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Desert Radio AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17275461034480693671noreply@blogger.comBlogger19754125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938525050752515025.post-2462288220975199862024-03-14T13:10:00.003-07:002024-03-14T13:10:56.359-07:00Tunes Through Time - The Eagles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe class="BLOG_video_class" allowfullscreen="" youtube-src-id="hMqWSzbjgV8" width="400" height="322" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hMqWSzbjgV8"></iframe></div><p> </p>Desert Radio AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17275461034480693671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938525050752515025.post-80105141485567183092024-03-14T09:32:00.003-07:002024-03-14T09:32:15.399-07:00 Music Calendar...In 1943 Aaron Copland's "Fanfare For The Common Man" premieres in New York, with George Szell conducting.<br />In 1953 Marty Robbins makes his U.S. chart debut with "I'll Go On Alone."<br />In 1955 Elvis Presley is interviewed by Jimmy Dean on his TV show.<br />In 1958 The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certifies its<br />In 1958 first gold record, "Catch A Falling Star" by Perry Como.<br />In 1960 Sam Cooke kicks off his first tour of the West Indies with a concert in Montego Bay, Jamaica.<br />In 1963 Gerry Marsden of Gerry and the Pacemakers is fined 60 pounds for evading British customs with a German guitar.<br />In 1964 Billboard magazine says that 60% of all current music sales are Beatles records.<br />In 1964 "Twist & Shout" by the Beatles enters the U.S. top 40 chart.<br />In 1965 Petula Clark makes her American TV debut on the "Ed Sullivan Show."<br />In 1967 TV's "Where The Action Is" airs the Beatles film "Strawberry Fields Forever."<br />In 1968 Elvis Presley's 26th movie, "Stay Away, Joe," premieres.<br />In 1969 The Beatles' "Yellow Submarine" becomes their 14th gold album.<br />In 1970 "Reflections Of My Life" by Marmalade and "Get Ready" by Rare Earth both enter the U.S. top 40 chart.<br />In 1971 Barbra Streisand appears on CBS-TV's "The Burt Bacharach Special."<br />In 1972 Carole King wins the Best Album Grammy for "Tapestry" and Best Record for "It's Too Late." Carly Simon is named Best New Artist.<br />In 1974 Bob Dylan appears on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.<br />In 1975 Loggins & Messina, Barry Manilow and Blood, Sweat & Tears perform on NBC-TV's "The Midnight Special."<br />In 1980 Quincy Jones receives a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.<br />In 1981 Eric Clapton is hospitalized in St. Paul, MN, with a bleeding ulcer. He canceled the remaining dates of his U.S. tour.<br />In 1984 The Hard Rock Cafe opens in New York City.<br />In 1987 "Talk Dirty To Me" by Poison enters the U.S. top 40 chart.<br />In 1987 "Jacob's Ladder" by Huey Lewis & The News is #1 on the U.S. top 40 chart.<br />In 1988 Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin reunite for the first "Rat Pack" reunion concert in Oakland, CA.<br />In 1991 R.E.M.'s single "Losing My Religion" is released.<br />In 1991 Songwriter Doc Pomus ("Save the Last Dance for Me," "This Magic Moment") dies at age of 65.<br />In 1992 Willie Nelson hosts Farm Aid V in Irving, Texas. Performers included John Mellencamp, Paul Simon and Neil Young.<br />In 1992 "One" by U2 enters the U.S. top 40 chart.<br />In 1994 The Boring Institute names Madonna's movie "Body of Evidence" the most boring film of 1993.<br />In 1994 A bomb threat disrupts a Jay & The Americans' concert in Long Island, New York. However, no bomb was found.<br />In 1994 Tori Amos' album "Under The Pink" is certified gold.<br />In 1995 Garth Brooks, Michael Bolton and Kenny G testify before Congress on behalf of the National Endowment for the Arts.<br />In 1995 Annie Lennox's album "Medusa" is released, as is the Goo Goo Dolls' CD "A Boy Named Goo."<br />In 1995 The album "Cracked Rear View" by Hootie & The Blowfish is certified double platinum.<br />In 1997 Kenny Loggins' album "Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow" is released.<br />In 1997 U2's "Pop" album enters the Billboard Top 200 albums chart at #1.<br />In 1998 Ray Charles appears on the cable shopping network QVC to promote a book and CD set.<br />In 1998 "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" by Will Smith is #1 on the U.S. top 40 chart.<br />In 2000 Elton John makes his first in-store appearance in more than five years at Tower Records in West Hollywood to promote his CD "Elton John's 'The Road to El Dorado.'"<br />In 2000 Mandy Moore's album "So Real" is certified platinum.<br />In 2001 The Court of Appeals of Rome finds Michael Jackson not guilty of plagiarism, reversing a decision made in 1999 by a lower court. Albano Carrisi had claimed that his song "I Cigni Di Balaka" was used in Jackson's 1991 hit "Will You Be There."<br />Desert Radio AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17275461034480693671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938525050752515025.post-12729176946675816592024-03-14T09:30:00.003-07:002024-03-14T09:30:20.351-07:00 Today In History...In 1743 The first recorded town meeting in America is held at Boston's Faneuil Hall.<br />In 1794 Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin, an invention that revolutionized America's cotton industry.<br />In 1812 The U.S. congress authorizes war bonds to finance War of 1812.<br />In 1883 German political philosopher Karl Marx dies in London.<br />In 1900 U.S. currency goes on the gold standard.<br />In 1903 The first national bird reservation is established in Sebastian, Florida.<br />In 1923 President Warren Harding becomes the first U.S. president to file an income tax return.<br />In 1939 The republic of Czechoslovakia is dissolved, opening the way for Nazi occupation.<br />In 1950 The FBI's "10 Most Wanted Fugitives" program begins.<br />In 1951 During the Korean War, United Nations forces recapture Seoul.<br />In 1964 A jury in Dallas finds Jack Ruby guilty of murdering Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy.<br />In 1965 Israel's cabinet formally approves establishment of diplomatic relations with West Germany.<br />In 1967 The body of President Kennedy is moved from a temporary grave to a permanent memorial site at Arlington National Cemetery.<br />In 1968 The last episode of "Batman" airs on ABC-TV.<br />In 1972 Burt Reynolds becomes the first male nude centerfold when the April edition of Cosmopolitan magazine hit the newsstands.<br />In 1975 Actress Susan Hayward dies at age 56.<br />In 1980 A Polish airliner crashes while making an emergency landing near Warsaw, killing all 87 people aboard, including 22 members of the U.S. amateur boxing team.<br />In 1983 OPEC cuts oil prices for the first time in 23 years.<br />In 1984 George McGovern dropped out of the Democratic presidential race after finishing third in Massachusetts in the Super Tuesday primaries.<br />In 1985 U.S. and Soviet negotiators begin their first full session of renewed arms talks in Geneva, Switzerland.<br />In 1986 European Space Agency's Giotto flies by Halley's Comet (540 km).<br />In 1986 Robert McDonald sets the record for going without sleep at 453 hours, 40 minutes (19 days).<br />In 1986 President Reagan announces he had sent Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev a "new, very specific and far-reaching proposal" on nuclear testing.<br />In 1987 The U.S. Coast Guard rescues 37 Soviets from a sinking freighter.<br />In 1988 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir arrives in Washington with what he called new ideas for Middle East peace talks.<br />In 1989 President Bush bans imports of Uzi, AK-47 and some other types of assault weapons after a Chinese-made AK-47 is used in a Stockton schoolyard massacre killing 5 children.<br />In 1989 Lebanese hijacker Fawaz Younis is convicted in federal court of commandeering a Jordanian airliner and holding 70 hostages, including two Americans.<br />In 1990 The Soviet Congress elects Mikhail S. Gorbachev to the country's new, powerful presidency.<br />In 1990 The U.S., Soviet Union, Britain, France, and West and East Germany hold their first formal meeting on reunifying the German states.<br />In 1991 Four white police officers are indicted by a Los Angeles grand jury in connection with the beating of a black motorist, Rodney King.<br />In 1991 A British court reverses the convictions of the "Birmingham Six," who had spent 16 years in prison for an Irish Republican Army bombing, and ordered them released.<br />In 1994 Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell, a longtime friend of President and Mrs. Clinton, resigns because of controversy over billings he'd charged while in private law practice.<br />In 1994 Secretary of State Warren Christopher wraps up 3 days of meetings with Chinese leaders, who rejected attempts to link their human rights record with preferred trade status.<br />In 1995 American astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the first American to enter space aboard a Russian rocket.<br />In 1996 Steve Forbes drops his $30 million quest for Republican presidential nomination.<br />In 1997 President Clinton is hospitalized with knee injury, caused by a freak stumble at the Florida home of golfer Greg Norman.<br />In 1998 An earthquake leaves 10,000 homeless in southeastern Iran.<br />In 1998 India's Congress party chose Sonia Gandhi, the Italian-born widow of assassinated prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, as its new president.<br />In 1998 An earthquake kills at least five people and left thousands homeless in southeastern Iran.<br />In 2000 Defending champion Doug Swingley drives his dog team to victory in the Iditarod race.<br />In 2001 Inspectors tightened U.S. defenses against foot-and-mouth disease a day after a case was confirmed in France.<br />In 2003 Actor Robert Blake is released from jail on $1.5 million bail, 11 months after he was arrested on charges of murdering his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley.<br />In 2004 Russian President Vladimir Putin wins a second term.<br />Desert Radio AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17275461034480693671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938525050752515025.post-63132337341443378912024-03-14T09:19:00.001-07:002024-03-14T09:19:27.866-07:00Born On This Day...<p>In 1804 Composer, Johann Baptist Strauss (Father of the Waltz)<br />In 1821 Archeologist, Jens Worsaae<br />In 1833 First American female dentist, Lucy Hobbs Taylor<br />In 1835 Astronomer, Giovanni Schiaparelli (discovered Martian canals)<br />In 1854 German biologist, Paul R. Ehrlich (developed syphilis treatment)<br />In 1854 Thomas Riley Marshall, 28th U.S. vice president (1913-21)<br />In 1864 Railroad engineer, Casey Jones (Cannonball Express)<br />In 1868 Russian playwright, Maxim Gorky<br />In 1879 Theoretical physicist, Albert Einstein (E=mc2) (Nobel, 1921)<br />In 1912 Bandleader, Les Brown (Steve Allen, Dean Martin) [d: 1-4-01]<br />In 1916 Screenwriter/author, Horton Foote (To Kill a Mockingbird) [d: 3-4-09]<br />In 1918 Actor, Dennis Patrick (Vaughn Leland-Dallas) [d: 10-13-02]<br />In 1919 Novelist, Max Shulman (Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis) [d: 8-28-88]<br />In 1920 Cartoonist, Hank Ketcham (Dennis the Menace) [d: 6-1-01]<br />In 1922 Conductor/composer, Les Baxter (Mel Torme) [d: 1-15-96]<br />In 1923 Photographer, Diane Arbus (Vogue, Harper's Bizaare) [d: 7-28-71]<br />In 1926 Singer/guitarist, Phil Phillips (Sea Of Love) [d: 3-14-20]<br />In 1928 Astronaut, Frank Borman (Gemini VII, Apollo VIII)[d: 11-7-23]<br />In 1933 Actor, Michael Caine (Hannah & Her Sisters, Batman Begins) (91)<br />In 1933 Composer/producer, Quincy Jones (Thriller, We Are The World) (91)<br />In 1934 Astronaut, Eugene Cernan (Gemini IX, Apollo X, Apollo XVII) [d: 1-16-17]<br />In 1939 Astronaut, William B. Lenoir (STS-5) [d: 8-26-10]<br />In 1942 Actress, Rita Tushingham (Green Eyes, Dr. Zhivago) (82)<br />In 1943 Bassist, Jim Pons (Turtles, Mothers of Invention) (81)<br />In 1943 Country singer/songwriter, Jim Weatherly [d: 2-3-21]<br />In 1945 Saxophonist, Walter Parazaider (Chicago, Bee Gees) (79)<br />In 1946 Actor, Steve Kanaly (Dillinger, Ray Krebbs-Dallas) (78)<br />In 1946 Basketball player, Wes Unseld (Baltimore Bullets) [d: 6-2-20]<br />In 1948 Actor, Billy Crystal (When Harry Met Sally, City Slickers) (76)<br />In 1950 Radio personality/comedian, Rick Dees (Disco Duck) (74)<br />In 1951 Country singer, Zella Lehr ("Two Doors Down") (73)<br />In 1953 U.S. medley swimmer, Tim McKee (Olympic-Silver-1972) (71)<br />In 1954 Actor, Adrian Zmed (T.J. Hooker, Dance Fever) (70)<br />In 1958 Prince, Albert of Monaco (son of Princess Grace) (66)<br />In 1958 Actor, Russell Todd (Another World, Where The Boys Are) (66)<br />In 1961 Actress, Penny Johnson (24, ER, Star Trek: DSN) (63)<br />In 1961 Baseball player, Kirby Puckett (Twins) [d: 3-6-06]<br />In 1962 Singer/guitarist, Steve Lambert (Roman Holliday) (62)<br />In 1966 Actress, Elise Neal (Rosewood, Money Talks, The Hughleys) (58)<br />In 1967 Actress, Melissa Brennan Reeves (Jennifer-Days Of Our Lives) (57)<br />In 1968 Actress, Megan Follows (Second Chances) (56)<br />In 1968 Actress, Priscilla Garita (Sunset Beach, Titans, Passions) (56)<br />In 1969 Basketball player, Larry Johnson (Hornets, Dream Team II) (55)<br />In 1970 Singer/songwriter, Kristian Bush (Sugarland) (54)<br />In 1970 Actress, Meredith Salenger (Lake Placid, The Journey of Natty Gann) (54)<br />In 1976 Actor, Daniel Gillies (Saving Hope, The Vampire Diaries) (48)<br />In 1979 Actor, Jake Fogelnest (Squirt TV) (45)<br />In 1979 Actor, Chris Klein (American Pie, Here On Earth) (45)<br />In 1982 Actress, Kate Maberly (The Secret Garden, Finding Nerverland) (42)<br />In 1983 Singer/keyboardist, Taylor Hanson (Hanson) (41)<br />In 1986 Actor, Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot, King Kong, Fantastic Four) (38)<br />In 1988 Basketball player, Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors) (36)<br />In 1991 Actress, Rhiannon Fish (Home and Away) (33)<br />In 1994 Actor, Ansel Elgort (Divergent, The Fault in Our Stars) (30)<br />In 1997 Gymnist, Simone Biles (Olympics-2016-4 Gold) (27)<br /></p>Desert Radio AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17275461034480693671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938525050752515025.post-26223199055340586682024-03-13T15:56:00.004-07:002024-03-13T15:56:40.695-07:00 Music Calendar...In 1942 Bing Crosby and Mary Martin record "Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie."<br />In 1948 "Manana (Is Soon Enough For Me)" by Peggy Lee is #1 on the charts.<br />In 1959 The Kingston Trio are nearly killed in an Indiana plane crash, five weeks following a similar crash in which Buddy Holly was killed.<br />In 1961 Ricky Nelson records "Travelin' Man."<br />In 1965 The Beatles with wives Cynthia, Maureen and Patti, all fly from London to Austria to shoot scenes for "Help!"<br />In 1965 Eric Clapton leaves the Yardbirds and is replaced by Jeff Beck.<br />In 1965 "Tired Of Waiting For You" by the Kinks and "I'm Telling You Now" by Freddie & the Dreamers both enter the U.S. top 40 chart.<br />In 1965 "Eight Days A Week" by the Beatles hits #1 on the U.S. top 40 chart and stayed there for 2 weeks.<br />In 1966 Rod Stewart leaves Steampacket to resume his solo career.<br />In 1968 The Byrds receive a gold record for their "Greatest Hits" album.<br />In 1971 The Allman Brothers record the album "Live At Fillmore East."<br />In 1971 "Put Your Hand In The Hand" by Ocean and "Joy To The World" by Three Dog Night both enter the U.S. top 40 chart.<br />In 1975 George Jones and Tammy Wynette divorce.<br />In 1975 Led Zeppelin appears on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.<br />In 1976 "More More More Part 1" by the Andrea True Connection enters the U.S. top 40 chart.<br />In 1976 "December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)" by the Four Seasons hits #1 on the U.S. top 40 chart and stayed there for 3 weeks.<br />In 1978 Van Halen begins its first tour in Chicago, IL.<br />In 1978 The Bee Gees' single "Stayin' Alive" is certified platinum.<br />In 1980 Pink Floyd's "The Wall" goes platinum a few weeks into its 15-week stay at #1 on the U.S. albums chart.<br />In 1987 Bob Seger is awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.<br />In 1987 Bryan Adams' "In The Heat Of The Night" becomes the first commercially released cassette single.<br />In 1987 William Lee Golden is ousted from the Oak Ridge Boys over artistic differences. He was replaced by guitarist Steve Sanders.<br />In 1989 Gregg Allman announces the Allman Brothers will reunite for a 20th anniversary tour.<br />In 1990 The B-52's album "Cosmic Thing" is certified double platinum, while Tom Petty's CD "Full Moon Fever" goes triple platinum.<br />In 1991 Bruce Hornsby's album "The Way It Is" goes triple platinum.<br />In 1993 "Informer" by Snow hits #1 on the U.S. top 40 chart and stayed there for 7 weeks.<br />In 1995 Diana Ross is honored with the Heritage Award for Career Achievement at the ninth annual Soul Train Music Awards in Los Angeles.<br />In 1995 Carly Simon launches her first tour in 15 years in Boston.<br />In 1997 The Beatles' album "The Beatles" (White Album) is certified platinum for the sixteenth time.<br />In 1998 Pearl Jam's album "Yield" is certified gold and platinum.<br />In 2001 Eric Clapton releases "Reptile," his first solo CD since 1998's "Pilgrim."<br />Desert Radio AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17275461034480693671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938525050752515025.post-42592883143358399432024-03-13T15:53:00.004-07:002024-03-13T15:53:58.002-07:00Today In History...In 1462 The first Gutenberg Bible is printed.<br />In 1519 Cortez lands in Mexico.<br />In 1639 Harvard University is named for clergyman John Harvard.<br />In 1781 The planet Uranus is discovered by Sir William Herschel.<br />In 1852 The New York Lantern publishes the first cartoon showing the character "Uncle Sam" based on a real U.S. officer who served in the war of 1812, Samuel Wilson.<br />In 1861 Confederate president Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing the use of slaves as soldiers.<br />In 1868 The impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson begins in the U.S. Senate.<br />In 1877 Maine teenager Chester Greenwood patents the earmuffs.<br />In 1884 Standard Time is adopted throughout the United States.<br />In 1901 Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd U.S. president, dies in Indianapolis.<br />In 1906 American suffragist, Susan B. Anthony dies in Rochester, NY.<br />In 1925 A Tennessee law goes into effect prohibiting the teaching of evolution.<br />In 1928 400 die when the St. Francis Dam bursts, flooding San Francisquito Valley in California.<br />In 1930 Clyde Tombaugh announces the discovery of the planet Pluto at Lowell Observatory.<br />In 1933 U.S. banks begin to re-open after a "holiday" declared by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.<br />In 1938 Famed attorney Clarence S. Darrow dies in Chicago, Illinois.<br />In 1964 38 New York city residents heard but failed to respond to the cries of Kitty Genovese, who is fatally stabbed on her way home.<br />In 1969 Apollo IX returns to Earth, ending a mission that included the successful testing of the Lunar Module.<br />In 1980 Ford Motor Chairman Henry Ford II announces that he will step down.<br />In 1980 A jury in Winamac, Indiana, finds Ford Motor Company innocent of reckless homicide in the fiery deaths of 3 women in a Ford Pinto.<br />In 1985 Funeral services are held in Moscow for leader Konstantin Chernenko, after which Vice President George Bush met with new Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.<br />In 1986 Soyuz T-15 is launched.<br />In 1986 Philippine investigators discover a secret $800 million bank account belonging to exiled President Ferdinand Marcos.<br />In 1986 The Soviet Union launches a Soyuz spacecraft with two cosmonauts aboard in the first manned space mission since America's Challenger disaster.<br />In 1987 The president of Ecuador said his country had suspended payments on its foreign debt after earthquakes killed hundreds of people and ruptured the country's main oil pipeline.<br />In 1988 Gallaudet University in Washington, a liberal arts college for the deaf, replaces Elizabeth Ann Zinser, a hearing woman, with I. King Jordon, the University's first deaf president.<br />In 1990 The Soviet Congress of People's Deputies approve Mikhail Gorbachev's proposals for a multi-party political system.<br />In 1990 President Bush lifts trade sanctions against Nicaragua in a show of support for President-elect Violeta Chamorro.<br />In 1991 Exxon Corp. agrees to pay a $100 million criminal fine and more than $900 million in civil damages in the aftermath of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. But, the deal fell apart when the Alaska House rejected it. A new settlement was reached later.<br />In 1992 The U.S. House of Representatives votes unanimously to publicly identify 355 current and former members who had overdrawn their accounts at the House bank.<br />In 1994 A South African diplomat takes over as leader of Bophuthatswana as the black homeland's president, Lucas Mangope, was deposed.<br />In 1994 The Israeli Cabinet outlaws two Jewish extremist groups, Kach and Kahane Lives, branding them terrorist organizations.<br />In 1995 President Clinton declares emergencies in more than half the counties in California as one of the worst winter storms this century pelts the coast with rain.<br />In 1995 Two Americans working for the McDonnell Douglas Corp. in Kuwait are seized by Iraq after they stray across the border; sentenced to eight years in prison, both were freed the following July.<br />In 1996 A man bursts into Scottish elementary school with four handguns and opens fire on class of kindergartners, killing 16 children and one teacher and wounding 12 students before killing himself.<br />In 1996 World leaders, including President Clinton, hold a summit in Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt, to support for the Mideast peace process.<br />In 1997 A Jordanian soldier shoots and kills seven Israeli junior high school girls on a field trip. (The soldier, Corporal Ahmed Daqamseh, was sentenced by a military court to life in prison.)<br />In 1998 The U.S. sends a $1.7 billion aid package to Thailand, including jet fighters.<br />In 1998 U.S. Representative Joseph P. Kennedy II says he will not seek a seventh term.<br />In 1998 Sgt. Major Gene McKinney, once the Army's top enlisted man, is acquitted of pressuring military women for sex, but convicted of trying to persuade chief accuser to lie.<br />In 1999 Evander Holyfield, the WBA and IBF champion, and Lennox Lewis, the WBC champion, keep their respective titles after fighting to a controversial draw in New York.<br />In 1999 Playwright Garson Kanin dies in New York at age 86.<br />In 2000 U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen arrives in Hanoi to push the pace of reconciliation.<br />In 2001 France announces its first case of foot-and-mouth disease, prompting the U.S. to suspend meat imports from the European Union.<br />In 2004 Iran freezes inspections of its nuclear facilities after the U.N. atomic agency censured Tehran for hiding suspect activities.<br />Desert Radio AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17275461034480693671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938525050752515025.post-18205348167724594912024-03-13T15:51:00.004-07:002024-03-13T15:51:28.187-07:00Born On This Day...In 1615 Religious leader, Pope Innocent XII (1691-1700)<br />In 1733 English clergyman/chemist, Joseph Priestly (discovered oxygen)<br />In 1770 English giant, Daniel Lambert (weighed 334 kg at death)<br />In 1798 Abigail Powers Fillmore, first wife of President Millard Fillmore<br />In 1813 Famed restauranteur, Lorenzo Delmonico<br />In 1855 Astronomer, Percival Lowell (predicted discovery of Pluto)<br />In 1883 Engineer, Clifford M. Holland (Holland subway tunnel)<br />In 1886 Baseball Hall-of-Famer, John Franklin "Home Run" Baker<br />In 1901 Actor, Paul Fix (Marshal Micah Torrance-The Rifleman) [d: 10-14-83]<br />In 1907 Actor, Frank Wilcox (John Brewster-Beverly Hillbillies) [d: 3-3-74]<br />In 1908 Publisher, Walter Annenberg (founded TV Guide) [d: 10-01-02]<br />In 1911 Philosopher, L. Ron Hubbard (Church of Scientology) [d: 1-24-86]<br />In 1913 CIA director, William J. Casey (1981-87) [d: 5-6-87]<br />In 1913 Bandleader, Sammy Kaye (Sammy Kaye Show) [d: 6-2-87]<br />In 1917 Bandleader, Ina Ray Hutton (all female band) [d: 2-19-84]<br />In 1917 Actress, Tessie O'Shea (Bedknobs & Broomsticks) [d: 4-21-95]<br />In 1918 Football Hall-of-Famer, George McAfee (Bears) [d: 3-4-09]<br />In 1921 Cartoonist, Al Jaffee (Mad Magazine) [d: 4-10-23]<br />In 1929 Actor, Peter Breck (Nick Barkley-Big Valley, Benji) [d: 2-6-12]<br />In 1929 Opera singer, Rosalind Elias (Die Walkuere) [d: 5-3-20]<br />In 1932 Football player, Ordell Braase (Colts, Super Bowl III) [d: 3-25-19]<br />In 1933 Songwriter/composer, Mike Stoller ("Jailhouse Rock") (91)<br />In 1938 Football player, Joseph Bellino (Heisman, 1960) [d: 3-28-19]<br />In 1939 Singer/songwriter, Neil Sedaka ("Breaking Up Is Hard To Do") (85)<br />In 1940 Singer, Danny Bennie (Just Like Romeo & Juliet-Reflections) [d: 4-7-08]<br />In 1940 Singer, Candi Staton (Young Hearts Run Free) (84)<br />In 1948 Actor, Robert S. Woods (Bo Buchanan-One Life To Live) (76)<br />In 1949 Singer, Donald York (Sha Na Na) (75)<br />In 1950 Actor, William H. Macy (Fargo, Boogie Nights, Pleasantville) (74)<br />In 1951 Actor, Fred Berry (Rerun Stubbs-What's Happening) [d: 10-21-03]<br />In 1951 Football player, Steve Craig (Vikings) (73)<br />In 1953 Golfer, Andy Bean (Western 1978, Kemper 1978) (71)<br />In 1953 Actress/model, Deborah Raffin (Once Is Not Enough) [d: 11-21-12]<br />In 1954 Comedian, Robin Duke (Molly Earl-SCTV, SNL) (70)<br />In 1955 Actress, Glenne Headly (Mr. Holland's Opus, Sgt. Bilko) [d: 6-8-17]<br />In 1956 Actress, Dana Delany (China Beach, Tombstone, Exit To Eden) (68)<br />In 1958 Playmate/model, Debi Nicolle Johnson (October-1984) (66)<br />In 1960 Bassist, Adam Clayton (U2) (64)<br />In 1962 Jazz trumpeter, Terence Blanchard (62)<br />In 1963 Football player, Vance Johnson (61)<br />In 1968 Actor, Christopher Collet (Manhattan Project) (56)<br />In 1971 Actress, Annabeth Gish (Scarlett, Nixon, Double Jeopardy) (53)<br />In 1971 Actress, Tracy Wells (Heather-Mr. Belvedere) (53)<br />In 1972 Actress, Leigh-Allyn Baker (Will & Grace, Good Luck Charlie) (52)<br />In 1972 Rapper/actor, Common (Terminator Salvation, Suicide Squad) (52)<br />In 1972 Rap singer, Khujo (Goodie Mob) (52)<br />In 1973 Singer, David Draiman (Disturbed) (51)<br />In 1974 Tennis player, Thomas Enqvist (50)<br />In 1976 Actor, Danny Masterson (That '70s Show, Men at Work) (48)<br />In 1980 Actress, Molly Stanton (Charity Standish-Passions) (44)<br />In 1984 Hip-Hop singers, Nicole and Natalie Albino (40)<br />In 1984 Actor, Noel Fisher (Battle: Los Angeles, Shameless, TNMT) (40)<br />In 1985 Actor, Emile Hirsch (Matthew-The Girl Next Door) (39)<br />In 1989 Singer, Yemi Alade ("Johnny") (35)<br />In 1989 Actor, Harry Melling (Dudley Dursley-Harry Potter films) (35)<br />In 1992 Actress, Lucy Fry (Lightning Point, Vampire Academy) (32)<br />In 1992 Actress, Kaya Scodelario (Clash of the Titans, The Maze Runner) (32)<br />In 1995 Singer, Zella Day ("1965," "East of Eden") (29)<br />Desert Radio AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17275461034480693671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938525050752515025.post-44949118240839878182024-02-29T11:39:00.004-07:002024-02-29T11:39:44.446-07:00 Music Calendar... In 1964 "My Heart Only Belongs To You" by Bobby Vinton enters the U.S. top 40 chart. <br />In 1964 "Meet The Beatles" is #1 on the U.S. album chart. "Introducing The Beatles" is #2. The pair remained back to back for nine weeks. <br />In 1968 The Beatles win Best Album Grammy for "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." "Up, Up and Away" by the Fifth Dimension is Record of the Year, while Aretha Franklin wins her first Grammy for Best Rhythm & Blues Female Vocal for "Respect." <br />In 1972 John Lennon's U.S. immigration visa expires, triggering a 3-year fight to stay in the states. <br />In 1972 "Hurting Each Other" by the Carpenters is certified gold. <br />In 1980 Buddy Holly's glasses and the Big Bopper's watch are discovered in police files. <br />In 1980 Journey releases the album "Departure." <br />In 1984 The album "Sports" by Huey Lewis & The News is certified platinum. <br />In 1992 "To Be With You" by Mr. Big hits #1 on the U.S. top 40 chart and remained there for 3 weeks. <br />In 2012 Singer, Davy Jones who helped propel TV rock band The Monkees to the top of the TV ratings and pop charts, dies of a Heart attack. He was 66.<br />Desert Radio AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17275461034480693671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938525050752515025.post-41618307554738494622024-02-29T11:36:00.004-07:002024-02-29T11:36:31.037-07:00Today In History... In 1504 Christopher Columbus, stranded in Jamaica during his fourth voyage to the West, used a correctly predicted lunar eclipse to frighten hostile natives into providing food for his crew. <br />In 1796 President Washington proclaims Jay's Treaty, which settled some outstanding differences with Britain, in effect. <br />In 1880 The Gotthard railway tunnel between Switzerland and Italy opens. <br />In 1892 The U.S. and Britain agree to submit to arbitration their dispute over seal-hunting rights in the Bering Sea. <br />In 1904 President Theodore Roosevelt appoints a 7-member commission to expedite the Panama Canal. <br />In 1906 Ladies Home Journal reports that well bred ladies do not wear perfume. <br />In 1920 Czechoslovakia becomes an an independent nation. <br />In 1936 President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Second Neutrality Act, banning all loans to belligerents. <br />In 1940 "Gone With The Wind" wins the Best Picture Oscar for 1939. <br />In 1948 Thirty British soldiers are killed by terrorist bomb in Palestine. <br />In 1948 Communists seize control of Czechoslovakia. <br />In 1952 New York City installs the first "Walk" lights on Times Square. <br />In 1956 President Eisenhower announces he will run for a second term. <br />In 1956 An Islamic Republic is proclaimed in Pakistan. <br />In 1956 A Federal court rules that the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa must readmit Miss Autherine Lucy, their first black student. <br />In 1960 The first Playboy Club, featuring waitresses clad in "bunny" outfits, opens in Chicago. <br />In 1968 Senator Javits calls for the U.S. to get out of Vietnam. <br />In 1968 The discovery of the first "pulsar," a star which emits regular radio waves, is announced by Dr. Jocelyn Burnell in Cambridge, England. <br />In 1968 President Lyndon B. Johnson's Commission on Civil Disorders warns that racism was causing America to move "toward societies, one black, one white -- separate and unequal." <br />In 1972 Union leader Cesar Chavez reaches agreement with Florida growers. <br />In 1972 Hank Aaron signs a contract with the Atlanta Braves that made him the first player to receive $200,000 a year. <br />In 1980 Former Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allon, who had played an important role in Israel's fight for independence, dies at age 61. <br />In 1984 Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau resigns after 15 years in power. <br />In 1988 South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested while kneeling near Parliament with a petition against government bans on anti-apartheid groups. <br />In 1988 New York City Mayor Ed Koch calls President Ronald Reagan a "wimp" when it came to the war on drugs. <br />In 1992 Muslims and Croats in Bosnia-Herzegovina begin casting ballots in an independence referendum. The Serbs boycotted the vote, calling it illegal. <br />In 1996 Television and entertainment industry executives meet with President Clinton at the White House, where they promised to devise a TV ratings system. <br />In 1996 Daniel Green is convicted in Lumberton, North Carolina, of murdering James R. Jordan, the father of basketball star Michael Jordan. <br />In 1996 A Peruvian commercial jet crashes in the Andes, killing all 123 people on board. <br />In 2004 Leap Year Day. Observed every four years (except those years that are divisible by 100 and not by 400) to keep the calendar in sync with the sun.<br />Desert Radio AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17275461034480693671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938525050752515025.post-56746883834714322024-02-29T11:30:00.003-07:002024-02-29T11:30:18.542-07:00Born On This Day... In 1468 Religious leader, Pope Paul III (1534-49) <br />In 1736 Ann Lee, founder of U.S. Shaker movement <br />In 1792 Italian composer, Gioacchino Rossini (Barber of Seville) <br />In 1840 Inventor, John Philip Holland (submarine building) <br />In 1860 Inventor, Herman Hollerith (first electric adding machine) <br />In 1896 Movie director, William W. Welmman (The High And The Mighty) <br />In 1900 Film director, Jean Negulesco [d: 7-18-93] <br />In 1904 Bandleader, Jimmy Dorsey (So Rare) [d: 6-12-57] <br />In 1908 French painter, Balthus [d: 2-18-01] <br />In 1908 Businessman, Earl A. Scheib (painted cars) [d: 2-29-92] <br />In 1916 Singer, Dinah Shore [d: 2-24-94] <br />In 1920 Actor, Arthur Franz (Sands Of Iwo Jima, The Caine Mutiny) [d: 6-16-06] <br />In 1920 Actor, James Mitchell (Palmer Courtlandt-All My Children) [d: 1-22-10] <br />In 1920 Actress, Michele Morgan (Joan Of Paris, Two Tickets To London) [d: 12-20-16] <br />In 1920 Poet/novelist, Howard Nemerov [d: 7-5-91] <br />In 1928 Actor, Joss Ackland (The Hunt For Red October, Lethal Weapon 2) [d: 11-19-23] <br />In 1936 Ex-astronaut, Jack Lousma (Skylab 3, STS-3) (88) <br />In 1936 Actor, Alex Rocco (The Godfather, The Simpsons) [d: 7-18-15] <br />In 1940 Singer, Gretchen Diane Christopher (The Fleetwoods) (84) <br />In 1944 Actor, Dennis Farina (Get Shorty, Law & Order) [d: 7-22-13] <br />In 1944 Actress, Phyllis Frelich (Sister Sarah-Santa Barbara) [d: 4-10-04] <br />In 1948 Fashion designer, Willi Smith [d: 4-17-87] <br />In 1952 Comedian, John Roarke (The Naked Gun 2, Fridays) (72) <br />In 1956 American serial killer, Aileen Wuornos [d: 10-19-02] <br />In 1960 Motivational speaker, Tony Robbins (64) <br />In 1964 Football player, Bruce Hill (Tampa Bay) (60) <br />In 1972 Actor, Antonio Sabato Jr. (General Hospital, Melrose Place) (52) <br />In 1972 Politician, Pedro Sanchez (52) <br />In 1976 Rap singer, Ja Rule (48) <br />In 1980 Actor, Peter Scanavino (Law & Order: SVU, The Good Wife) (44) <br />In 1984 Singer, Mark Foster ("Pumped Up Kicks") (40) <br />In 1984 Composer/video game developer, Lena Raine (40) <br />In 1992 Actor, Jessie Usher (Level Up) (32) <br />In 2000 Basketball player, Tyrese Haliburton (24)<br />Desert Radio AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17275461034480693671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938525050752515025.post-3012200483883992372024-02-28T06:13:00.005-07:002024-02-28T06:13:53.688-07:00Music Calendar...In 1925 "Tea For Two" by Marion Harris is #1 on the charts.<br />In 1930 Ted Lewis & his Orchestra recorded "On the Sunny Side of the Street."<br />In 1945 Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie registered together for the first time.<br />In 1958 Chuck Berry records "Johnny B. Goode."<br />In 1959 Cash Box magazine uses a red "bullet" on its record charts to indicate the most muscular upward movement.<br />In 1963 Paul McCartney & John Lennon composed "From Me To You" in the car on their way from York to Shrewsbury during the Helen Shapiro tour.<br />In 1966 Liverpool's Cavern Club, an early Beatles stomping ground, closes when its owners go bankrupt.<br />In 1968 Frankie Lymon ("Why Do Fools Fall In Love") dies of a heroin overdose at age 25.<br />In 1970 "Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)" by John Lennon, "Spirit In The Sky" by Norman Greenbaum, and "Celebrate" by Three Dog Night all entered the U.S. Top 40 chart.<br />In 1970 "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel begins a 6-week run at #1 on the U.S. Top 40 chart.<br />In 1972 George Harrison is involved in a minor car accident.<br />In 1975 Queen cancels six U.S. tour dates because of Freddie Mercury's swollen throat.<br />In 1976 Paul Simon wins the Best Album Grammy for "Still Crazy After All These Years." In his acceptance speech, Paul Simon thanks Stevie Wonder for not releasing an album that year. The Captain and Tennille's "Love Will Keep Us Together" is named Best Record. Natalie Cole is the Best New Artist.<br />In 1976 "Theme From S.W.A.T." by Rhythm Heritage is #1 on the U.S. top 40 chart.<br />In 1977 During a performance, an audience member attacks Ray Charles onstage.<br />In 1977 Linda Ronstadt appears on the cover of Time magazine.<br />In 1981 Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart of the Tourists leave the group to form the Eurythmics.<br />In 1981 "I Can't Stand It" by Eric Clapton enters the U.S. top 40 chart.<br />In 1981 "I Love A Rainy Night" by Eddie Rabbitt hits #1 on the U.S. Top 40 chart and stayed there for 2 weeks.<br />In 1984 Michael Jackson takes home a record eight Grammy Awards, losing only Best Song to Police's "Every Breath You Take." Culture Club is named Best New Artist.<br />In 1986 George Michael announces the breakup of Wham!<br />In 1987 In a sketch with his wife, Valerie Bertinelli, Eddie Van Halen appears on NBC-TV's "Saturday Night Live."<br />In 1993 En Vogue makes their TV acting debut when they play themselves on "In Living Color."<br />In 1994 Daily Variety reports that the Eagles were reuniting for a tour and possibly an album.<br />In 1996 Alanis Morissette won four Grammys, including Best Album for"Jagged Little Pill," Seal won Best Record, and Song for "Kiss From A Rose," Hootie and the Blowfish were named Best New Artist.<br />In 1997 Jewel's single "You Were Meant For Me" and Cyndi Lauper's album "12 Deadly Sins" are certified gold.<br />In 1998 "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion is #1 on the U.S. top 40 charts.<br />In 2000 Bruce Springsteen kicks off another leg of his reunion tour with The E Street Band in State College, PA.<br />In 2000 Steely Dan's album "Two Against Nature" is released.<br />In 2000 "What A Girl Wants" by Christina Aguilera is certified gold.<br />In 2001 R. Kelly and Jagged Edge are double winners at the 15th annual Soul Train Awards in Los Angeles.<br />In 2003 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band concert airs on CBS TV.<br />In 2008 Dave Clark Five lead singer Mike Smith dies of pneumonia. He was 64.Desert Radio AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17275461034480693671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938525050752515025.post-82497711398012093312024-02-28T06:10:00.005-07:002024-02-28T06:10:37.727-07:00Today In History...In 1827 The first U.S. railroad chartered to carry passengers and freight, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, was incorporated.<br />In 1844 U.S. Secretary of State Abel P. Upshur, U.S. Navy Secretary Thomas W. Gilmer, and several others are killed when a 12-inch gun aboard the USS Princeton explodes.<br />In 1849 The ship California arrives in San Francisco with the first gold seekers.<br />In 1854 Some 50 opponents to slavery meet at a schoolhouse in Ripon, Wisconsin, to call for a new political group. The organization would later become known as the Republican Party.<br />In 1861 The Territory of Colorado is organized.<br />In 1883 The first vaudeville theater opens.<br />In 1902 A Colorado mine disaster kills over a thousand.<br />In 1933 Leftist playwright Bertolt Brecht leaves Germany.<br />In 1934 "Palooka" opens and introduces Jimmy Durante and "Inka Dinka Do."<br />In 1940 The British ship "Queen Elizabeth" is launched.<br />In 1940 The first college basketball game is televised on W2XBS/New York, as Pittsburgh defeated Fordham, 57-37, and New York University beat Georgetown, 50-27, at Madison Square Garden.<br />In 1950 Cadillac introduces the first one-piece automobile windshield.<br />In 1951 The Senate crime investigating committee issues a preliminary report stating at least 2 major crime syndicates were operating in the U.S.<br />In 1958 First Class Mail goes from three to six cents per ounce.<br />In 1966 The scheduled crew of Gemini IX is killed in a jet aircraft crash.<br />In 1969 Senator Robert Kennedy's assassin, Sirhan Sirhan, is spared from the California gas chamber.<br />In 1972 President Nixon ends his historic visit to China.<br />In 1974 The U.S. and Egypt re-established diplomatic relations after a 7-year break.<br />In 1975 More than 40 are killed when a London subway crashes into the end of a tunnel.<br />In 1983 The final episode of "M*A*S*H" airs after 11 seasons on CBS, with a special 2 1/2-hour finale watched by an estimated 121.6 million people.<br />In 1984 Gary Hart wins the Democratic presidential primary in New Hampshire, upsetting front-runner Walter Mondale.<br />In 1985 Irish Republican Army kills nine Ulster police in a mortar attack.<br />In 1986 Swedish Prime Minister Olaf Palme is assassinated in central Stockholm.<br />In 1987 A significant arms control announcement was made when Soviet leader Gorbachev said his nation would remove all medium-range nuclear missiles from Europe if America would.<br />In 1988 Todd Seeley sets the world record for a ramp-to-ramp motorcycle jump at 82 yards.<br />In 1988 The XV Olympic Winter Games held its closing ceremony in Calgary, Canada; the U.S. won six medals, two of them gold, in its weakest Winter Games in 52 years.<br />In 1989 In Chicago, Richard M. Daley, son of Mayor Richard J. Daley, defeats acting Mayor Eugene Sawyer in a Democratic primary election.<br />In 1989 Humorist-poet Richard Armour dies in Claremont, CA, at age 82.<br />In 1990 The space shuttle Atlantis blasts off from Cape Canaveral on a secret mission to space to place a spy satellite in orbit.<br />In 1991 Allied and Iraqi forces suspended their attacks as Iraq pledged to accept all United Nations resolutions concerning Kuwait.<br />In 1992 28 people are injured when an IRA bomb explodes at London Bridge train station.<br />In 1993 A gun battle erupted at a compound near Waco, Texas, when Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms agents tried to serve warrants on the Branch Davidians. Four agents and six Davidians were killed as a 51-day standoff began.<br />In 1994 U.S. and Vietnamese negotiators begin financial and political talks, the first major political negotiations since the Paris Peace Agreement 1973.<br />In 1994 Two U.S. F-16 fighters shot down four Bosnian Serb aircraft that violated a U.N. no-fly zone over Bosnia, the first NATO military action in the organization's 44-year history.<br />In 1994 Lorena Bobbitt is released from a state mental hospital in Virginia five weeks after she was acquitted because of insanity of mutilating her husband, John, by cutting off his penis.<br />In 1995 Denver International Airport opens after 16 months of delays and $3.2 billion in budget overruns.<br />In 1995 U.S. Marines land in Somalia to protect retreating U.N. peacekeepers.<br />In 1996 Princess Diana agrees to a divorce from Prince Charles.<br />In 1997 An earthquake damages 83 villages in Iran, killing an estimated 3,000.<br />In 1999 Guerrillas detonate two bombs beside a military convoy in southern Lebanon, killing a brigadier general and three other Israelis.<br />In 2000 Right-wing Austrian leader Joerg Haider resigned as head of the Freedom Party.<br />In 2001 A powerful earthquake shakes the Northwest, shattering windows and showering bricks onto sidewalks in Seattle and Portland.<br />In 2001 A train collision in northeast England killed 10 people and injured more than 70.<br />In 2003 NASA releases video taken aboard Columbia that had miraculously survived the fiery destruction of the space shuttle with the loss of all seven astronauts.<br />Desert Radio AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17275461034480693671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938525050752515025.post-20897527810021590682024-02-28T06:07:00.005-07:002024-02-28T06:07:34.441-07:00Born On This Day...In 1516 England's Queen Mary I (1553-58)<br />In 1533 French essayist, Michel de Montaigne<br />In 1820 Illustrator, Sir John Tenniel (Alice in Wonderland)<br />In 1824 French acrobat Charles Blondin (crossed Niagra Falls on a tightrope)<br />In 1890 Russian dancer Vaslav Nijinsky<br />In 1893 Novelist/playwright Ben Hecht (The Front Page)<br />In 1901 Chemist, Linus Pauling (Nobel-1954, 1962) [d: 8-19-94]<br />In 1906 Gangster, Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel [d: 6-20-47]<br />In 1907 Cartoonist, Milton Caniff (Steve Canyon) [d: 4-3-88]<br />In 1908 Actress Billie Bird (Benson, Dear John) [d: 11-27-02]<br />In 1909 Actor, Olan Soule (Mr. Pfeiffer-My Three Sons) [d: 2-1-94]<br />In 1909 English poet Sir Stephen Spender [d: 7-16-95]<br />In 1910 Film director Vincente Minnelli (American In Paris) [d: 7-25-86]<br />In 1914 Actor, Jim Boles (One Man's Family) [d: 5-26-77]<br />In 1915 Zoologist, Sir Peter Medawar (Nobel-1953) [d: 10-2-87]<br />In 1915 Actor, Zero Mostel (Fiddler on the Roof) [d: 9-8-77]<br />In 1923 Actor, Charles Durning (The Sting, Tootsie, Evening Shade) [d: 12-24-12]<br />In 1926 Author, Svetlana Alliluyeva (daughter of Josef Stalin) [d: 11-22-11]<br />In 1928 Actress Bettye Ackerman (Dr. Maggie Graham-Ben Casey) [d: 11-01-06]<br />In 1928 Icon, Smokey the Bear ("Only you can prevent wildfires") (96)<br />In 1930 U.S. Physicist Leon Cooper (Nobel-1972) (94)<br />In 1930 Baseball player Frank Malzone (Boston, California) [d: 12-29-15]<br />In 1931 Actor Gavin MacLeod (Mary Tyler Moore, The Love Boat) [d: 5-29-21]<br />In 1931 College basketball coach, Dean Smith (North Carolina) [d: 2-7-15]<br />In 1932 Actor, Don Francks (Terminal Choice, Finian's Rainbow) [d: 4-3-16]<br />In 1939 U.S. boxer Charles Brown (Olympic-Bronze-1964) (85)<br />In 1939 Folk guitarist/songwriter John Fahey [d: 2-22-01]<br />In 1939 Dancer/choreographer, Tommy Tune (Boyfriend) (85)<br />In 1940 Auto racer Mario Andretti (52 IndyCar wins) (84)<br />In 1940 Singer/songwriter Joe South (Games People Play, Rose Garden) [d: 9-5-12]<br />In 1941 Singer/guitarist Marty Sanders (Jay & the Americans) (83)<br />In 1942 Actor, Frank Bonner (Herb-WKRP In Cincinnati, Sidekicks) [d: 6-16-21]<br />In 1942 Guitarist, Brian Jones (Rolling Stones) [d: 7-3-69]<br />In 1943 Singer/songwriter Barbara Acklin (Love Makes A Woman) [d: 11-27-98]<br />In 1943 Singer, Donnie Iris ("Ah Leah") (Wild Cherry, Jaggerz) (81)<br />In 1945 Keyboardist, Ronnie Rosman (Tommy James & the Shondells) (79)<br />In 1945 Football player/actor Charles "Bubba" Smith (Police Academy) [d: 8-3-11]<br />In 1946 Singer, Syreeta Wright [d: 7-5-04]<br />In 1947 Actress Stephanie Beacham (The Colbys, 90210, SeaQuest DSV) (77)<br />In 1948 Actress Bernadette Peters (The Jerk, Pennies From Heaven) (76)<br />In 1948 Actress Mercedes Ruehl (Fisher King, Lost In Yonkers, Fraiser) (76)<br />In 1949 Actress Ilene Graff (Marsha Owens-Mr. Belvedere) (75)<br />In 1952 Saxophonist Eddie Manion (Southside Johnny & Asbury Dukes) (72)<br />In 1952 Actress Cristina Raines (Lane Ballou-Flamingo Road) (72)<br />In 1955 Comedian, Gilbert Gottfried (SNL, Aladdin's parrot) [d: 4-12-22]<br />In 1955 Singer/pianist Randy Jackson (Zebra) (69)<br />In 1956 Basketball player Adrian Dantley (Olympic-Gold-1976) (68)<br />In 1957 Drummer, Philip Gould (Level 42) [d: 11-6-18]<br />In 1957 Keyboardist Ian Stanley (Tears For Fears) (67)<br />In 1957 Actor, John Turturro (Bartin Fink, Quiz Show, Clockers) (67)<br />In 1957 Singer/guitarist Cindy Wilson (B-52's) (67)<br />In 1960 Actress/playmate Dorothy Stratten (August-1979) [d: 8-14-80]<br />In 1961 Actress Rae Dawn Chong (Commando, Rude Awakening) (63)<br />In 1962 Canadian relay runner Angela Bailey (Olympic-Silver-1984) [d: 7-31-21]<br />In 1967 Guitarist/pianist Marcus Lillington (Breathe) (57)<br />In 1969 Actor Robert Sean Leonard (Dead Poets Society) (55)<br />In 1969 Singer, Pat Monahan (Train) (55)<br />In 1970 Novelist, Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket) (54)<br />In 1970 Actress, Tangi Miller (Elena Tyler-Felicity) (54)<br />In 1971 Actress Maxine Bahns (She's The One) (53)<br />In 1971 Actress Tasha Smith (For Better or for Worse) (53)<br />In 1971 Singer, Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas (TLC) (53)<br />In 1972 Actor, Rory Cochrane (Timothy Speedle-CSI Miami, Argo) (52)<br />In 1974 Actor Michael Manasseri (Wyatt-Weird Science) (50)<br />In 1976 Actress Ali Larter (Varsity Blues, Heroes) (48)<br />In 1977 Country singer Jason Aldean (47)<br />In 1982 Access, Lena Cardwell (Simone-Passions) (42)<br />In 1985 Singer, Fefe Dobson (39)<br />In 1987 Actress Michelle Horn (Lion King II, Cassie-Family Law) (37)<br />In 1991 Rap singer Witt Lowry (33)<br />In 1994 Singer, Jake Bugg (30)<br />In 1996 Actor, Bobb'e J. Thompson (The Tracy Morgan Show) (28)<br />In 1997 Actress Olivia Scriven (Degrassi: Next Generation) (27)<br />Desert Radio AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17275461034480693671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938525050752515025.post-44236994486487816902024-02-27T05:43:00.000-07:002024-02-27T05:43:02.338-07:00Music Calendar...In 1942 "Deep In The Heart Of Texas" by Bing Crosby entered the U.S. singles chart.<br />In 1955 Billboard magazine reports that sales of 45 rpm singles had surpassed 78 rpm rivals for the first time.<br />In 1956 Little Richard's single "Long Tall Sally" is released.<br />In 1960 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles make their first TV appearance on ABC-TV's "American Bandstand."<br />In 1961 "Pony Time" by Chubby Checker hit #1 on the U.S. Top 40 chart and stayed there for 3 weeks.<br />In 1967 Pink Floyd's first single, "Arnold Layne," is released.<br />In 1969 "Stormy" by the Classics IV is certified gold.<br />In 1970 Simon & Garfunkel's single "Bridge Over Troubled Water" goes gold.<br />In 1970 Jefferson Airplane is fined $1000 for profanity on stage at a concert in Oklahoma City.<br />In 1971 "What Is Life" by George Harrison entered the U.S. Top 40 chart.<br />In 1974 Joni Mitchell's album "Court And Spark" is certified gold.<br />In 1975 Loggins & Messina appear on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.<br />In 1976 Mick Jagger is hospitalized with a respiratory infection.<br />In 1976 Peter Frampton's double live album "Frampton Comes Alive!" is certified gold.<br />In 1977 Keith Richards is busted in Toronto for heroin possession.<br />In 1978 "Night Fever" by the Bee Gees is certified gold.<br />In 1980 The Doobie Brothers won the Best Record and Best Song Grammys for "What A Fool Believes." Billy Joel won Best Album for "52nd Street," and Rickie Lee Jones won Best New Artist.<br />In 1981 Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder recorded "Ebony & Ivory."<br />In 1981 The Police's album "Zenyatta Mondatta," containing the single "Da Doo Doo Doo, Da Da Da Da," is certified gold.<br />In 1982 Hall & Oates perform on NBC-TV's "Saturday Night Live."<br />In 1982 "'65 Love Affair" by Paul Davis enters the U.S. Top 40 chart.<br />In 1984 A Pepsi commercial with the Jacksons premieres on MTV.<br />In 1984 U2's album "Under A Blood Red Sky" is certified gold.<br />In 1988 "Father Figure" by George Michael hits #1 on the U.S. Top 40 chart and stayed there for 2 weeks.<br />In 1990 Milli Vannelli's Rob Pilatus tells Time magazine, "We're more talented than any Bob Dylan or Paul McCartney."<br />In 1991 James Brown is paroled after spending over two years in prison with a 6-year sentence imposed for resisting arrest after a car chase across two states, carrying a gun, and persistent drug abuse.<br />In 1991 The British coroner ruled the January 7 death of Def Leppard guitarist Steve Clark was due to an accidental drug overdose.<br />In 1991 "Motownphilly" by Boyz II Men is released. It wouldn't chart until the following June.<br />In 1992 Queen's album "Classic Queen" is released.<br />In 1993 "I Have Nothing" by Whitney Houston entered the U.S. Top 40 chart.<br />In 1995 Nirvana's album "Bleach" is certified gold and platinum.<br />In 1996 Emmylou Harris was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Orville H. Gibson Guitar Awards luncheon.<br />In 1996 Faith Hill's album "It Matters To Me" is certified platinum, while Green Day's CD "Insomniac" goes double platinum.<br />In 1997 James Brown asks talk show hostess Rolanda White to marry him during the taping of her TV show. She turns him down.<br />In 1998 Bare Naked Ladies' album "Rock Spectacle" is certified gold.<br />In 1998 Fleetwood Mac's video "The Dance" is certified platinum.<br />In 2001 After a 46-year absence, guitarist Carlos Santana returns home. He unveils a plaque in Autlan De Navarro declaring him the "favorite son" of the west-central Mexican town where his father was a well-known musician.<br />In 2001 Dave Matthews band's album "Everyday" is released.<br />In 2002 U2 has won four Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year for "Walk On." Alicia Keys won five Grammys, including Song of the Year for "Fallin."<br />Desert Radio AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17275461034480693671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938525050752515025.post-70793162627040640172024-02-27T05:39:00.005-07:002024-02-27T05:39:20.232-07:00Today In History...In 1801 Washington, DC, is placed under the jurisdiction of Congress.<br />In 1813 Congress authorizes the use of steamboats to transport mail.<br />In 1827 The first Mardi Gras is celebrated in New Orleans.<br />In 1844 The Dominican Republic gained its independence.<br />In 1861 In Warsaw, Russian troops fire on a crowd protesting Russian rule over Poland, killing five.<br />In 1879 The artificial sweetener saccharin is discovered.<br />In 1883 The first practical cigar-rolling machine is patented.<br />In 1890 Boxers Danny Needham and Patsy Kerrigan fight 100 rounds in San Francisco before the match is declared a draw.<br />In 1908 The design of the U.S. 46-star flag (adding Oklahoma) is officially released.<br />In 1919 The American Association for the Hard of Hearing is formed in New York City.<br />In 1922 The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously upheld the 19th Amendment to the Constitution that guaranteed a woman's right to vote.<br />In 1922 Reader's Digest begins publication.<br />In 1932 Physicist James Chadwick proposes the existence of the neutron.<br />In 1933 Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, catches fire. The Nazis, blaming the Communists, suspend civil liberties.<br />In 1939 The U.S. Supreme Court outlaws sit-down strikes.<br />In 1945 A Ford Motor Company strike ends with an eighteen-cent hourly. Raise.<br />In 1949 Chaim Weizmann becomes the first Israeli president.<br />In 1960 The U.S. Olympic hockey team defeats the Soviets, 3-2, at theWinter Games in Squaw Valley, CA. (The U.S. goes on to win the goldmedal).<br />In 1964 City fathers in Pisa, Italy, request government assistance to prop up the leaning-too-far Tower of Pisa.<br />In 1972 President Nixon and Chinese Premier Chou En-lai issued the Shanghai Communique after Nixon visited China.<br />In 1973 The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee in South Dakota. (The occupation lasts until May.)<br />In 1979 Jane M. Byrne upset Chicago Mayor Michael A. Bilandic to win the Democratic party's mayoral primary. She later wins the election.<br />In 1981 Chrysler declares losses of $1,700,000,000 over the last year.<br />In 1982 Wayne Williams is found guilty of murdering two of 28 blacks whose bodies were found in the Atlanta area over 22 months.<br />In 1984 The law prohibiting merchants from charging extra for credit card purchases expires.<br />In 1985 Former Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, who had served three terms as a U.S. senator and ran as the 1960 Republican vice presidential nominee, dies at age 82.<br />In 1986 The U.S. Senate approves telecasts of its debates on a trial basis.<br />In 1987 Donald Reagan was removed as White House Chief of Staff and replaced by former Senator Howard H. Baker.<br />In 1988 Katarina Witt won the women's figure skating gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada.<br />In 1990 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that prison officials could force inmates to take powerful anti-psychotic drugs without a judge's consent.<br />In 1991 Allied troops liberate Kuwait City four days after launching a ground offensive during the Gulf War.<br />In 1992 William Aramony resigned as president of the United Way of America amid charges of financial mismanagement and lavish spending.<br />In 1992 Former U.S. senator S.I. Hayakawa died in San Francisco at 85.<br />In 1993 Actress Lillian Gish dies in New York at age 99.<br />In 1994 The Winter Olympics end in Lillehammer, Norway, with the U.S. taking home its highest winter gold medal total, 13.<br />In 1994 A bomb blast in a Maronite Catholic church in Lebanon kills nine and injures 60.<br />In 1995 Court-appointed salvagers evaluated the remaining assets of Britain's oldest bank, Barings PLC after 28-year-old trader Nick Leeson ruined the firm by gambling on Tokyo stock prices.<br />In 1997 Divorce became legal in Ireland for the first time since independence from Britain in 1921.<br />In 1997 Legislation banning most handguns has become law in Britain.<br />In 1997 A jury in Fayetteville, NC, convicted former Army paratrooper James N. Burmeister of murdering a black couple so he could get a skinhead tattoo. (He was later sentenced to life in prison.)<br />In 1999 The Rev. Henry Lyons, president of the National Baptist Convention USA, is convicted in Largo, FL, of swindling millions of dollars from companies seeking to do business with his followers.<br />In 1999 Nigerians elected Olusegun Obasanjo as their new president as the country marked the final phase of its return to democracy.<br />In 2001 President Bush went before Congress with a $1.9 trillion spending plan that gave Americans the most significant tax cut in two decades.<br />In 2002 A mob of Muslims sets fire to a train carrying hundreds of Hindu nationalists in Godhra, India, killing some 60 people.<br />In 2003 Fred Rogers, host of "Mr. Rogers Neighborhood," dies at age 74.<br />In 2004 California Attorney General Bill Lockyer asked the state's top court to stop San Francisco from issuing same-sex marriage licenses. (The justices halted the weddings the following month.)<br />In 2006 President George W. Bush signed a proclamation declaring a seven-acre plot for the African Burial Ground National Monument in lower Manhattan, NY.<br />In 2013 Pope Benedict XVI presents his farewell address to Vatican City.<br />In 2015 Leonard Nimoy, known for his iconic character Mr. Spock on "Star Trek," dies at age 83.<br />Desert Radio AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17275461034480693671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938525050752515025.post-29818993397355940542024-02-27T05:35:00.005-07:002024-02-27T05:35:51.916-07:00Born On This Day...In 1807 American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow<br />In 1850 Philanthropist/railroad builder Henry E. Huntington<br />In 1877 Sports owner Walter Briggs (Detroit Tigers)<br />In 1888 Historian, Arthur Meier Schlesinger<br />In 1889 Physiologist Charles Herbert (discovered insulin)<br />In 1891 Inventor David Sarnoff (founded RCA, NBC)<br />In 1892 Actor William Demarest (Uncle Charley-My Three Sons)<br />In 1895 Actor Edward Brophy (The Last Hurrah)<br />In 1902 Golf Hall-of-Famer Gene Sarazen (invented sand wedge) [d: 3-13-99]<br />In 1902 Author, John Steinbeck (The Grapes Of Wrath) [d: 12-20-68]<br />In 1903 Actor, Reginald Gardiner (The Pruitts of Southhampton) [d: 4-25-90]<br />In 1904 American author James Thomas Farrell (Studs Lonigan) [d: 8-22-79]<br />In 1904 Singer/actress Elisabeth Welch (Stormy Weather) [d: 7-15-03]<br />In 1905 Actor, Franchot Tone (Dr. Freeland-Ben Casey) [d: 9-18-68]<br />In 1910 Actress Joan Bennett (Little Women, Dark Shadows) [d: 12-7-90]<br />In 1910 Auto racer Ted Horn (most consecutive national titles 1946-48) [d: 10-10-48]<br />In 1913 Novelist Irwin Shaw (Rich Man, Poor Man) [d: 5-16-84]<br />In 1917 Texas Governor John Connally (wounded with JFK) [d: 6-15-93]<br />In 1921 Actor Michael Fox (Saul-Bold and the Beautiful) [d: 6-1-96]<br />In 1923 Blues performer, Dexter Gordon (bebop) [d: 4-26-90]<br />In 1927 Novelist James Leo Herlihy (Midnight Cowboy) [d: 10-20-93]<br />In 1927 Singer, Guy Mitchell (Singing the Blues, Rock-A-Billy) [d: 7-1-99]<br />In 1930 Actress Joanne Woodward (Three Faces of Eve, Rachel) (94)<br />In 1932 Actress Elizabeth Taylor (Cleopatra, Virginia Woolf) [d: 3-23-11]<br />In 1933 Football Hall-of-Famer, Raymond Berry (Colts) (91)<br />In 1934 Consumer advocate Ralph Nader (Unsafe At Any Speed) (90)<br />In 1934 Actor, Van Williams (Britt Reid-The Green Hornet, Tycoon) [d: 11-28-16]<br />In 1936 Country singer Chuck Glaser (Tompall & the Glaser Brothers) [d: 6-10-19]<br />In 1937 Actress Barbara Babcock (Liz-Dallas, Dorothy-Dr. Quinn) (87)<br />In 1939 Auto racer Peter Revson (1971 Indianapolis pole) [d: 3-22-74]<br />In 1940 Actor Howard Hesseman (Johnny Fever-WKRP, Head of the Class) [d: 1-29-22]<br />In 1942 Broadcast journalist, Charlayne Hunter-Gault (McNeil-Lehrer) (82)<br />In 1943 Actress Mary Frann (Joanna-Newhart) [d: 9-23-98]<br />In 1944 Actor, Alan Fudge (Man From Atlantis, Paper Dolls) [d: 10-10-11]<br />In 1951 Politician/singer, Lee Atwater (Republican chairman) [d: 3-29-91]<br />In 1952 U.S. basketball player Dwight Elmo Jones (Olympic-Silver-1972) [d: 7-25-16]<br />In 1952 Singer/keyboardist Kevin Raleigh (Michael Stanley Band) (72)<br />In 1954 Guitarist/singer Neal Schon (Journey, Bad English) (70)<br />In 1957 Guitarist Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden) (67)<br />In 1959 Singer, Johnny Van Zant (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (65)<br />In 1960 Keyboardist/singer Paul Humphreys (OMD) (64)<br />In 1960 Actor, Stoney Jackson (White Shadow, Travis Filmore-227) (64)<br />In 1960 Cartoonist Jeff Smith (Bone) (64)<br />In 1961 Actor Grant Shaud (Miles-Murphy Brown) (63)<br />In 1961 Basketball player James Worthy (Lakers, 1988 Playoff MVP) (63)<br />In 1962 Actor Adam Baldwin (Treacherous, Independence Day) (62)<br />In 1962 Actor, Grant Show (Ryan's Hope, Jake Hansen-Melrose Place) (62)<br />In 1965 Singer/songwriter Garry Christian (The Christians) (59)<br />In 1965 Actor, David Gail (Beverly Hills 90210, Savannah, Port Charles) [d: 1-16-24]<br />In 1966 Actor Donal Logue (Vikings, Gotham, Grounded For Life) (58)<br />In 1966 Actor Gregg Rainwater (Buck Cross-The Young Riders) (58)<br />In 1971 Singer, Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas (TLC) (53)<br />In 1971 U.S. boxer, Ivan Robinson (Olympics-1992) (53)<br />In 1975 Actress Christina Nigra (The Sword and the Sorcerer, Twilight Zone) (49)<br />In 1976 Football player, Tony Gonzalez (Chiefs, Falcons) (48)<br />In 1980 Daughter of President Bill Clinton, Chelsea Clinton (44)<br />In 1980 Singer, Bobby V ("Tell Me," "Slow Down") (44)<br />In 1981 Singer, Josh Groban (43)<br />In 1983 Actress Kate Mara (House of Cards, Fantastic Four, The Martian) (41)<br />In 1986 Reality star JWoww (Jersey Shore) (38)<br />In 1989 Singer, Kelly Breeding (B5, Kel The Artist) (35)<br />In 1990 Actress Lindsey Morgan (General Hospital, The 100) (34)<br />In 2000 Skateboardevr, Steven Fernandez (24)<br />Desert Radio AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17275461034480693671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938525050752515025.post-4836391781267380822024-02-23T03:48:00.005-07:002024-02-23T03:48:46.690-07:00Music Calendar...In 1957 "Teen-Age Crush" by Tommy Sands, "Walkin' After Midnight" by Patsy Cline, and "Party Doll" by Buddy Knox all enter the U.S. top 40<br />In 1957 Porter Wagoner joins the Grand Ole Opry.<br />In 1959 3 weeks after he was killed in a plane crash with Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper's album "Chantilly Lace" was released.<br />In 1959 "Never Be Anyone Else But You" by Ricky Nelson enters the U.S. top 40 chart.<br />In 1963 "He's So Fine" by the Chiffons enters the U.S. top 40 charts.<br />In 1964 Newsweek features a front-page article about the Beatles.<br />In 1964 The Beatles appear for the third time on "The Ed Sullivan Show," becoming the first group to perform 3 times on the program.<br />In 1965 Shooting begins in the Bahamas on the Beatles' second film, "Help!"<br />In 1966 The Rolling Stones begin the second leg of their South Pacific tour with a concert in St. Kilda, New Zealand.<br />In 1970 In his first solo appearance on U.S. television, Ringo Starr guest stars on "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In."<br />In 1970 The Doors' album "Morrison Hotel" is certified gold.<br />In 1971 George Harrison was fined and had his driving license suspended for one year.<br />In 1972 Elvis and Priscilla Presley are legally separated.<br />In 1974 "Piano Man" by Billy Joel, "Tubular Bells" by Mike Oldfield, and "Midnight At The Oasis" by Maria Muldaur all enter the U.S. Top 40 chart.<br />In 1978 The Eagles won the Best Record Grammy for "Hotel California," Fleetwood Mac won the Best Album Grammy for "Rumours," and Debby Boone took Best New Artist.<br />In 1979 Dire Straits begin their first U.S. tour in Boston.<br />In 1979 George Harrison's album "George Harrison" is released.<br />In 1980 "I Can't Tell You Why" by the Eagles and "Fire Lake" by Bob Seger entered the U.S. Top 40 chart.<br />In 1980 "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" by Queen hits #1 on the U.S. Top 40 chart and stayed there for 4 weeks.<br />In 1983 Toto takes home 5 Grammys, including Best Record for "Rosanna" and Best Album for "Toto IV." Men At Work wins Best New Artist.<br />In 1985 Bruce Springsteen, Prince, and Michael Jackson appear on the cover of TV Guide magazine.<br />In 1985 "All She Wants To Do Is Dance" by Don Henley and "Don't You Forget About Me" by Simple Minds entered the U.S. Top 40 chart.<br />In 1988 Michael Jackson kicks off his first solo U.S. tour in Kansas City.<br />In 1989 Los Angeles restaurant Spango gives George Harrison a guitar-shaped pizza for his upcoming birthday.<br />In 1991 "Baby Baby" by Amy Grant enters the U.S. Top 40 chart.<br />In 1991 "All The Man That I Need" by Whitney Houston hits #1 on the U.S. Top 40 chart and stayed there for 2 weeks.<br />In 1992 Anthrax debuted playing themselves on Fox TV's "Married With Children."<br />In 1993 Van Halen's album "Right Here, Right Now" is released.<br />In 1993 Little Richard receives a Lifetime Achievement Grammy award.<br />In 1994 B.B. King, Eddie Van Halen, and Chris Isaak attended the official groundbreaking for the new Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.<br />In 1994 Bonnie Raitt attends an anti-nuclear rally in St. Paul, Minnesota.<br />In 1994 A Los Angeles judge throws out a lawsuit filed by Martha Raye against Bette Midler. Raye had accused Midler of stealing her life story for the 1991 movie "For The Boys."<br />In 1995 Original Temptations member Melvin Franklin dies of a brain seizure at age 52.<br />In 1996 Carlos Santana receives a star on the Hollywood Rock Walk of Fame.<br />In 1999 Garth Brooks attends spring training camp with baseball's San Diego Padres as a non-roster player. His salary was donated to charity.<br />In 1999 Eminem's album "Slim Shady" is released, as is Elton John & Leann Rimes' single "Written In The Stars."<br />In 1999 "Believe" by Cher is certified gold and platinum.<br />In 2000 Carlos Santana wins a record-tying eight Grammy Awards, with "Supernatural" winning Album Of The Year and "Smooth" taking Song and Record Of The Year. Cher won her first Grammy for the single "Believe." Christina Aguilera wins Best New Artist.<br />In 2000 "Thank God I Found You" by Mariah Carey is certified gold.<br />In 2000 U2 lead singer Bono meets in Rome with Italian leaders to discuss the campaign to cancel the debts of the world's poorest nations.<br />In 2002 Country singer LeAnn Rimes marries dancer Dean Sheremet.<br />In 2003 In West Warwick, RI, relatives of the victims of a deadly nightclub fire are allowed to walk up to the rubble to pray and say goodbye.<br />In 2003 Norah Jones wins five Grammys, including Album and Record of the Year, at the Grammy Awards in New York.<br />Desert Radio AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17275461034480693671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938525050752515025.post-66620939367892159922024-02-23T03:45:00.002-07:002024-02-23T03:49:20.641-07:00 Today In History...In 1822 Boston is granted a charter to incorporate as a city.<br />In 1836 The siege of "The Alamo" begins in San Antonio, Texas.<br />In 1847 U.S. troops under General Zachary Taylor defeated Mexican General Santa Anna at the Battle of Buena Vista in Mexico.<br />In 1848 The sixth U.S. president, John Quincy Adams, dies of a stroke at the age of 80.<br />In 1861 President Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, DC, to take office.<br />In 1870 Mississippi is readmitted to the union.<br />In 1886 The aluminum manufacturing process is discovered.<br />In 1887 America bans the import of opium from China.<br />In 1904 The U.S. buys control of the Panama Canal Zone from Panama for $10 million.<br />In 1905 The Rotary Club is founded.<br />In 1917 The Smith Hughes Act funds states to begin Vocational Education activities for trade and agriculture.<br />In 1917 The Russian Revolution begins in St. Petersburg (Leningrad).<br />In 1927 President Coolidge signs a bill creating the Federal Radio Commission, now the Federal Communications Commission.<br />In 1936 Russian scientists send an unmanned balloon to a height of 25 miles, a world record.<br />In 1942 The first shelling of the U.S. mainland during World War II occurs when a Japanese submarine fires on an oil refinery in Ellwood, CA.<br />In 1945 A Pulitzer Prize-winning photo was taken by Joe Rosenthal as the Marines raised the U.S. Flag over Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima.<br />In 1954 The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.<br />In 1965 Actor Stan Laurel, of the Laurel and Hardy comedy team, dies in Santa Monica, CA, at age 74.<br />In 1977 President Carter holds a news conference to promote his plan to cut $2.75 billion from the Pentagon's budget.<br />In 1980 Eric Heiden receives his fifth Olympic gold medal, a Winter record.<br />In 1981 An attempted coup began in Spain as 200 members of the Civil Guard invaded the Parliament, taking lawmakers hostage. (The attempt collapses after 18 hours.)<br />In 1983 Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker signs with the USFL's New Jersey Generals in football's most lucrative offer, $8 million-plus.<br />In 1985 The U.S. Senate confirms Edwin Meese III as Attorney General by a vote of 63-31.<br />In 1985 Former Salvadoran President Jose Napoleon Duarte dies at age 64.<br />In 1987 Missouri congressman Richard A. Gephardt announces his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.<br />In 1988 President Reagan names William L. Ball III to succeed James H. Webb Jr. as U.S. Secretary of the Navy.<br />In 1989 The Senate Armed Services Committee voted to reject John Tower's nomination as U.S. Secretary of Defense.<br />In 1991 After an air campaign lasting slightly over a month, Allied forces launch a ground offensive against Iraq, beginning the much anticipated "Mother of All Battles" during the Gulf War.<br />In 1992 The XVI Winter Olympic Games end in Albertville, France.<br />In 1992 In Moscow, thousands of pro-communist demonstrators, some shouting, "Down with the Russian government!" clash with police.<br />In 1993 During an Oval Office meeting with Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, President Clinton wins UN support for a plan to airdrop relief supplies to starving Bosnians.<br />In 1994 Nancy Kerrigan leads the women's figure skating short program at the Winter Olympics in Norway, while Tonya Harding placed 10th.<br />In 1995 The Dow Jones industrial average closes above the 4,000 mark,ending at 4,003.33.<br />In 1996 Iraqi defectors Lt. Gen. Hussein Kamel al-Majid and his brother Saddam Kamel al-Majid are killed by clan members after returning to Iraq.<br />In 1996 Dutch tourist Tosca Dieperink, 39, is killed by a gunman at a Miami service station.<br />In 1997 Iraq agrees to turn over missile parts to the United Nations, ending a dispute with UN weapons inspectors.<br />In 1997 Ali Hassan Abu Kamal, a Palestinian teacher, opens fire on the 86th-floor observation deck of New York City's Empire State Building, killing one person and wounding six others before shooting himself to death.<br />In 1997 British scientists announce the first successful cloning of a lamb named Dolly, an adult mammal.<br />In 1997 In eastern India, nearly 200 people were killed when fire swept through a tent erected for a religious festival.<br />In 1998 Florida's deadliest tornadoes in 50 years kill at least 42 people and damage some 2600 homes near Orlando.<br />In 1998 A federal judge orders $9.7 million paid for whistle-blowers fired after exposing Medicare fraud.<br />In 2002 Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt is kidnapped by a rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.<br />In 2002 Penn State pole vaulter Kevin Dare dies after landing on his head during Minneapolis's Big 10 indoor championships.<br />In 2004 The Army cancels its Comanche helicopter program after sinking $6.9 billion into it over 21 years.<br />Desert Radio AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17275461034480693671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938525050752515025.post-7687276833338432012024-02-23T03:41:00.006-07:002024-02-23T03:41:55.354-07:00Born On This Day...In 1400 Printer, Johannes Gutenberg (invented moveable type print)<br />In 1417 Religious leader, Pope Paul II (1464-71)<br />In 1685 Baroque composer George Frideric Handel<br />In 1744 Mayer Amschel Rothschild, founder of the House of Rothschild<br />In 1787 Emma Hart Willard pioneered higher education for women<br />In 1823 Businessman James Batterson (founded Travelers Insurance Co.)<br />In 1846 British manufacturer William Horlick (founded Malted Milk &Company)<br />In 1868 Civil rights leader Wiliam Edward DuBois (NAACP founding member)<br />In 1883 Director Victor Fleming (Wizard of Oz, Gone With the Wind)<br />In 1884 Scientist Casimir Funk (coined the term Vitamin)<br />In 1894 Astronomer Jan Schilt (measured the distance of stars from Earth)<br />In 1904 Author, William L. Shirer (Rise & Fall of Third Reich) [d: 12-28-93]<br />In 1913 U.S. pentathlete, Charles Leonard (Olypmics-1936) [d: 2-18-06]<br />In 1919 Actor Kenneth Tobey (Chuck Martin-The Whirlybirds) [d: 12-22-02]<br />In 1929 Baseball player Elston Howard (Yankees, 1963 AL MVP) [d: 12-14-80]<br />In 1930 Actor, Johnny Seven (Lt. Carl Reese-Ironside, Amy Prentiss) [d: 1-22-10]<br />In 1933 U.S. hurdler, Lee Quencey Calhoun (Olympic-Gold-1956, 60) [d: 6-21-89]<br />In 1933 Poet/philanthropist, Donna J. Stone [d: 12-12-94]<br />In 1937 Former college football player/coach Tom Osborne (Nebraska) (87)<br />In 1938 Broadcast journalist, Sylvia Chase (20/20) [d: 1-3-19]<br />In 1938 Actress Diane Varsi (Allison-Peyton Place) [d: 11-19-92]<br />In 1939 Actress Majel Barrett (Star Trek) [d: 12-18-08]<br />In 1940 Actor, Peter Fonda (Wild Angeles, Easy Rider, Outlaw Blues) [d: 8-16-19]<br />In 1941 Baseball player Ron Hunt (Dodgers, Giants, Cardinals) (83)<br />In 1943 Football Hall-of-Famer, Frederick Biletnikoff (Raiders) (81)<br />In 1943 Actress Jada Rowland (Hamptons, Amy Ames-The Secret Storm) (81)<br />In 1944 Guitarist, Mike Maxfield (Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas) [d: 12-2023]<br />In 1944 Singer/guitarist Johnny Winter [d: 7-16-14]<br />In 1946 South African political activist Allan Boesak (anti-apartheid) (78)<br />In 1946 Singer/guitarist Rusty Young (Buffalo Springfield, Poco) [d: 4-14-21]<br />In 1947 Actress Shakira Caine (The Man Who Would Be King) (77)<br />In 1948 Bassist, Steve Priest (Sweet) [d: 6-4-20]<br />In 1949 Bassist, Terry "Tex" Comer (Ace) (75)<br />In 1949 Astronaut, Marc Garneau (STS-77, STS-41-G, STS-97) (75)<br />In 1950 Director, Neil Jordan (Crying Game, Interview With A Vampire) (74)<br />In 1950 Football player Jim Youngblood (Rams, Super Bowl XIV) (74)<br />In 1951 Football player, Ed 'Too Tall' Jones (Cowboys) (73)<br />In 1951 Football player Ray Oldham (Steelers, Super Bowl XIII) [d: 7-23-05]<br />In 1951 Actress Patricia Richardson (FM, Jill-Home Improvement) (73)<br />In 1952 Guitarist Brad Whitford (Aerosmith) (72)<br />In 1955 Voice actor Tom Bodett (Motel 6, he'll Leave the Light on for Ya) (69)<br />In 1955 Singer/songwriter Howard Jones (Things Can Only Get Better) (69)<br />In 1962 Playmate, Melinda Mays (February-1983) (62)<br />In 1962 Singer/guitarist Michael Wilton (Queensryche) (62)<br />In 1963 Baseball player, Bobby Bonilla (61)<br />In 1964 Country singer, Dusty Drake (60)<br />In 1965 Actress Kristin Davis (Brooke-Sex & The City) (59)<br />In 1965 Tennis player Helena Sukova (1985 U.S. Open Doubles) (59)<br />In 1965 Actress Veronica Webb (Jungle Fever, Malcolm X, Catwalk) (59)<br />In 1968 Actor/game show host Marc Price (Skippy-Family Ties) (56)<br />In 1969 Businessman, Daymond John (FUBU, Shark Tank) (55)<br />In 1970 Guitarist, Jeff Beres (Sister Hazel) (54)<br />In 1970 Actress, Niecy Nash (Reno 9-11!: Miami, Scream Queens) (54)<br />In 1970 Actor Paul Anthony Stewart (Loving, Guiding Light) (54)<br />In 1972 Country singer, Steve Holy (52)<br />In 1973 Keyboardist, Lasse Johansson (The Cardigans) (51)<br />In 1975 Actor Michael Tricario (Randy Mitchell-The Wonder Years) (49)<br />In 1976 Actress Jaime Nicole Dudney (Georgia-As the World Turns) (48)<br />In 1983 Actor Aziz Ansari (Parks and Recreation) (41)<br />In 1983 Actress Emily Blunt (Edge of Tomorrow, Girl on the Train, Mary Poppins) (41)<br />In 1986 Singer, Skylar Grey (Like Blood Like Honey, Don't Look Down) (38)<br />In 1994 Actress Dakota Fanning (I Am Sam, Sweet Home Alabama) (30)<br />Desert Radio AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17275461034480693671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938525050752515025.post-67831859432171622212024-02-22T04:01:00.005-07:002024-02-22T04:01:45.282-07:00Music Calendar...In 1946 Dizzy Gillespie first records what would become his best-known composition, "A Night in Tunisia."<br />In 1960 "Puppy Love" by Paul Anka enters the U.S. Top 40 chart.<br />In 1960 "Theme From A Summer Place" by Percy Faith hits #1 on the U.S. Top 40 chart and stayed there for 9 weeks.<br />In 1963 The Beatles form Northern Songs, their own music publishing company.<br />In 1964 The Beatles arrive back in England after their first U.S. visit.<br />In 1967 The Beatles wrap up recording on "A Day In The Life" with their roadie Mal Evans striking the famous final e-major chord on three grand pianos.<br />In 1968 Jefferson Airplane performs on "The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson."<br />In 1968 Genesis' first single, "The Silent Sun," is released.<br />In 1969 David Bowie opens for T-Rex in England at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester. He didn't perform a musical act but a silent 1-man mime telling the story of a young Tibetan Buddhist monk.<br />In 1972 "Precious & Few" by Climax is certified gold.<br />In 1973 "Killing Me Softly With His Song" by Roberta Flack goes gold.<br />In 1975 "Pick Up The Pieces" by the Average White Band is #1 on the U.S. top 40 chart.<br />In 1976 Former Supreme Florence Ballard, 32, dies destitute of a coronary.<br />In 1978 The Police filmed a commercial for Wrigley's Gum.<br />In 1979 The Blues Brothers appear on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.<br />In 1981 "Angel Of The Morning" by Juice Newton enters the U.S. top 40chart.<br />In 1985 Whitney Houston's single "You Give Good Love" was released.<br />In 1986 A Fine Young Cannibals concert is delayed until 2am after someone throws tear gas into the audience.<br />In 1986 "Kiss" by Prince & The Revolution enters the U.S. Top 40 chart.<br />In 1988 Donny Osmond launches a comeback tour in Los Angeles.<br />In 1989 Bobby McFerrin wins the Best Record and Best Song Grammys for"Don't Worry Be Happy." Jethro Tull wins the first Heavy Metal Award, George Michael's "Faith" won Best Album, and Tracy Chapman is named Best New Artist.<br />In 1990 Stevie Wonder is found not guilty of plagiarizing "I Just Called To Say I Love You."<br />In 1991 "Justify My Love" by Madonna is certified gold and platinum.<br />In 1991 Frank Sinatra's "Reprise Collection: A Man And His Music" video is certified gold.<br />In 1992 "Make It Happen" by Mariah Carey entered the U.S. Top 40 chart.<br />In 1993 The U.S. Supreme Court denies Chuck Berry's request to move a lawsuit against him from Missouri state court to federal court. Berry, who said the suit was racially motivated, was being sued for videotaping women in his St. Louis restaurant's bathroom.<br />In 1994 Aretha Franklin's album "Greatest Hits 1980-1994" is released.<br />In 1994 "Whatta Man" by Salt 'n Pepa is certified gold.<br />In 1996 TLC leads the 10th annual Soul Train Music Awards with four nominations.<br />In 1997 "Wannabe" by the Spice Girls hits #1 on the U.S. Top 40 chart and stayed there for 4 weeks. It was the first British act since the Beatles in 1964 to top the U.S. charts with a debut single.<br />In 1998 Tori Amos marries Mark Hawley.<br />In 2000 Stevie Wonder, Lauryn Hill, the Impressions, and actor Danny Glover participate in a tribute to Curtis Mayfield, who died the previous December.<br />In 2001 Steely Dan wins their first Grammys, including Album of the Year for "Two Against Nature."<br />In 2016 Country Music Hall of Famer Sonny James ("Young Love") dies of natural causes in Nashville. He was 87.<br />Desert Radio AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17275461034480693671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938525050752515025.post-21592399417033656182024-02-22T03:56:00.002-07:002024-02-22T03:56:14.099-07:00Today In History...In 1630 Popcorn is introduced by an Indian named Quadequina to the English colonists at their first Thanksgiving dinner in America.<br />In 1784 A U.S. clipper, the "Empress of China," leaves New York City for the Far East.<br />In 1819 Spain ceded Florida to the United States.<br />In 1856 The first national meeting of the Republican Party takes place in Pittsburgh.<br />In 1865 Tennessee adopts a new constitution abolishing slavery.<br />In 1879 F.W. Woolworth opens his five-cent store in Utica, New York.<br />In 1889 President Cleveland signed a bill to admit South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, and Washington states to the Union.<br />In 1892 The Oscar Wilde play "Lady Windermere's Fan" was first performed at London's St. James Theatre.<br />In 1900 Hawaii becomes a U.S. Territory.<br />In 1902 Major Walter Reed shows that mosquitoes carry yellow fever.<br />In 1920 The Emeryville, California, dog track introduces the first mechanical rabbit.<br />In 1924 Calvin Coolidge delivered the first presidential radio broadcast from the White House.<br />In 1934 The romantic comedy "It Happened One Night," starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, opens at New York's Radio City Music Hall.<br />In 1935 It becomes illegal for airplanes to fly over the White House.<br />In 1936 The state record is Sioux Center, Iowa, which receives 42 inches of snow.<br />In 1944 President Franklin D. Roosevelt vetoes a proposed tax reduction bill.<br />In 1951 The Air Force announced it would build a nuclear-powered plane.<br />In 1955 Prototypes of IRBM and A-Bomb were successfully tested in the Nevada desert.<br />In 1963 Rene Lacoste patents his revolutionary metal tennis racquet.<br />In 1967 More than 25,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops launched Operation Junction City, an offensive aimed at smashing a Viet Cong stronghold near the Cambodian border.<br />In 1973 The U.S. and Communist China agree to establish liaison offices in Beijing and Washington.<br />In 1977 The Boy Scouts change their name to "Scouting/USA."<br />In 1980 In a stunning upset, the U.S. Olympic hockey team defeats the Soviets at Lake Placid, NY, 4-3. (The U.S. went on to win the gold medal.)<br />In 1983 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a monopoly on the word "Monopoly" by the Parker Brothers is unfair trade after trying to stop the use of "Anti-Monopoly."<br />In 1983 Illinois Congressman Harold Washington wins Chicago's Democratic mayoral primary on his way to becoming the city's first black mayor.<br />In 1984 David, a 12-year-old who spent most of his life in a plastic bubble because of no immunity to disease, dies 15 days after leaving the bow for a bone marrow transplant.<br />In 1985 Secretary of State George P. Shultz, speaking in San Francisco, calls for renewed assistance to the Nicaraguan Contras.<br />In 1986 The Philippine Army's top officials resigned and urged President Marcos to do the same.<br />In 1987 A weeklong series of storms hit the West Coast with record amounts of rain and snow, causing 20 deaths.<br />In 1987 Pop artist Andy Warhol dies at the age of 58.<br />In 1988 In Lebanon, the kidnappers of U.S. Marine Lt. Col. William R. Higgins released a videotape in which Higgins asked the U.S. to meet his abductor's demands.<br />In 1988 Bonnie Blair of the U.S. wins the women's 500-meter speed-skating event at the Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada.<br />In 1990 In a taped deposition for the trial of former national security advisor John Poindexter, former President Reagan said he never had "any inkling" his aides were secretly arming the Nicaraguan contras.<br />In 1991 President George Bush and America's Gulf War allies give Iraq 24 hours to begin withdrawing from Kuwait or face a final all-out attack.<br />In 1992 American speedskater Cathy Turner wins the women's 500-meter race at the Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.<br />In 1993 A jury is seated in Los Angeles in the federal trial of four police officers accused of violating Rodney King's civil rights.<br />In 1994 The U.S. Justice Department charges Aldrich Hazen Ames, a 31-year CIA veteran and former senior Soviet counterintelligence officer, and his wife, Rosario, with conspiracy to commit espionage for selling U.S. national security secrets to Moscow.<br />In 1995 France accuses four American diplomats and a fifth U.S. citizen of spying and asks them to leave the country.<br />In 1996 Alan Greenspan is renominated as chairman of the Federal Reserve.<br />In 1996 The space shuttle Columbia blasts into orbit on a mission to unreel a satellite on the end of a 12.8-mile cord.<br />In 1997 Cutbacks begin under the new welfare law limiting childless adults under age 50 and able to work to three months of food stamps in any three years.<br />In 1998 Abraham A. Ribicoff, President Kennedy's secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, died in Riverdale, NY, at age 87.<br />In 1998 As the Nagano Winter Olympics ended, the Czech Republic defeated Russia, 1-0, to win men's hockey.<br />In 1999 Levi Strauss announced it would close 11 of its plants.<br />In 2000 Cyclone Eline drenches central Mozambique, already suffering its worst flooding in a half-century.<br />In 2003 Jesica Santillan, the teenager who'd survived a botched heart-lung transplant long enough to get a second set of donated organs, dies 2 days after the double transplant at Duke University MedicalCenter.<br />In 2004 Consumer advocate Ralph Nader enters the presidential race as an independent.<br />Desert Radio AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17275461034480693671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938525050752515025.post-43098439030612426622024-02-22T03:48:00.004-07:002024-02-22T03:48:21.413-07:00 Born On This Day...In 1403 King Charles VII of France (1422-61)<br />In 1732 George Washington, first U.S. president (1789-1796)<br />In 1749 Johann Nikolaus Forkel, the first biographer of Bach<br />In 1778 Historical painter Rembrandt Peale<br />In 1788 German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer<br />In 1810 Composer/pianist Frederic Chopin<br />In 1819 American essayist/poet, James Russell Lowell<br />In 1857 Philanthropist Lord Robert Baden-Powell (founded Boy Scouts)<br />In 1857 Physicist Heinrich Hertz (first radio broadcaster)<br />In 1874 Baseball Hall-of-Famer Bill Klem (first umpire elected)<br />In 1876 Pauline Musters became the shortest adult known (58.9 cm, 1' 11.2")<br />In 1896 Actress Enid Markey (first Jane in Tarzan movies)<br />In 1899 Actor Dwight Frye (Dracula, Frankenstein)<br />In 1900 German engineer Paul Kollsman (altimeter) [d: 9-26-05]<br />In 1900 Greek poet, Giorgios Seferis (Nobel-1963) [d: 9-20-71]<br />In 1901 Supreme Court Justice Charles E. Whittaker (1957-62) [d: 11-26-73]<br />In 1903 Cartoonist, Bill Holman (Smokey Stover) [d: 2-27-87]<br />In 1907 Actor/director, Sheldon Leonard (Danny Thomas Show) [d: 1-11-97]<br />In 1907 Actor, Robert Young (Father Knows Best, Marcus Welby) [d: 7-21-98]<br />In 1908 Actor, John Mills (Dundee and the Culhane) [d: 4-23-05]<br />In 1909 Sports figure, Dan Biasone (NBA 24-second shot clock) [d: 5-25-92]<br />In 1913 Saxophonist, Buddy Tate (Count Basie) [d: 2-10-01]<br />In 1915 Actor Dan Seymour (Abdul-Casablanca) [d: 5-25-93]<br />In 1918 Baseball team owner Charles O. Finley (Oakland A's) [d: 2-19-96]<br />In 1918 Announcer, Don Pardo (Jeopardy, Saturday Night Live) [d: 8-18-14]<br />In 1918 Robert Wadlow became the tallest known human (8' 11.1") [d: 7-15-40]<br />In 1920 Country singer/pianist Del Wood [d: 10-3-89]<br />In 1925 Illustrator, Edward Gorey [d: 4-15-00]<br />In 1927 Actor, Donald May (Adam-Edge of Night, Colt .45, Falcon Crest) [d: 1-28-22]<br />In 1928 Actor Paul Dooley (Sixteen Candles, John-Grace Under Fire) (96)<br />In 1930 Actress Allison Hayes (Attack of the 50-Foot Woman) [d: 2-27-77]<br />In 1932 U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) [d: 8-26-09]<br />In 1934 Baseball manager George "Sparky" Anderson (Reds, Tigers) [d: 11-4-10]<br />In 1936 Singer/songwriter Ernest K-Doe (Mother-In-Law) [d: 7-5-01]<br />In 1938 Singer, Bobby Hendricks (The Drifters) [d: 3-25-22]<br />In 1938 Baseball player Steve Barber (Orioles, Yankees) [d: 2-4-07]<br />In 1940 Basketball player Chet Walker (Bulls) (84)<br />In 1943 Basketball player Dick Van Arsdale (Knicks, Suns) (81)<br />In 1944 Director, Jonathan Demme (Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia) [d: 4-26-17]<br />In 1945 Actress Leslie Charleson (Monica-General Hospital) (79)<br />In 1945 Singer, Oliver (Good Morning Starshine, Jean) [d: 2-12-00]<br />In 1948 Actor John Ashton (Beverly Hills Cop) (76)<br />In 1948 Basketball player Dennis Awtrey (Bulls, Suns) (76)<br />In 1949 Auto racer/author Niki Lauda (3-time Formula One champion) [d: 5-20-19]<br />In 1950 Basketball player, Julius Erving (76ers, Nets) (74)<br />In 1950 Actor Miou-Miou (My Other Husband, Germinal) (74)<br />In 1950 Actress Julie Walters (Rita-Educating Rita, Harry Potter) (74)<br />In 1951 Actress Ellen Greene (Little Shop of Horrors, Naked Gun) (73)<br />In 1952 Astronaut, James P. Bagian (STS-29, 40) (72)<br />In 1956 Golfer, Amy Alcott (U.S. Women's Open-1980) (68)<br />In 1959 Actor Kyle MacLachlan (Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, Dune) (65)<br />In 1962 Actor, Steve Irwin (Crocodile Hunter) [d: 9-4-06]<br />In 1963 Cartoon character, Pebbles Flintstone (The Flintstones) (61)<br />In 1964 Tennis player, Gigi Fernandez (1988 U.S. Open Doubles) (60)<br />In 1965 Hockey player, Pat LaFontaine (Olympics-1984, Islanders) (59)<br />In 1966 Comedian Rachel Dratch (Saturday Night Live) (58)<br />In 1966 Actor Thorsten Kaye (Patrick Thornhart-One Life To Live) (58)<br />In 1968 Actress, Jeri Ryan (Dark Skies, Seven of Nine-ST: Voyager, Picard) (56)<br />In 1969 Football player, Mark Chmura (Packers, Superbowl XXXI) (55)<br />In 1970 Actor Michael Rodrick (Cameron Sinclair-Another World) (54)<br />In 1971 Football Player, Gilbert Brown (Packers, Superbowl XXXI) (53)<br />In 1971 Actress/singer Lea Salonga (Princess Jasmine-Aladdin) (53)<br />In 1971 Actor Jose Solano (Manny Guiterrez-Baywatch) (53)<br />In 1972 Former tennis player Michael Chang (1989 French Open) (52)<br />In 1974 Singer, James Blunt (You're Beautiful) (50)<br />In 1975 Actress Drew Barrymore (Never Been Kissed, Charlie's Angels) (49)<br />In 1975 Actress Liza Victoria Huber (Gwen Hotchkiss-Passions) (49)<br />In 1985 Actor Zach Roerig (As the World Turns, The Vampire Diaries) (39)<br />In 1996 Singer, Cole Pendery (IM5) (28)<br />Desert Radio AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17275461034480693671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938525050752515025.post-72564205010902867962024-02-20T06:26:00.005-07:002024-02-20T06:26:57.468-07:00Music Calendar...In 1816 Rossini's opera "The Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome.<br />In 1939 Harry James records "Ciribiribin."<br />In 1959 The Platters debut on ABC-TV's "American Bandstand," performing "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes."<br />In 1959 Tennessee Ernie Ford's album "Hymns" is certified gold.<br />In 1960 Bill Haley & The Comets perform "Shake, Rattle & Roll" on Dick Clark's Saturday Night TV show.<br />In 1961 "Surrender" by Elvis Presley enters the U.S. Top 40 chart.<br />In 1965 The Moody Blues' first single, "Go Now," joins the U.S. Top 40 chart.<br />In 1965 "Eight Days A Week" by the Beatles and "Stop! In the Name of Love" by the Supremes enter the U.S. Top 40 chart.<br />In 1965 "This Diamond Ring" by Gary Lewis and the Playboys hit #1 on the U.S. Top 40 chart and stayed there for 2 weeks.<br />In 1965 Al Hirt's album "Sugar Lips" is certified gold.<br />In 1967 Ringo Starr and John Lennon attend a Chuck Berry concert.<br />In 1968 Ringo Starr appears in his first non-Beatles movie, the X-rated "Candy." The soundtrack contained Steppenwolf's "Magic CarpetRide."<br />In 1968 Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66 appear on "The Joey Bishop Show."<br />In 1971 Marvin Gaye's classic "What's Goin' On" enters the U.S. Top 40 chart.<br />In 1974 Cher files for separation from Sonny Bono in Santa Monica, CA.<br />In 1974 "Until You Come Back To Me" by Aretha Franklin is certified gold.<br />In 1975 Alice Cooper's album "Welcome To My Nightmare" is released.<br />In 1976 The members of Kiss sink their feet into the cement at Graumann's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.<br />In 1976 A New York court ruled that John Lennon's verbal contract with Roulette Records to release an album of rock & roll hits from the 1950s was invalid since he was already under contract with the capital. John Lennon's verbal agreement with Roulette Records to release an album of rock & roll hits from the 1950s was invalid since he was already under contract with Capita.<br />In 1982 Carnegie Hall begins a $20 million renovation project.<br />In 1982 Pat Benatar weds her guitarist Neal Geraldo in Hawaii.<br />In 1982 "Freeze Frame" by the J. Geils Band enters the U.S. Top 40 chart.<br />In 1986 Stevie Wonder appears as himself on "The Cosby Show." His performance would be nominated for an Emmy Award.<br />In 1987 Cat Stevens settles a $5 million lawsuit with the London Globe over the headline "Cat Stevens Joins The Evil Ayatollah."<br />In 1988 Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner perform together for the first time since their 1974 breakup.<br />In 1988 "Seasons Change" by Expose is #1 on the U.S. top 40 chart.<br />In 1991 Mariah Carey wins Grammy Awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal for her debut single "Vision of Love."<br />In 1992 Paula Abdul and actor Emilio Estevez announce their engagement.<br />In 1993 "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston logged its 14th and final week at #1 on the U.S. Top 40 chart, beating Boyz II Men's "End Of The Road" for the longest stay there.<br />In 1995 Authorities in Westchester, NY, ordered Mariah Carey and her husband to apply for a dam permit after they built two huge twin ponds on their Long Island estate.<br />In 1996 Snoop Doggy Dogg and his former bodyguard are acquitted of murder in the shooting death of a gang member.<br />In 1996 Almost 50 artists, including Gloria Estefan, sued Amway for using their work on motivational tapes without permission.<br />In 1996 Alanis Morissette's single "Ironic" is released.<br />In 1998 Sugar Ray's album "Floored" is certified double platinum.<br />In 2000 Garth Brooks begins training with the New York Mets.<br />In 2003 Great White guitarist Ty Longley is among the 96 people killed when the band's pyrotechnic display sets a West Warwick, RI, nightclub on fire, destroying the building.<br />Desert Radio AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17275461034480693671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938525050752515025.post-25294184432957749042024-02-20T06:21:00.002-07:002024-02-20T06:21:22.634-07:00Today In History...In 1790 Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II dies.<br />In 1792 President Washington signs an act creating the U.S. postal service.<br />In 1809 The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the federal government's power is greater than that of any individual state.<br />In 1839 Congress prohibits dueling in the District of Columbia.<br />In 1872 The Metropolitan Museum Of Art has officially opened in New York City.<br />In 1895 American abolitionist Frederick Douglass dies in Washington.<br />In 1905 The U.S. Supreme Court rules that states may require vaccinations.<br />In 1907 America passes the "Immigration Act," allowing the President to keep out people from other countries.<br />In 1933 The 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (to repeal Prohibition) goes to the states for ratification.<br />In 1938 Anthony Eden resigns as British foreign secretary in a dispute with Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.<br />In 1944 During World War II, U.S. bombers began raiding German aircraft manufacturing centers in a series of attacks known as "Big Week."<br />In 1944 The "Batman & Robin" comic strip debuts in newspapers.<br />In 1945 The minimum wage for textile workers is set at 55 cents per hour.<br />In 1952 Emmett Ashford becomes the first black major league umpire.<br />In 1959 The FCC applies the "equal time" rule to TV newscasts of political candidates.<br />In 1962 Astronaut John Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth aboard the Friendship VII Mercury capsule.<br />In 1965 The Ranger VIII spacecraft crashes on the moon after sending back thousands of pictures of the lunar surface.<br />In 1971 The National Emergency Warning Center in Colorado erroneously ordered radio and TV stations across the U.S. to go off the air.<br />In 1977 The U.S. government begins testing windmills for power at Rocky Flats, Colorado.<br />In 1981 The space shuttle Columbia cleared the final major hurdle to its maiden launch as the spacecraft fired its three engines in a 20-second test.<br />In 1985 British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher addressed a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress.<br />In 1986 The Soviets launch the space station "Mir."<br />In 1986 Britain and France firmed up a deal to construct a rail tunnel under the English Channel.<br />In 1986 President Reagan visits Grenada, the scene of the 1983 U.S.-led invasion that toppled the Caribbean island's Marxist government.<br />In 1987 Joseph Begun, a Jewish activist, is released by the Soviet Union.<br />In 1987 A bomb blamed on the Unabomber explodes behind a computer store in Salt Lake City, seriously injuring a store executive.<br />In 1988 U.S. figure skater Brian Boitano wins the gold medal in the men's competition at the Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada.<br />In 1989 Members of the European Economic Community decide to withdraw their top diplomats from Iran to protest Ayatollah Khomeini's order for Muslims to kill author Salman Rushdie.<br />In 1990 President Bush welcomes Czechoslovak President Vaclav Havel to the White House.<br />In 1992 Ross Perot states on "Larry King Live" that he would run for president if supporters put him on the ballot in all 50 states.<br />In 1995 An American Marine, Justin A. Harris, dies in a helicopter crash during the evacuation of United Nations forces from Somalia.<br />In 1997 Deng Xiaoping, the last of China's prominent Communist revolutionaries, dies.<br />In 1997 Detroit's daily newspapers accept a back-to-work offer from striking employees, ending a 19-month walkout.<br />In 1998 A Brown & Williamson executive says the tobacco giant adds genetically altered, high-nicotine tobacco to export cigarettes.<br />In 1998 Two are charged with attempting to sell transplant organs harvested from prisoners executed in China.<br />In 1998 Tara Lipinski wins the world women's figure skating title, the youngest gold medalist in Winter Olympics history.<br />In 1999 Movie reviewer Gene Siskel dies at age 53.<br />In 2001 Space shuttle Atlantis lands in the Mojave Desert after 3 straight days of bad weather prevented it from touching down in Florida.<br />In 2002 President Bush, on the final leg of an Asian trip, arrived in China, where he urged President Jiang Zemin to respect religious freedoms.<br />In 2002 A Cairo-to-Luxor passenger train catches fire, killing 360 people.<br />In 2004 California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger orders the state attorney general to take immediate legal steps to stop gay weddings in San Francisco.<br />In 2010 Former Secretary of State Alexander Haig, a retired four-star Army general who advised three presidents, dies at age 85.<br />Desert Radio AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17275461034480693671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938525050752515025.post-58997324051019734782024-02-20T06:15:00.002-07:002024-02-20T06:15:10.679-07:00Born On This Day...In 1726 American Revolutionary soldier, William Prescott<br />In 1829 American actor, Joseph Jefferson<br />In 1844 Author, Joshua Slocum (first to sail around the world alone)<br />In 1898 Italian auto manufacturer, Enzo Ferrari<br />In 1898 Blues singer/pianist, Jimmy Yancey (boogie-woogie)<br />In 1899 Sportsman, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney (founded Pan Am Airways)<br />In 1902 Photographer, Ansel Adams (landscapes) [d: 4-22-84]<br />In 1904 Soviet premier, Aleksei Kosygin (1964-80) [d: 12-18-80]<br />In 1910 Carl Stotz (founded Little League Baseball) [d: 6-4-92]<br />In 1912 French novelist, Pierre Boulle (Bridge on River Kwai) [d: 1-30-94]<br />In 1914 Newscaster/TV host, John Daly (What's My Line) [d: 2-24-91]<br />In 1915 Golf Hall-of-Famer, Chick Harbert [d: 9-1-92]<br />In 1916 Children's author Paul Tripp (Tubby the Tuba) [d: 8-29-02]<br />In 1924 Fashion designer Gloria Vanderbilt (Gloria Vanderbilt Jeans) [d: 6-17-19]<br />In 1925 Film director Robert Altman (The Player, Short Cuts) [d: 11-20-06]<br />In 1925 Actress, Whitney Blake (Dorothy-Hazel) [d: 9-8-02]<br />In 1926 U.S. pole vaulter Robert Eugene Richards (Olympic-Gold-1948, 52, 56) [d: 2-26-23]<br />In 1927 Actor, Sidney Poitier (Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, Sneakers) [d: 1-6-22]<br />In 1928 Baseball player, Roy Face (Pittsburgh Pirates) (96)<br />In 1929 Actress, Amanda Blake (Kitty-Gunsmoke) [d: 8-16-89]<br />In 1930 Actress, Patricia Smith (Margaret-Bob Newhart Show) [d: 1-2-11]<br />In 1934 Auto-racer, Bobby Unser (Indianapolis 500-1968, 75, 81) [d: 5-2-21]<br />In 1936 Actress, Marj Dusay (Capitol, Santa Barbara, Guiding Light) [d: 1-28-19]<br />In 1936 Actor, Larry Hovis (Sgt. Carter-Hogan's Heros) [d: 9-9-03]<br />In 1937 Singer/songwriter David Ackles [d: 3-2-99]<br />In 1937 Auto racer Roger Penske (record 79 IndyCar victories) (87)<br />In 1937 Jazz singer Nancy Wilson (You Don't Know How Glad I Am) [d: 12-13-18]<br />In 1940 Singer, Barbara Ellis (The Fleetwoods) (84)<br />In 1941 Folk singer Buffy Sainte-Marie (Mr. Can't You See) (83)<br />In 1942 Hockey player Phil Esposito (Bruins, Rangers) (82)<br />In 1944 Trumpeter, Lew Soloff (Blood Sweat & Tears) [d: 3-8-15]<br />In 1945 Actor, Brion James (Blade Runner) [d: 8-7-99]<br />In 1946 Actress, Sandy Duncan (Peter Pan, Funny Face, Hogan Family) (78)<br />In 1946 Singer/guitarist, J. Geils [John Warren Geils Jr.] [d: 4-11-17]<br />In 1947 Actor, Peter Strauss (The Jericho Mile, Rich Man Poor Man) (77)<br />In 1948 Actress, Jennifer O'Neill (Bare Essence, Cover Up) (76)<br />In 1949 Businesswoman Ivana Trump (ex-wife of President Donald Trump) [d: 7-14-22]<br />In 1950 Singer/songwriter/bassist, Walter Becker (Steely Dan) [d: 9-3-17]<br />In 1951 Actor, John Voldstad (Second Daryl-Newhart, Forrest Gump) (73)<br />In 1951 Actor, Edward Albert (Falcon Crest, Port Charles) [d: 9-22-06]<br />In 1951 Guitarist/singer Randy California (Spirit) [d: 1-3-97]<br />In 1954 Actor, Anthony Stewart Head (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Merlin, Ted Lasso) (70)<br />In 1954 Newspaper heiress, Patty Hearst-Shaw (70)<br />In 1955 Singer/bassist Jon Brant (Cheap Trick) (69)<br />In 1958 Playmate/actress, Carol Ficatier (December-1985/Tempest) (66)<br />In 1958 Actor, James Wilby (Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes, Howards End) (66)<br />In 1960 American writer Joel Hodgson (Mystery Science Theater 3000) (64)<br />In 1960 Guitarist, Kee Marcello (Europe) (64)<br />In 1961 Actress, Imogen Stubbs (Sense and Sensibility, True Colors) (63)<br />In 1962 Comedian/actress, Ria Coyne (Batman Forever) (62)<br />In 1963 Basketball player, Charles Barkley (76ers, Suns, Rockets) (61)<br />In 1963 Singer, Ian Brown (Stone Roses) (61)<br />In 1964 Actor, French Stewart (3rd Rock From The Sun, Stargate, Mom) (60)<br />In 1965 Actor, Ron Eldard (Bakersfield PD, Kevin-Men Behaving Badly) (59)<br />In 1966 Actress/model Cindy Crawford (House of Style, Fair Game) (58)<br />In 1967 Singer/songwriter, Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) [d: 4-5-94]<br />In 1967 Actor/comedian David Herman (Mad TV, King of the Hill) (57)<br />In 1967 Actor, Andrew Shue (Billy Campbell-Melrose Place) (57)<br />In 1967 Actress, Lili Taylor (The Haunting, Mystic Pizza, Ransom) (57)<br />In 1973 Actress, Kimberley Davies (Laura-Pacific Palisades) (51)<br />In 1975 Singer, Brian Littrell (Backstreet Boys) (49)<br />In 1978 Actor, Jay Hernandez (Hang Time, Crazy/Beautiful, Magnum P.I.) (46)<br />In 1981 Actress, Majandra Delfino (Maria De Luca-Roswell, Traffic) (43)<br />In 1981 Singer/mandolinist Chris Thile (Nickel Creek) (43)<br />In 1983 Baseball player Justin Verlander (Tigers, Astros) (41)<br />In 1984 Comedian, Trevor Noah (The Daily Show) (40)<br />In 1985 Actor, Jake Richardson (Honey We Shrunk Ourselves, Fudge) (39)<br />In 1987 Actor, Miles Teller (Divergent, Top Gun: Maverick) (37)<br />In 1988 Singer, Rihanna (Umbrella) (36)<br />In 1989 Actor, Jack Falahee (How to Get Away with Murder) (35)<br />In 1999 Actor, Colin Petierre (The Next Step) (25)<br />In 2003 Actress, Olivia Rodrigo (Grace Stirs Up Success, Bizaardvark) (21)<br />Desert Radio AZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17275461034480693671noreply@blogger.com0