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Thing You Need To Know 3 Aug

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Music Calendar...

In 1944 Charlie Barnet records "Skyliner." In 1955 Bill Haley files suit against Essex Records, asking the court to ban the company from issuing previous recordings "of inferior quality." In 1959 The Kingston Trio appear on the cover of Life magazine. In 1963 The Beatles play their last gig at Liverpool's Cavern Club. In 1963 "Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh! (A Letter From Camp)" by Allan Sherman, "Surfer Girl" by the Beach Boys, "Heat Wave" by Martha & The Vandellas and "My Boyfriend's Back" by the Angels all enter the U.S. top 40 chart. In 1963 "So Much In Love" by the Tymes is #1 on the U.S. top 40 chart. In 1964 Ray Charles performs at Hamburg's "Star Club," where the Beatles played before their fame. In 1964 The Country Music Foundation charter is registered in Tennessee. In 1966 While performing in Los Angeles, the Rolling Stones record "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby." In 1967 ...

Today In History...

In 1492 Columbus sets sail from Palos, Spain, with three ships -- the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria -- on a voyage that would take him to present-day America. In 1678 Robert LaSalle builds the first ship in America, the "Griffon." In 1894 Workers at the Pullman Palace Car Co., their strike broken, end their walkout. In 1914 Germany declares war on France. In 1921 Baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis refuses to reinstate the former Chicago White Sox players implicated in the "Black Sox" scandal, even though they were acquitted by a jury. In 1923 Calvin Coolidge is sworn in as the 30th U.S. president following the death of Warren G. Harding. In 1936 The U.S. State Department urges Americans in Spain to leave because of that country's civil war. In 1943 During World War II, General George S. Patton slaps a soldier at an Army hospital in Sicily, accusing him of cowardice. Patton was later ordered to apologize by General Dwight D. Eisenhower. In 1948 W...

Born On This Day...

In 1801 English architect, Joseph Paxton (Crystal Palace) In 1805 Mathematician, Sir William Rowan Hamilton (Quantum mechanics) In 1808 U.S. secretary of state, Hamilton Fish (Grant) In 1811 Inventor, Elisha Graves Otis (first safe passenger elevator) In 1824 U.S. Supreme Court Justice, William B. Woods (1880-87) In 1851 Irish physicist, George F. Fitzgerald (radio waves) In 1867 British prime minister, Stanley Baldwin (1923-29, 1935-37) In 1872 King Haakon VII Of Norway (1905-57) In 1887 British poet, Rupert Brooke In 1887 Cartoonist, Russell Westover (Tillie the Toiler) In 1894 Baseball Hall-of-Famer, Harry "Slug" Heilmann (Detroit) In 1900 Evolution teacher, John T. Scopes [d: 10-21-70] In 1900 Journalist, Ernest Pyle (World War II correspondent) [d: 4-18-45] In 1902 Bandleader, Raymond Bloch (Ed Sullivan, Jackie Gleason) [d: 3-31-82] In 1902 Actor/singer, Judson Laire (Lars Hansen-Mama) [d: 7-5-79] In 1905 Mexican actress, Dolores Del Rio [d: 4-11-83] In 1905 Political ac...

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