13. Who let this slide from their lips, "I want to thank you for making this day necessary"?
From Quiz Are You Sure They Said That?
Answer:
Yogi Berra, to fans in St. Louis
Yogi Berra was born in 1925 in the neighborhood called "The Hill" in St Louis,MO, so was Joe Garagiola. Yogi played as a NY Yankee, managed NY Yankees, NY Mets, coached NY Yankees, Houston Astros. As manager, he won pennants in both AL and NL and elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972. Yes, he is know for many of his quotes and in 1947 the quote of this question came from him. It was made to the fans at the St Louis ball field, who were there celebrating "Yogi Berra Day". In the question, the word "slide" is a baseball term. Bob Hope, entertained the troops from WWII to Operation Desert Storm. He died in 2003 at 100 years old. Marilyn Monroe sang "Happy Birthday" to then President John F Kennedy on May 19,1962, with whom she had a brief affair and is rumored to have had one with Robert F Kennedy. Neil Armstrong, born in Ohio, made his first space flight on Gemini 8 in 1966. He is better known for his Apollo 11 mission in 1969, when he became the first human to step onto the moon's surface."That's one step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind."