Beatles release Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles release Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in U.S. and goes gold on June 1, 1967




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

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 62nd National Spelling Bee: Scott Isaacs wins spelling spoliator
1989 Margaret Ray pleads guilty to breaking into David Letterman's house
1989 Robin Givens and Mike Tyson granted final divorce in New Jersey
1988 "Les Miserables," opens at Shubert Theatre, Los Angeles
1988 "Morton Downey, Jr. Show," debuts in TV syndication
1988 Train crash in Zeeland, Netherlands, kills 2
1987 Phil Niekro 314th combines with Joe to have most wins by bros (530)
1986 32nd LPGA Championship won by Pat Bradley
1986 40th Tony Awards: I'm Not Rappaport and Mystery of Edwin Drood win
1985 "Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" by David Lee Roth hits #12
1985 Viv Richards scores 300 in a day on the way to 322 vs. Warwicks cricket
1985 Weird Al Yankovic released his Dare To Be Stupid LP
1984 Douglas H Mitchell, QC of Calgary becomes 6th CFL Commissioner
1984 KWK-AM in St. Louis MO changes call letters to KGLD
1984 Netherlands' Lubbers government gives 48 sites for cruise missiles
1984 Weightlifter Alexander Gunyashev of U.S.S.R. snatches a record 211 kg
1982 Rickey Henderson is fastest to reach 50 stolen bases in a year
1980 1st transmission of CNN, Cable News Network
1980 ANC sets fire to Sasol oil installations in South Africa
1980 Barbra Streisand appears at an ACLU Benefit in California
1980 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Golden Lights Golf Championshipship
1980 Steve Garvey, hits the 7,000th Dodger home run
1980 Ted Turner's Cable News Network begins broadcasting

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 33rd NBA Championship: Sea Supersonics beat Washington Bullets, 4 games to 1
1979 Rhodesian bishop Able Muzorewa becomes premier
1979 Ted Coombs began a 5,193 mile roller skate from LA to New York City
1979 Wings release "Old Siam, Sir"
1978 Cricket Test debut of David Gower, vs. Pakistan, Edgbaston, scores 58
1978 High Council destroys judgment against war criminal Pieter Menten
1977 British Virgin Islands adopts constitution
1977 Russia charges Jewish rights activist Anatoly Shcharansky with treason
1977 South Carolina Heerenveen soccer team forms in Heerenveen
1975 "Chicago" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 947 performances
1975 21st LPGA Championship won by Kathy Whitworth
1975 California Angel Nolan Ryan 4th no-hitter beats Baltimore Orioles, 1-0
1975 Cars in Netherlands must have seatbelts
1975 Ron Wood replaces Mick Taylor as Rolling Stone guitarist
1974 "My Girl Bill" by Jim Stafford hits #12
1974 Chemical plant explodes in Flixborough Lincs kills 29 in UK
1973 George Harrison's "Living in the Material World" goes gold
1973 Greek President Papadopoulos asks for "parliamentary presidential republic"
1973 Paul McCartney and Wings release "Live and Let Die"
1972 Dmitri Shostakovich's 15th Symphony, Dutch premieres in West Berlin
1972 Tswanaland becomes Bophuthatswana in South Africa
1972 West German police arrest RAF-leader Andreas Baader
1971 "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" opens at Golden New York City for 31 performances
1971 Ed Sullivan's final TV show on CBS
1970 "Everything Is Beautiful" by Ray Stevens hits #1
1970 Com Bowie Kuhn reprimands Astro Jim Bouton for writing "Ball Four"
1970 Soyuz 9 launched into Earth orbit for 18 days
1970 Tigers Al Kaline collides with another player and swallows his tongue

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Tobacco advertising is banned on Canadian radio and TV
1968 100th Belmont: Gus Gustines aboard Stage Door Johnny wins in 2:27.2
1968 Simon and Garfunkel's "Mrs Robinson" hits #1
1967 Beatles release Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in U.S. and goes gold
1967 Mayor-council form of government instituted for Washington, D.C.
1966 2,400 persons attend White House Conference on Civil Rights
1966 George Harrison is impressed by Ravi Shankar's concert in London
1966 Joaquin Balaguer elected president of Dominican Republic
1966 Shortwave station Radio New York Worldwide changes calls from WRUL to WNYW
1965 A Penzias and R Wilson detect 3 degrees K primordial background radiation
1965 coal mine explosion in Fukuoka Japan kills 236
1963 "El Watusi" by Ray Barreto hits #17
1963 Jomo Kenyatta becomes 1st premier of Kenya
1963 King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, becomes Emperor of Ethiopia
1962 Oscar 2 (ham radio satellite) launched into Earth orbit
1962 Roda JC soccer team reforms in Kerkrade
1962 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 40,420 m
1961 FM multiplex stereo broadcasting 1st heard
1960 "Finian's Rainbow" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 12 performances
1960 WDTV TV channel 5 in Clarksburg-Weston, WV (CBS) begins broadcasting

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 2-time champ Monterrey Mexico barred from 1959 Little League competition for using players outside predetermined geographical area
1959 Constitution of Tunisia promulgated (National Day)
1958 Belgian christian-democrats win parliamentary election
1958 Charles de Gaulle elected premier of France
1958 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Gatlinburg Golf Open
1957 1st U.S. runner breaks 4 minute mile (Don Bowden)
1955 Habib Bourguiba ends exile from Tunisia
1954 Emile Zatopek runs record 6 mile: (27:59.2)/10,000m (28:54.2)
1953 KMJ (now KSEE) TV channel 24 in Fresno, California (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 WDAY TV channel 6 in Fargo, ND (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1952 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cross Country Weathervane Golf Tournament
1952 Catholic church puts Andre Gides "Labor" on the index
1951 1st self-contained titanium plant opens (Henderson Nevada)
1951 International Cheese treaty signed
1950 WKZO (now WWMT) TV channel 3 in Kalamazoo, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast

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Beatles shock Britain

Beatles shock Britain as they refuse invitation to play for the Queen at London Palladium on May 13, 1968.




Retro History for May 13 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 Approx 2,000 students begin hunger strike in Tiananmen Square, China
1989 Minnesota Twin Kirby Puckett becomes 35th to hit 4 doubles in a game
1989 Trinidad and Tobago ties U.S. 1-1, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1987 Ajax wins 27th Europe Cup II
1985 Carlton Fisk becomes 5th catcher to steal 100 bases
1985 Laura Elena Martinez-Herring, 21, (Texas), crowned 34th Miss USA
1985 Philadelphia Police bomb a house held by group "Move," kills 11
1984 "Oliver!" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 17 performances
1984 Amy Alcott wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
1984 Johan Cruyffs last competitive match
1983 Reggie Jackson is 1st major leaguer to strike out 2,000 times
1982 Braniff Airlines files for bankruptcy
1982 Canucks 0-Isles 3-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 3-0 lead
1982 Chicago Cubs win their 8,000th (beat Astros)
1982 Soyuz T-5 is launched-Berezovoi and Lebedev for 211 days in space
1982 Terri Lea Utley, 20, (Arkansas), crowned 31st Miss USA
1981 Attempt on Pope John Paul II by Mehemet Ali Agca
1981 Dinamo Tbilisi wins 21st Europe Cup II
1981 Pope John Paul II shot, wounded by assailant in St. Peter's Square
1980 Cincinnati Red Ray Knight hits 2 home runs in 5th inning vs New York Mets

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 "Utter Glory... Morrissey Hall" opens and closes at Mark Hellinger New York City
1979 Sandra Post wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament
1979 Shah and family sentenced to death in Teheran
1978 "Angel" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 5 performances
1978 "Runaways" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 199 performances
1978 Henry Rono of Kenya sets record for 3,000 m steeplechase (8:05.4)
1978 Joie Chitwood drives a Chevette 5.6 miles on just 2 wheels
1978 Musical "Runaways" with Elizabeth Swados premieres in New York City
1977 Howard Stern begins broadcasting at WRNW, Briarcliff Manor, New York
1976 9th and final ABA championship: New York Nets beat Denv Nuggets, 4 games to 2
1975 "Rodgers and Hart" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 108 performances
1975 Flyers 4-Isles 1-Semifinals-Flyers win semifinals 4-3
1975 Hail stones as large as tennis balls hit Wernerville, Tennessee
1973 "Cyrano" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 49 performances
1973 Bobby Riggs beat Margaret Smith Court in Mother's Day match in California
1973 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
1972 115 die in nightclub atop 7-story Sennichi department store (Osaka Japan)
1972 Milwaukee Brewers beat Minnesota Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (started 5/12)
1971 Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane seriously injured in a car accident
1970 Beatles movie "Let it Be" premieres

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1968 Beatles shock Britain as they refuse invitation to play for the Queen at London Palladium
1968 1,000,000 French demonstrate against De Gaulle and Pompidou
1967 Octagonal boxing ring is tested to avoid corner injuries
1966 Rolling Stones release "Paint it Black"
1966 Federal education funding is denied to 12 school districts in the South because of violations of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
1965 Rolling Stones record "Satisfaction"
1965 Several Arab nations break ties with West Germany after it established diplomatic relations with Israel
1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Western Golf Open
1960 1st launch of Delta satellite launching vehicle; it failed
1960 Phillies lose 3rd consecutive 1-0 game
1960 WOLE TV channel 12 in Aguadillo, PR

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 Kraft Music Hall with Milton Berle, last airs on NBC-TV
1958 New York Giants Willie Mays and Darryl Spencer each hit 2 home runs and a triple
1958 French settlers riot against French army in Algeria
1958 Jordan and Iraq form Arab Federation
1958 Pierre Pflimlin forms French government
1958 Rioters attack U.S. Vice President Nixon in Venezuela
1958 Stan Musial, is 8th to get 3,000 hits
1956 Pachyderm Building at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens
1955 Mickey Mantle hits 3 consecutive home runs of at least 463'
1954 "Pajama Game" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 1063 performances
1954 Labour Party wins British municipal elections
1954 Robin Roberts gives up a home run then retires next 27 men in a row
1954 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
1952 Minor-league Bristol pitcher Ron Necciai strikes out 27 in 9-innings
1952 Pandit Nehru becomes premier of India
1950 Diner's Club issues its 1st credit cards

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Beatles and Rolling Stones meet for the first time

Beatles and Rolling Stones meet for the first time during a Rolling Stones performance at Crawdaddy Club. 'We got all nervous', says Bill Wyman, 'but then we had a chat with them afterwards and stayed up all night rapping and became really good mates on April 21, 1963.




Retro History for April 21 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 George W. Bush and Edward W. Rose become CEO of Texas Rangers
1989 Thousands of Chinese crowd into Beijing's Tiananmen Square cheering students demanding greater political freedom
1988 1st four-day games in County Cricket Championship commence
1988 Barbra Streisand records "You'll Never Know"
1987 Brewers lose, ending AL season-opening winning streak at 13 games
1987 Dow Jones Avg soared 664.7; 2nd biggest one-day gain in history
1987 Milwaukee Brewers lose after 13th straight victory to start season
1987 Richard Hadlee makes highest Test Cricket score of 151* (v Sri Lanka)
1987 Tamil bomb attack in Colombo Sri Lanka, 115 killed
1986 15th Boston Women's Marathon won by I Kristiansen of Norway in 2:24:55
1986 90th Boston Marathon won by Rob de Castella of Australia in 2:07:51
1986 Bob Hering sets Formula One power boat record (165.338 mph, Ariz)
1986 Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on TV and finds nothing
1985 Bomb attacks in NATO/AEG-Telefunken building in Brussels
1985 Flyers 5-Isles 2-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 2-0 lead
1985 Ingrid Kristiansen wins London Marathon in a record 2:21:06
1985 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament
1984 After 37 weeks, "Thriller" is knocked off as top album by "Footloose"
1984 Centers for Disease Control says virus discovered in France causes AIDS
1984 Franz Weber of Austria skis downhill at a record 209.8 kph
1984 Montreal Expo David Palmer no-hits St. Louis Cardinals, 4-0 in a perfect 5 inn game
1983 Soyuz T-8 is launched
1983 1 pound coin introduced in United Kingdom
1982 Atlanta Braves win their 13th straight game
1982 Dr. Michael E. Bakey performs 1st successful heart implant
1982 Dutch Queen Beatrice addresses U.S. Congress
1981 U.S. furnish $1 billion in arms to Saudi-Arabia
1980 84th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:12:11
1980 Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WWWW Detroit, Michigan
1980 9th Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Gareau of Canada in 2:34:28, Rosie Ruiz disqualified as women's champ she hadn't run entire course

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 "Carmelina" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 17 performances
1977 "Annie" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 2377 performances
1977 Billy Martin pulls Yankee line-up out of a hat, beats Blue Jays 8-6
1977 Broadway play "Annie" opens, 1st of 2,377 performances
1977 C Strouse and M Charnins musical "Annie," premieres in New York City
1977 Zia ur-Rahman appointed president of Bangladesh
1976 Swine Flu vaccine, for non-epidemic, enters testing
1976 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1975 4th Boston Women's Marathon won by Liane Winter of W Germ in 2:42:24
1975 79th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:09:55
1975 Last South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu resigns after 10 years
1975 Liane Winter wins world record female Boston marathon (2:42:24)
1974 28th Tony Awards: River Niger and Raisin win
1974 3rd Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Jo Ann Prentice
1972 John Young and Charles Duke explores Moon (Apollo 16)
1972 Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 4 (Copernicus) launched
1971 Original Codex Reguis (with Edda-liederen) returns to Iceland
1970 Reds clout 7 home runs by 6 batters, Braves counter with 3 home runs, 6 for one team and 9 different batters for two teams, all tie or set records

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 73rd Boston Marathon won by Yoshiaki Unetani of Japan in 2:13:49
1968 22nd Tony Awards: Rosencranz and Guilderstern and Hallelujah Baby! win
1968 Carol Mann wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
1967 Dodgers 1st rain out in Los Angeles (after 737 consecutive games)
1967 EO, Evangelical Broadcasting, begins in Netherlands
1967 Josef Stalin's daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, defects to U.S.
1967 Military coup in Greece, Konstantinos Kollias becomes premier
1967 Svetlana Alliluyeva (Josef Stalin's daughter) defects in New York City
1966 Emperor Haile Selassie (Ethiopia) visits Kingston Jamaica
1965 New York World's Fair reopens for 2nd and final season
1964 Pirates and Cubs combine for 9 home runs, Pirates win 8-5
1963 Beatles and Rolling Stones meet for the first time during a Rolling Stones performance at Crawdaddy Club. 'We got all nervous', says Bill Wyman, 'but then we had a chat with them afterwards and stayed up all night rapping and became really good mates.
1963 Beatles meet Rolling Stones for 1st time
1963 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sunshine Women's Golf Open
1962 Century 21 Exposition opens in Seattle, Washington
1961 Dirk U. Suffocated chosen as Secretary-General of NATO
1961 French army revolts in Algeria
1961 USAF Major Robert M. White takes X-15 to 32,000 m
1960 Brasilia becomes capital of Brazil

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 1211-kg great white shark becomes largest fish ever caught on a rod
1959 Alf Dean using a rod and reel hooks a 2,664lb, 16' 10" white shark
1957 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Babe Didrikson Zaharias Golf Open
1957 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fidei Donum
1956 Elvis Presley's 1st hit record, "Heartbreak Hotel," becomes #1
1955 Brooklyn Dodgers win, then record 10th straight game to begin a season
1955 J Lawrence and R E Lee's "Inherit the Wind," premieres in New York City
1955 Minas Gerais Argentina tunnel caves in; 30 die
1954 Gregori Malenkov becomes premier of U.S.S.R.
1954 USAF flies French battalion to Vietnam
1952 BOAC begins 1st passenger service with jets (London-Rome route)
1951 5th NBA Championship: Rochester Royals beat New York Knicks, 4 games to 3
1951 Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 1

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January 20 - Retro Events From The 50s 60s 70s 80s

On January 20, 1964 "Meet The Beatles" album released in US



Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 Bush inaugurated as 41st president and Quayle becomes 44th vice pres
1989 Wayne Holdsworth takes a wicket 1st ball in 1st-class cricket
1989 Reagan becomes 1st President elected in a "0" year, since 1840, to leave office alive
1988 Andre Hoffman skates world record 1500m (1:52.06)
1988 Arizona committee opens hearing on impeachment of Governor Evan Mecham
1987 Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite taken hostage in Beirut, Lebanon
1987 Rhino Records 1st #1-Billy Vera and Beaters' "At This Moment"
1986 1st federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.
1986 Chunnel announced (railroad tunnel under Canal)
1986 Military coup in Lesotho under general-major Lekhanya and premier Leabua Jonathan
1985 Cold front strikes U.S., at least 40 die (-27 degrees F (-33 degrees C) in Chicago)
1985 Superbowl XIX: San Francisco 49ers beat Miami Dolphins, 38-16 in Stanford Superbowl MVP: Joe Montana, San Francisco, quarterback
1984 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners
1982 7 miners killed in an explosion in Craynor, Kentucky
1982 Honduras constitution goes into effect
1982 Piet Dankert elected chairman of European Parliament
1981 52 Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days are freed
1981 Admiral Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret), ends term as 12th director of CIA
1981 Frank C Carlucci, ends term as deputy director of CIA
1981 Islander Glenn Resch's 25th and last shut-out opponent-Flames 5-0
1981 Ronald Reagan inaugurated as president
1980 President Jimmy Carter announces U.S. boycott of Olympics in Moscow
1980 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne
1980 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner
1980 Superbowl MVP: Terry Bradshaw, Pittsburgh, quarterback
1980 Superbowl XIV: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Los Angeles Rams, 31-19 in Pasadena

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1978 Columbia Pictures pays $9.5 million for movie rights to "Annie"
1977 George Bush, ends term as 11th director of CIA
1977 Mr. Knoche, serves as acting director of CIA
1976 29th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 7-5 at Philadelphia
1975 5th NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 17-10
1975 Terrence McNally's "Ritz," premieres in New York City
1974 4th NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 15-13
1974 7th ABA All-Star Game: East 128 beats West 112 at Virginia
1974 A college basketball game ends 210-67
1974 Essex Comm College beats Englewood Cliffs 210-67 in basketball
1971 Ard Schenk skates world record 1000m (1:18.8)
1971 John Lennon meets Yoko Ono's parents in Japan
1970 20th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 142-135 at Philadelphia
1970 23rd NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 4-1 at St. Louis
1970 Super Fight, computer mock championship between Ali and Marciano

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 Richard M. Nixon inaugurated as president
1969 University of Arizona reports 1st optical id of pulsar (in Crab Nebula)
1968 Houston ends UCLA's 47-game basketball winning streak, 71-69
1968 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming
1968 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood
1965 Beatles appear on Shindig (ABC-TV)
1965 Byrds record "Mr Tambourine Man"
1965 JPL proposes modified Apollo flight to fly around Mars and return
1965 Generalissimo Francisco Franco meets with Jewish representatives to discuss legitimizing Jewish communities in Spain
1964 "Meet The Beatles" album released in US
1962 "Kean" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 92 performances
1961 Arthur M Ramsay becomes archbishop of Canterbury
1961 Francis Poulenc's "Gloria," premieres in Boston
1961 Robert Frost recites "Gift Outright" at John F. Kennedy's inauguration
1961 Yugoslav ex-vice-president Milovan Djilas flees
1960 Patrice Lumumba sentenced to 6 months in Belgian Congo

Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' Moscow-Tsjerjomoesjki, premieres in Moscow
1958 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
1958 KUED TV channel 7 in Salt Lake City, UT (PBS) begins broadcasting
1957 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
1957 Gomulka wins Poland's parliamentary election
1957 Morton Gould's "Declaration," premieres in Washington, D.C.
1956 Buddy Holly records "Blue Days Black Night" in Nashville
1955 1st atomic sub, USS Nautilus, launched at Groton Conn
1954 -70 degrees F (-57 degrees C), Rogers Pass, Montana (U.S. 48 state record)
1954 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' "Concertino opus 94," premieres
1953 1st U.S. telecast transmitted to Canada-from Buffalo NY
1953 1st live coast-to-coast inauguration address (Eisenhower)
1952 British army occupies Ismailiya, Suez Canal Zone
1952 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
1950 "Dance Me a Song" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 35 performances
1950 Suriname becomes independent part in Realm of Netherlands

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December 26 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

On December 26, 1967 The BBC broadcasts The Beatles "Magical Mystery Tour".



Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 ODI debut for Mark Taylor and Sanath Jayasuriya at cricket MCG
1988 "Legs Diamond" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 64 performances
1988 Anti African student rebellion in China PR
1987 "Les Miserables" opens at National Theatre of Iceland, Reykjavik
1986 Captured Iraqi Airways Boeing-737 in Saudi Arabia, about 60 killed
1986 Doug Jarvis, 31, sets NHL record of 916 consecutive games
1986 TV soap "Search for Tomorrow" ends 35 year run
1985 Test Cricket debut of Steve Waugh, vs. India at the MCG
1984 Belgian princess Astrid marries arch duke Otto L van Austrian-Este
1983 Test Cricket debut of Gregory Richard John Matthews, vs. Pakistan MCG
1983 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1982 TIME's Man of the Year is a computer
1982 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1981 One of the great day's Test Cricket at the MCG Australia vs. WI

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1978 India's former Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, released from jail
1977 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1976 "Music Is" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 8 performances
1975 1st supersonic transport service (U.S.S.R.-Tupolev-144)
1975 A crowd of 85661 attends the 1st day of the Aust-WI MCG Test Cricket
1974 Washington Capitals 1st NHL sellout
1973 "Exorcist," starring Linda Blair and rated X, premieres
1973 2 Skylab 3 astronauts walk in space for a record 7 hours
1973 Soyuz 13 returns to Earth

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1968 Arab terrorists in Athens fire on El Al plane, kills 1
1968 Jay Allens "Forty Carats," premieres in New York City
1968 Led Zeppelin's concert debut in Boston as opener for Vanilla Fudge
1968 Bruin Ted Green sets NHL penalty record of 3 minors, 2 majors and 2 game misconducts in a game against New York Rangers in New York's MSG
1967 BBC broadcasts "Magical Mystery Tour"
1967 Dave Brubeck Quartet formally disbands
1966 Maulana Karenga establishes Kwanzaa (1st fruits of harvest) holiday
1965 "Funny Girl" with Barbra Streisand closes on Broadway
1965 Buffalo Bills beat San Diego Chargers 23-0 in AFL championship game
1964 Beatles' "I Feel Fine," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks
1964 Buffalo Bills beat San Diego Chargers 20-7 in AFL championship game
1963 "Double Dublin" opens at Little Theater New York City for 4 performances
1963 Beatles release "I Want To Hold Your Hand"/"I Saw Her Standing There"
1963 U.S. furnishes cereal to U.S.S.R.
1960 "Do Re Mi" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 400 performances
1960 Musical "Do re mi" with Phil Silvers premieres in New York City
1960 Philadelphia Eagles beat Green Bay Packers 17-13 in NFL championship game

Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1957 Roger Sessions' 3rd Symphony premieres in London
1955 Cleveland Browns win NFL Championship, beating LA 38-14
1955 RKO is 1st to announce sale of its film library to TV
1954 "The Shadow," airs for last time on radio
1954 Cleveland Browns win NFL Championship, beating Detroit 56-10
1950 Gillette and Mutual buy All Star and World Series rights ($6M for 6 yrs)

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December 7 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

On December 7, 1967 The Beatles Apple Boutique opens at 94 Baker Street




Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 C Coleman and D Zippel's musical "City of Angels," premieres in New York City
1988 6.9 earthquake in Armenia, Spitak destroyed, 60,000 killed
1988 Armenian SSR rocked by earthquake, 8 on Richter scale (55,000 die)
1988 Earthquake in Armenia (>25,000 killed, 5,000,000 homeless)
1988 Gorbachev announces 10% unilateral Soviet troop reductions at UN
1988 Mikhail Gorbachev cheered by Wall St. crowds upon arrival in New York City
1988 New York Islanders fire Simpson, Arbour new coach
1988 Rangers sign free-agent pitcher Nolan Ryan to a one-year contract
1987 43 die in Pacific Southwest Airline crash in California (man shot pilots)
1987 Gorbachev arrives in U.S. for a summit meeting
1987 Pacific Southwest crashes near Los Angeles, kills 43
1987 Palestinian uprising against Israel in West Bank
1986 Juli Inkster/Tom Purtzer wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1986 President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees Haiti
1985 51st Heisman Trophy Award: Bo Jackson, Auburn (RB)
1985 Atlantis returns to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
1984 Allan Border's 1st Test Cricket match as captain (v WI Adelaide)
1983 2 jets collided at Madrid Airport killing 93
1983 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1982 Suriname army under Desi Bouterse fires on radio station building
1981 Spain becomes a member of the NATO alliance

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1978 Islander's Mike Bossy's 1st career hat trick
1977 Islander Billy Smith's 10th shut-out opponent-Black Hawks 4-0
1976 U.N. Security Council endorses Kurt Waldheim, Secretary-General for 2nd 5 yr term
1975 10th Islander shut-out opponent-Glenn Resch 3-0 vs Sabres
1975 Archbishop Makarios returns Cyprus
1975 Indonesian army occupies East Timor
1975 Pat Bradley wins Colgate-Far East Ladies Tournament Golf Tournament
1973 Orioles sell pitcher Eddie Watt to the Phillies
1973 Phillies sell infielder-outfielder Cesar Tovar to the Texas Rangers
1973 Wings release "Band on the Run"
1972 Apollo 17 (U.S.), final manned lunar landing mission, launched
1972 Philippine's 1st lady Imelda Marcos stabbed and wounded by an assailant
1971 "Wild and Wonderful" opens/closes at Lyceum Theater New York City
1971 Wings release their 1st album "Wild Life"
1970 Taizan Maezumi Roshi, head of LA Zen Center, receives dharma
1970 West Germany and Poland normalize relations

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1968 M Dodd returns a library books his Great grandfather took out in 1923
1968 Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 launched into Earth orbit
1968 Richard Dodd returns a library book his great grandad took out in 1823
1967 The Beatles Apple Boutique opens at 94 Baker Street
1967 "How Now, Dow Jones" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 220 performances
1967 Otis Rescue records "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay"
1965 Pope Paul VI and Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously lift mutual excommunications that led to split of 2 churches in 1054
1964 George Harrison changes his company's name from Mornyork to Harrisongs
1963 Ian Meckiff no-balled for throwing against the South Africans
1962 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1960 Ivory Coast claims independence from France

Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 "Saratoga" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 80 performances
1958 Romulo Betancourt elected President of Venezuela
1957 Tony Kubek of the Yankees selected as AL Rookie of the Year
1956 Helen O'Connell joins Today Show panel
1955 Clement Attlee resigns as chairman of England's Labour Party
1954 Japanese government of Joshida, resigns
1954 KCTS TV channel 9 in Seattle, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1953 Israel's Prime Minister Ben-Gurion retires
1953 WCCB TV channel 18 in Charlotte, North Carolina (IND/ABC) begins broadcasting
1952 KKTV TV channel 11 in Colorado Spgs-Pueblo, CO (CBS) 1st broadcast



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June 18 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy 68th Birthday Sir Paul McCartney!



Musician's Born On June 18

1942 Paul McCartney
1961 Alison Moyet (Love Resurrection)
1971 Nathan Morris (Boyz II Men)



Number 1 In The Charts On June 18

1977 Kenny Rogers: Lucille UK 45
1977 Beatles: Live at Hollywood Bowl UK LP
1977 Fleetwood Mac: Dreams US 45
1988 Timelords: Doctorin' the Tardis UK 45
1994 2 Unlimited : Real Things : UK LP
1994 Beastie Boys : Ill Communication : US LP



Various Music Events On June 18

1956 Clyde McPhatter (formerly with the Drifters) enters chart with his only UK hit, Treasure Of Love

1976 Phil May quits Pretty Things

1977 Johnny Rotten and Paul Cook of Sex Pistols are stabbed and beaten in the car park of a London pub, causing a delay in the completion of the group's debut LP

1977 James Taylor hits US chart with update of Jimmy Jones's 1960 No. 1, Handy Man

1988 Julia Fordham album hits UK LP chart

1995 Notorious B.I.G. (aka Christopher Wallace) is arrested in Camden, N.J. on charges of robbery and aggravated assault



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Feb 16 - Today in Beatles History

1963
'Please Please Me' number 21 (UK Melody Market chart).
'Please Please Me' number 1 [chart?].

London. Recording for 'Thank Your Lucky Stars'.

EMI House. Photographic session with Angus Mc Bean for 'Please Please Me' LP cover. [20 February?]

1964
2nd performance on the Ed Sullivan Show, at the Deauville's Hotel Mau Mau Club, Miami Beach.
1st act performing twice on this programme. Dezo Hoffmann attends. Brian watches the Ed Sullivan Show performance at his hotel room in Miami.
The Beatles have a brief rest in Miami.

1965
Studio 2. 2.30-5.00pm. Recording: 'I Need You' (overdub onto take 5); 'Another Girl' (overdub onto take 1). Studio 2. 5.00-7.00pm. Recording: 'Yes It Is' (takes 1-14). Studio 2. 7.00-10.00pm. Recording: 'Yes It Is' (overdub onto take 14). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott/Jerry Boys.
1st use (in 'I Need You') of foot controlled tone pedal.

EMI Manchester Square, Ground floor studio. Morning: The Beatles receive prizes from Sir Joseph Lockwood, including Japanese dolls, silver and gold discs.

1966
'Rubber Soul' number 1, 11th week (UK New Musical Express chart).

Brian presents 'A Smashing Day' at the New Arts Theatre, London.

1967
Studio 3. 7.00pm-1.45am. Recording: 'Good Morning Good Morning' (overdub onto take 8, tape reduction take 8 into takes 9, 10). Mono mixing: 'Good Morning Good Morning' (remix 1, from take 8). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.

Re-transmision of 'Penny Lane'/'Strawberry Fields Forever' clips on BBC-TV's 'Top Of The Pops'.

1968
John, George, Cynthia and Pattie go to Rishikesh. [15 February?]

1970
The 'Beatles Book' ends being published.

1972
John and Yoko share hosting duties on 'The Mike Douglas Show'. Recording of John and Chuck Berry performance.

1973
UK LP release: 'Approximately Infinite Universe', by Yoko.

1984
'Rolling Stone' cover features a picture taken on the 1st part of the 3 June 1963 photographic session at Prospect Studios, London.

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Feb 15 - Today in Beatles History

1964
'With The Beatles' number 1, 11th week (UK Record Retailer chart).
'I Want To Hold Your Hand' number 1, 3rd week; 5th week in the Top 100 (Billboard).
'She Loves You', 4th week in the Top 100 (Billboard).
'Please Please Me', 3rd week in the Top 100 (Billboard).
'I Saw Her Standing There', 2nd week in the Top 100 (Billboard).

10.00-12.00am. BBC's 'Saturday Club' broadcast (recorded 7 January 1964).

1965
US single release: 'Eight Days A Week'/'I Don't Want To Spoil The Party'.

Studio 2. 2.30-5.45pm. Recording: 'Ticket To Ride' (takes 1-2). Studio 2. 7.00-10.30pm. Recording: 'Another Girl' (take 1, and 10 [unnumbered] edit pieces); 'I Need You' (takes 1-5). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott/Jerry Boys.
Start of 'Help!' sessions. A new recording technique is used: i) Rehearsals with tape running, spooling back it to record properly; ii) Making themes in one or two takes, with numerous overdubs on a rythm track.

Brian escorts Cilla Black to the Royal Film Performance.

John passes his drivers test.

1967
Vic Lewis, on behalf of NEMS Enterprises, flies to the US for talks with the Monkees' manager, Bert Schneider, with a view to NEMS Presentation bringing the group over to Britain for concerts.

1968
Studio 3 (control room only). 4.30-6.00pm. Mono mixing: 'Lady Madonna' (remixes 3-10, from take 5). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Martin Benge.

John, George, Cynthia and Pattie go to India. [16 February?]

1969
'Yellow Submarine' LP, 5th week in the Top 30 (Billboard).

End of George's stay at the London College University Hospital.

1975
Capitol Records hurries to release the LP 'Rock And Roll' and sues Morris Levy to force him to withdraw the LP 'Roots', which has already sold 3,000 copies, from the market.

1977
US gold certification for 'The Best Of George Harrison'.

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This Week in Beatles History Feb 8 – Feb 14

February 11, 1963 – The Beatles recorded ten new tracks at Abbey Road for their first album “Please Please Me.”

February 9, 1964 – The band appeared live on the “Ed Sullivan Show.” An estimated 73 million people across the US tuned in. They even received a telegram of congratulations from Elvis Presley.

February 11, 1964 – The Beatles played their first US concert venue in front of 8,000 fans at the Washington Coliseum in DC.






February 11, 1965 – Ringo Starr married his long-time girlfriend Maureen Cox.

February 13, 1967 – “Strawberry Fields Forever” and “Penny Lane” were released in the US on Capitol 5810.

February 11, 1968 – The band shot promotional film for “Lady Madonna” just before they left for India to study Transcendental Meditation.

February 9, 1972 – Paul’s band, Wings, began a your of England, starting with an unannounced appearance at Nottingham University.

February 8, 1974 – Ringo released “You’re Sixteen”/Devil Woman” in the UK.

February 11, 1977 – George released “True Love”/”Pure Smokey” in the UK.

February 8, 1983 – At the BPI Awards, the British Phonographic Industry’s pop music awards, Paul was awarded Best British Male Solo Artist and the Beatles were awarded Outstanding Contribution to British Music.

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Beatles Psychedelic Art Designs

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The Beatles - A Day In The Life Song Lyrics with Quotes About The Song

I read the news today, oh boy
About a lucky man who made the grade
And though the news was rather sad
Well I just had to laugh
I saw the photograph

He blew his mind out in a car
He didn't notice that the lights had changed
A crowd of people stood and stared
They'd seen his face before
Nobody was really sure
If he was from the House of Lords

I saw a film today, oh boy
The English Army had just won the war
A crowd of people turned away
But I just had to look
Having read the book

I'd love to turn you on

Woke up, fell out of bed
Dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup
And looking up I noticed I was late

Found my coat and grabbed my hat
Made the bus in seconds flat
Found my way upstairs and had a smoke
And somebody spoke and I went into a dream

Beatles Quotes about this song

"I was writing A Day In The Life with the Daily Mail propped in front of me on the piano. I had it open at their News in Brief, or Far and Near, whatever they call it. I noticed two stories. One was about the Guinness heir who killed himself in a car. That was the main headline story. He died in London in a car crash."

John Lennon - Anthology

"The verse about the politician blowing his mind out in a car we wrote together. It has been attributed to Tara Browne, the Guinness heir, which I don't believe is the case, certainly as were were writing it, I was not attributing it to Tara in my head. In John's head it might have been. In my head I was imagining a politician bombed out on drugs who'd stopped at some traffic lights and didn't notice that the lights had changed. The 'blew his mind' was purely a drugs reference, nothing to do with a car crash."

Paul McCartney
Many Years From Now, Barry Miles


"I had this sequence that fitted, 'Woke up, fell out of bed', and we had to link them. This was the time of Tim Leary's 'Turn on, tune in, drop out' and we wrote, 'I'd love to turn you on.' John and I gave each other a knowing look: 'Uh-huh, it's a drug song. You know that, don't you?'"

Paul McCartney
Many Years From Now, Barry Miles


"There was still one word missing in that verse when we came to record. I knew the line had to go 'Now they know how many holes it takes to... something, the Albert Hall.' It was a nonsense verse really, but for some reason I couldn't think of the verb. What did the holes do to the Albert Hall?

It was Terry [Doran, a former car dealer and friend of Brian Epstein's who later became head of Apple Music] who said 'fill' the Albert Hall. And that was it. Perhaps I was looking for that word all the time, but couldn't put my tongue on it. Other people don't necessarily give you a word or a line, they just throw in the word you're looking for anyway."

John Lennon
Anthology


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Some Trippy Psychedelic Beatles Graphics

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The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever

I went a bit crazy looking at Beatles videos (can you blame me?), so here's a whole bunch for you to look at. Enjoy...

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