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Just thought you'd like to know what the rest of history was doing today.
MUSIC:
1868 - Composer Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert was born.
1892 - John Philip Sousa and his band played the "Liberty Bell March" in Plainfield, NJ.
1898 - George Gershwin was born in Brooklyn, NY. His works include "Swanee" and "Rhapsody in Blue."
1955 - Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher were married. In 1959 they were divorced.
1956 - Elvis Presley Day in Tupelo, MS.
1957 - The musical "West Side Story" opened at the Winter Garden Theatre.
1961 - Bob Dylan started as opening act for the Greenbriar Boys. He stayed two weeks.
1964 - The Kinks released the song "You Really Got Me."
1965 - The Beatles were decorated with the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth.
1968 - Brian Jones (Rolling Stones) was fined $150 for possession of marijuana.
1969 - "Abby Road" was released by the Beatles. It was their 13th album in the U.K. It was also their last album together as a group.
1969 - The Fillmore West opened in San Francisco, CA.
1970 - Tamla-Motown Records announced that the Jackson 5 had sold 10 million singles world wide in nine months.
1974 - "Walls and Bridges" was released by John Lennon. He would not release any more new material for almost 6 years.
1975 - "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" opened in theaters.
1979 - The Clash released their first U.S. single. It was their remake of Bobby Fuller Four's "I Fought The Law."
1984 - The Prince song "Purple Rain" was released.
1986 - Mick Jagger's "Running Out Of Luck" was released by CBS-Fox Video.
1988 - "Talk Is Cheap" was released by Keith Richards. It was his first solo album.
1991 - "It's Been A Long Time" was filmed by Southside Johnny at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ.
1997 - The initial 300,000-unit shipment of Elton John's "Candle In The Wind 1997" sold out in Japan on its first day of release.
1996 - Prince released "The Gold Experience."
1998 - Prince slipped and pulled a ligament while onstage in Atlantic City, NJ. The remainder of the U.S. tour was postponed.
1998 - MTV Russia debuted at midnight. The first video shown on the network was Mummy Troll's "Vladivostock 2000."
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GENERAL:
1774 - John Chapman was born. He was better known as Johnny Appleseed. He planted orchards, befriended wild animals, and was considered at great medicine man by Native Americans.
1777 - Philadelphia was occupied by British troops during the American Revolutionary War.
1789 - Thomas Jefferson was appointed America's first Secretary of State. John Jay was appointed the first chief justice of the U.S. Samuel Osgood was appointed the first Postmaster-General. Edmund Jennings Randolph was appointed the first Attorney General.
1892 - "The King of Marches" was introduced to the general public.
1908 - Ed Eulbach of the Chicago Cubs became the first baseball player to pitch both games of a doubleheader and win both with shutouts.
1908 - In "The Saturday Evening Post" an ad for the Edison Phonograph appeared.
1914 - The Federal Trade Commission was established.
1918 - During World War I, the Meuse-Argonne offensive against the Germans began. It was the final Allied offensive on the western front.
1950 - U.N. troops recaptured the South Korean capital of Seoul from the North Koreans during the Korean Conflict.
1955 - The New York Stock Exchange suffered its worst decline since 1929 when the word was released concerning U.S. President Eisenhower's heart attack.
1960 - The first televised debate between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy took place in Chicago, IL.
1962 - "The Beverly Hillbillies" premiered on CBS-TV.
1964 - "Gilligan's Island" premiered on CBS-TV. The show aired for the last time on September 4, 1967.
1969 - "The Brady Bunch" series premiered on ABC-TV.
1980 - The Cuban government abruptly closed Mariel Harbor to end the freedom flotilla of Cuban refugees that began the previous April.
1981 - The Boeing 767 made its maiden flight in Everett, WA.
1984 - Britain and China initialed a draft agreement on the future of Hong Kong when the Chinese take over ruling the British Colony.
1985 - Shamu was born at Sea World in Orlando, FL. Shamu was the first killer whale to survive being born in captivity.
1986 - The episode of "Dallas" that had Bobby Ewing returning from the dead was aired.
1990 - The Motion Picture Association of America announced that it had created a new rating. The new NC17 rating was to keep moviegoers under the age of 17 from seeing certain films.
1991 - Four men and four women began their two-year stay inside the "Biosphere II." The project was intended to develop technology for future space colonies.
1991 - The U.S. Congress heard a plea from Kimberly Bergalis concerning mandatory AIDS testing for health care workers.
1992 - 163 people were killed when a Nigerian military transport crashed shortly after takeoff.
1993 - The eight people who had stayed in "Biosphere II" emerged from their sealed off environment.
1995 - The warring factions of Bosnia agreed on guidelines for elections and a future government.
1996 - Richard Allen Davis, the killer of 12-year-old Polly Klaas, was sentenced to death in San Jose, CA.
1996 - Shannon Lucid returned to Earth after being in space for 188 days. The time set a record for a U.S. astronaut and a woman.
1997 - In Indonesia, a Garuda Airlines Airbus crashed killing 234 people.
2000 - The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act. The act states that an infant would be considered to have been born alive if he or she is completely extracted or expelled from the mother and breathes and has a beating heart and definite movement of the voluntary muscles.
2001 - In Kabul, Afghanistan, the abandoned U.S. Embassy was stormed by protesters. It was the largest anti-Amercian protest since the terror attacks on New York City and Washington, DC, on September 11.
2001 - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres announced plans to formalize a cease-fire and end a year of fighting in the region.
2001 - In New York City, hundreds of people began the process of filing for death certificates for family members still missing in the ruins of the World Trade Center. At the time more than 6,300 people were still missing.
**Hope you had fun!
MUSIC:
1868 - Composer Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert was born.
1892 - John Philip Sousa and his band played the "Liberty Bell March" in Plainfield, NJ.
1898 - George Gershwin was born in Brooklyn, NY. His works include "Swanee" and "Rhapsody in Blue."
1955 - Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher were married. In 1959 they were divorced.
1956 - Elvis Presley Day in Tupelo, MS.
1957 - The musical "West Side Story" opened at the Winter Garden Theatre.
1961 - Bob Dylan started as opening act for the Greenbriar Boys. He stayed two weeks.
1964 - The Kinks released the song "You Really Got Me."
1965 - The Beatles were decorated with the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth.
1968 - Brian Jones (Rolling Stones) was fined $150 for possession of marijuana.
1969 - "Abby Road" was released by the Beatles. It was their 13th album in the U.K. It was also their last album together as a group.
1969 - The Fillmore West opened in San Francisco, CA.
1970 - Tamla-Motown Records announced that the Jackson 5 had sold 10 million singles world wide in nine months.
1974 - "Walls and Bridges" was released by John Lennon. He would not release any more new material for almost 6 years.
1975 - "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" opened in theaters.
1979 - The Clash released their first U.S. single. It was their remake of Bobby Fuller Four's "I Fought The Law."
1984 - The Prince song "Purple Rain" was released.
1986 - Mick Jagger's "Running Out Of Luck" was released by CBS-Fox Video.
1988 - "Talk Is Cheap" was released by Keith Richards. It was his first solo album.
1991 - "It's Been A Long Time" was filmed by Southside Johnny at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ.
1997 - The initial 300,000-unit shipment of Elton John's "Candle In The Wind 1997" sold out in Japan on its first day of release.
1996 - Prince released "The Gold Experience."
1998 - Prince slipped and pulled a ligament while onstage in Atlantic City, NJ. The remainder of the U.S. tour was postponed.
1998 - MTV Russia debuted at midnight. The first video shown on the network was Mummy Troll's "Vladivostock 2000."
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GENERAL:
1774 - John Chapman was born. He was better known as Johnny Appleseed. He planted orchards, befriended wild animals, and was considered at great medicine man by Native Americans.
1777 - Philadelphia was occupied by British troops during the American Revolutionary War.
1789 - Thomas Jefferson was appointed America's first Secretary of State. John Jay was appointed the first chief justice of the U.S. Samuel Osgood was appointed the first Postmaster-General. Edmund Jennings Randolph was appointed the first Attorney General.
1892 - "The King of Marches" was introduced to the general public.
1908 - Ed Eulbach of the Chicago Cubs became the first baseball player to pitch both games of a doubleheader and win both with shutouts.
1908 - In "The Saturday Evening Post" an ad for the Edison Phonograph appeared.
1914 - The Federal Trade Commission was established.
1918 - During World War I, the Meuse-Argonne offensive against the Germans began. It was the final Allied offensive on the western front.
1950 - U.N. troops recaptured the South Korean capital of Seoul from the North Koreans during the Korean Conflict.
1955 - The New York Stock Exchange suffered its worst decline since 1929 when the word was released concerning U.S. President Eisenhower's heart attack.
1960 - The first televised debate between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy took place in Chicago, IL.
1962 - "The Beverly Hillbillies" premiered on CBS-TV.
1964 - "Gilligan's Island" premiered on CBS-TV. The show aired for the last time on September 4, 1967.
1969 - "The Brady Bunch" series premiered on ABC-TV.
1980 - The Cuban government abruptly closed Mariel Harbor to end the freedom flotilla of Cuban refugees that began the previous April.
1981 - The Boeing 767 made its maiden flight in Everett, WA.
1984 - Britain and China initialed a draft agreement on the future of Hong Kong when the Chinese take over ruling the British Colony.
1985 - Shamu was born at Sea World in Orlando, FL. Shamu was the first killer whale to survive being born in captivity.
1986 - The episode of "Dallas" that had Bobby Ewing returning from the dead was aired.
1990 - The Motion Picture Association of America announced that it had created a new rating. The new NC17 rating was to keep moviegoers under the age of 17 from seeing certain films.
1991 - Four men and four women began their two-year stay inside the "Biosphere II." The project was intended to develop technology for future space colonies.
1991 - The U.S. Congress heard a plea from Kimberly Bergalis concerning mandatory AIDS testing for health care workers.
1992 - 163 people were killed when a Nigerian military transport crashed shortly after takeoff.
1993 - The eight people who had stayed in "Biosphere II" emerged from their sealed off environment.
1995 - The warring factions of Bosnia agreed on guidelines for elections and a future government.
1996 - Richard Allen Davis, the killer of 12-year-old Polly Klaas, was sentenced to death in San Jose, CA.
1996 - Shannon Lucid returned to Earth after being in space for 188 days. The time set a record for a U.S. astronaut and a woman.
1997 - In Indonesia, a Garuda Airlines Airbus crashed killing 234 people.
2000 - The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act. The act states that an infant would be considered to have been born alive if he or she is completely extracted or expelled from the mother and breathes and has a beating heart and definite movement of the voluntary muscles.
2001 - In Kabul, Afghanistan, the abandoned U.S. Embassy was stormed by protesters. It was the largest anti-Amercian protest since the terror attacks on New York City and Washington, DC, on September 11.
2001 - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres announced plans to formalize a cease-fire and end a year of fighting in the region.
2001 - In New York City, hundreds of people began the process of filing for death certificates for family members still missing in the ruins of the World Trade Center. At the time more than 6,300 people were still missing.
**Hope you had fun!
