Happy Birthday Everyone!
May your year be blessed with all things wonderful!
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On this day in music:
1810 - Composer Samuel Sebastian Wesley was born.
1892 - Composer Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji was born.
1956 - A Washington, DC DJ, Bob Rickman, created the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Elvis Presley.
1965 - The McCoys' "Hang On Sloopy" was released.
1971 - Rod Stewart released "Maggie May."
1976 - The Steve Miller Band's "Rock 'N Me" was released.
1976 - Nick Lowe's debut solo single, "So It Goes," was released.
1985 - Michael Jackson outbid Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono for the ATV music-publishing catalog. Jackson paid $47.5 million for the rights to more than 250 songs written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
1989 - Bon Jovi's "New Jersey" album became the first U.S.album to be released legally in the Soviet Union. The Russian label Melodiya paid the group with a truckload of firewood since rubles can't leave Russia.
1995 - The Grateful Dead met and decided to cancel their fall tour in the wake of Jerry Garcia's death.
1998 - Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev was a visitor at the 10th Popkomm music fair.
1998 - PBS premiered a documentary on Robbie Robertson's Indian heritage. "Robbie Robertson: Making A Noise A Native American Musical Journey."
1999 - 765,000 tickets to a Backstreet Boys North American tour were sold in one day.
On this day in hostory:
1248 - The rebuilding of the Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, Germany, began after being destroyed by fire.
1756 - Daniel Boone married 16-year-old Rebecca Bryan.
1805 - A peace treaty between the U.S. and Tunis was signed on board the USS Constitution.
1848 - The Oregon Territory was established.
1873 - "Field and Stream" magazine published its first issue.
1880 - The Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, Germany was completed after 632 years of rebuilding.
1888 - A patent for the electric meter was granted to Oliver B. Shallenberger.
1896 - Gold was discovered in Canada's Yukon Territory. Within the next year more than 30,000 people rushed to the area to look for gold.
1935 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. The act created unemployment insurance and pension plans for the elderly.
1936 - The first basketball competition was held at the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. The U.S. defeated Canada, 19-8.
1941 - The U.S. Congress appropriated the funds to construct the Pentagon (approximately $83 million). The building was the new home of the U.S. War Department.
1941 - U.S. President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issued the Atlantic Charter. The charter was a statement of principles that renounced aggression.
1944 - The federal government allowed the manufacture of certain domestic appliances to resume on a limited basis.
1945 - It was announced by U.S. President Truman that Japan had surrendered unconditionally. The surrender ended World War II.
1947 - Pakistan became independent from British rule.
1953 - The whiffle ball was invented.
1959 - The first meeting was held to organize the American Football League.
1962 - A U.S. mail truck was held up in Plymouth, M The robbers got away with more that $1.5 million dollars.
1969 - British troops arrived in Northern Ireland to intervene in sectarian violence between Protestants and Roman Catholics.
1973 - The U.S. bombing of Cambodia ended. The halt marked the official end to 12 years of combat in Indochina by the U.S.
1976 - A charity softball game began for the Community General Hospital in Monticello, NY The game was eventually called off due to weather after 30 hours. The final score was Gager's Diner's 491 to Bend 'n Elbow Tavern's 467.
1980 - People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) was incorporated.
1981 - Pope John Paul II left a Rome hospital. He had been there for three months following an assassination attempt.
1984 - Patricia Ann Reagan and Paul Grilley were married on a movie set in California.
1987 - Mark McGwire set the record for major league home runs by a rookie when he connected for his 49th home run of the season.
1992 - The U.S. announced that emergency airlifts of food to Somalia would begin. The action was being taken to stop mass deaths due to starvation. 1995 - Shannon Faulkner became the first female cadet in the history of The Citadel, South Carolina's state military college. She quit the school less than a week later.
1997 - William Friedkin received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1997 - Timothy McVeigh was formally sentenced to death for the Oklahoma City bombing.
1998 - A U.S. federal appeals court in Richmond, VA, ruled that the Food and Drug Administration had no authority to regulate tobacco. The FDA had established rules to make it harder for minors to buy cigarettes.
2000 - It was announced that Charles Grodin would be joining CBS' "60 Minutes II" as a commentator.
Born on this day:
Ernest Thayer 1863
John Galsworthy 1867
Russell Baker 1925
Buddy Greco 1926
Alice Ghostly 1926
John Brodie 1935
Dash Crofts (Seals and Crofts) 1940
David Crosby 1941
Connie Smith 1941
Robyn Smith Astaire 1944
Steve Martin 1945
Antonio Fargas 1946
Susan St. James 1946
Larry Graham (Sly and the Family Stone) 1946
Danielle Steel 1947
Gary Larson 1950 - Creator of "The Far Side"
Terry Adams (NRBQ) 1950
Debbie Meyer 1952
James Horner 1953
Jackee Harry 1956
Earvin "Magic" Johnson (NBA) 1959
Susan Olsen 1961
Emanuelle Beart 1965
Halle Berry 1968
Catherine Bell 1968
Mila Kunis 1983