Week of August 14th

Take a look back at this week in History

Episode Transcript

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And now I look back at thisweek in history on iHeartRadio. This week
in nineteen o nine, the firstrace is held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway,
now the home of the world's mostfamous motor racing competition, the Indianapolis
five hundred. In that first fivemile race, twelve thousand spectators watched Austrian
engineer Louis Schwitzer win with an averagespeed of fifty seven point four miles per

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hour. This week, in nineteenseventy seven, we lost the King.
Elvis Presley dies in Memphis, Tennessee. He was only forty two. His
death brought legions of morning fans toGraceland, his mansion in Memphis. Doctor
said he died of a heart attack, likely brought on by his addiction to
prescription barbiturates. He was buried onthe grounds of Graceland, which remains a
huge tourist attraction. This week innineteen seventy nine, Apocalypse Now, the

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acclaimed Vietnam war film directed by FrancisFord Coppola, opens in theaters around the
US. The film, which costarred Robert Duval and Dennis Hopper, became
notorious for its long, difficult production, which included bud problems, shooting delays
due to bad weather on the Philippines, set, a heart attack for Martin
Sheen, and a nervous breakdown forCobola. Despite the production hurdles, the
film became a commercial success and wontwo Academy Awards. And This Week in

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two thousand and four, Regis Philbingoes into the Guinness Book of World Records
for logging the most hours on television, a total of fifteen thousand, one
hundred and eighty eight hours, passingprevious record holder Hugh Downs. Regis's career
started in San Diego in nineteen fiftyeight. We lost him in twenty twenty
at age eighty eight. And that'swhat happened. Thanks for listening to This

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Week in History on iHeartRadio.