The Byrds play farewell concert

The Byrds play farewell concert at Capital Theatre in Passaic, New Jersey on February 24, 1974




Retro History for February 24 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 150-million-year-old fossil egg found
1989 Harold E. Ballard sells CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats to David Braley
1989 Margaret Ray found in David Letterman's home, claims to be his wife
1989 U.S. Boeing 747 loses parts of roof over Pacific, 9 die
1989 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1989 Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers $1M-$3M bounty on Salman Rushdie's death due to his novel, "Satanic Verses"
1988 Matti Nykanen becomes winter olympics 1st triple gold medalist
1988 South African apartheid regime bans the UDF
1987 29th Grammy Awards: Higher Love, Graceland, Bruce Hornsby wins
1987 Los Angeles Laker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scores his 36,000th NBA point
1987 Radio personality Larry King suffers a heart attack
1986 Texas Air buys Eastern Airlines for $676 million
1986 Voyager 2, 1st Uranus flyby
1985 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Circle K Golf Open Tucson
1985 Birendra, Bir Bikram Shah Dev crowned King of Nepal
1985 Jim Kelly (Houston USFL) passes for pro football record 574 yards
1985 Yul Brynner reprised his role in "The King and I"
1984 Iraq resumes air attack on Iran
1983 Dow Jones closes above 1100 mark for 1st time
1983 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
1982 24th Grammy Awards: Betty Davis Eyes, Double Fantasy wins
1982 Wayne Gretzky scores NHL-record 78th goal of season en route to 92
1981 Boston Celtics begin 18 NBA game win streak
1981 Britain's Prince Charles announces engagement to Lady Diana Spencer
1981 Jean Harris is convicted of murdering Scarsdale diet doctor Tarnower
1980 "Canterbury Tales" closes at Rialto Theater New York City after 16 performances
1980 Joanne Carner Ladies wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic
1980 Rangers score 5 power-play goals against Islanders
1980 USA Olympic hockey team defeated Finland, 4-2, to win the gold medal

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 Highest price ever paid for a pig, $42,500, Stamford, Texas
1979 War between North and South Yemen begins
1978 Kevin Porter, New Jersey, sets NBA record with 29 assists in a game
1977 President Carter announces U.S. foreign aid will consider human rights
1976 Cuba adopts its constitution
1976 Jules Feiffer's "Knock Knock," premieres in New York City
1976 Leonid Brezhnev opens 25th congress of CPSU
1974 Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes world champ all-round skater
1974 Pakistan officially recognizes Bangladesh
1973 Byrds play farewell concert at Capital Theatre in Passaic, New Jersey.
1971 Algeria nationalizes French oil companies
1970 29 Swiss Army officers die in avalanche (Reckingen, Switzerland)
1970 Heintje Simons (14) wins 7 gold records
1970 KVDO TV channel 3 in Salem, OR (IND) begins broadcasting

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Mariner 6 launched for Mars flyby
1968 "Darling of the Day" closes at George Abbott New York City after 31 performances
1968 1st pulsar discovered (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge)
1968 Discovery of 1st pulsar announced
1968 Gary Unger begins NHL consecutive game record of 914 games
1968 Jocelyn Bell discovers 1st pulsar
1968 U.S. troops reconquer Hue Vietnam
1966 Coup ousts President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana
1966 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1965 Beatles begin filming "Help" in Bahamas
1965 East German president Ulbricht visits Egypt
1964 Cassius Clay defeated Sonny Liston for the heavyweight boxing title
1962 "New Faces of '62" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 28 performances
1962 "Sail Away" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 167 performances
1962 General mobilization in Indonesia over New-Guinea
1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1961 Explorer 10 fails to reach Earth orbit
1960 Italian government of Segni falls
1960 U.S. beats Germany in Olympic hockey finals round, 9-1

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1955 "Silk Stockings" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 461 performances
1955 Pact of Baghdad between Iraq and Turkey signed
1952 Betty MacKinnon and Sam Snead wins LPGA Orlando Mixed Golf Tournament
1951 "Bless You All" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 84 performances
1951 Ice Pairs Championship at Milan won by Ria Baran and Paul Falk of GER
1951 Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Milan won by Jeanette Altwegg of GRB
1951 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Milan won by Richard Button USA
1950 Labour wins British parliamentary election

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December 4 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Chris Hillman!



Musicians Born On December 4

1926 Eddie Heywood (Soft Summer Breeze)
1940 Freddie Cannon (Way Down Yonder in New Orleans)
1942 Chris Hillman (Byrds)
1944 Dennis Wilson (Beach Boys)
1948 Southside Johnny (Lyon)
1952 Gary Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rossington-Collins Band)

Deaths On December 4

1976 Tommy Bolin (James Gang/Deep Purple)
1993 Frank Zappa

Number 1 In The Charts On December 4

1959 Adam Faith: 'What Do You Want' UK 45
1965 Byrds: 'Turn Turn Turn' US 45
1971 Led Zeppelin: 'Four Symbols' UK LP1
1971 Sly and the Family Stone: 'Family Affairs' US 45
1976 Showaddywaddy: 'Under the Moon of Love' UK 45
1982 Jam: 'Beat Surrender' UK 45
1982 John Lennon: 'Collection' UK LP

Various Music Events On Decemberr 4

1956 Four Sun Label stars - Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash (later called the million-dollar quarter) - record an impromptu session, finally released more than 25 years later

1961 Gene Chandler's 'Duke of Earl' released on Vee-Jay Label in US

1965 Beatle soundalike group Knickerbockers enter US Hot 100 with 'Lies'

1969 Santana go gold with debut LP

1976 Bob Marley shot and wounded outside his house in Jamaica

1980 Led Zeppelin quit following death of John Bonham

1982 Grandmaster Flash makes his British debut

1988 Roy Orbison performs his last concert in Cleveland, Ohio


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November 9 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

On November 9, 1967 David Crosby leaves the Byrds.



Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 East Berlin opens its borders
1988 "Prince of Central Park" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 4 performances
1988 MLB All-Star team beat Japan 8-2 in Nishinomya, (Game 4 of 7)
1986 Ai-Yu Tu wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
1986 Pakistan all out for 77 vs. West Indies at Lahore
1985 "News" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 4 performances
1985 Gary Kasparov becomes world chess champion
1985 Richard Hadlee takes 9-52 vs. Australia at the Gabba
1985 Surprise attack on Belgium supermarket in Aalst, 8 killed
1984 1st-class cricket debut for Brian McMillan, Transvaal B vs. N Tvl B
1984 Larry Holmes TKOs Bonecrusher Smith in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1984 Most shots in an Islander game-88-Isles 45, Rangers 43
1984 Vietnam Veterans Memorial ("3 Servicemen") completed
1983 Amsterdam brewer Freddie Heineken kidnapped
1983 Discovery flies from Vandenberg AFB to Kennedy Space Center
1982 Brewers' Robin Yount wins AL MVP, unanimously
1982 Sugar Ray Leonard retires for 1st time
1980 Iraqi President Saddam Hussein declares holy war against Iran
1980 Tatsuko Ohsako wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1978 NASL realligns its 24 teams into 6 divisions
1977 Reds' George Foster wins NL MVP
1976 Oakland releases Billy Williams, ending his Hall of Fame career
1976 U.N. General Assembly condemns apartheid in South Africa
1973 Fire at Taiyo department store, kills 101 and injures 84 (Kumamoto Japan)
1973 Government De Uyl decides Palestijnse fugitives to support
1973 Ringo releases "Ringo" album
1972 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1971 David Storey's "Changing Room," premieres in London
1971 John List kills family and moves to Colorado
1970 Trial of Seattle 8 anti-war protesters begins

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1968 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1967 David Crosby leaves Byrds
1967 1st unmanned Saturn V flight to test Apollo 4 reentry module
1967 Surveyor 6 soft lands on Moon
1966 "Let's Sing Yiddish" opens at Brooks Atkinson New York City for 107 performances
1966 Oakland Coliseum Arena opens
1966 John Lennon meets Yoko Ono at a London art gallery
1965 1st New York Knick game postponed (black-out) vs St. Louis
1965 5:16 PM, massive power failure in New Engl, and Ontario (New York blackout)
1965 Hurricane hits north east US/Canada
1965 Willie Mays named NL MVP
1964 "Comedy in Music-Opus 2" opens at John Golden New York City for 192 performances
1964 Eisaku Sato becomes premier of Japan
1963 "Tovarich" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 264 performances
1963 2 high-speed commuter trains collided with a derailed freight train
1963 450 die in a coal-dust explosion and 160 die in train crash (Japan)
1962 Dutch Catharina Lodders elected Miss World
1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1961 PGA eliminates caucasians only rule
1961 Paddy Chayefsky's "Gideon," premieres in New York City
1961 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 30,970m

Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1956 Lou Thesz beats Whipper Billy Watson in St. Louis, to become NWA champ
1955 Michael Gazzo's "Hatful of Rain," premieres in New York City
1955 New Zealand all out for 70 vs. Pakistan at Dacca
1955 U.N. disapproves of South Africa's apartheid politics
1953 Cambodia (now Kampuchea) gains independence within French Union
1953 KTVQ TV channel 2 in Billings, Montana (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 Supreme Court rules Major League baseball exempt from anti-trust laws
1950 Boston Brave Sam Jethroe wins NL Rookie of Year
1950 Phillies skipper Eddie Sawyer selected as Manager of Year
1950 White Sox release Luke Appling, who had been a Sox since 1930

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July 13 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Roger McGuinn!



Musicians Born On July 13

1936 Albert Ayler (Free Jazz Legend)
1942 Roger McGuinn (Byrds)
1942 Stephen Jo Bladd (J. Geils Band)
1942 Jay Uzzell (Corsairs)



Number 1 In The Charts On July 13

1959 Paul Anka: 'Lonely Boy' US 45
1974 Elton John: 'Caribou' UK LP
1974 George McCrae: 'Rock Your Baby' US 45
1985 Duran Duran: 'A View to a Kill' US 45
1985 Tears for Fears: 'Songs from the Big Chair' US 45
1991 Bryan Adams: '(Everything I Do) I Do It For You' UK 45
1996 2PAC : How Do You Want It/California Love : US single
1998 Another Level : Freak Me : UK single



Various Music Events On July 13

1956 Gene Vincent enters UK chart with 'Be Bop A Lula'

1959 Shirelles hit US chart with 'Dedicated to the One I Love'

1968 Steppenwolf debut on US chart with 'Born to be Wild'

1968 Pink Floyd enter UK chart with 'Saucerful of Secrets' LP

1973 Queen release their first LP 'Queen 1' in the UK



1973 'The Everly Brothers died ten years ago', says Don Everly on the stage of the John Wayne Theatre, Buena Park, California. Just afterwards, brother Phil smashes his guitar and walks off, ending the career of the duo

1974 Eric Clapton releases 'I Shot the Sheriff' in the US

1974 Three Degrees enter UK chart with 'When Will I See You Again'

1985 Organised by Bob Geldof, the Live Aid concert takes place at Wembley and Philadelphia. Titled The Global Jukebox, it is the world's biggest rock event

1991 Bryan Adams's '(Everything I Do) I Do It For You' begins record-breaking sixteen-week run at top of UK chart


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