On this day in 1987, the Seattle Mariners drafted 17-year-old Seattle legend Ken Griffey Jr.. The Kid went on to hit 630 home runs and become one of the greatest players in baseball history.
The Shawshank Redemption flopped in theaters, $16 million worldwide on a $25 million budget, opening weekend just $727,000 in 1994, it disappeared almost immediately.
It lost all seven Oscar nominations to Forrest Gump, no awards, no box office, the studio labeled it a failure and the director walked away devastated.
Then something quiet started happening, VHS rentals, cable reruns, someone watching it alone on a Tuesday night and calling a friend the next morning.
People who watched it told their friends, their friends told more people, it spread slowly, one recommendation at a time, no marketing push just genuine word of mouth.
By 2008 it reached number one on IMDb, the audience voted it the greatest film ever made and it has stayed there ever since.
It took 14 years to get there, a box office bomb turned into the highest rated film in history, built entirely by viewers long after the studio had already moved on.
@Sonos I will say the app improvement has been great. The simple fix of control from a locked screen is huge to me. Recently switched phones, app and functionality was seamless. Now if we can just get @SIRIUSXM to up their app and online game 👎
KAM CHANCELLOR WAS A KILLER ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD.
😡😡😡
Kam made teams stay away from the middle of the field because wide receivers were afraid of the damage he would do over the middle to them.
Scary-man:
https://t.co/UnkeGCdhg1
🏀 WBB Story: https://t.co/PwHSX1cdVa
Kylie Ritter, Sophia Hardy, Emma Boehm, and Maddie Schumacher were all named to the CSC Academic All-District team for 2025-2026 women's basketball season!
Congrats, bruins!
#d3hoops#ReadyFearlessStrong
British Columbia is switching their clocks for the last time this Sunday.
There's a lot going on in the world right now, but there is NO reason to not make daylight saving time permanent.
Congress should pass my bill to finally lock the clock.