My Lai Massacre and its cover-up (1969) while working for the New York Times.
John Graham, Jr.
Born April 8, 1908 d. 1991
American architect. In the late 1940s, he designed what became the modern shopping center. He also designed the Space Needle for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair and the first revolving restaurant (Honolulu, Hawaii).
Richard Hatch
Born April 8, 1961
American Survivor. He was the winner of the first U.S. version of Survivor. In 2006, he was sentenced to prison for not paying taxes on his Survivor winnings. Writings: 101 Survival Secrets.
John Schneider
Born April 8, 1960
American actor. TV: The Dukes of Hazzard (Bo Duke) and Smallville (2001-11, Jonathan Kent).
Peggy Lennon
Born April 8, 1941
American singer, one of the Lennon Sisters. She and her sisters were a mainstay of The Lawrence Welk Show during the 50's and 60's.
Shecky Greene (Fred Sheldon Greenfield)
Born April 8, 1926 d. 2023
American comedian. He was a headliner in Las Vegas for more than 30 years, starting in the 1950s.
Greene claimed, Frank Sinatra saved my life once. Four hoods were beating me up. Frank said, "That's enough, fellas."
TV: Combat (1962-63, Pvt. Braddock). Film: History of the World, Part I (1981) and Splash (1984).
Betty Ford (Elizabeth Ann Bloomer)
Born April 8, 1918 d. 2011
American First Lady (1974-77) to Gerald Ford (38th U.S. President), founder of the Betty Ford Clinic (1982).
Shortly after becoming First Lady, she underwent a mastectomy for breast cancer. Ford decided to be open about her illness. Her openness raised awareness of breast cancer, resulting in more women self-examining themselves which led to an increase in reported cases of breast cancer, a phenomenon known as the "Betty Ford blip".
After Gerald Ford's loss of the 1976 presidential election to Jimmy Carter, First Lady Betty Ford put her dance lessons to use and danced on the White House Cabinet Room table.
Sonja Henie
Born April 8, 1912 d. 1969
Norwegian figure skater, actress. A 10-time world champion (1927-36), she won the Norwegian championship at age 11, the world title at age 13, and Olympic gold medals in 1928, 1932, and 1936.
Sir John Richard Hicks
Born April 8, 1904 d. 1989
British Nobel-winning economist. He won the 1972 Nobel Prize for demonstrating that economic equilibrium is achieved by the interaction of forces that cancel each other out.
Mary Pickford (Gladys Louise Smith)
Born April 8, 1892 d. 1979
Canadian-born American Oscar-winning silent film actress, "America's Sweetheart." She was a co-founder of United Artists (1919).
She married Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. in what was called the "Marriage of the Century".
Albert I
Born April 8, 1875 d. 1934
King of Belgium (1909-34). He was killed while mountain climbing.
Christian IX
Born April 8, 1818 d. 1906
King of Denmark (1863-1906).
August von Hofmann
Born April 8, 1818 d. 1892
German chemist. His work established the synthetic dye industry.
Deaths
Margaret Hilda Roberts Thatcher
Died April 8, 2013 b. 1925
Prime Minister of Great Britain (1979-90). She was Great Britain's first woman prime minister.
Funicello with Mouseketeer poster and with Frankie Avalon in the Beach Party movies
Funicello with Mouseketeer poster and with Frankie Avalon in the Beach Party movies
Annette Funicello
Died April 8, 2013 b. 1942
American actress. Mouseketeer on the original The Mickey Mouse Club and star of 1960s Beach Party movies with Frankie Avalon. Film: The Shaggy Dog (1959).
At one time, she dated singer/songwriter Paul Anka and he wrote his hit song Puppy Love about her.
She died of complications due to multiple sclerosis.
Woolworth Bros store, opened in 1880 in Scranton, PA
Woolworth Bros store, opened in 1880 in Scranton, PA
Frank Winfield Woolworth
Died April 8, 1919 b. 1852
American businessman. Founder of Woolworth's (1879). His first store failed within three months, but he tried again and the rest is history.
Otis demonstrating his elevator
Otis demonstrating his elevator
Elisha Graves Otis
Died April 8, 1861 b. 1811
American inventor. He invented the modern safety elevator (1852), with a device to protect passengers in case the cable broke. He also patented a steam driven elevator (1860).
Benjamin Eisenstadt
Died April 8, 1996 b. 1906
American inventor. He originated the idea of individual-sized sugar packets for use in restaurants and he and his son Marvin invented "Sweet'N Low" artificial sweetener (1957). The musical-scale logo for Sweet'N Low received Federal Trademark Registration No. 1,000,000.
Marian Anderson
Died April 8, 1993 b. 1897
American opera singer. She was the first black artist to entertain at the White House (1939) and the first black to perform at the New York Metropolitan Opera (1954).
In 1939, while looking for a venue large enough to accommodate her huge audiences, she attempted to book Constitution Hall. However, the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) owned the hall and had a "white artists only" policy and refused. First lady Eleanor Roosevelt then sent a letter of resignation and wrote in her weekly column, "They have taken an action which has been widely criticized in the press… To remain as a member implies approval of that action, and therefore I am resigning." When the DAR still wouldn't relent, a concert was arranged to be held on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and was broadcast nation wide. Over 75,000 people were in attendance with a desegregated crowd that stretched all the way back to the Washington Monument. The DAR later apologized and allowed Anderson to sing at Constitution Hall on several future occasions.
Ryan White
Died April 8, 1990 b. 1971
American AIDS victim. He became a national symbol when he was barred from the Indiana public school system (1985).
Omar Nelson Bradley
Died April 8, 1981 b. 1893
American World War II hero, the last U.S. five-star general. He commanded the 12th Army - the largest U.S. force ever commanded by a single person - and served 69 years on active duty, the longest ever served by a U.S. soldier.
Pablo Ruiz Picasso
Died April 8, 1973 b. 1881
Spanish artist. He is considered the greatest artist of the 20th century. His last words were "Drink to me," which Paul McCartney used in a song about his death.
Founder of Mars Candy
Frank C. Mars (Franklin Clarence Mars)
Died April 8, 1934 b. 1883
American candy maker. Founder of Mars, Inc., maker of the Milky Way (1923) and Snickers Bar (1930).