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Post by bunkerfan on Jan 20, 2020 7:18:21 GMT
20th January In 1929 1st feature talking motion picture taken outdoors, "In Old Arizona." In 1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt sworn-in for an unprecedented (and never to be repeated) 4th term as US President. In 1964 "Meet The Beatles" album released in US. In 1987 Rhino Records 1st number 1, Billy Vera & Beaters' "At This Moment."
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Post by bunkerfan on Jan 21, 2020 7:19:12 GMT
21st January In 1899 Opel manufactures its first automobile. In 1921 British crime writer Agatha Christie publishes her first novel "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" introducing the character Hercule Poirot. In Over 3,000 screaming fans met The Rolling Stones and Roy Orbison at Sydney Airport when they arrived for a 16 date tour of Australia and New Zealand. In 1968 Jimi Hendrix recorded his version of the Bob Dylan song 'All Along the Watchtower' at Olympic Studios in London. Rolling Stone Brian Jones (percussion) and Dave Mason from Traffic (twelve-string guitar) both played on the session. The track was released in the US as a single in 1968, peaking at No.20.
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Post by bunkerfan on Jan 22, 2020 7:26:27 GMT
22nd January In 1939 Aquatic Park, near Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco dedicated. In 1959 Alone with an acoustic guitar and tape recorder in his New York City apartment Buddy Holly made his last recordings, including ‘Peggy Sue Got Married’, ‘Crying, Waiting, Hoping’, ‘That's What They Say’, ‘What To Do’, ‘Learning The Game’ and ‘That Makes It Tough’. The recordings would be overdubbed posthumously and were later released by Coral Records. In 1964 World's largest cheese (15,723 kg) manufactured in Wisconsin for New York's World Fair. In 1966 The Beach Boys went into the studio to record 'Wouldn't It Be Nice', which would be the opening track on their forthcoming album Pet Sounds.
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Post by bunkerfan on Jan 23, 2020 6:48:35 GMT
23rd January In 1855 The first bridge over the Mississippi River opens in what is now Minneapolis, Minnesota, a crossing made today by the Father Louis Hennepin Bridge. In 1930 George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Virginia established. In 1956 Rock 'n' Roll fans in Cleveland aged under 18 were banned from dancing in public (unless accompanied by an adult), after Ohio Police introduced a law dating back to 1931. In 1965 'Downtown' made Petula Clark the first UK female singer to have a No.1 on the US singles chart since Vera Lynn in 1952. The song was also a No.2 hit in the UK. Recorded in three takes (with the second take ultimately chosen as the completed track), session players in the studio recording included Jimmy Page.
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Post by bunkerfan on Jan 24, 2020 6:51:07 GMT
24th January In 1899 Rubber heel for boots or shoes patented by American Humphrey O'Sullivan. In 1927 Alfred Hitchcock releases his first film as director - The Pleasure Garden, in England. In 1958 Elvis Presley was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Jailhouse Rock'. It became the first ever single to enter the chart at No.1 and was Presley's second UK No.1. It went on to sell over 4 million copies in the US. In 2008 Amy Winehouse was admitted into rehab in a battle to kick her addiction to drugs. A statement from her record company, Universal said she entered the facility "after talks with her record label, management, family and doctors to continue her ongoing recovery against drug addiction."
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Post by bunkerfan on Jan 25, 2020 9:31:45 GMT
25th January In 1839 Henry Fox Talbot exhibits early photographs to the Royal Institution in the UK. In 1924 1st Winter Olympic Games open in Chamonix, France. In 1961 Walt Disney's animated film "101 Dalmatians", based on the novel by Dodie Smith and directed by Clyde Geronimi and Hamilton Luske is released in the US. In 1986 Norwegian group A-Ha were at No.1 in the UK with 'The Sun Always Shines On TV,' becoming the first ever-Norwegian act to score a UK No.1 hit single.
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Post by bunkerfan on Jan 26, 2020 8:19:46 GMT
26th January In 1911 Glenn Curtiss pilots 1st successful hydroplane, San Diego. In 1915 Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, is established. In 1962 Bishop Burke of Buffalo Catholic dioceses declares Chubby Checker's "The Twist" to be impure and bans it from all Catholic schools. In 1973 Sweet were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Blockbuster'. The glam rockers only UK No.1 of 15 Top 40 hits.
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Post by JTull 007 on Jan 26, 2020 17:33:20 GMT
26th January In 1973 Sweet were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Blockbuster'. The glam rockers only UK No.1 of 15 Top 40 hits. CRANK IT UP !!!! Years ago I really enjoyed the music and style although it was difficult to wear this in school... especially the MAKE-UP
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Post by bunkerfan on Jan 27, 2020 6:55:50 GMT
27th January
Just one subject today
75 years ago today Russian troops liberated Auschwitz. Video's from my recent visit to Auschwitz/BirkenauBirkenau showing the demolished crematorium and some of the living conditions for prisoners. I hope and pray this never happens again,
lest we forget
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Post by bunkerfan on Jan 28, 2020 7:22:25 GMT
28th January In 1807 London's Pall Mall is 1st street lit by gaslight. In 1917 Municipally owned streetcars take to the streets of San Francisco, California. In 1958 The Lego company patents their design of Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today. In 1978 The Fleetwood Mac album Rumours went to No.1 on the UK album chart. The groups eleventh studio album went on to sell over 45 million copies world-wide and spent over 440 weeks on the UK chart. The songs 'Go Your Own Way', 'Dreams', 'Don't Stop', and 'You Make Loving Fun' were released as singles.
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Post by bunkerfan on Jan 29, 2020 7:22:31 GMT
29th January In 1845 Edgar Allan Poe's poem "Raven" 1st published. Born this day in 1943 Tony Blackburn, DJ on Radio Caroline and the first D.J. on BBC Radio 1 (The first song played was 'Flowers In The Rain by The Move'). Blackburn was crowned 'King of the jungle' in 2003 after winning on the UK TV show 'I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here' set in the Australian outback. In 1964 IX Winter Olympic Games open in Innsbruck, Austria. In 1989 Marc Almond started a four-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart' with guest vocals from Gene Pitney, (who also had a hit with the song in 1967).
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Post by bunkerfan on Jan 30, 2020 6:53:23 GMT
30th January In 1873 "Around the World in 80 Days" by Jules Verne is published in France by Pierre-Jules Hetzel. In 1946 1st issue of Franklin Roosevelt dime. In 1961 The Shirelles became the first all-girl black group to have the number one song on the US chart when 'Will You Love Me Tomorrow?' reached the top. The song peaked at No.4 in the UK. In 1970 Edison Lighthouse were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes).' The group's only Top 40 hit spent five weeks at the top of the charts. In February 1970, Tony Burrows became the first (and still the only) person to appear on BBC Television's Top Of The Pops fronting three different acts in one show: Edison Lighthouse (who were number one that week), White Plains, and Brotherhood of Man.
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Post by bunkerfan on Jan 31, 2020 7:14:14 GMT
31st January In 1905 1st automobile to exceed 100 mph (161 kph), A G MacDonald, Daytona Beach. In 1943 Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus surrenders to Soviet troops at Stalingrad. In 1955 RCA demonstrates 1st music synthesizer. In 1987 Paul Simon went back to No.1 on the UK album chart with Graceland the album stayed on the chart for a total 101 weeks. 'Graceland' later won the 1987 Grammy Award for Album of the Year, while the title song won the 1988 Grammy Award for Record of the Year.
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Post by bunkerfan on Feb 1, 2020 7:59:56 GMT
1st February In 1920 Royal Canadian Mounted Police forms as Royal Northwest Mounted Police merge with Dominion Police. Born this day in 1937 American singer, songwriter Don Everly, from The Everly Brothers who had the 1958 UK & US No.1 single 'All I Have To Do Is Dream'. Other hits include: 'Wake Up Little Susie,' 'Bird Dog,' 'Cathy's Clown,' 'Walk Right Back' and 'Crying in the Rain'. The music of the Everly Brothers influenced The Beatles who based the vocal arrangement of 'Please Please Me' on 'Cathy's Clown. In 1967 at Abbey Road studios in London, The Beatles started work on a new song 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'. It wasn't until The Beatles had recorded the song that Paul McCartney had the idea to make the song the thematic pivot for their forthcoming album. In 2008 US space agency Nasa announced that 'Across the Universe' by The Beatles was to become the first song ever to be beamed directly into space. The track would be transmitted through the Deep Space Network - a network of antennas - on the 40th anniversary of the song being recorded, being aimed at the North Star, Polaris, 431 light-years from Earth. In a message to NASA, Paul McCartney said the project was an "amazing" feat."Well done, Nasa," he added. "Send my love to the aliens. All the best, Paul."
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Post by bunkerfan on Feb 2, 2020 6:49:25 GMT
2nd February In 1887 In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the first Groundhog Day is observed. In 1935 Leonarde Keeler first uses his polygraph machine on criminals later convicted of assault on its findings in Portage, Wisconsin. In 1964 GI Joe, debuts as a popular American boy's toy. In 1976 Genesis released 'A Trick Of The Tail', their seventh studio album and the first to feature drummer Phil Collins as full-time lead vocalist following the departure of original vocalist Peter Gabriel. After auditioning over 400 vocalists, which saw Collins teaching the potential lead singers the songs, the band decided that Collins should be the new vocalist.
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Post by JTull 007 on Feb 2, 2020 13:05:40 GMT
PETA requests Punxsutawney Phil to be replaced with robot LINKIt is an annual tradition on February 2: Punxsutawney Phil comes out of his burrow, and if he sees his shadow, he has predicted six more weeks of winter.
One animal advocacy group is calling for an alteration to this Groundhog Day tradition.
Groundhog Club co-handler John Griffiths co-handler Al Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 133rd celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa. Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019. Phil’s handlers said that the groundhog has forecast an early spring. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) sent a letter to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club requesting that the groundhog should be replaced with a robot.
The letter signed by PETA President Ingrid Newkirk earlier this week says that the spotlight on Phil causes the animal stress.
“As a prey species, groundhogs actively avoid humans. Being in close proximity to the public causes these animals great stress,” Newkirk wrote. “When Phil is dragged out of his hole and held up to flashing lights and crowds, he has no idea what’s happening. Being relegated to a library ‘habitat’ for the other days of the year doesn’t allow him or the other groundhog there to dig, burrow, or forage.”
Newkirk suggested using technology to replace Phil.
“Using technologically advanced electromechanical devices such as animatronics instead of live animals is more popular than ever,” Newkirk said. “We even have the technology to create an animatronic groundhog with artificial intelligence (AI) that could actually predict the weather. An AI Phil would renew interest in Punxsutawney, generating a great deal of buzz.”
Phil Deeley, president of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, told the Punxsutawney Spirt, “Phil lives better than the average child in Western Pennsylvania.”
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Post by JTull 007 on Feb 2, 2020 13:57:27 GMT
“Groundhog Day” | Bill Murray | 02.02.2020
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Post by bunkerfan on Feb 3, 2020 7:25:27 GMT
3rd February In 1945 Walt Disney's "3 Caballeros" released. Born this day in 1947 English singer, songwriter and guitarist Dave Davies, with The Kinks who scored the 1964 UK No.1 & US No.7 'You Really Got Me', and the 1967 UK No.2 single 'Waterloo Sunset' plus 19 other UK Top 40 singles. Davies suffered a stroke in 2004 after being interviewed by the BBC in London where he had been promoting his then current album, Bug. In 1959 22 year old Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens, aged 17, died in a crash shortly after take-off from Clear Lake, Iowa, the pilot of the single-engined Beechcraft Bonanza plane was also killed. Holly hired the plane after heating problems developed on his tour bus. All three were travelling to Fargo, North Dakota, for the next show on their Winter Dance Party Tour which Holly had set - covering 24 cities in three weeks, to make money after the break-up of his band, The Crickets, last year. In 1968 The Beatles started work on their new single 'Lady Madonna' at Abbey Road studios in London. Recording three piano and drum takes with overdub bass, fuzz guitars, drums, and vocals.
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Post by JTull 007 on Feb 3, 2020 12:16:22 GMT
Punxsutawney Phil Gives His Groundhog Day Prediction
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Post by bunkerfan on Feb 4, 2020 7:24:49 GMT
4th February In 1895 1st rolling lift bridge opens in Chicago. Born this day in 1948, American singer, songwriter Alice Cooper, (Vincent Furnier), who formed the Earwigs, and then the Alice Cooper Band, who had the 1972 UK No.1 & US No.7 single 'School's Out', the 1972 hit 'Elected' and the 1973 US & UK No.1 album Billion Dollar Babies. Cooper's live shows featured guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, deadly snakes, baby dolls, and dueling swords. Cooper is now also a radio presenter. In 1957 1st electric portable typewriter placed on sale (Syracuse NY) In 1965 The Righteous Brothers were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with the Phil Spector song 'You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'. Also a US No.1 at the same time. In 1999 the PRS announced that it was the most played song of the 20th Century.
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Post by bunkerfan on Feb 5, 2020 7:20:22 GMT
5th February In 1861 Kinematoscope patented by Coleman Sellers, Philadelphia. In 1922 Reader's Digest magazine 1st published. In 1953 Sweet rationing imposed in WWII ends in Britain. In 1972 Paul Simon released his first new song without Art Garfunkel, 'Mother and Child Reunion', which peaked at No.4 in the US. Simon got the idea for the song's title from a chicken-and-egg dish called Mother and Child Reunion that he saw on a Chinese restaurant's menu.
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Post by bunkerfan on Feb 6, 2020 7:16:53 GMT
6th February In 1894 Bottle opener patented by William Painter. In 1935 "Monopoly" board game goes on sale for 1st time. In 1958 21 dead in air crash at Munich-Riem Airport; 8 players and 3 staff are from the Manchester United football team. In 1982 Kraftwerk were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'The Model / Computer Love', the first German act to score a UK No.1 single. The single spent 21 weeks on the UK chart.
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Post by bunkerfan on Feb 7, 2020 7:02:39 GMT
7th February In 1914 Charlie Chaplin debuts silent film character The Tramp in "Kid Auto Races at Venice." In 1940 Walt Disney's second feature length movie, "Pinocchio" premieres (NYC) In 1959 Buddy Holly was buried in Lubbock, Texas. His tombstone reads "Holley", the correct spelling of his given surname and includes pictures of a guitar. On Feb 3rd 1959, after a show in Clear Lake, Iowa, Holly chartered an airplane to travel to his next show in Moorhead, Minnesota. Soon after takeoff, the plane crashed, killing Holly, Ritchie Valens, the Big Bopper and the pilot, an infamous milestone in rock history known as The Day the Music Died. In 1981 John Lennon was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Woman', an ode to his wife Yoko Ono. It was Lennon's third No.1 in seven weeks after his death on December 8, 1980.
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Post by bunkerfan on Feb 8, 2020 7:57:07 GMT
8th February In 1910 The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce. In 1936 1st ski jumping tournament, Red Wing, Minnesota. In 1960 Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issued an Order-in-Council, stating that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name "Mountbatten-Windsor". In 1965 The Supremes release "Stop In the Name of Love."
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Post by bunkerfan on Feb 9, 2020 7:58:01 GMT
9th February In 1895 Volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts. Born this day in 1940, Brian Bennett, drummer with The Shadows, who had the 1963 UK No.1 single 'Foot Tapper' plus 28 other UK Top 40 singles as well as having hits with Cliff Richard. In 1982 George Harrison presented UNICEF with a cheque for $9 million (£5.3 million), ten years after the fundraising The Concert For Bangladesh. In 1987 Winners at this years Brit awards held in London included Peter Gabriel who won British Male Solo Artist and Best British Video for 'Sledgehammer'.
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Post by bunkerfan on Feb 10, 2020 6:56:04 GMT
10th February In 1916 Military conscription begins in Britain. In 1939 "Stagecoach" western film directed by John Ford, starring Claire Trevor and John Wayne, premieres in Miami. In 1956 "My Friend Flicka" premieres on CBS (later NBC) TV. In 1973 Elton John had his first UK No.1 album when 'Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player' started a six-week run at the top of the charts.
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Post by bunkerfan on Feb 11, 2020 7:18:19 GMT
11th February In 1929 Vatican City (world's smallest country) made an enclave of Rome. In 1943 US General Eisenhower selected to command the allied armies in Europe; British General Montgomery not best pleased. In 1958 English singer Michael Holliday was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'The Story Of My Life.' The song gave writers Bacharach and David their first UK No.1 hit. In 1972 Led Zeppelin scored their third US Top 20 hit single with 'Black Dog / Misty Mountain Hop', peaking at No.15, and taken from their fourth album. The song's title is a reference to a nameless black Labrador retriever that wandered around the Headley Grange studios during recording. Robert Plant recorded his vocal for the track in two takes.
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Post by bunkerfan on Feb 12, 2020 6:56:46 GMT
12th February In 1914 "The Squaw Man", 1st feature-length film shot in Hollywood, directed by Cecil B. DeMille and Oscar Apfel, is released in the US. In 1917 1st edition of Joseph Patterson and Sidney Smith's strip "The Gumps." In 1956 Dean Martin was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Memories Are Made Of This'. The American actor, comedian, singer and TV hosts biggest hit. Also covered by The Everly Brothers, Johnny Cash, Frank Sinatra and The Driffters. In 1969 '(If Paradise Is) Half As Nice' by Amen Corner was at No.1 on the UK singles chart, the group's only UK No.1. The song was first offered to The Tremeloes as a potential single, who rejected it.
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Post by bunkerfan on Feb 13, 2020 7:15:44 GMT
13th February In 1866 Jesse James holds up his first bank, stealing $15,000 from the Clay County Savings Association in Liberty, Missouri. In 1917 Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari is arrested in Paris on suspicion that she is a German spy. In 1967 The Monkees announced that from now on they would be playing on their own recordings instead of session musicians. In 1977 Julie Covington was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Don't Cry For Me Argentina', taken from the Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd-Webber musical Evita. Covington had been in the 1977 UK TV series based on an all female group called Rock Follies. Madonna had a hit with her version of the song in 1996.
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Post by bunkerfan on Feb 13, 2020 20:39:16 GMT
Bunkerfan thank you for doing a great job creating this thread everyday. It's very educational, and good to see the dates to learn when significant events took place for anyone casually piecing together the past to learn how today's world came to be. Today there is mention of The Monkeys. Man I fell prey to what was basically a commercial scheme. It's embarrassing now, same as The Beverly Hillbillies show. (We were but putty in their hands) How about that picture of Jesse James today? Robbed his first bank on this date! Perfect haircut. Isn't he the outlaw who would offer to make you famous? Course that meant he would shoot you and thus you would be added to his historical account. Thank you very much for your kind comments mossyrock. It's a labour of love posting events from years gone by and of course feel free to contribute to this thread anytime Cheers Bunkerfan/John
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