The Doors played at the Whisky A Go Go

The Doors played at the Whisky A Go Go, West Hollywood, California auditioning for the position of the venues house band on May 9. 1966



Retro History for May 9 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 "Saratina!" closes at Cort Theater New York City after 597 performances
1989 Journalist petition Chinese government for freedom of press
1989 New York Mets Kevin Elster, errors after 88 errorless games at shortstop
1989 New York Mets Rick Cerone, errors after 159 errorless games as catcher
1988 Australia's new parliament house is opened by Queen Elizabeth
1988 Belgium: 8th government of Martens forms
1987 183 die aboard a Polish jetliner that crashes in Warsaw
1987 Actor Tom Cruise (27) and actress Mimi Rogers (33), marry
1987 Oriole Eddie Murray is 1st to switch hit home runs in 2 consecutive games
1984 Alexander Calder's "Big Crinkly" sells for $852,000
1984 White Sox and Brewers play 8:06, game, longest timed baseball game, 25 innings
1983 18th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama and Willie Nelson
1982 "9" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 739 performances
1982 Arthur Kopit's musical "Nine," premieres in New York City
1982 Sally Little wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
1981 Kazimiroff Blvd in Bronx named for a Bronx historian
1980 35 motorists die as a Liberian freighter rams a Tampa Bay Bridge

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 U.S. and U.S.S.R. sign Salt 2 treaty, limiting nuclear weapons
1978 "Ain't Misbehavin'" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 1604 performances
1978 Corpse of kidnapped ex-premier Aldo Moro found
1978 Fee Waybill of Tubes breaks a leg falling off stage
1978 Musical "Ain't Misbehavin'," premieres in New York City
1978 PSV beats Bastica, 3-0, to win UEFA Cup in Eindhoven, Netherlands
1977 Hotel Poland in Amsterdam destroyed by fire, 33 killed
1977 Mabel Murphy Smythe confirmed as ambassador to Rep of Cameroon
1977 Patty Hearst let out of jail
1976 "So Long 174th St" closes at Harkness Theater New York City after 16 performances
1976 Sally Little wins LPGA Ladies Masters at Moss Creek Golf Tournament
1975 Brian Oldfield shot puts 22.86 m (world record)
1975 Flyers 1-Isles 5-Semifinals-Flyers hold 3-2 lead
1974 House Judiciary Committee begin formal hearings on Nixon impeachment
1973 For 2nd time, Johnny Bench hits 3 home runs in a game
1971 23rd Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Jack Klugman and Jean Stapleton
1971 Elizabeth Bonner runs female world record marathon (3:01:42)
1971 Friends of Earth return 1500 non-returnable bottles to Schweppes
1971 Largest walk in crowd (31,626) in Baltimore Oriole history
1971 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA San Antonio Alamo Golf Open
1970 100,000s demonstrate against Vietnam War

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 BPAA All-Star Bowling Tournament won by Billy Hardwick
1967 1st flight of Fokker F-28 Fellowship
1967 Gijsbert van Hall resigns as mayor of Amsterdam
1966 1st black member of Federal Reserve Board (A F Brimmer)
1966 The Doors played at the Whisky A Go Go, West Hollywood, California auditioning for the position of the venues house band.
1966 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1965 Beatles attend a Bob Dylan concert
1965 Luna 5 launched (U.S.S.R.) 1st attempt to soft land on Moon (fails)
1964 Khrushchev visits Egypt
1964 Peter and Gordon release "World Without Love"
1963 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1962 Beatles sign their 1st contract with EMI Pstlophone
1962 Laser beam successfully bounced off Moon for 1st time
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1961 Baltimore Oriole Jim Gentile hits 2 grand slams (9 RBIs) vs Minnesota Twins
1961 FCC Chairman Newton N Minow criticizes TV as a "vast wasteland"
1961 Jim Gentile is 4th to hit grand slams in consecutive innings
1960 Nigeria becomes a member of British Commonwealth
1960 U.S. is 1st country to use the birth control pill legally
1960 U.S. send U-2 over U.S.S.R.

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 Dorothy Rigney, husband John, and Hank Greenberg resign from White Sox
1958 Botvinnik recaptures world chess championship
1955 German Federal Republic joins NATO
1951 Air raid on Chinese positions at Yalu River
1950 French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman calls for European community EGKS
1950 Norman Dello Joco's premieres in Bronxville

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Jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself

Jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself at Dinner Key Auditorium On March 1, 1969.




Retro History for March 1 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 Ben Johnson's coach testifies Johnson began using steroids in 1981
1989 Comet du Toit at perihelion
1989 Julianne Philips and Bruce Springsteen divorce
1988 Courtney Gibbs Eplin, 21, (Texas), crowned 37th Miss USA
1988 Iraq says it launched 16 missiles into Tehran
1988 Pontiac announces the end of the Fiero automobile
1988 Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howe with his record 1,050th NHL assist
1987 Jane Geddes wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
1985 Liza Minnelli enters Betty Ford Drug Center
1985 Milwaukee businessman Herb Kohl purchases the Milwaukee Bucks
1985 Pentagon accepts theory that atomic war would cause a nuclear winter
1984 Landsat 5 and ham satellite Oscar 11 launched into polar orbit
1984 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. #3931 Batten, #4529 Webern, #4530 Smoluchowski, #4818 Elgar, #5502 Brashear and #5943 Lovi
1983 Tamara McKinney becomes 1st U.S. woman skier to win the World Cup
1983 Tornado tears through LA, injuring 33 people
1982 5 dies as ski lift malfunctions a Luz-Ardiden in Pyrenees
1982 5th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1982 New York Times raises it's price from 25 cents to 30 cents
1982 Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus, sends back data
1981 "Sophisticated Ladies" opens at Lunt-Fontanne New York City for 767 performances
1981 Bobby Sands, IRA member, begins 65-day hunger strike in Maze Prison
1981 Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic
1980 CTUC, Commonwealth Trade Union Council, established
1980 Hilbert van der Duim becomes world champion all-round skater
1980 Patti Smith and MC5 guitarist Fred Sonic Smith wed in Detroit
1980 Snow falls in Florida

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 "Sweeney Todd" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 557 performances
1978 "Timbuktu!" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 243 performances
1978 Charlie Chaplin's coffin was stolen from a Swiss cemetery
1977 Bank of America adopts the name VISA for their credit cards
1977 U.S. extends territorial waters to 200 miles
1975 17th Grammy Awards: I Honestly Love You, Marvin Hamlisch win
1975 Eagles' "Best of My Love" reaches #1
1974 George Harrison announces his concert tour of U.S. in November
1974 Ian and Greg Chappell make 264 partnership vs. New Zealand cricket at Wellington
1974 Watergate grand jury indicts 7 presidential aides
1973 Robert Joffrey Dance Company opens
1973 Robyn Smith becomes 1st female jockey to win a major race
1972 Club of Rome publishes report "Boundaries on the Growth"
1972 David Rabe's "Sticks and Bones," premieres in New York City
1972 KHMA TV channel 11 in Houma, LA (IND) begins broadcasting
1972 Wilt Chamberlain is 1st NBA player to score 30,000 points
1971 Bomb attack on the Capitol in Washington D.C.
1971 Clandestine Radio Deutsche Reich (Germany) begins transmitting on FM
1970 Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes world champion all-round ladies skater
1970 Charles Manson's album "Lie" is released
1970 Kreisky's soc-democrats win Austrian parliamentary election
1970 White government of Rhodesia declares independence from Britain

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 "Red, White, and Maddox" closes at Cort Theater New York City after 41 performances
1969 After 88 weeks Sgt Pepper drops off the charts
1969 Jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself at Dinner Key Auditorium
1969 New York Yankees' Mickey Mantle retires
1968 NBC's unprecedented on-air announcement, Star Trek will return
1968 Political Party Radikalen (PPR) established in Netherlands
1968 Singers Johnny Cash (36) and June Carter (38) wed
1968 Vatican City's Apostolic Constitution of 1967 goes into effect
1967 Dominica and St. Lucia gain independence from Britain
1967 House of Representatives expels Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (307 to 116)
1967 Queen Elizabeth Hall (South Bank Center) opens in London
1967 WMET (now WHSW) TV channel 24 in Baltimore, MD (IND) 1st broadcast
1966 Ba'ath-party takes power in Syria
1966 Venera 3 becomes 1st man-made object to impact on a planet (Venus)
1965 Australia suspends champ swimmer Dawn Fraser for 10-yrs for misconduct
1965 Gas explosion kills 28 in apartment complex (La Salle, Quebec)
1965 WPSX TV channel 3 in Clearfield, Pennsylvania (PBS) begins broadcasting
1963 200,000 French mine workers strike
1962 American Airlines 707 plunges nose 1st into Jamaica Bay New York killing 95
1962 K-Mart opens
1962 U.S. / British nuclear test experiment in Nevada
1962 Uganda became a self-governing country
1961 Cellist Jacqueline du President debut in Wigmore Hall
1961 President Kennedy establishes the Peace Corp

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 Archbishop Makarios returns to Cyprus after 3 years
1959 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Golden Triangle Festival Golf Tournament
1958 Gary Sobers 365* vs. Pak, 614 min, 38 fours, best Cricket before Lara
1958 Sobers completes 446 stand for 2nd wicket with Conrad Hunte, 260
1958 West Indies cricket declare at stumps score of 3-790 decl vs. Pakistan
1957 "Ziegfeld Follies of 1957" opens at Winter Garden New York City for 123 performances
1957 KTWO TV channel 2 in Casper, WY (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1957 Kokomo the Chimp becomes Today Show animal editor
1955 Israeli assault on Gaza, kills 48
1955 KFAR (now KATN) TV channel 2 in Fairbanks, AK (ABC/NBC) 1st broadcast
1955 Pakistan vs. India 5 Test Cricket series ends in a 0-0 draw
1954 4 Puerto Ricans open fire in U.S. House of Representatives injuring 5 representatives
1954 Rebellion during visit of President Naguib in Khartoum Sudan, 30 die
1954 U.S. explodes 15 megaton hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll
1954 Ted Williams fractures collarbone in 1st game of spring training after flying 39 combat missions without injury in Korean War
1953 Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open
1953 KAUZ TV channel 6 in Wichita Falls, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 KTNT (now KSTW) TV channel 11 in Tacoma-Seattle, WA (IND) begins
1953 WJZ-AM in New York City becomes WABC; WJZ-TV in Baltimore final transmission
1953 WTAJ TV channel 10 in Altoona, Pennsylvania (CBS) begins broadcasting
1952 Egyptian government-Ali Maher Pasja resigns
1952 Helgoland, in North Sea, returned to West Germany by Britain
1950 Chiang Kai-shek resumed the presidency of National China on Formosa
1950 Klaus Fuchs sentenced to 14 years for atomic espionage (London)
1950 U.S.S.R. issues golden rubles

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Rock Music History For February 12

Happy Birthday Ray Manzerak!



Musicians Born On February 12

1867 Len Spencer (First US recording star)
1935 Ray Manzerak (Doors)
1935 Gene McDaniels (Tower of Strength)
1949 Stanley Knight (Black Oak Arkansas)
1950 Steve Hackett (Genesis, 1970-9)
1968 Chynna Phillips (Wilson Phillips)
1970 Jim Creegan (Barenaked Ladies)

Number 1 In The Charts On February 12

1969 Amen Corner: If Paradise Is Half as Nice UK 45
1972 Al Green: Let's Stay Together US 45
1977 Julie Covington: Don't Cry for Me, Argentina UK 45
1977 Barbra Streisand: A Star Is Born US LP
1994 Celine Dion : The Power Of Love : US single
1994 Tori Amos : Under the Pink : UK LP

Various Music Events On February 12

1956 Screaming Jay Hawkins records I Put a Spell on You, for Okeh Records in New York.

1957 Coasters record Young Blood with Leiber and Stoller.

1958 Monotones' Book of Love released by Argo, US.

1961 Miracles' Shop Around becomes first Motown million-seller.

1964 Beatles round off American visit with gig at Carnegie Hall, New York.

1967 Keith Richards' home, 'Redlands', in West Wittering raided for drugs.

1968 Jimi Hendrix awarded an honorary high-school diploma from Garfield School (he dropped out aged fourteen).

1968 Traffic play gig at Grenoble during Winter Olympics.

1971 Deep Purple release Strange Kind of Woman in UK

1972 Michael Jackson debuts solo on UK chart with Got to Be There.

1973 Elton John wins gold disc for Don't Shoot Me.

1975 Bob Dylan releases Blood on the Tracks.

1981 Debbie Harry confirms her departure from Blondie.

1989 Tiny Tim stands as a candidate for mayor of New York City.



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

On December 9, 1967 The Doors lead singer Jim Morrison arrested in New Haven following backstage fight when security guard mistakes him for a fan.




Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 "Les Miserables" opens at Princess Theatre, Melbourne
1988 New York Yankees sign 12-year television contract with MSG for $500M
1987 Larry Bird, ends streak of 59 consecutive free throws
1987 Palestine uprising begin in Israeli-occupied West Bank
1985 74th Australian Mens Tennis: S Edberg beats Mats Wilander (64 63 63)
1985 Jerry Rice begins NFL streak of 100+ consecutive game receptions
1985 Phoenix Arizona, gets 3 inches of snow
1984 59th Australian Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats H Sukova (67 61 63)
1984 6 day hijack of Kuwaiti jet ends
1984 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1984 Iranian commandos end capture of Kuwaiti plane
1984 LA Ram Eric Dickerson rushes 215 yards for season record 2,003 yards
1984 Vicki Alvarez/Mike McDonald wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1983 Attorney General Edwin Meese says people go to soup kitchens "because food is free and that's easier than paying for it"
1983 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1982 Mary-Beth and William Hurt divorce
1980 61 degrees F in Boston at 1 AM

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1979 Murle Breer/Dave Eichelberger wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1978 Pioneer Venus 2 drops 5 probes into atmosphere of Venus
1978 1st game of Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL), Chicago Hustle vs Milwaukee Does
1975 Jelena Bonner receives Andrei Sacharov's Nobel Prize
1975 President Gerald Ford signs $2.3 B loan-authorization for New York City
1974 Dow Jones index hits 570.01
1974 Jack Brisco beats Giant Baba in Tokyo, to become NWA wrestling champ
1974 Johnson Grigsby freed after 66 years in jail
1973 "Pajama Game" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 65 performances
1973 Sunningdale Agreement in Northern Ireland
1971 Lewis F Powell, Jr. appointed to Supreme Court
1970 Dutch Antilles: government of Petronia falls

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1968 KRNE TV channel 12 in Merriman, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 Doors lead singer Jim Morrison arrested in New Haven following backstage fight when security guard mistakes him for a fan
1967 Lyndon Johnson's daughter Lynda marries in White House
1967 Nicolea Ceausescu becomes president (dictator) of Romania
1965 "A Charlie Brown Christmas," premieres
1965 Frank Robinson is traded from Cincinnati to the Orioles
1965 Nikolai Podgorny replaces Anastas Mikoyan as president of Presidium
1963 Frank Sinatra, Jr. is kidnapped
1963 Zanzibar gains independence from Britain
1962 "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes on Broadway
1962 Tanganyika becomes a republic within British Commonwealth
1961 "From the Second City" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 87 performances
1961 "Let It Ride" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 68 performances
1961 SS Col Adolf Eichmann found guilty of war crimes in Israel
1961 Tanganyika gains independence from Britain takes name Tanzania
1961 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Philadelphia Warriors scores 67 points vs NY
1960 1st broadcast of "Coronation Street" on British ITV

Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1958 Robert H W Welch, Jr. and 11 other men meet in Indianapolis to form anti-Communist John Birch Society
1957 1st Japanese ambassador to Israel
1954 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj appointed honored guest of Swed Royal Music Acad
1953 General Electric announces all Communist employees will be fired
1953 Mont Canadiens (106) and Toronto Maple Leafs (98) get 204 penalty minutes
1951 Voters approve merger of 3 states to form Baden-Wurttemberg, W Germ



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December 1 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday John Densmore!



Musicians Born On December 1

1934 Billy Paul (Me and Mrs Jones)
1936 Lou Rawls (You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine)
1938 Sandy Nelson (Let There Be Drums)
1944 Eric Bloom (Blue Oyster Cult)
1945 Bette Midler (The Rose)
1945 John Densmore (Doors)
1946 Gilbert O'Sullivan (Alone Again Naturally)

Deaths On December 1

1954 Fred Rose (Acuff Rose Country, and Western Publishing)

Number 1 In The Charts On December 1

1958 Teddy Bears: 'To Know Him Is to Love Him' US LP
1966 Tom Jones: 'Green Green Grass of Home' UK 45
1973 Carpenters: 'Top of the World' US LP
1984 Jim Diamond: 'I Should Have Known Better' UK 45
1990 Vanilla Ice: 'Ice Ice Baby' UK 45
1990 Whitney Houston : I'm Your Baby Tonight : US single
1996 Peter Andre : I Feel You : UK single

Various Music Events On Decemberr 1

1957 Ed Sullivan presents three acts, each making its debut on national television, Buddy Holly and the Crickets sing 'That'll Be the Day', Sam Cooke sings 'You Send Me' and Rays perform 'Silhouettes'

1958 Having already enjoyed chart success as a songwriter ('Stupid Cupid' for Connie Francis), Neil Sedaka signs with RCA

1971 John and Yoko Lennon release 'Happy Christmas/War Is Over'

1973 Roy Wood's 'Forever' hits UK chart

1976 Sex Pistols swear on TV in an interview with Bill Grundy

1979 Little Feat's 'Down on the Farm' hits UK LP chart

1979 Police enter UK chart with 'Walking On The Moon'

1980 Talking Heads begin UK tour at Hammersmith Palais, supported by U2

1981 Vince Clarke leaves Depeche Mode


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July 3 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Vince Clarke!



Musicians Born On July 3

1940 Maureen Kennedy (Vernon's Girls)
1945 Mike Corby (Babys)
1946 Matthew Fisher (Procol Harum)
1946 Victor Unitt (Edgar Broughton Band)
1948 Paul Barrere (Little Feat)
1957 Laura Branigan
1961 Vince Clarke (Yazoo)
1969 Kevin Hearn (Barenaked Ladies)

Deaths On July 3

1969 Brian Jones (Rolling Stones)



1971 Jim Morrison (Doors)



1972 Mississippi Fred McDowell (US blues)


Number 1 In The Charts On July 3

1959 Bobby Darin: Dream Lover UK 45
1968 Equals: Baby Come Back UK 45
1982 Captain Sensible: Happy Talk UK 45
1982 ABC: The Lexicon of Love UK LP

Various Music Events On July 3

1957 Ray Charles's first LP, Ray Charles, released on Atlantic.

1960 Ray Charles enters R&B chart with Stick and Stones, his first on ABC Paramount

1969 For the first and only time, rock performers appear at Newport Jazz Festival, with Led Zeppelin, Jeff Beck, Jethro Tull and others

1971 Doors hit US chart with Riders on the Storm

1973 David Bowie, at a concert at Hammersmith Odeon, announces his 'retirement'.

1976 Brian Wilson returns to stage for first time in twelve years at a Beach Boys concert in front of 74,000 people at Anaheim.

1981 Remaining Doors join hundreds of fans in a graveside tribute to Jim Morrison at Pere Lachaire Cemetery, Paris.

1981 Riot breaks out in Southall, London, following gig by 4 Skins

1984 Frankie Goes to Hollywood is at No. 1 and No. 2 in UK charts with Relax and Two Tribes

1995 Courtney Love's request to spread the ashes of late husband Kurt Cobain is turned down by Lake View Cemetery in Seattle.


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