On This Day

[JTull 007]

Aug 25, 2023 15:44:31 GMT bunkerfan said:

I'm going on holiday for a week so I'll be back posting again on Sunday 3rd September.

          Have a fun holiday and get ready for THE MONSTER EDITION !!! 
            

[nonrabbit]

Aug 25, 2023 15:44:31 GMT bunkerfan said:

I'm going on holiday for a week so I'll be back posting again on Sunday 3rd September.

Have a great one, John!

[jackinthegreen]

Aug 25, 2023 5:42:28 GMT bunkerfan said:

25th August




In 1973 One Hit Wonders Stories started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Brother Louie'. Hot Chocolate who had a No.7 hit with the song in the UK wrote the song.

I loved their cover of one of my favourite songs by Hot Chocolate...this is an awesome cover That guy had a great voice

[bunkerfan]

Back from a lovely holiday with my wife


3rd September


In 1903 American yacht Reliance (largest gaff-rigged cutter ever built) defends America's Cup for the NYYC beating UK challenger Shamrock III off the New Jersey shore for a 3-0 series win.




In 1935 First automobile to exceed 300 mph, Malcolm Campbell powers Bluebird to 301.129mph at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah.




In 1966 Donovan went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Sunshine Superman', a No.2 hit in the UK. The track featured then Yardbird and future Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page. The song was written for Donovan's future wife Linda Lawrence.




In 1983 UB40 had their first UK No.1 single with 'Red Red Wine'. Taken from their album Labour of Love the song was a cover of the 1968 Neil Diamond hit song. The re-released single was a US No.1 in 1988.

[jackinthegreen]

Welcome back bunkerfan

I like Donovan and UB40

[bunkerfan]

4th September


In 1893 English author Beatrix Potter first writes the story of Peter Rabbit for a 5 year old boy.




In 1936 British-Kenyan aviator Beryl Markham takes off from Abingdon in England on a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean; crash-lands at Baleine Cove on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, becoming the 1st woman to make the east-west trip.




In 1964 Scottish Forth Road Bridge opens (then the longest in Europe)




In 1980 Yes performs its last concert at Madison Square Garden.

[JTull 007]

              Welcome Back Sir John Bunkerfan 

[bunkerfan]

5th September


In 1916 "Intolerance", silent film directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Vera Lewis and Ralph Lewis, is released.




In 1939 New Zealand Prime Minister Michael Joseph Savage declares New Zealand's support for Britain in the war with Germany; Savage famously told the nation 'where she goes, we go. Where she stands, we stand'.




In 1976 Jim Henson's "The Muppet Show" premieres on television.




In 1981 Soft Cell were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with their version of 'Tainted Love.' The song had been a hit for Gloria Jones in 1964. (Jones who became Marc Bolan's girlfriend was the driver of the car, that crashed and killed Bolan on 16 September 1977. Jones nearly died in the accident).

[bunkerfan]

6th September


In 1935 "Steamboat Round the Bend" film directed by John Ford and starring Will Rogers released weeks after Rogers' death.




In 1957 Elvis records "White Christmas", "Silent Night" & "Here Comes Santa Claus."

Too Early ?


In 1960 American Otis Davis runs a world record 44.9 to win the gold medal in the 400m at the Rome Olympics; German Carl Kaufmann records same time but ruled second via photo finish.




In 1988 2,000 items of Elton John's personal memorabilia including his boa feathers, 'Pinball Wizard' boots and hundreds of pairs of spectacles were auctioned at Sotheby's in London.

[bunkerfan]

7th September


In 1915 Johnny Gruelle patents his Raggedy Ann doll (US Patent D47789)




In 1936 The last surviving member of the marsupial thylacine species, Benjamin, dies alone in his/her cage at the Hobart Zoo (Hobart, Tasmania, Australia)




In 1976 US courts find George Harrison guilty of 'subconsciously' plagiarizing "He's So Fine" for his song "My Sweet Lord".




In 1978 Keith Moon drummer with The Who, died of a overdose of heminevrin prescribed to combat alcoholism. A post-mortem confirmed there were 32 tablets in his system, 26 of which were undissolved. Moon had attended a party the night before organised by Paul McCartney for the launch of the The Buddy Holly Story movie. He played on all The Who albums from their debut, 1965's My Generation, to 1978's Who Are You, which was released two weeks before his death.

[bunkerfan]

8th September


In 1831 William IV is crowned King of Great Britain, then aged 64 the oldest person to assume the British throne.




In 1952 Ernest Hemingway's novel "The Old Man and the Sea" published.




In 1962 Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, 9F locomotive 92220 'Evening Star'.

In


In 1965 Small ads in Daily Variety and Hollywood Reporter attract 437 young men interested in forming the world’s first manufactured boy band, "The Monkees" - 3 are chosen with British actor-singer Davy Jones already having been cast.

[bunkerfan]

9th September


In 1919 Hydrofoil designed by Alexander Graham Bell, his wife Mabel Bell and F.W. Casey Baldwin sets new water speed record of 114 km/h on Bras d'Or, Nova Scotia.




In 1945 1st "bug" in a computer program discovered by Grace Hopper, a moth was removed with tweezers from a relay & taped into the log.




In 1967 1st successful Test flight of a Saturn V.




In 1989 Italian based Black Box started a six-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Ride On Time'. The track sampled the uncredited use of Loleatta Holloway's song 'Love Sensation', who objected resulting in a settlement that paid the singer an undisclosed sum. New pressings had M People singer Heather Small singing the vocals. Biggest selling single of 1989.

[bunkerfan]

10th September


In 1869 Baptist minister supposedly invents rickshaw in Yokohama, Japan.




Born on this day in 1949 - Barrie Barlow, English musician, best known as the drummer and percussionist for the rock band Jethro Tull, from May 1971 to June 1980. Barlow has also worked with work with Robert Plant, John Miles, and Jimmy Page.




In 1982 Decca releases Beatles audition on "Complete Silver Beatles" album, 20 years after label executives rejected them feeling that "guitar groups are on the way out" and "the Beatles have no future in show business".




In 1994 REM were at No.9 on the UK singles chart with 'What's The Frequency Kenneth'. The song's title refers to an incident in 1986 when two unknown assailants attacked journalist Dan Rather while repeating "Kenneth, what is the frequency?".

[bunkerfan]

11th September


In 1893 Shaku Soen is 1st Zen teacher to visit the West (Chicago)




In 1942 Enid Blyton publishes "Five on a Treasure Island" first of her "Famous Five" children's novels, start of one of the best-selling children's series ever with over 100 million sold.




In 1962 The Beatles record "Love Me Do", "PS I Love You", and a slow version of "Please, Please Me" ,with Andy White on drums; Ringo relegated to tambourine.




In 1987 Level 42's 'It's Over', became the first CD video single to go on sale in the UK. It contained twenty minutes of music and five minutes of video (which remained unseen until CDV players went on sale).

[bunkerfan]

12th September


In 1895 Annie Londonderry [Annie Kopchovsky] arrives in Chicago to complete first round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle in 15 months and collects her $10,000 prize.




In 1933 Leó Szilárd, waiting for a red light on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury, conceives idea of a nuclear chain reaction.




In 1964 Film that started Spaghetti Western genre "A Fistful of Dollars" premieres, directed by Sergio Leone, starring Clint Eastwood in his first leading role.




In 1966 "Monkees" premieres on NBC-TV.

[JTull 007]

Sept 12, 2023 6:40:34 GMT bunkerfan said:

12th September In 1964
             Film that started Spaghetti Western genre "A Fistful of Dollars" premieres,
              directed by Sergio Leone, starring Clint Eastwood in his first leading role.

              I LOVE SPAGHETTI WESTERNS !!!! 
   

[bunkerfan]

13th September


In 1940 Buckingham Palace damaged by German bombs.




In 1955 Swiss inventor George de Mestral is granted a patent for what would become known as Velcro.




In 1974 1st broadcast of "The Rockford Files" on NBC-TV.




In 1997 Elton John releases single "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" in the UK.

[bunkerfan]

14th September


In 1901 Theodore Roosevelt is sworn in as the youngest man to serve as US President, after William McKinley finally dies after an anarchist shoots him in Buffalo.




In 1948 Groundbreaking ceremony for UN world headquarters in New York.




In 1964 Walt Disney awarded Medal of Freedom at White House.




In 1979 The film Quadrophenia was released. Based on The Who's 1973 rock opera the film featured Phil Daniels, Toyah Willcox, Ray Winstone, Michael Elphick and Sting.

[bunkerfan]

15th September


In 1913 1st US milch goat show held, Rochester, NY.




In 1938 British PM Neville Chamberlain visits Adolf Hitler at Berchtesgaden.




In 1971 1st broadcast of "Columbo" starring Peter Falk on NBC.




In 1990 Wilson Phillips had their second US No.1 with 'Release Me', a No.36 hit in the UK. The group was made up of Carnie and Wendy Wilson, the daughters of Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson, along with Chynna Phillips, the daughter of Mamas and Papas founder John Phillips.

[bunkerfan]

16th September


In 1869 Golf's 1st recorded hole-in-one by Tom Morris at Prestwick's 8th hole, Scotland.




In 1947 John Cobb sets world auto speed record at 394.2 MPH.




In 1977 90 minute pilot of "Logan's Run" premieres on TV.




In 1985 Kate Bush released her fifth studio album Hounds of Love. The album's lead single, 'Running Up That Hill', became one of Bush's biggest hits and the album produced three further successful singles, 'Cloudbusting', 'Hounds of Love', and 'The Big Sky'. NME placed Hounds of Love 48th on their "500 Greatest Albums of All-Time" list.

[bunkerfan]

17th September


In 1922 Radio Moscow begins transmitting (12 KWs-most powerful station)




In 1939 Taisto Mäki of Finland becomes first man to run 10,000 metres in under 30 minutes, in a time of 29:52.6 in Helsinki.




In 1966 "Mission Impossible" premieres on CBS-TV.




In 1967 The Doors were banned from The Ed Sullivan Show after Jim Morrison broke his agreement with the show’s producers. Morrison said before the performance that he wouldn’t sing the words, ‘Girl, we couldn’t get much higher,’ from 'Light My Fire' but did anyway. The Doors also performed their new single 'People Are Strange.'

[bunkerfan]

18th September


In 1915 Jeeves and Bertie Wooster make their first appearance in P. G. Wodehouse short story "Extricating Young Gussie" published in "The Saturday Evening Post" in the US.




In 1951 "A Streetcar Named Desire", film directed by Elia Kazan based on Tennessee Williams' 1947 play of the same name, starring Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh, premieres at the Warner Theater, NYC.




In 1964 TV sitcom series "The Addams Family", starring John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Jackie Coogan, and Ted Cassidy premieres on ABC; runs for two seasons.




In 1982 Dire Straits 'Private Investigations' went to No.2 on the UK singles chart, held off No.1 by survivors 'Eye Of The Tiger'.

[bunkerfan]

19th September


In 1893 New Zealand becomes the first country to grant all women the right to vote.




In 1940 Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz in order to smuggle out information and start a resistance.




In 1961 Betty and Barney Hill claim that they saw a mysterious craft in the sky and that it tried to abduct them.




In 1992 Radiohead filmed the video for their new single 'Creep' during a show at the Venue, in Oxford, England. During its initial release, 'Creep' was not a chart success. However, upon re-release in 1993, it became a worldwide hit.

[bunkerfan]

20th September


In 1906 Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania is launched at the Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard in Newcastle, England.




In 1926 Bugs Moran attempts to assassinate Al Capone in a drive-by shooting but fails.


Al Capone on the left


In 1969 - Based on the comic-book TV series Archie and his friends The Archie's started a four-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Sugar Sugar. It became the longest running One Hit Wonder in the UK after spending eight weeks at the top of the charts.




In 1975 'Fame' gave David Bowie his first No.1 in the US. The song was co-written with John Lennon. Lennon's voice is heard towards the ending of the song repeating the words: "Fame, Fame, Fame" from a fast track, through a regular track, to a slow track, before Bowie finished the lyrics.

[bunkerfan]

21st September


In 1915 Cecil Chubb buys English prehistoric monument Stonehenge for £6,600.




In 1938 RKO film comedy "Room Service", starring the Marx Brothers, based on Allen Boretz and John Murray's play, premieres in NYC.




In 1973 Jackson Pollock's painting "Blue Poles" sold for $2,000,000.




In 2013 Farm Aid held in Saratoga Springs, New York; performers include Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Pete Seeger, Amos Lee, Jack Johnson, Kacey Musgraves, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Carlene Carter, Pegi Young & The Survivors, and Insects vs Robots.

[bunkerfan]

22nd September


In 1921 Music Box Theater opens at 239 W 45th Street, NYC; Built by theatrical producer Sam H. Harris for Irving Berlin's musical revue "The Music Box", written specifically for the venue.




In 1955 Commercial television begins in the UK with the launch of ITV, soon airs the 1st advert on UK TV, for Gibbs SR toothpaste.




In 1968 Ceremony to mark relocation of ancient Egyptian Abu Simbel temples, honoring Ramesses II after rebuilt 200 meters inland away from Aswan Dam.




In 1983 The Everly Brothers reunite after 10 years apart in concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London.

[bunkerfan]

23rd September


In 1889 Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.




In 1941 General de Gaulle forms government in exile in London.




In 1971 Jan Vermeer's painting "The Love Letter" is stolen from The Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels by a 21 year old thief.




In 2006 Neil Young was named artist of the year at the Americana Honors and Awards at the fifth annual event in Nashville, Tennessee. The 60-year-old singer-songwriter released the protest album Living With War this year.

[bunkerfan]

24th September


In 1929 James Doolittle guides a Consolidated N-Y-2 Biplane over Mitchell Air Force Base in NY in the first flight to use only instrument guidance to take off, fly a set course and land.




In 1948 Mildred Gillars (Axis Sally), an American broadcaster employed by the Third Reich in Nazi Germany to proliferate propaganda during World War II, pleads not guilty to eight charges of treason in Washington, D.C.




In 1957 Camp Nou, the largest stadium in Europe, is opened in Barcelona.




In 2003 The Dave Matthews Band played at Central Park in New York City, in front of almost 100,000, the band's largest audience to date. The Central Park Concert was later released as an album.

[bunkerfan]

25th September


In 1897 1st British bus service opens.




In 1947 2nd Cannes Film Festival ends with six different awards presented including Best Musical for Vincente Minnelli's" Ziegfeld Follies" and Walt Disney's "Dumbo" Best Animation.




In 1970 The first episode of The Partridge Family was shown on US TV, featuring Shirley Jones, David Cassidy, Susan Dey and Danny Bonaduce.




In 1976 Paul McCartney and Wings played a charity concert in St Marks Square, Venice to raise funds for the historic city. The night was a success but the weight of the equipment used by the group caused more damage to the square.

[bunkerfan]

26th September


In 1887 Emile Berliner patents the Gramophone.




In 1946 1st edition of The Adventures of Tintin published by Hergé in Le journal de Tintin, continues until June 1993.




In 1969 TV sitcom "The Brady Bunch" created by Sherwood Schwartz premieres on ABC in the US.




In 1974 Apple Records releases John Lennon's fifth studio album, "Walls & Bridges" in US; features No. 1 single "Whatever Gets You Through the Night" (with Elton John)