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1967 – Working at EMI Studios in Abbey Road, Paul McCartney overdubbed the vocal to the song When I’m Sixty Four before The Beatles continued work on Strawberry Fields Forever.
1968 – Singer and guitarist Graham Nash left The Hollies to work with David Crosby and Stephen Stills in the US.
1975 – Uriah Heep bassist Gary Thain dies of a drugs overdose.
1978 – The Deer Hunter, starring Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken and Meryl Streep premieres in Los Angeles. On the same day, former prime minister of Israel, Golda Meir, dies in of lymphatic cancer aged 80.
1980 – John Lennon is shot dead outside his New York apartment building by crazed fan Mark Chapman.
1982 – Country singer-songwriter Marty Robbins died aged 57 of complications following cardiac surgery. On the same day, Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez receives the Nobel Prize for Literature.
1983 – The House of Lords votes in favour of allowing cameras to broadcast live discussions from the chamber.
1984 – Singer Vince Neil from Motley Crue was involved in a car accident in Redondo Beach, California, which killed Nick Dingley from Hanoi Rocks and injured two other passengers.
1985 – Stefan Edberg wins the Australian Open Men’s Singles Tennis title, beating Mats Wilander 6-3 6-3 6-3.
1987 – US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev sign an historic agreement to reduce the size of their nuclear arsenals. On the same day, Palestinians begin the “intifada” (uprising) against Israel.
1993 – Eleven people in England are killed in a storm.
1995 – Headteacher Philip Lawrence is fatally stabbed while protecting a pupil who was being attacked by a gang of youths outside his west London school.
2004 – Former Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell Abbott was one of five people killed after a gunman stormed the stage during a Damageplan show at the Alrosa Villa Club in Columbus, Ohio.
2008 – Animator Oliver Postgate dies aged 83.
2010 – SpaceX becomes the first privately held company to successfully launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft.
2013 – Metallica became the first band to have performed on all seven continents when they held a concert in Antarctica.
2016 – Sir Mick Jagger becomes a father for the eighth time at the age of 73, after his 29-year-old girlfriend, American ballerina Melanie Hamrick, gives birth to a boy. On the same day, astronaut and US senator John Glenn dies aged 95.
2019 – Rapper, singer, and songwriter Juice Wrld dies age 21 after suffering a seizure at Midway International Airport in Chicago. On the same day, Sanna Marin becomes Finland’s youngest-ever Prime Minister at the age of 34. Also, actor Rene Auberjonois dies from lung cancer aged 79.
Did you know that on this day in 1864, the Clifton Suspension Bridge was finally opened? It was from this bridge that the first modern bungee jumps were taken.
“Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make.” – Count Dracula (Bela Lugosi) in Dracula, 1931
Christian Slater – Real Name: Christian Hawkins
Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.
In all science fiction, humans are the one race whose goal is to get along with every other race. In non-fiction, humans can’t even get along with themselves.
The career of being an Elvis impersonator has been around longer than Elvis’ entire career in music.
I wish some popstar would popularize wearing mismatched socks. It would save me so much time when I’m folding laundry to not have to pair then up and in the mornings when I can only find one sock of the pair I want to wear.
Uncle Remus – Real Name: Joel Chandler Harris
In 1972, D.Hampton of the Falcons vowed to hit 1000 yds rushing before the end of the season. Very last game, with a few seconds to play, he hits 1k, receives a standing ovation, and is given the game ball. In the next play, he was tackled for a loss and ended the season with 995 yards.
When you give a company your information, make the company name your middle name, so you know who sold your personal info.
The Capital of Belarus is Minsk.
Birthday : quotes
Oh, if a man tried to take his time on earth and prove before he died what one man’s life could be worth, I wonder what would happen to this world? – Harry Chapin
I’ve got a theory that if you give 100 percent all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end. – Larry Bird
Music is something that always lifts my spirits and makes me happy, and when I make music I always hope it will have the same effect on whoever listens to it. – Aaron Carter
We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. We are monkeys with money and guns. – Tom Waits
“Some things are so serious that one can only joke about them.” – Werner Heisenberg.
“Gay people are the sweetest, kindest, most artistic, warmest, and most thoughtful people in the world. And since the beginning of time, all they’ve ever been is kicked.” – Little Richard
“Acting classes, I guess, are good and I would like to maybe sometime take one. But I would feel like I was learning someone else’s technique. I like mine.” – Frankie Muniz
I would rather have a good education and no money than to have a fortune and be ignorant.” – George Armstrong Custer
2018 – Xi’an, China, introduced a pedestrian lane for people who walk while looking at their phones.
1993 – The Holbeck Hall Hotel in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, fell into the sea following a landslide, making news around the world.
1805 – The first Trooping of the Colour took place on Horse Guards Parade. It was Edward VII who moved Trooping the Colour to its June date, because of the vagaries of British weather.