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NOV 1 - 1946 – Ric Grech, English rock bassist (Family, Ginger Baker's Air Force, Traffic) born.

NOV 1 - 1950 – Dan Peek, American guitarist (America) born.

NOV 1 - 1951 – Ronald Bell, American singer and saxophonist (Kool & the Gang) born.

NOV 1 - 1963 – Rick Allen, British drummer (Def Leppard) born.

NOV 1 - 1982 – Honda becomes the first Asian automobile company to produce cars in the United States with the opening of their factory in Marysville, Ohio. The Honda Accord is the first car produced there.

 

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Nov 20

Events

1945 – Nuremberg Trials: Trials against 24 Nazi war criminals start at the Palace of Justice at Nuremberg

Births

1908 – Alistair Cooke, British-born journalist

1925 – Robert F. Kennedy, American politician

1939 – Dick Smothers, American comedian

Deaths

1973 – Allan Sherman, American comedian

 

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Nov 21

Events

1272 – Following Henry III of England's death on November 16, his son Prince Edward becomes King of England.

1877 – Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound.

1953 – The British Natural History Museum announces that the "Piltdown Man" skull, initially believed to be one of the most important fossilized hominid skulls ever found, is a hoax.

1974 – The Birmingham Pub Bombings kill 21 people. The Birmingham Six are sentenced to life in prison for the crime but subsequently acquitted.

Births

1937 – Ingrid Pitt, Polish-born British actress

1945 – Goldie Hawn, American actress

Deaths

1963 – Robert Stroud (The Birdman of Alcatraz), American prisoner

 

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NOV 22

Events

1869 – In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched – one of the last clippers ever to be built, and the only one still surviving to this day.

1963 – In Dallas, Texas, US President John F. Kennedy is killed and Texas Governor John B. Connally is seriously wounded by Lee Harvey Oswald, who is later captured and charged with the murder of police officer J. D. Tippit. That same day, US Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as the 36th President of the United States.

1977 – British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.

Births

1893 – Harley J. Earl, American automobile designer. Earl's Buick Y-Job was the first concept car, he started "Project Opel", which eventually became the Chevrolet Corvette, and he authorized the introduction of the tail-fin to automotive styling.

1909 – Mikhail Mil, Russian aviation designer

1932 – Robert Vaughn, American actor - happy 77th birthday

1958 – Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress - happy 51st birthday

1984 – Scarlett Johansson, American actress - happy 25th birthday

Deaths

1963 – John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States

1963 – J. D. Tippit, Dallas Police Officer

1980 – Mae West, American actress and writer

 

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NOV 22
1977 – British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.

With much fanfare, I might add. Ironically, a service they never made a dime of profit on.

 

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1889 – The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.

Births

1859 – Billy The Kid, American outlaw

1864 – Henry Bourne Joy, American automobile executive - President of the Packard Motor Car Company

1887 – Boris Karloff, British actor

1888 – Harpo Marx, American comedian

1954 – Ross Brawn, English motorsport engineer and F1 team owner

1968 – Kirsty Young, Scottish television journalist

Deaths

1990 – Roald Dahl, British author

 

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NOV 24

Births

1941 – Pete Best, British musician and original drummer for The Beatles.

1941 – Donald "Duck" Dunn, American musician (Booker T. and the M.G.'s)

1944 – Bev Bevan, English rock drummer (The Move, Electric Light Orchestra)

1955 – Clem Burke, American drummer (Blondie)

Deaths

1991 – Freddie Mercury, Zanzibar-born singer (Queen)

1991 – Eric Carr, American drummer (KISS)

 

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DEC 23

Births

1940 – Jorma Kaukonen, American musician (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna)

1940 – Eugene Record, American singer (The Chi-Lites)

1956 – Dave Murray, English musician (Iron Maiden)

 

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DEC 24

Events

1955 – NORAD Tracks Santa for the first time in what will become an annual Christmas Eve tradition.

Births

1922 – Ava Gardner, American actress

1923 – George Patton IV, American general

1924 – Lee Dorsey, American singer

1945 – Lemmy, British singer, bassist (Motörhead)

Deaths

1992 – Bobby LaKind, American musician and singer (The Doobie Brothers)

2000 – Nick Massi, American singer (The Four Seasons)

 

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DEC 25

Events

1818 – The first performance of "Silent Night" takes place in the church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf, Austria.

Births

1899 – Humphrey Bogart, American actor

1908 – Zora Arkus-Duntov, Belgian-American automotive engineer, His work on the Chevrolet Corvette earned him the nickname "Father of the Corvette."

1949 – Sissy Spacek, American actress

1954 – Annie Lennox, Scottish singer

1962 – Darren Wharton, British keyboardist (Thin Lizzy)

Deaths

1946 – W. C. Fields, American comedian

1977 – Charlie Chaplin, English actor and film director

1995 – Dean Martin, American singer

 

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DEC 26

Events

1919 – Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee.

1943 – World War II: German warship Scharnhorst is sunk off of Norway's North Cape after a battle against major Royal Navy forces.

Births

1914 – Richard Widmark, American actor

1935 – Abdul "Duke" Fakir, American singer (The Four Tops)

1939 – Phil Spector, American music producer

1943 - John Hutchinson, nitromaniac's photos and albums on webshots

Deaths

1974 – Jack Benny, American comedian

 

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DEC 27

Events

1845 – Ether anesthetic is used for childbirth for the first time by Dr. Crawford Williamson Long in Jefferson, Georgia.

1932 – Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City.


Births

1901 – Irene Handl, English actress

1941 – Michael Pinder, British musician (Moody Blues)

1944 – Mick Jones, British musician (Foreigner)

1952 – David Knopfler, British musician (Dire Straits)

Deaths

1900 – William George Armstrong, English inventor, industrialist, and engineer. l've visited Cragside many times since l was born - William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2003 – Alan Bates, English actor

 

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DEC 28

Events

1065 – Westminster Abbey is consecrated

1912 – The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco, California.

1958 – "Greatest Game Ever Played" – Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium.

Births

1932 – Nichelle Nichols, American actress - Lieutenant Uhura aboard the USS Enterprise in the popular Star Trek television series

1934 – Dame Maggie Smith, British actress

1950 – Hugh McDonald, American musician (Bon Jovi)

1954 – Denzel Washington, American actor

Deaths

1983 – Dennis Wilson, American musician (The Beach Boys)

 

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DEC 29

Events

1851 – The first American YMCA opens in Boston, Massachusetts.

1939 – First flight of the Consolidated B-24.

1940 – World War II: In The Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, killing almost 200 civilians.

1965 – Filming began on Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey in England.

1966 – The Beatles start the recording session that would become the hit single Penny Lane at Abbey Road Studio.

Births

1921 – Robert C. Baker, Inventor of the chicken nugget

1941 – Ray Thomas, British musician (The Moody Blues)

1942 – Rick Danko, Canadian musician (The Band)

1947 – Cozy Powell, English rock drummer

Deaths

2003 – Bob Monkhouse, English comedian and game show host

 

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DEC 31

Events

1695 – A window tax is imposed in England, causing many householders to brick up windows to avoid the tax.

1923 – The chimes of Big Ben are broadcast on radio for the first time by the BBC.

1955 – The General Motors Corporation becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over $1 billion USD in a year.

Births

1942 – Andy Summers, British guitarist (The Police)

1943 – Pete Quaife, English bassist (The Kinks)

1948 – Donna Summer, American singer

1951 – Tom Hamilton, American bassist (Aerosmith)

1959 – Val Kilmer, American actor

Deaths

1948 – Malcolm Campbell, English race car driver

1985 – Rick Nelson, American singer

 

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JAN 1

Events

1600 – Scotland begins its numbered year on January 1 instead of March 25.

1651 – Charles II is crowned King of Scotland.

1801 – The legislative union of Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland is completed to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

1808 – The importation of slaves into the United States is banned.

1833 – The United Kingdom claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands

1890 – The Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California, is first held.

1902 – The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena.

1919 – Edsel Ford succeeds his father, Henry Ford, as president of the Ford Motor Company.

1934 – Alcatraz Island becomes a United States federal prison.

Births

1895 – J. Edgar Hoover, American FBI director

1930 – Ty Hardin, American film actor

1942 – Country Joe McDonald, American musician (Country Joe and the Fish)

1950 – Morgan Fisher, English musician (Mott the Hoople)

Deaths

1953 – Hank Williams, American singer

1984 – Alexis Korner, British blues musician

1991 – Buck Ram, American songwriter and businessman (The Platters)

 

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JAN 3

Events

1870 – The construction of the Brooklyn Bridge begins.

1924 – British explorer Howard Carter discovers the sarcophagus of Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor, Egypt.

1988 – Margaret Thatcher becomes the longest-serving British Prime Minister in the 20th Century.

Births

1926 – George Martin, British record producer

1930 – Robert Loggia, American actor

1942 – John Thaw, British actor

1945 – Stephen Stills, American musician

1946 – John Paul Jones, British musician (Led Zeppelin)

1956 – Mel Gibson, American-Australian actor and director

 

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ON THIS DAY - JAN 4

Events

1698 – Most of the Palace of Whitehall in London, the main residence of the English monarchs, is destroyed by fire.

1847 – Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government.

1962 – New York City introduces a train that operates without a crew on-board.

1967 – Donald Campbell is killed on Coniston Water while attempting to break the world water speed record

1989 – Second Gulf of Sidra incident: a pair of Libyan MiG-23 "Floggers" are shot down by a pair of US Navy F-14 Tomcats during an air-to-air confrontation.

Births

1930 – Don Shula, American football coach

Deaths

1967 – Donald Campbell, English motorboat racer

1986 – Phil Lynott, Irish musician (Thin Lizzy)

 

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JAN 6

Events

1929 – Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.

1930 – The first diesel-engined automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City.

Births

1880 – Tom Mix, American actor

1924 – Earl Scruggs, American musician

1925 – John DeLorean, American auto maker

1946 – Syd Barrett, English guitarist, singer and songwriter Pink Floyd

1951 – Kim Wilson, American musician (The Fabulous Thunderbirds)

1953 – Malcolm Young, Scottish-born Australian guitarist (AC/DC)

1955 – Rowan Atkinson, English comedian and actor

Deaths

1978 – Burt Munro, New Zealand motorcycle racer

2006 – Lou Rawls, American singer

 

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JAN 7

Events

1904 – The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".

1927 – The first transatlantic telephone call is made – from New York City to London.

1952 – President Harry Truman announces that the United States has developed the hydrogen bomb.

1960 – The Polaris missile is test launched.

Births

1948 – Kenny Loggins, American singer

1964 – Nicolas Cage, American actor

Deaths1

1988 – Trevor Howard, English actor

1992 – Richard Hunt, American puppeteer (The Muppets)