Sunday 19th August 2012 The Boys are back in town…..

1692 – Five women and a clergyman were executed after being convicted of witchcraft in Salem, MA. I saw the film

1812 – “Old Ironsides” (theUSS Constitution) won a battle against the British frigateGuerriere east of Nova Scotia. It’s Ironic that Cromwell was called Ironsides

1848 – The discovery of gold in California was reported by the New York Herald. Yippee

1856 – The process of processing condensed milk was patented by Gail Borden. I love ‘connie onnie?

1871 – Orville Wright was born. Orville and his brother Wilbur were the first people to have a successful sustained and controlled flight of an aircraft with a motor. I thought Orville was a puppet with Keith Harris

1883 – The French dress designer Gabrille “Coco” Chanel was born.  Class act

1909 – The first car race to be run on brick occurred at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. I wonder what tyres were used

1919 – Afghanistan gained independence from Britain. This is a problem country and Britain should have learnt its lesson-leave well alone

1921 – Gene Roddenberry was born in El Paso, Texas. Roddenberry’s first career was as an airline pilot. Later, he created the TV series Star Trek. I’ll bet his teachers thought he had his head inn the clouds

1934 – Adolf Hitler was approved for sole executive power in Germany as Fuehrer. Bad news for the world

1942 – About 6,000 Canadian and British soldiers launched a raid against the Germans at Dieppe, France. They suffered about 50 percent casualties. Brave men who gave their livdes for our freedom

1955 – Severe flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Diane, in the Northeast United States, claimed 200 lives. These events are ongoing

1960 – Francis Gary Powers, an American U-2 pilot, was convicted of espionage in Moscow. Scapegoat

1960 – Two dogs were launched in a satellite into Earth’s orbit by the Soviet Union. Planet Earth has been going to the dogs ever since

1962 – Homero Blancas shot a 55 at the Premier Invitational Golf Tournament held in Longview, TX. It was the lowest score in U.S. competitive golf history. I didn’t even know his name

1978 – 400 people were killed in a theater in Abadan, Iran. Moslem extremist set the fire.Sickening

1980 – 301 people died in a fire aboard a Saudi Arabian airliner. Dreadful

1981 – Two Libyan SU-22s were shot down by two U.S. Navy F-14 fighters in the Gulf of Sidra.

1981 – The final episode of “Charlie’s Angels was aired on ABC-TV. Boo hoo

1986 – 20 people were killed in a car bomb explosion in Tehran. Iran initially accused “American agents”, however they later executed an “Iraqi agent.” Dangerous country

1987 – 16 people were killed by gunman Michael Ryan in Britain. It was the country’s worst mass killing. …again happening in August!

1991 – Soviet hard-liners announced that President Mikhail Gorbachev had been removed from power. Gorbachev returned to power two days later. Quick exit

1999 – In Belgrade, thousands of Serbs attended a rally to demand the resignation of Yugoslavia’s President Slobodan Milosevic. Good

2002 – A Russian military helicopter crashed after being shot by rebels in Chechnya. 119 people were killed. Very sad but success for the rebels

2004 – Google Inc. stock began selling on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The initial price was set at $85 and ended the day at $100.34 with more than 22 million shares traded.

The Day’s Music Events 19th August

1964, The Rolling Stones played the second of six shows at the New Theatre Ballroom, Guernsey in the Channel Islands.Exciting times in the islands

1964, The Beatles kicked off a North American tour at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California, to a crowd of 17,130. Playing 12 songs which made up their repertoire for the entire tour: ‘Twist and Shout’, ‘You Can’t Do That’, ‘All My Loving’, ‘She Loves You’, ‘Things We Said Today’, ‘Roll Over Beethoven’, ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’, ‘If I Fell’, ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’, ‘Boys’, ‘A Hard Day’s Night’, and ‘Long Tall Sally’. Supporting acts were The Righteous Brothers, The Bill Black Combo, The Exciters, and Jackie DeShannon. I’ll bet the Beatles loved being with these other acts

1967, The Beatles scored their 14th US No.1 single with ‘All You Need Is Love’. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Keith Moon, Graham Nash, Marianne Faithfull and Walker Brother Gary Leeds all sang backing vocals on the track. That’s quite a line up

1971, Led Zeppelin kicked off a North American tour at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada. The band played to a sold out crowd of over 17,000 fans, another 3,000 fans outside the venue who didn’t have tickets started a battle with local police. So you cannot blame the band for this

1973, Rita Coolidge and Kris Kristofferson were married in Malibu, California. Kristofferson had just enjoyed a number 1 country hit with ‘Why Me,’ which included Coolidge on backing vocals. The couple divorced near the end of 1979. I suppose six years is quite an achievement!

1974, The Three Degrees were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘When Will I See You Again.’ The girl group’s only UK No.1. They were Prince Charles’ favourite group of the 70′s.lovely ladies

1977, The Sex Pistols started an undercover UK tour as The Spots, (an acronym for Sex Pistols on tour secretly). Louts
1978, The Commodores started a five-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Three Times A Lady’. Lionel Richie wrote the song about his love for his wife, mother and grandmother hence ‘Once, Twice, Three Times a Lady.’ These are lovely sentiments

1979, American Rockabilly singer Dorsey Burnette died from a heart attack at his home in Canoga Park, California. He wrote ‘It’s Late’, a hit for Ricky Nelson and Shakin’ Stevens.Great songs

1988, ‘Crazy’ by Patsy Cline, and Elvis Presley’s, ‘Hound Dog’ were announced as the most played jukebox songs of the first hundred years. The jukebox had been around since 1906, but earlier models had been first seen in 1889. What an achievement
1989, Bros appeared at a sold out Wembley Arena, London.Not good

1996, James Brown appeared in Montauk, New York, as part of his Back at the Ranch tour. Brown who had a history of beating his wife, offered money that was raised at the event to an anti-violence organization called The Retreat, but was turned down.  That probably hurt his ego
1999, A TV ad featuring the late Linda McCartney urging a boycott of fishing was banned by the Advertising Clearance Centre in the UK. It was a bit pie in the sky
2000, Richard Ashcroft, Paul Weller, James, Toploader, Barenaked Ladies, Moby, Beth Orton, Joe Strummer, Feeder, Dandy Warhols and Coldplay all appeared at this years V2000 festival in Staffordshire, England. Not much for me
2001, American soul singer Betty Everett died aged 61. She had the 1964 US No.6 single ‘The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In His Kiss’), later covered by Cher. I loved the original song

2001, British boy band Five scored their final UK No.1 single with ‘Let’s Dance.’ Their 3rd and final No.1 was taken from their album Kingsize. Fair enough

2001, A man was arrested at the V2001 festival at Chelmsford, Essex, England after clambering onto a stage and running towards Kylie Minogue, who was performing. He was later charged with breach of the peace. Idiot

2003, A man from Nottinghamshire who sent threatening emails to S Club singer Tina Barrett was jailed for six months. 41 year-old Steven Hindley, showered the singer with roses, chocolates and teddy-bears. But when the messages were ignored, he began to mention threats to the band, including a potential sniper attack. One email begged Miss Barrett to visit him at his home, claiming he was the victim of an incurable brain-tumour and had just three weeks to live. Smitten

2005, A life-size bronze statue designed by Paul Daly of Phil Lynott was unveiled on Harry Street in Dublin. The ceremony was attended by his former Thin Lizzy band members Gary Moore, Brian Robertson and Scott Gorham. Great accolade

2007, Elvis Presley went to No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘The King.

 Born this day

1940, Ginger Baker, drummer, Cream, (1966 UK No.11 single ‘I Feel Free’). Ginger Bakers Airforce.
1940,Johnny Nash, singer, (1972 US No.1 single ‘I Can See Clearly Now’, 1975 UK No.1 single ‘Tears On My Pillow’).

1940, Roger Cook, songwriter, as a member of Blue Mink, (1970 UK No.3 single ‘Melting Pot’). Cook has had more than 80 top 30 hits, including ‘Something’s Gotten Hold Of My Heart’, ‘Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress’ , ‘You’ve Got Your Troubles’ and ‘I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing.’

1943, Billy J Kramer, singer, (1964 UK No.1 & US No.7 single ‘Little Children’).
1945,  Ian Gillan, vocals, Deep Purple, (1970 UK No.2 single ‘Black Night’, 1973 US No. 4 single ‘Smoke On The Water’).

1951, John Deacon, bass, Queen, (1975 UK No.1 single ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ also UK No.1 in 1991, plus over 40 other UK top 40 singles, 1980 US No.1 single ‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’). 1

980,  Darius, singer, 2001 UK TV’s Popstars contestant, who became famous for his rendition of Britney Spears ‘Baby One More Time’. (2002 UK No.1 single ‘Colourblind’).

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