August 11th On this date in Music History: Happy Birthday to Eric Carmen born in 1949 I’ll need to play me some ‘Go All The Way’ in honor of him. Other Birthdays on this date: 1943 – Jim Kale, guitarist, The Guess Who 1943 – Kenny Gamble, songwriter (Me and Mrs. Jones) 1954 – Joe Jackson 1957 – Richie Ramone, drummer, The Ramones 1970 – Andy Bell, singer/songwriter/bass, Ride and Oasis 1976 – Ben Gibbard, Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service Other notable items for this date: 1772 - Explosive eruption blows 4,000 off Papandayan Java, kills 3,000 1860 - USs 1st successful silver mill (Virginia City, Nev) 1866 - Worlds 1st roller rink opens (Newport RI) 1885 - $100,000 raised in US for pedestal for Statue of Liberty 1907 - St Louis Card Ed Karger pitches perfect game vs Braves, 4-0 in 7 inn 1909 - SOS 1st used by an American ship, Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, NC 1914 - France declares war on Austria-Hungary 1919 - Green Bay Packers football club founded by George Calhoun and Curly Lambeau - named after sponsor Indian Packing Company 1924 - 1st newsreel pictures of US presidential candidates were taken 1929 - Babe Ruth becomes 1st to hit 500 homers (off Willis Hudlin of Cleveland) 1933 - Temp reaches 136°F (57.8°C) at San Luis Potosi, Mex (world record) 1934 - 1st federal prisoners arrive at Alcatraz in SF Bay 1950 - Hitting just .279, Yank great Joe DiMaggio is benched for 1st time 1956 - Elvis Presley releases Dont Be Cruel 1962 - Beach Boys release Surfin Safari 1964 - Beatles movie A Hard Days Night opens in NYC 1965 - Beatles movie Help opens in NYC 1965 - Watts riots begin in Southeast LA, lasts 6 days 1966 - Last Beatle concert tour of US begins 1968 - Beatles launch Apple Records label 1971 - Construction begins on Louisiana Superdome 1976 - Keith Moon, drummer for Who, collapses & is hospitalized in Miami 1982 - Twins Terry Felton loses & runs career to 0-14 (en route to 0-16) 1984 - During a radio voice test President Reagan joked he signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes
Posted on: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 18:00:20 +0000