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Born on this day in history: 1820 - General William Techumseh Sherman ("War is Hell" Union General) 1828 - Jules Verne (The father of science fiction) 1925 - Jack Lemmon (actor, Some Like it Hot, Grumpy Old Men; died 2001) 1931 - James Dean (actor, East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause. He was killed in his Porsche; died 1955) 1932 - John Williams (composer; rose to fame with his soundtrack to the film Born Free, Star Wars, Indiana Jones) 1940 - Ted Koppel (ABC newsman, Nightline) 1941 - Nick Nolte (actor, Affliction, 48 Hours) 1942 - Robert Klein (comedian-actor) 1946 - Adolpho De La Para (drums, Canned Heat) 1948 - Dan Seals (singer, England Dan & John Ford Coley) 1948 - Ron Tyson (singer, Temptations (latter day)) 1949 - Brooke Adams (actress, Key Exchange) 1953 - Mary Steenburgen (actress, Joan of Arcadia, Curb Your Enthusiasm) 1955 - John Grisham (author, Time to Kill, The Firm) 1961 - Sammy Llanas (singer-guitarist, BoDeans) 1961 - Vince Neil (singer, Motley Crue) 1968 - Gary Coleman (actor, TV's Diff'rent Strokes, former California gubernatorial candidate) 1969 - Mary McCormack (actress, Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star) 1992 - Karle Warren (actress, TV's Judging Amy) 1974 - Seth Green (actor, The Italian Job) 1977 - Phoenix (bassist, Linkin Park) On this day in music history: 1956 - Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers' classic "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" entered the R&B chart. 1960 - The US Congress began an investigation of payola in the music industry, looking into under-the-counter payments made to radio station execs to guarantee that songs were frequently broadcast. 1964 - The Beach Boys released Fun, Fun, Fun on Captiol Records. 1961 - Lawrence Welk had the number one single with the instrumental, "Calcutta." 1969 - Ex-Cream guitarist Eric Clapton and drummer Ginger Baker, and ex-Traffic keyboardist Steve Winwood announced they were forming a new band and auditioning for a bassist. That band, with the addition of ex-Family bassist Rick Grech, would become Blind Faith. 1969 - George Harrison’s tonsils were removed at London's University College Hospital. The tonsils were destroyed so they could not be sold. 1971 - "One Bad Apple" by The Osmonds was the number one single. 1973 - Max Yasgur died of a heart attack in a Florida hospital. His dairy farm in upstate NY was immortalized during the 1969 Woodstock Festival. When the promoters came to him and wanted to lease his farm, he felt they were being wildly optimistic when they told him to expect a crowd of 30,000 people. Imagine his surprise when nearly a half-million showed up. 1973 - Carly Simon received a gold record for her recording of "You're So Vain." 1975 - Queen's single "Killer Queen" was released. It was their first hit single. 1980 - David and Angela Bowie were divorced. David retained custody of their nine-year-old son, Zowie. 1981 - Kool & The Gang had the number one song with "Celebration." 1982 - Cher opened on Broadway in Come Back to the Five & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean. 1984 - Michael Jackson made his first appearance since his tragic accident while filming a Pepsi commercial. Swathed in bandages, he appeared at a CBS party in his honor. 1988 - The Who (without Keith Moon) reunited for their 25th anniversary at a London awards ceremony. 1990 - Singer-songwriter Del Shannon died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. On this day in history: 1793 - The Presidential salary was set at $25,000 a year. 1904 - The Russo-Japanese War began. 1910 - The Boy Scouts of America was incorporated. 1915 - D.W. Griffith's silent movie epic about the Civil War, The Birth of a Nation, premiered in Los Angeles. 1922 - President Warren G. Harding had the first radio installed in the White House. 1924 - The first execution by gas in the United States took place at the Nevada State Prison in Carson City. 1936 - The first NFL Draft took place. The first selection was Jay Berwanger, chosen by the Philadelphia Eagles. 1942 - During World War II, the House Un-American Activities Committee recommended moving all Japanese nationals inland to "relocation centers." 1952 - Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the British throne. Her father, George VI, had died on February 6. 1971 - US President Richard Nixon signed the Federal Election Campaign Act, limiting media expenditures to 10 cents per voting-age person and requiring campaign contribution reports from all candidates. 1980 - President Jimmy Carter unveiled plans to re-introduce the draft. 1990 - CBS News suspended resident humorist Andy Rooney for racial comments he'd supposedly made to a gay magazine. Rooney denied making the comments. 1993 - General Motors sued NBC, alleging that Dateline NBC had rigged two car-truck crashes to show that some GM pickups were prone to fires after certain types of crashes. The suit was settled the following day by NBC. 1999 - All the major record labels got together to unveil Project Madison, a system developed by IBM that would allow fast, secure distribution of full-length albums via the Web. 1999 - The Senate heard closing arguments at President Clinton's impeachment trial. 2000 - Republican George W. Bush won the Delaware presidential primary. 2000 - Rosie O'Donnell served as the phone-a-friend lifeline for Who Wants to Be A Millionaire contestant Jerry Halpin. The question was about Princess Diana, and Rosie gave Jerry the right answer. |
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