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Post by bunkerfan on Jun 28, 2022 6:05:14 GMT
28th June In 1846 Saxophone is patented by Antoine-Joseph "Adolfe" Sax. In 1939 Pan Am opens southern route transatlantic air service. In 1977 Elton John achieved a life long ambition when he became the Chairman of Watford Football Club. In 2013 Coldplay's 2011 headline appearance on the Glastonbury Pyramid Stage was voted the top Glastonbury moment by BBC Radio listeners.
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Post by bunkerfan on Jun 29, 2022 6:15:05 GMT
29th June In 1927 First test of Wallace Turnbull's controllable pitch propeller. In 1936 George M. Cohan is the first artist to be presented with a US Congressional Gold Medal, by Franklin D. Roosevelt (for raising war morale) In 1968 "Tip-Toe Thru' The Tulips With Me" by Tiny Tim peaks at number 17. In 2008 Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England; Leonard Cohen the highlight singing "Hallelujah."
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Post by JTull 007 on Jun 29, 2022 10:43:06 GMT
29th June In 1968 "Tip-Toe Thru' The Tulips With Me" by Tiny Tim peaks at number 17.
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Post by bunkerfan on Jun 30, 2022 5:40:12 GMT
30th June In 1859 French acrobat Charles Blondin is 1st to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope. In 1937 The world's first emergency call telephone service is launched in London using the number 999. In 1973 Observers aboard Concorde jet observe 72-min solar eclipse. In 1978 United Artists released The Buzzcocks single 'Love You More', at 1 minute 29 seconds it was the second shortest single ever released. Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs 1960 hit 'Stay' was the shortest hit at one minute 28 seconds.
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Post by bunkerfan on Jul 1, 2022 5:45:56 GMT
1st July In 1903 Tour de France: Inaugural race begins in Montgeron, a south-eastern suburb of Paris. In 1944 General Eisenhower visits front in Normandy. In 1967 1st British colour TV broadcast, on BBC 2. In 1972 Slade were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Take Me Bak 'Ome', the group's second No.1. The song was produced by the bands manager Chas Chandler.
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Post by bunkerfan on Jul 2, 2022 6:28:41 GMT
2nd July In 1928 The Jenkins Television Corporation (owned by Charles Jenkins) goes on air with W3XK, the first television broadcasting station in the USA. Born on this day in 1937, David Palmer the keyboard player for Jethro Tull between 1969 and 1980. He played on all the Tull classics including 'Thick As A Brick' and 'Aqualung.' Palmer changed his name to Dee Palmer after a successful sex change operation during the nineties. In 1958 Musical drama Film "King Creole" starring Elvis Presley based on a novel by Harold Robbins premieres. In 1969 Thunderclap Newman started a three week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with the Pete Townshend produced track 'Something In The Air.' Featured on the soundtrack for the movie, 'The Magic Christian'. The band featured guitarist Jimmy McCulloch who went on to work with Wings.
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Post by bunkerfan on Jul 3, 2022 6:37:09 GMT
3rd July In 1920 Royal Air Force holds an air display at Hendon, England. In 1947 252,288 people (record) pass through Grand Central Station, NYC. In 1959 British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: 23 year old South African Gary Player wins the first of his 9 major titles. In 1982 After a record breaking jump from No.33 on the UK singles charts, The Damned's guitarist Captain Sensible started a two week run at No.1 with his version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein song 'Happy Talk' from the 1949 musical South Pacific.
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Post by bunkerfan on Jul 4, 2022 5:58:37 GMT
4th July In 1837 Grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool. In 1927 First flight of the Lockheed Vega. In 1959 Island Records founded in Jamaica. In 1964 The Beach Boys started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I Get Around', the group's first No.1, which was a No.7 hit in the UK. It is noteworthy for its back-to-front structure—it starts with a chorus and has two short verses.
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Post by bunkerfan on Jul 5, 2022 5:51:04 GMT
5th July In 1935 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Fred Perry successfully defends his title against German Gottfried von Cramm 6-2, 6-4, 6-4. In 1942 Ian Fleming graduates from a training school for spies in Canada. In 1954 The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin. In 1975 Captain Beefheart appeared at The Knebworth Festival, England, tickets cost £3.50.
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Post by bunkerfan on Jul 6, 2022 6:17:04 GMT
6th July In 1933 "Nertsery Rhymes" short film starring Ted Healy and His Stooges premieres, one of the first film appearance of The Three Stooges. In 1945 US President Harry Truman signs executive order establishing Medal of Freedom. In 1964 The Beatles' film "Hard Day's Night" premieres in London. In 1967 Woburn Music Festival, Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire took place. A two-day affair featuring Donovan, Fleetwood Mac, Pentangle, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Alexis Korner, Family, Taste, Tim Rose, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Duster Bennett and Tyrannosaurus Rex, two-day tickets were priced at £2.
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Post by bunkerfan on Jul 7, 2022 6:21:50 GMT
7th July In 1550 Traditional date Chocolate thought to have been introduced to Europe. In 1948 6 female reservists become 1st women sworn into regular US Navy. In 1962 The Beatles played at Hulme Hall, Port Sunlight, in Birkenhead. The show was a dance for the local golf club, the capacity of the hall was 450, but 500 people squeezed in to hear and see The Beatles. In 2003 The Darkness released their debut studio album Permission To Land which topped the UK chart for four weeks. Five singles were released from the album including ‘I Believe in a Thing Called Love’, the most successful, reaching No.2 on the UK Singles Chart. The band won three BRIT Awards in 2004 in response to the album, Best Group, Best Rock Group and Best Album. They also won two Kerrang! awards in 2004 for Best Live Act and Best British Band.
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Post by bunkerfan on Jul 8, 2022 6:17:36 GMT
8th July In 1907 Florenz Ziegfeld staged 1st `Follies' on NY Theater roof. In 1944 British troops march into Caen, Normandy. In 1954 Producer Sam Phillips took an acetate recording of Elvis Presley singing 'That's All Right' to Memphis radio station WHBQ DJ Dewey Phillips. He played the song just after 9.30 that evening, the phone lines lit up asking the DJ to play the song again. In 1978 Gerry Rafferty's album City To City went to No.1 on the US chart, knocking off 'Saturday Night Fever', which had been at the top of the charts for almost six months.
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Post by bunkerfan on Jul 9, 2022 6:32:37 GMT
9th July In 1910 Walter Brookins, flying a Wright biplane over Atlantic City, New Jersey, becomes 1st to fly an airplane to an altitude of 1 mile. In 1947 Engagement of Britain's Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten. In 1954 Elvis Presley recorded ‘Blue Moon of Kentucky', (the B-side for his first single) at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. Presley had recorded the A-side ‘That’s Alright’ four days earlier. In 1955 Bill Haley & His Comets went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Rock Around the Clock', staying at No.1 for eight weeks and becoming one of the biggest selling singles of all time.
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Post by bunkerfan on Jul 10, 2022 6:43:52 GMT
10th July In 1908 H Kamerlingh Onnes makes helium liquid. In 1938 Howard Hughes flies around the world in 91 hours. In 1950 The US music show Your Hit Parade premiered on NBC-TV. The program, which featured vocalists covering the top hits of the week, had been on radio since 1935. It moved to CBS in 1958 but was canceled the following year, unable to cope with the rising popularity of Rock 'n' Roll. And of course it was sponsored by a cigarette company In 1968 Eric Clapton announced that Cream would break-up after their current tour. The group's third album, Wheels of Fire, was the world's first platinum-selling double album and Cream are widely regarded as being the world's first successful supergroup.
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Post by bunkerfan on Jul 11, 2022 6:12:27 GMT
11th July In 1859 Big Ben's second and current bell first chimes from inside the Clock Tower. In 1922 The Hollywood Bowl opens. In 1969 David Bowie releases the single "Space Oddity" 9 days before Apollo 11 lands on the moon. In 1970 Three Dog Night started a two-week run at No.1 in the US with their version of the Randy Newman song 'Mama Told Me Not To Come', which was also a No.3 hit in the UK. The song was first covered by Eric Burdon on his first solo album in 1966 and gave Tom Jones & Stereophonics a No.4 hit on the UK Singles Chart in 2000.
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Post by bunkerfan on Jul 12, 2022 6:27:22 GMT
12th July In 1912 1st foreign feature film exhibited in US - "Queen Elizabeth" in NYC. In 1934 US Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island abandoned. In 1958 The Quarrymen, featuring John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John "Duff" Lowe on piano and Colin Hanton on drums, recorded a vanity disc at a small studio in an electronics shop owned by a man named Percy Phillips. In 1986 Simply Red scored their first US No.1 single with 'Holding Back The Years'. Simply Red singer Mick Hucknall wrote the song when he was seventeen, while living at his father's house. The chorus did not come to him until many years later.
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Post by bunkerfan on Jul 13, 2022 5:37:09 GMT
13th July In 1837 Queen Victoria is 1st monarch to live in present Buckingham Palace. In 1923 American explorer Roy Chapman Andrews discovers the first recognised dinosaur eggs, in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia. In 1968 British Open Men's Golf, Carnoustie: South African Gary Player wins second of his 3 Open titles, 2 strokes clear of Bob Charles and Jack Nicklaus; 5th of Player's 9 major titles. In 1985 Duran Duran became the first artists to have a No.1 on the US singles chart with a James Bond theme when 'A View To A Kill', went to the top of the charts.
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Post by JTull 007 on Jul 13, 2022 10:29:14 GMT
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Post by bunkerfan on Jul 14, 2022 5:38:43 GMT
14th July In 1865 English mountaineer Edward Whymper leads first expedition to climb the Matterhorn (four die on the descent) In 1949 Czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobný and Vladimir Černík defect while playing in a tournament in Gstaad, Switzerland; Drobny accepts Egyptian citizenship. In 1967 The Who begin a US tour opening for Herman's Hermits. In 1986 Madonna was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with her second No.1 'Papa Don't Preach'.
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Post by bunkerfan on Jul 15, 2022 5:41:51 GMT
15th July In 1916 Boeing Company (Pacific Aero) formed by William Boeing in Seattle, Washington. In 1929 1st airport hotel opens at Oakland, California. In 1965 "Mariner IV" sends back 1st pictures of Mars. In 1972 Elton John started a five week run at No.1 on the US album chart with his fifth studio album Honky Chateau, his first US chart topper. The album was titled after the 18th century French chateau where it was recorded, Château d'Hérouville. Both the tracks from the album 'Rocket Man' and 'Honky Cat' were released as singles.
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Post by bunkerfan on Jul 16, 2022 6:14:52 GMT
16th July In 1926 National Geographic takes 1st natural-colour undersea photos. In 1935 First automatic parking meter in the United States is installed in Oklahoma City. In 1967 American pop-rock group "The Monkees" perform at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in Queens, New York. In 1994 "The Three Tenors", Plácido Domingo, José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti, perform in Los Angeles, California.
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Post by bunkerfan on Jul 17, 2022 6:33:39 GMT
17th July In 1938 Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan leaves NY flying for LA, winds up in Ireland supposedly by mistake. In 1945 Potsdam Conference: Harry Truman, Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill hold 1st post-World War II meeting. In 1967 Jimi Hendrix quits as opening act of the Monkees' tour, after playing 7 of a planned 29 shows. In 2019 Snow Patrol's ballad 'Chasing Cars' was named the most-played song of the 21st Century on UK radio. Originally released in 2006, the lovestruck ballad never reached No.1 in the UK, but remained on the charts for more than three years. Second place went to Black Eyed Peas' 'I Gotta Feeling', while Pharrell's 'Happy' came third.
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Post by JTull 007 on Jul 17, 2022 22:36:15 GMT
17th July In 1967 Jimi Hendrix quits as opening act of the Monkees' tour, after playing 7 of a planned 29 shows. David Mikkelson has the story! southboundbeat.com/it-happened-on-this-day/As Mike Nesmith admitted: The Jimi Hendrix experience … were the apotheosis of sixties psychedelic ribbon shirts and tie-dye, they had pinwheels for eyes and their hair was out to here … I thought, “Man, I gotta see this thing live.” So that night, I stood in front of the stage and listened to Hendrix at sound check. And I thought, “Well, this guy’s from Mars; he’s from some other planet, but whatever it is, thank heaven for this visitation.” And I listened to him play the sound checks and the concert. I thought, “This is some of the best music I’ve heard in my life.”
Peter Tork was more candid, and more on the mark: Nobody thought, “This is screaming, scaring-the-balls-off-your-daddy music compared with the Monkees,” you know? It didn’t cross anybody’s mind that it wasn’t gonna fly. And there’s poor Jimi, and the kids go, “We want the Monkees, we want the Monkees.” We went early to the show and listened to what this man could do because he really was a world class musician.
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Post by bunkerfan on Jul 18, 2022 5:36:34 GMT
18th July In 1892 First human test of a vaccine against cholera; Ukrainian bacteriologist Waldemar Huffkine risks his life by testing it on himself. In 1921 Babe Ruth achieves 139 home runs and becomes the all-time home run leader in Major League Baseball, taking the title from Roger Connor. In 1974 World's tallest structure, 646 metre Polish radio mast, completed. In 1994 "Kiss From a Rose" released by Seal (Grammy Record and Song of the Year)
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Post by jackinthegreen on Jul 18, 2022 9:50:21 GMT
17th July In 1967 Jimi Hendrix quits as opening act of the Monkees' tour, after playing 7 of a planned 29 shows. David Mikkelson has the story! southboundbeat.com/it-happened-on-this-day/As Mike Nesmith admitted: The Jimi Hendrix experience … were the apotheosis of sixties psychedelic ribbon shirts and tie-dye, they had pinwheels for eyes and their hair was out to here … I thought, “Man, I gotta see this thing live.” So that night, I stood in front of the stage and listened to Hendrix at sound check. And I thought, “Well, this guy’s from Mars; he’s from some other planet, but whatever it is, thank heaven for this visitation.” And I listened to him play the sound checks and the concert. I thought, “This is some of the best music I’ve heard in my life.”
Peter Tork was more candid, and more on the mark: Nobody thought, “This is screaming, scaring-the-balls-off-your-daddy music compared with the Monkees,” you know? It didn’t cross anybody’s mind that it wasn’t gonna fly. And there’s poor Jimi, and the kids go, “We want the Monkees, we want the Monkees.” We went early to the show and listened to what this man could do because he really was a world class musician.Who-ever thought Jimi was an opening act for The Monkees had never heard Jimi .........or maybe The Monkees ...chalk and cheese
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Post by bunkerfan on Jul 19, 2022 5:43:23 GMT
19th July In 1922 American swimmer Johnny Weissmuller first to break 1 minute barrier for 100m freestyle; swims 58.6s at Alameda, CA. In 1941 Tom and Jerry first appear under their own names in cartoon "The Midnight Snack" by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. In 1965 Shooting begins on Star Trek 2nd pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before." In 1988 Bruce Springsteen played his first ever show behind the Iron Curtain when he appeared in East Berlin in front of 180,000 people. The show was broadcast on East German TV.
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Post by bunkerfan on Jul 20, 2022 6:18:16 GMT
20th July In 1793 Scottish explorer Alexander Mackenzie completes the first European east-to-west crossing of America north of Mexico. In 1940 Billboard publishes its 1st singles record chart (#1 is "I'll Never Smile Again" by Tommy Dorsey) In 1954 The Blue Moon Boys made their live debut appearing on the back of a flatbed truck outside a new drug store for its grand opening in Memphis. The band line up was Elvis Presley Scotty Moore and Bill Black. The name was taken from a song they had recorded just two weeks previously, 'Blue Moon of Kentucky.' In 1968 Cream started a four-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Wheels Of Fire'. The double album which consisted of a studio and a live record reached No.3 in the United Kingdom.
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Post by JTull 007 on Jul 21, 2022 1:32:13 GMT
July 21, 1969 It's a very special night for these astronauts in 1969 Salute to Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins
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Post by bunkerfan on Jul 21, 2022 6:44:19 GMT
21st July In 1853 Central Park in New York created when New York State Legislature puts aside more than 750 acres of land on Manhattan Island. Born on this day in 1948-Cat Stevens, singer, songwriter, who had the 1967 UK No.2 single 'Matthew And Son', and the 1972 UK No.9 & US No.6 single, 'Morning Has Broken'. He wrote 'The First Cut Is The Deepest' covered by many artists including PP Arnold, Rod Stewart and Sheryl Crow. Stevens converted to the Muslim religion in 1977 changing his name to Yusef Islam. In 1960 Francis Chichester arrive in NY aboard Gypsy Moth II, setting record of 40 days for a solo Atlantic crossing. In 1966 Georgie Fame was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Get Away'. The song started life as a TV jingle for a petrol advert.
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Post by JTull 007 on Jul 21, 2022 10:28:44 GMT
#Apollo45 - Winning the Lottery of Time Special Thanks to Steve Thamer
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