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Born on this day in history: 1911 - Lafayette Ronald "L. Ron" Hubbard (author, founder of Scientology; died 1988) 1932 - Jan Howard (country singer) 1933 - Mike Stoller (songwriter, half of famous songwriting duo Leiber and Stoller, wrote "Hound Dog" and "Jailhouse Rock") 1939 - Neil Sedaka (singer-songwriter, "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do") 1950 - William H. Macy (actor, Boogie Nights, Fargo, Magnolia) 1951 - Fred Berry (actor, played Rerun on TV's What's Happening; died 2003) 1954 - Robin Duke (comedian-actress, SNL and SCTV) 1956 - Dana Delany (actress, TV's China Beach) 1960 - Adam Clayton (bassist, U2) 1962 - Terence Blanchard (jazz trumpeter) 1971 - Annabeth Gish (actress, Mystic Pizza, The X-Files) 1971 - Tracy Wells (actress, TV's Mr. Belvedere) 1972 - Khujo (rapper, Goodie MoB) 1976 - Danny Masterson (actor, TV's That 70's Show) 1978 - Fadia Akrabawi (law student and overall great person) On this day in music history: 1956 - RCA Records released the first LP and EP by Elvis Presley. 1958 - The Recording Industry Association of America introduced its awards for record sales. The Beatles have the most platinum certifications with a total of 76. 1965 - The Kinks released Tired of Waiting For You, their third top-100 entry. 1965 - The Beatles started a two-week run at #1 with "Eight Days A Week." It was their seventh number one. 1965 - Eric Clapton quit The Yardbirds and was replaced by Jeff Beck. Clapton was not happy with the band's pop direction. 1966 - Rod Stewart left the band Steampacket to start a solo career. 1967 - The double-A-side of Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane was the number one single. 1971 - The Allman Brothers Band recorded their live album at Fillmore East. It was the breakthrough album for the group, and other selections which were recorded at the Fillmore, like "Mountain Jam" from Eat A Peach, were released on other albums as well. 1975 - Country stars Tammy Wynette and George Jones were divorced after six years of marriage. 1976 - ELO released the single Strange Magic. 1976 - A new lineup of The Four Seasons hit number one with "December 1963, (Oh What A Night)." Frankie Valli sang the middle verses while drummer Gerri Polci sang lead. 1978 - The Bee Gees were at number one with "Night Fever." It was the third consecutive chart topping single from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. 1987 - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 1987 - Bryan Adams’ "In the Heat of the Night," was the first song ever released as a cassette single. 1994 - Oasis played their first U.S. gig at The Wetlands in New York City. 1995 - Diana Ross was honored with the Heritage Award For Career Achievement at the Soul Train Awards. 1998 - The Smashing Pumpkins sued the U.K. based Sound and Media Ltd. for releasing a "book-with-CD" about the band without their permission. 1999 - Cher started a four-week run at number one with "Believe." 1999 - TLC had the number one album with Fanmail. 2000 - Blink-182 cut their European tour short after singer/guitarist Tom DeLonge and drummer Travis Barker were sick with strep throat. 2001 - Eric Clapton released Reptile, his first solo album since 1998. 2002 - In Middletown, NJ, Sebastian Bach was arrested for threatening the life of a bartender and the patrons of Lincroft Inn. He was charged with disorderly conduct, possession of under 20 grams of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was released the next day after posting bail. On this day in history: 1639 - Harvard University was named for clergyman John Harvard. 1781 - The German-born English organist and music teacher William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus. 1852 - "Uncle Sam" made his debut as a cartoon character in the New York Lantern. 1868 - The impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson began in the U.S. Senate. 1896 - The first striptease act was performed at the Divan Fayounau, a Paris music hall. It consisted of a young woman undressing to go to bed. 1923 - An ad in a New York newspaper boasted of a new item for sale, called "the radio." The ad read: "latest improved foolproof design, with concealed speakers, three tubes and batteries, and no permission needed from your landlord." 1925 - A law went into effect in Tennessee prohibiting the teaching of evolution. 1964 - Kitty Genovese was stabbed to death in Queens, New York. The term “volunteer’s dilemma” refers to witnesses who won’t volunteer aid until someone else does. In this case, thirty-eight people watched and listened as Kitty Genovese was stabbed to death in the courtyard of her apartment complex in Queens, New York. Although she screamed for help for an hour and a half, no one called the police until the attack had ended. 1964 - Muhammad Ali flunked his second army aptitude test, and later remarked, "I just said I'm the greatest. I never said I was the smartest." 1969 - The Apollo 9 astronauts returned to Earth after the conclusion of a mission that included the successful testing of the Lunar Module. 1980 - Ford Motor Chairman Henry Ford the Second announced he was stepping down. 1980 - A jury in Winamac, Indiana, found Ford Motor Company innocent of reckless homicide in the fiery deaths of three young women riding in a Ford Pinto. 1988 - Porn star John Holmes died of AIDS. He once boasted of having had sex with 14,000 women. 1996 - A gunman walked into an elementary school and killed sixteen children in Dunblane, Scotland. 2000 - New York Giants defensive back Jason Sehorn proposed to his girlfriend, Law & Order star Angie Harmon, on the Tonight Show With Jay Leno. She said yes. 2002 - Fox aired Celebrity Boxing. Tonya Harding beat Paula Jones, Danny Bonaduce beat Barry Williams and Todd Bridges defeated Vanilla Ice. 2003 - A report in the journal Nature reported that scientists had found 350,000-year-old human footprints in Italy. The 56 prints were made by three early, upright-walking humans that were descending the side of a volcano. 2004 - Luciano Pavarotti gave his final opera performance at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. He still had concerts planned up until October 12, 2005. |
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