1898 - Joshua Slocum became the first person to successfully circumnavigate the earth alone when he landed his sloop Spray in Newport, R.I., a 46,000-mile trip.

1950 - President Harry S. Truman ordered the Air Force and Navy into the Korean War.

1969 - Police and gays clashed at the Stonewall Inn in New York City, fostering the gay rights movement.

2003 - The national do-not-call registry, formed to combat unwanted telemarketing calls and administered by the Federal Trade Commission, enrolled almost three-quarters of a million phone numbers on its first day.

2008 - namethis.com surpasses 20,000 names submitted in a mere 3 weeks of existence - about one every minute if you’re counting - awakening the masses to the creative potential of crowds.  R. Ethan Smith makes $829 in the process.

And it’s a perfect day for baseball.  We should add innings to namethis projects.

See you at shea.