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Born on this day in history: 1812 - Charles Dickens (author, A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist; died 1870) 1804 - John Deere (Invented the Grand Detour steel plow and later formed his own firm called, what else, Deere & Co.) 1867 - Laura Ingalls Wilder (author, Little House on the Prarie; died 1957) 1915 - Eddie Bracken (actor, Show Boat; died 2002) 1921 - Wilma Lee Cooper (country singer) 1934 - Earl King (New Orleans singer-songwriter, Trick Bag; died 2003) 1932 - Gay Talese (author, Honor Thy Father) 1948 - Jimmy Greenspoon (keyboards, Three Dog Night) 1949 - Alan Lancaster (bass, ex-Status Quo) 1955 - Miguel Ferrer (actor, TV's Twin Peaks, Crossing Jordan, George Clooney's cousin) 1959 - Brian Travers (sax player, UB40) 1960 - James Spader (actor, Sex, Lies & Videotape, TV's The Practice) 1962 - Garth Brooks (country singer) 1962 - Eddie Izzard (British comedian) 1962 - David Bryan (keyboards, Bon Jovi) 1965 - Jason Gedrick (actor, TV's Boomtown) 1966 - Chris Rock (comedian) 1974 - Danny Goffey (drums, Supergrass) 1978 - Ashton Kutcher (actor, TV's That 70's Show, Punk'd) On this day in music history: 1959 - Buddy Holly's funeral was held in his hometown of Lubbock, Texas. 1964 - The Beatles arrived in New York City for their first American concert tour. “They must have worked hard on the road. The next year, guitarist George Harrison had his tonsils removed on the same date. 1965 - George Harrison had his tonsils removed at London's University College Hospital. The incident, which did not affect his singing voice, took place just a few weeks after a dentist friend of his had introduced George and John Lennon to LSD. 1969 - The weekly TV music variety show This Is Tom Jones, premiered on ABC TV. 1979 - Stephen Stills became the first rock performer to record on digital equipment in Los Angeles' Record Plant Studio. 1979 - The Clash kicked off their first American tour at the Berkeley Community Theatre outside San Francisco. 1979 - The number one song was "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" by Rod Stewart. 1985 - Tina Majorino (actress, Andre) 1988 - Elvis and Me, the two-part TV miniseries, aired. It was based on the book by the same name by Priscilla Presley. 1989 - Paula Abdul had the number one single with "Straight Up." 1994 - Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon was ejected from the American Music Awards for loud and disruptive behavior. He was eventually charged with battery, assault, resisting arrest and destroying a police station phone. 1995 - Tupac Shakur was sentenced to 1 to 4 1/2 years in jail for sexual abuse. 1999 - Songwriter-pianist/actor Bobby Troup died of a heart attack at age 80. He wrote the classic (Get Your Kicks) On Route 66, which was recorded by Nat King Cole, The Rolling Stones and countless others. Troup was also in the movie version of M*A*S*H. 2001 - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's last two shows at New York City's Madison Square Garden were edited down into a two-hour concert for HBO. The same material eventually became a double live CD. 2001 - U2 did a rare club show at London's Astoria, which holds just 2,000 people. Tickets were given away for free. On this day in history: 1940 - Walt Disney's Pinocchio had its world premiere. 1875 - Professor Samuel O'Reilly introduced the first electric tattooing machine to New York, and sailors all along the Bowery rejoiced! Up to that point, tattoo artists all used regular needles. 1904 - A fire began in Baltimore that raged for about 30 hours and destroyed more than 15-buildings. 1944 - During World War Two, the Germans launched a counter-offensive at Anzio, Italy. 1947 - The first menthol-flavored cigarette was introduced. 1969 - Diane Crump became the first female jockey to compete on a major scale in the United States, running on the track at Hialeah, Florida. She was also the first female jockey to race in the Kentucky Derby, which she did in 1970. 1974 - The island nation of Grenada won independence from Britain. 1984 - President Reagan ordered the 1400 US Marines out of Lebanon. 1985 - "New York, New York" became the official anthem of the Big Apple. 1986 - Haitian President-For-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier fled his country, ending 28 years of his family's rule. 1988 - Heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson married actress Robin Givens. The marriage took place in Chicago after the NBA All-Star Game, which Tyson attended. 1994 - Michael Jordan signed a contract with the White Sox to play baseball. 1999 - Jordan's King Hussein died of cancer at age 63. His eldest son, Abdullah, succeeded him. 2000 - Magician Doug Henning died in Los Angeles at age 52. 2000 - ABC aired a Mary Tyler Moore reunion TV movie called Mary and Rhoda. 2001 - Dale Evans, wife and professional partner of Roy Rogers, died at age 88. 2001 - Robert Pickett, 47, fired several shots at the White House near the South Lawn. He was subdued after being shot in the knee. No one else was hurt in the incident. |
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