Today in History 1664 - After days of negotiation, the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam surrenders to the British, who will rename it New York. 1804 - US Navy lieutenant Richard Somers and members of his crew are buried at Tripoli; they died when USS Intrepid exploded while entering Tripoli harbor on a mission to destroy the enemy fleet there during the First Barbary War. 1867 - The first shipment of cattle leaves Abilene, Kansas, on a Union Pacific train headed to Chicago. 1878 - Bat Masterson, Wyatt Earp, Bill Tilghman and Clay Allison, four of the Wests most famous gunmen, meet in Dodge City, Kansas. 1905 - The Russian-Japanese War ends as representatives of the combating empires, meeting in New Hampshire, sign the Treaty of Portsmouth. Japan achieves virtually all of its original war aims. 1910 - Marie Curie demonstrates the transformation of radium ore to metal at the Academy of Sciences in France. 1944 - Germany launches its first V-2 missile at Paris, France. 1958 - Martin Luther King is arrested in an Alabama protest for loitering and fined $14 for refusing to obey police. 1960 - Leopold Sedar Sengingor, poet and politician, is elected president of Senegal, Africa. 1969 - Charges brought against US lieutenant William Calley in the March 1968 My Lai Massacre during Vietnam War. 1972 - Black September, a Palestinian terrorist group take 11 Israeli athletes hostage at the Olympic Games in Munich; by midnight all hostages and all but 3 terrorists are dead. 1975 - President Gerald Ford evades an assassination attempt in Sacramento, California. 1977 - Hanns-Martin Schleyer, a German business executive who headed to powerful organization and had been an SS officer during WW2, is abducted by the left-wing extremist group Red Army Faction, who execute him on Oct. 18. 1977 - Voyager 1 space probe launched. 1978 - Israels Menachem Begin and Egypts Anwar Sadat begin discussions on a peace process, at Camp David, Md. 1980 - Worlds longest tunnel opens; Switzerlands St. Gotthard Tunnel stretches 10.14 miles (16.224 km) from Goschenen to Airolo. 1984 - Space Shuttle Discovery lands afters its maiden voyage. 1996 - Hurricane Fran comes ashore near Cape Fear, No. Car. It will kill 27 people and cause more than $3 billion in damage. Today in Music History 1956, Elvis Presley surprised his mother with a gift of a pink Cadillac. The car remained in the Presley family and eventually went on display at Graceland. 1963, The Rolling Stones kicked off their fourth UK tour at The Astoria London. A 32-date package tour with Mike Berry and the Innocents The Mojos and Simon Scott and the Leroys. 1964, The Animals started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with House Of The Rising Sun. When first released the record company printed the time of the song on the record as three minutes feeling that the real time of four minutes was too long for radio airplay. 1968, On their first ever visit to the UK The Doors appeared on Top of The Pops performing Hello I Love You live on the TV show. 1976, Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington was seriously injured in a car crash in Florida. 1981, Stevie Nicks went to No.1 on the US album with Bella Donna, featuring the tracks ‘Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around’ (the Tom Petty duet), ‘Leather and Lace’ (with Don Henley), ‘Edge of Seventeen’ and ‘After the Glitter Fades.’ 1990, Ian Dury And The Blockheads drummer Charley Charles died of cancer. Scored the 1978 UK No.1 single Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick. 1999, After spending 58 weeks on the UK album chart, Shania Twain went to No.1 with Come On Over. It became the best-selling country music album, and the second best-selling studio album by a female act. To date, the album has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide. 2002, Heather Mills, Sir Paul McCartneys second wife accepted £50,000 libel damages over an article in the Sunday Mirror. The paper had suggested that Mills acted dishonestly over cash collected for an earthquake appeal. (INTERESTING) 2008, A study of more than 36,000 people from around the world concluded that musical tastes and personality type were closely related. The research, which was carried out by Professor Adrian North of Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh in the UK suggested classical music fans were shy, while heavy metal fans were gentle and at ease with themselves. Fans of Indie music had low self-esteem and were not hard working, fans of Rap music had high self-esteem and were outgoing. Country & Western fans were hardworking and outgoing, Reggae fans were creative but not hardworking, and fans of chart pop had high self-esteem, were not creative, but where hardworking and outgoing. Todays Birthdays 1568 - Tommasso Campanella, Italian philosopher and poet, who wrote City of the Sun. 1638 - Louis XIV, The Sun King of France who built the palace at Versailles. 1842 - Jesse James, legendary outlaw of the American West. 1897 - A.C. Nielson, founder of the Nielson Ratings. 1939, Born on this day, John Stewart, singer, songwriter with The Kingston Trio. As a solo artist he had a 1979 US No.5 single with ‘Gold’. He also wrote The Monkees hit ‘Daydream Believer’. Stewart died aged 68 after he suffered a massive stroke or brain aneurysm in San Diego on 19th Jan 2008. 1946, Born on this day, Freddie Mercury singer, 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). Solo, (1987 UK No. 4 single The Great Pretender). Mercury died of bronchio-pneumonia on November 24th 1991 aged 45, just one day after he publicly announced he was HIV positive. 1947, Born on this day, Mel Collins, British saxophonist and flutist and session musician. Collins who played the sax solo on The Rolling Stones Miss You has also worked with King Crimson, Camel, Alan Parsons Project, 10cc, Clannad, Eric Clapton, Bad Company, Dire Straits, Roger Waters, Gerry Rafferty, Tears For Fears and others. 1949, Born on this day, Dave Clempson guitar, Humble Pie (1969 UK No.4 single Natural Born Bugie). 1966, Born on this day, Terry Ellis, vocals, En Vogue (1992 US No.2 & UK No.4 single My Lovin). 1968, Born on this day, Brad Wilk, drums, Rage Against The Machine, (1996 US No.1 album Evil Empire, 1993 UK No. 16 single Bullet In The Head). Audioslave (2005 US No.1 album Out of Exile). 1980, Born on this day, Kevin Simm, vocals, Liberty X (2002 UK No.1 single Just A Little). Song of the Day In honor of Freddie Mercury’s Birthday… my favorite Queen song youtube/watch?v=3rb6jDvkcHs
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