In 1955 RCA demonstrated the first music synthesizer. In 1958 Little Richard quit music at the height of his fame to attend evangelism college, where he stayed for 4 years. In 1959 Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper play Duluth, Minnesota, three days before their fatal plane crash. In 1963 17-year-old Neil Young performed his first professional gig at a country club in Winnipeg, Canada. In 1963 Tony Sheridan & the Beat Brothers recorded "What'd I Say" and "Ruby Baby." In 1963 The Beach Boys recorded "Surfin' USA." In 1968 "Judy In Disguise With Glasses" by John Fred & his Playboy Band and "Bend Me, Shape Me" by the American Breed were certified gold. In 1969 Bobby Darin walked off the "Jackie Gleason Show" when he was not allowed to sing "Long Line Rider." In 1970 Creedence Clearwater Revival began work on a TV special. In 1970 Phil Leash and Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead were arrested on...

In 1606 Guy Fawkes, convicted for his part in the Gunpowder Plot against the English Parliament and King James I, is executed. In 1862 Telescope maker Alvin Clark discovered the dwarf companion of Sirius. In 1865 General Robert E. Lee is named general-in-chief of the Confederate armies. In 1917 Germany serves noticed that it was beginning a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare. In 1934 President Franklin D. Roosevelt devalued the dollar about gold. In 1944 During World War II, U.S. forces began invading Kwajalein Atoll and other parts of the Japanese-held Marshall Islands. In 1945 U.S. Army Private Eddie Slovik was shot by an American firing squad in France during World War II, becoming the only American soldier executed for desertion since the Civil War. In 1948 The magnetic tape wire recorder was developed by Wireway. In 1949 "These Are My Children," TV's first soap opera, began on NBC. In 1950 President Harry Truman announced he had ordered the development of the h...

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