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Post by bunkerfan on Nov 9, 2022 7:16:19 GMT
9th November In 1918 Emperor Wilhelm II abdicates after German defeat in World War I. In 1944 The Red Cross wins Nobel peace prize. In 1968 Joe Cocker's version of The Beatles song "With A Little Help From My Friends" becomes No. 1 single in the UK. In 1974 Bachman Turner Overdrive went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet'. Randy Bachman stuttered through the lyrics of the demo recording as a private joke about his brother Gary, who had a speech impediment. The record company liked that take better than the non-stammering version and released it.
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Post by bunkerfan on Nov 10, 2022 7:15:42 GMT
10th November In 1885 German engineer Gottlieb Daimler unveils the world's first motorcycle. In 1951 1st long distance telephone call without operator assistance. In 1969 "Sesame Street" premieres on PBS TV. In 1975 Patti Smith released her debut studio album Horses. Produced by John Cale, Horses has since been viewed by critics as one of the greatest and most influential albums in the history of the American punk rock movement, as well as one of the greatest albums of all time. Horses has also been cited as a key influence on a number of acts, including Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Smiths, R.E.M. and PJ Harvey.
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Post by bunkerfan on Nov 11, 2022 7:19:01 GMT
11th November In 1865 Mary Edward Walker, the first US Army female surgeon, awarded Medal of Honor. In 1918 WWI Armistice signed by the Allies and Germany comes into effect and World War I hostilities end at 11am, "the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month." In 1954 Bill Haley scored his first US Top ten single with 'Shake Rattle And Roll'. He had dropped his cowboy image about a year and a half earlier, while renaming The Saddlemen to Bill Haley and His Comets. The song became the theme song for the Springfield Indians of the American Hockey League. ‘Shake, Rattle and Roll’ was originally made popular by Big Joe Turner. In 1978 The Cars released 'My Best Friend's Girl', the first picture-disc single commercially available, which went on to be a No.3 hit on the UK charts and top 40 in the US.
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Post by bunkerfan on Nov 12, 2022 7:34:50 GMT
12th November In 1894 Lawrence Hargrave, Australian aeronautical pioneer and inventor of the box kite, linked four huge box kites together and flew - but remained attached to the ground by piano wire. Born on this day in 1945, Neil Young, Canadian singer, songwriter and guitarist who as a member of Buffalo Springfield had the 1967 US No.17 single 'For What It's Worth'. Joined Crosby, Stills Nash & Young who had the 1970 US No.1 and UK No.5 album DejVu. As a solo artist Young scored the 1972 US No.1 and UK No.10 single Heart Of Gold, and his 1972 UK No.7 album Harvest spent 66 weeks on the UK chart. In 2008 a newly discovered trapdoor spider Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi was named after the singer. In 1966 Buzz Aldrin takes the first 'space selfie', a photo of himself performing extravehicular activity in space during the Gemini programme. In 1983 Bob Dylan's Infidels album reached its highest position when it peaked at No.9 in the UK chart. Dylan's 22nd studio album was co-produced with Dire Straits guitarist Mark Knopfler. Dylan had also approached Elvis Costello, David Bowie and Frank Zappa as possible producers.
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Post by bunkerfan on Nov 13, 2022 7:46:58 GMT
13th November In 1865 US issues 1st gold certificates. In 1946 First artificial snow produced from a natural cloud, Mt Greylock, Massachusetts. In 1979 Ronald Reagan announces his candidacy for US President. In 1987 Sonny & Cher perform together for the final time, singing "I Got You Babe" on 'Late Night with David Letterman' (NBC)
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Post by bunkerfan on Nov 14, 2022 6:39:27 GMT
14th November In 1883 "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson is first published as a book by Cassell & Co. In 1940 During WW II, German planes destroy most of Coventry, England. In 1969 Apollo 12 (Conrad/Gordon/Bean) launched for 2nd manned Moon landing. In 1987 George Michael went to No.1 on the UK album chart with his debut solo album 'Faith'. The album won several awards including the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1989. To date, the album has sold over 20 million copies worldwide. Between 1987 and 1988, Faith produced six Top 5 Billboard Hot 100 hits, four of which ('Faith', 'Father Figure', 'One More Try', and 'Monkey') reached No.1, making him the only British male singer to have four No.1 singles from one LP on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Post by bunkerfan on Nov 15, 2022 7:07:44 GMT
15th November In 1916 Canadian pilot William George Barker flying over Ancre River, spots concentration of German troops massing for counter-attack on Beaumont Hamel, sends emergency Zone Call to break up German infantry apart. Barker later receives Military Cross. In 1941 Cow Palace opens in San Francisco. In 1969 Wendy's Hamburgers, American fast food restaurant chains founded by Dave Thomas opens in Columbus, Ohio. In 1974 Ringo Starr releases singles "Goodnight Vienna" and "Only You" in the UK.
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Post by bunkerfan on Nov 16, 2022 7:20:54 GMT
16th November In 1938 LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide) is first synthesized by Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel, Switzerland. In 1945 Founding of UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. In 1972 Elektra Records releases "No Secrets', the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon; her commercial breakthrough spends 5 weeks at top of US charts and contains the hit singles "You're So Vain" and "The Right Thing to Do." In 1985 Former Undertones singer Feargal Sharkey had his only UK No.1 single with the Maria McKee song 'A Good Heart' written about her relationship with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers keyboard player Benmont Tench. Sharkey followed up the single with Tench written 'You Little Thief', this time about Tench's relationship with McKee .
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Post by bunkerfan on Nov 17, 2022 7:20:09 GMT
17th November In 1869 Englishman James Moore wins 1st bicycle race, racing 13K Paris to Rouen. Born on this day in 1946, English rock musician Martin Barre best known for his work with progressive rock band Jethro Tull from their second album in 1969 to the band's initial dissolution in 2012. In 1979 Jethro Tull bass player John Glascock died at the age of 28, as a result of a congenital heart defect. Had also been a member of Chicken Shack. In 1995 English singer-songwriter and founding member of folk rock band, Lindisfarne Alan Hull died of a heart attack aged 50 whilst working on a new album, Statues & Liberties. After his death, Hull's ashes were scattered at the mouth of the River Tyne. Lindisfarne scored the 1972 UK No.3 single 'Lady Eleanor', 'Fog on the Tyne' and 'Run for Home'. On 19 July 2012, following a public campaign an Alan Hull memorial plaque was unveiled on the front of Newcastle City Hall, at a ceremony attended by hundreds of fans.
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Post by bunkerfan on Nov 18, 2022 6:38:32 GMT
18th November In 1902 Brooklyn toymaker Morris Michton names the teddy bear after US President Teddy Roosevelt. In 1926 George Bernard Shaw accepts the Nobel Prize for Literature but refuses the prize money, saying "I can forgive Alfred Nobel for inventing dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize." In 1963 Dartford-Purfleet tunnel under River Thames opens. In 1985 Paul McCartney releases film theme single "Spies Like Us."
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Post by bunkerfan on Nov 19, 2022 7:20:42 GMT
19th November In 1895 American inventor Frederick E. Blaisdell patents the pencil. In 1959 Ford Motors cancels its poorly received Edsel model. In 1971 Disney World's Fort Wilderness opens. In 2000 The Beatles started an eleven-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with The Beatles 1. The album features virtually every number-one single released from 1962 to 1970. Issued on the 30th anniversary of the band's break-up, it was their first compilation available on one CD. The world's best-selling album of the 21st century, 1 has sold over 31 million copies.
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Post by bunkerfan on Nov 20, 2022 7:23:44 GMT
20th November In 1923 Garrett Morgan patents his traffic signal design, an important development in automobile safety. In 1945 The Nuremberg war trials begin as 24 Nazi leaders are put on trial before judges representing the victorious Allied powers. In 1955 Bo Diddley appeared on US The Ed Sullivan Show television show. The show had requested that he sang his version of ‘Sixteen Tons’, but, when he appeared on stage, he sang his own song ‘Bo Diddley’ resulting in him being banned from further appearances on the show. In 1976 George Harrison appears on "Saturday Night Live": performing "Here Comes the Sun" and "Homeward Bound" with Paul Simon.
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Post by bunkerfan on Nov 21, 2022 6:38:43 GMT
21st November In 1920 Silent film "The Last of the Mohicans" released, adapted from James Fenimore Cooper's novel, starring Wallace Beery, Barbara Bedford. In 1931 Horror film "Frankenstein" is released, starring Boris Karloff as the monster, directed by James Whale and based on Mary Shelley's 1818 novel "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus." In 1960 The Beatles played at the Kaiserkeller Club in Hamburg, Germany without George Harrison. The guitarist had been deported on this day for being underage (he was 17) and not legally allowed to remain in a nightclub after midnight. In 1994 After a five-year wait, The Stone Roses released the single 'Love Spreads'. In true Roses fashion the group turned down an appearance on BBC 1's TV show Top Of The Pops to promote the new single.
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Post by JTull 007 on Nov 21, 2022 11:26:35 GMT
21st November In 1931 Horror film "Frankenstein" is released, starring Boris Karloff as the monster, directed by James Whale and based on Mary Shelley's 1818 novel "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus." Frankenstein Official Trailer #1 - (1931) HD This movie changed my life....
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Post by bunkerfan on Nov 22, 2022 7:22:08 GMT
22nd November In1935 Flying boat "China Clipper" takes off from Alameda, California, carrying 100,000 pieces of mail on 1st trans-Pacific airmail flight. In 1944 Film musical "Meet Me In St Louis", starring Judy Garland, and directed by Vincente Minnelli, premieres at Loew’s State Theater on Washington Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1963 US President John F. Kennedy assassinated while riding in an open-topped motorcade in Dallas, Texas. In 1968 The Beatles double White Album was released in the UK. Featuring 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da', 'Dear Prudence', 'Helter Skelter', 'Blackbird' 'Back In The USSR' and George Harrison's 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps'. Priced at £3.13 shillings, ($8.76), it spent eight weeks as the UK No.1 album.
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Post by bunkerfan on Nov 23, 2022 7:14:47 GMT
23rd November In 1869 The clipper Cutty Sark is launched In Dumbarton, Scotland, one of the last clippers ever built and the only one still surviving. In 1923 Cecil B. DeMille's first version of "The Ten Commandments" premieres in the USA. In 1963 Debut of "Doctor Who" the long-running British sci-fi series. In 1974 One Hit Wonder Billy Swan started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I Can Help'. The song was a hit throughout most of Europe and also reached No.1 in Australia. It was so successful in Norway that it charted for 37 weeks on the Norwegian charts making it the 4th best-performing single of all time in that country.
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Post by bunkerfan on Nov 24, 2022 7:17:54 GMT
24th November In 1905 Photographer Alfred Stieglitz opens the Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession in Manhattan, New York. In 1933 Fred Astaire's 1st film, "Dancing Lady", released. In 1954 Air Force One, 1st US Presidential airplane, christened. In 1991 Queen frontman Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara) died at the age of 45, following complications from the AIDS virus. His death came just one day after he announced his diagnosis to the press. Mercury co-founded Queen in 1970, and remained the band’s frontman throughout his life.
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Post by bunkerfan on Nov 25, 2022 7:19:07 GMT
25th November In 1905 Telimco makes the 1st ever advertisement for a radio set, by advertising a $8.50 set in the "Scientific American" which claimed to receive signals for up to one mile. In 1940 Woody Woodpecker debuts with release of Walter Lantz's "Knock Knock." In 1958 Lord Rockinghams XI were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Hoot's Mon', (based on the traditional Scottish folk song 'One Hundred Pipers'). Lord Rockingham's XI were the house band on the UK Jack Good TV show 'Oh Boy.' In 1976 The Band's farewell concert at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, California; guest performers include Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Ringo Starr, and the Staples Singers; concert film "The Last Waltz" directed by Martin Scorcese.
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Post by bunkerfan on Nov 26, 2022 8:26:35 GMT
26th November In 1922 English archaeologist Howard Carter opens Tutankhamun's virtually intact tomb in Egypt. In 1942 "Casablanca" directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman premieres at Hollywood Theater, NYC (Academy Awards Best Picture 1943) In 1956 TV game show "The Price Is Right", hosted by Bill Cullen, debuts on NBC. In 1968 Cream played their farewell concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Also on the bill were Yes and Taste. The concert was filmed and released as Cream's Farewell Concert which has often been criticized for both its mediocre sound and visual effects: during Ginger Baker's drum solo, he seems to change clothes at lightning speed due to careless post-editing.
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Post by bunkerfan on Nov 27, 2022 8:02:36 GMT
27th November In 1826 John Walker invents friction match in England. In 1920 "The Mark of Zorro" directed by Fred Niblo and starring Douglas Fairbanks is shown in New York - 1st American superhero film. In 1967 The Beatles release their album "Magical Mystery Tour" in US. In 1970 George Harrison released All Things Must Pass which includes the hit singles 'My Sweet Lord' and 'What Is Life', as well as songs such as 'Isn't It a Pity' and the title track that had been turned down for inclusion on releases by the Beatles. The triple album would go on to be certified 6x Platinum by the RIAA, making it the best selling album by a solo Beatle.
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Post by bunkerfan on Nov 28, 2022 7:19:29 GMT
28th November In 1907 In Haverhill, Massachusetts, scrap-metal dealer Louis B. Mayer opens his first movie theater. In 1933 A Dallas grand jury delivers a murder indictment against Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow for the January 1933 killing of Tarrant County Deputy Malcolm Davis. In 1954 Winifred Atwell was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Let's Have Another Party.' Atwell was the first Black artist to reach No.1 in the UK and the first black artist to sell a million records. In 1978 Atlantic Records releases "Briefcase Full of Blues", the debut album by The Blues Brothers (Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi); album tops the chart and becomes best-selling blues record of all-time.
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Post by bunkerfan on Nov 29, 2022 7:13:34 GMT
29th November In 1870 Compulsory education proclaimed in England. In 1929 Richard E. Byrd sends "My calculations indicate that we have reached vicinity of South Pole" (He was wrong) In 1956 Chris Brasher becomes first Briton to win an Olympic gold medal in track and field since 1936; claims 3,000m steeplechase in 8:41.2 at the Melbourne Games. In1997 'Perfect Day' performed by various artists including Elton John, Bono, Tom Jones & David Bowie went to No.1 on the UK singles chart. Originally written and recorded in 1973 by Lou Reed, this new collaboration of 29 major artists was a fund raiser for the BBC Children In Need charity.
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Post by bunkerfan on Nov 30, 2022 7:07:28 GMT
30th November In 1876 Archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann finds the gold Mask of Agamemnon at Mycenae (modern Greece) "the Mona Lisa of prehistory." In 1944 Biggest & last British battleship HMS Vanguard launched. In 1962 U Thant of Burma becomes the 3rd Secretary-General of the United Nations. In 1972 BBC bans Wings' "Hi, Hi, Hi."
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Post by bunkerfan on Dec 1, 2022 7:07:59 GMT
1st December In 1884 Society of Independent Artists hold 1st exhibition in Polychrome Pavilion, Paris, includes Georges Seurat's "Bathers at Asnières." In 1929 Game of Bingo invented by American toy salesman Edwin S. Lowe. In 1953 Hugh Hefner publishes 1st edition of Playboy magazine, featuring Marilyn Monroe as the magazine's 1st centerfold. In 1971 John Lennon and Yoko Ono release "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in US.
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Post by bunkerfan on Dec 2, 2022 7:10:06 GMT
2nd December In 1901 King C. Gillette begins selling safety razor blades. In 1950 "I Robot" collection of sci-fi short stories by Isaac Asimov published by Gnome Press in the US. In 1957 1st US large scale nuclear power plant for peacetime use opens, Shippingport, Pennsylvania. In 1983 MTV aired the full 14-minute version of Michael Jackson's Thriller video for the first time. Now regarded as the most influential pop music video of all time, in 2009, the video was inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress, the first music video to ever receive this honor, for being “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant.
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Post by JTull 007 on Dec 2, 2022 11:55:57 GMT
2nd December In 1983 MTV aired the full 14-minute version of Michael Jackson's Thriller video for the first time. Now regarded as the most influential pop music video of all time, in 2009, the video was inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress, the first music video to ever receive this honor, for being “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant. Special Thanks to Vincent Price !!!!
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Post by smint100 on Dec 2, 2022 12:16:41 GMT
I was in my first year at Uni, and we stayed up late to see the screening of Thriller. Happy times!
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Post by bunkerfan on Dec 3, 2022 7:21:42 GMT
3rd December In 1917 After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, the Quebec Bridge finally opens to traffic after two prior collapses. Born on this day in 1944 - Ralph McTell, UK folk singer songwriter & children's TV presenter, (1975 UK No.2 single 'Streets of London'). In 1968 Elvis Presley's Comeback Special airs on NBC, his 1st live performance in seven years, re-launching his singing career. In 1969 - The Rolling Stones recorded 'Brown Sugar' at Muscle Shoals studios. The single went on to be a UK & US No.1. The song was written by Mick Jagger with Marsha Hunt in mind; Hunt was Jagger's secret girlfriend and mother of his first child Karis.
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Post by bunkerfan on Dec 4, 2022 7:59:58 GMT
4th December In 1791 Britain's "The Observer" is first published, the oldest Sunday newspaper in the world. In 1927 Duke Ellington opens at the Cotton Club in Harlem. In 1956 An impromptu recording session by the "Million-Dollar Quartet" - Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Johnny Cash - takes place at Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1971 Led Zeppelin started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK chart with the Four Symbols album, otherwise known as Led Zeppelin IV. Featuring the 8-minute track 'Stairway To Heaven', the album stayed on the US chart for one week short of five years, selling over 23 million copies in the US alone.
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Post by bunkerfan on Dec 5, 2022 6:39:05 GMT
5th December In 1854 Aaron Allen of Boston patents folding theater chair. In 1952 Great Smog of London (England): Killer fog creeps in, as still winds and cold temperatures cause pollution fueled by coal smoke to stagnate; lasting 4 days, over 8,000 deaths attributed to conditions. In 1968 Rolling Stones release "Beggar's Banquet" LP. In 1987 Fat Larry James, drummer, singer and leader of Fat Larry’s Band died of a heart attack aged 38. Scored the 1982 UK No.2 single 'Zoom'. The opening drum break from Down On The Avenue, from the band's first album, Feel It has been sampled by N.W.A. Ice-T, Jungle Brothers and Run-D.M.C.
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