Today in History

On this Day - 17th September: (TV) (1/2)

1961 "Car 54, Where are You?"


Premieres on US TV
Car 54, Where Are You? - Wikipedia
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1963 "The Fugitive"

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Starring David Janssen premieres on ABC TV
The Fugitive (1963 TV series) - Wikipedia
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1964 "Bewitched"

Starring Elizabeth Montgomery premieres on ABC TV
Bewitched - Wikipedia


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On this Day - 17th September: (TV) (2/2)

1965 "Hogan's Heroes"


CBS premiere of WWII sitcom
Hogan's Heroes - Wikipedia
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1966 "Mission Impossible"
Recieves it's first self-destructing tape message as it premieres on CBS-TV


Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series) - Wikipedia

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1972 "M*A*S*H",
TV Comedy / Drama debuts on CBS in the US
M*A*S*H (TV series) - Wikipedia

 

On this Day - 17th September: (MUSIC) (BANNED)

1956 - Bill Haley and His Comets
The BBC announced the removal of Bill Haley and His Comets' ‘Rockin' Through The Rye’ from its playlist because they felt the song went against traditional British standards, (and included the lyrics "All the lassies rock with me when rockin' through the rye").
The record, based on an 18th century Scottish Folk tune, was at No.5 on the UK charts.
Bill Haley & His Comets Rockin' Through The Rye - YouTube

1967 - The Doors
The Doors were banned from The Ed Sullivan Show after Jim Morrison broke his agreement with the show’s producers. Morrison said before the performance that he wouldn’t sing the words, ‘Girl, we couldn’t get much higher,’ from 'Light My Fire' but did anyway.
THE DOORS on The Ed Sullivan Show - YouTube
The Doors also performed their new single 'People Are Strange.'

 

On this Day - 17th September: (MUSICAL - DIED)

1999 - Frankie Vaughan

English singer Frankie Vaughan died of heart failure aged 71.
During the 1950s he scored twenty UK Top 30 singles including the UK No.2 'Green Door.' He was awarded an OBE in 1965, and a CBE in 1996
Frankie Vaughan - Wikipedia

2000 - Paula Yates

Paula Yates was found dead in bed from a suspected drug overdose.
Yates had presented the UK music TV show The Tube during the 80s, married Bob Geldof and was the girlfriend of INXS singer Michael Hutchence.
Paula Yates - Wikipedia

2006 - Al Casey

American guitarist Al Casey died aged 69. Casey is noted for his work as a session musician and as a member of the Wrecking Crew and worked with The Beach Boys, Phil Spector, Elvis Presley, Glen Campbell, The Association, The Monkees, Johnny Cash, Simon And Garfunkel, 5th Dimension, Harry Nilsson, The Partridge Family, Frank Sinatra, and Nancy Sinatra.
Al Casey (rock guitarist) - Wikipedia

2014 -George Hamilton IV

Country music star George Hamilton IV died in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 77. The singer and guitarist, who began performing as a teenager in the 1950s, had suffered a major heart attack a few days earlier.
At the start of his career in 1956, Hamilton had a top five hit in the US with A Rose and A Baby Ruth, which led to tours with pop idols Buddy Holly and the Everly Brothers.
George Hamilton IV - Wikipedia

 

On this Day - 17th September: (MUSICAL - RIDE)



1978 - Queen
The video for Queen's single 'Bicycle Race' was filmed at Wimbledon Stadium, Wimbledon, UK.
It featured 65 naked female professional models racing around the stadium's track on bicycles, which had been hired for the day.
Queen - Bicycle Race (Un-Censored Version) - Official Music Video - YouTube
The rental company was reported to have requested payment for all the saddles when they found out how their bikes had been used.

 

On this Day - 18th September: (Died)

1970: JIMI HENDRIX: (Member of the '27' club)


American rock guitarist and singer Jimi Hendrix—who fused American traditions of blues, jazz, rock, and soul with techniques of British avant-garde rock to redefine the electric guitar in his own image—died of an overdose of barbiturates in London.
He was pronounced dead on arrival at St. Mary Abbot's Hospital in London at the age of 27 after choking on his own vomit.
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Hendrix left the message 'I need help bad man', on his managers answer phone earlier that night.
Rumors and conspiracy theories grew up around Hendrix’s death. Eric Burdon claimed Jimi had committed suicide, but that’s contradicted by reports that he was in a good frame of mind.
In 2009, a former Animals roadie published a book claiming that Jimi’s manager had admitted to him that he arranged the murder of Hendrix, since the guitarist wanted out of his contract.

Jimi Hendrix - The Wind Cries Mary (Live in 1967) (Lyric Video) - YouTube

Jimi Hendrix - Wikipedia

 

On this Day - 18th September: (MUSIC 1/2)

1981 - Gary Numan
Gary Numan took off on a round the world trip in a single engine Cessna plane.
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The attempt ended after he was forced to land in India, where local police arrested him.

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1983 - Kiss
Kiss appeared without their 'make-up' for the first time during an interview on MTV promoting the release of their newest album, Lick It Up.




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2006 - Cliff Richard
Sir Cliff Richard unveiled a plaque to mark a tiny basement said to be the birthplace of British rock and roll, fifty years after the "2 i's" coffee bar
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opened in London's Old Compton Street. The Tornados, Tommy Steele, The Shadows and Adam Faith were among stars who started out at the club.

BBC NEWS | England | London | Rock 'n' roll birthplace saluted

 

On this Day - 18th September: (MUSIC 2/2)
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1971 - The Who
The Who scored their first and only UK No.1 album with Who’s Next the bands sixth LP release, featuring 'Won't Get Fooled Again'.

Cover artwork shows a photograph, taken at Easington Colliery, of the band apparently having just urinated on a large concrete piling.
(According to photographer Ethan Russell, most of the members were unable to urinate, so rainwater was tipped from an empty film canister to achieve the desired effect).
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1993 - Garth Brooks
Garth Brooks went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'In Pieces'.


The album spent 25 weeks on the chart and sold over 6m copies. The album peaked at No.2 on the UK chart.
It was his sixth studio album by the American country music artist
It debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 and the Top Country Albums chart and a huge hit outside the United States. In the United Kingdom it was Brooks' highest placed album on the charts.
When it was eventually issued in Britain in early 1994 it went to #1 on the country charts and reached #2 in the pop charts and also produced two top 40 hit singles on the British pop charts.
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1993 - Meat Loaf
Meat Loaf went to No.1 on the UK album chart for the first of five times with Bat Out Of Hell II.



Written and produced by Jim Steinman, released sixteen years after Meat Loaf's first solo album Bat Out of Hell.
The album reached number 1 in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia.
Five tracks were released as singles, including "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)", which reached number 1 in 28 countries.
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Like the first album of the trilogy, Bat Out of Hell II was a commercial success. It sold over 14 million copies worldwide
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On this Day - 19th September:

1796: George Washington's farewell address as US President is published

= First US President - George Washington

George Washington's Farewell Address - Wikipedia
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1952: "Adventures of Superman" TV series starring George Reeves premieres in syndication in the US
= Actor - George Reeves

List of Adventures of Superman episodes - Wikipedia
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1959: Nikita Khrushchev is denied access to Disneyland
= Soviet First Secretary = Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev barred from visiting Disneyland
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1990: "Goodfellas", directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Ray Liotta, is released in the U.S.



Goodfellas - Wikipedia
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2017: US President Donald Trump addresses the United Nations vowing to “totally destroy North Korea” if threatens the US
2017 President Hassan Rouhani of Iran in his UN speech criticizes US President Donald Trump for his comments about Iran in his own UN speech
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2018 Korean joint summit in Pyongyang agrees to limit North Korea's weapons programme and to South Korea economic cooperation
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On this Day - 19th September: ('Lets hear it for the girls')
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1893: New Zealand becomes the first country to grant all women the right to vote
On 19 September 1893 the governor, Lord Glasgow, signed a new Electoral Act into law.
As a result of this landmark legislation, New Zealand became the first self-governing country in the world in which women had the right to vote in parliamentary elections.

The Story of the First Country to Grant Women the Vote
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1922: Queen Wilhelmina assumes Dutch throne with 119 word speech
= Queen of the Netherlands = Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (Queen of the Netherlands)
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1970: "The Mary Tyler Moore" show premieres on CBS
= Actress = Mary Tyler Moore
The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Wikipedia
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On this Day - 19th September:

1356: English forces under Edward the Black Prince defeat French at Battle of Poitiers and capture the French King during the Hundred Years' War

Battle of Poitiers - Wikipedia
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1863: Battle of Chickamauga, GA (near Chattanooga)


Battle of Chickamauga - Wikipedia
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On this Day - 19th September: (WW 2)
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1940 Witold Pilecki
= Polish Resistance Fighter
Early in World War II he co-founded the Secret Polish Army resistance movement.
In 1940 Pilecki volunteered to allow himself to be captured by the occupying Germans in order to infiltrate the Auschwitz concentration camp.is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz
Pilecki's Report - Wikipedia
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1945 Lord Haw Haw (William Joyce) sentenced to death in London
= Fascist Politician and Nazi Propagandist = William Joyce
Lord Haw-Haw: The Story of William Joyce - Historic UK

 

On this Day - 19th September: (Taking it to the Courts)

2002 - James Brown


James Brown was being SUED by his own daughters for more than £650,000 of song royalties they said they were owed. Deanna Brown Thomas and Dr Yamma Brown Lumar, a Texas physician, said Brown had withheld royalties on 25 co-written songs because of a family grudge.
The lawsuit claimed that Brown had held a grudge against his daughters since 1998, when Ms Thomas had her father committed to a psychiatric hospital to be treated for addiction to painkillers.

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Showbiz | James Brown sued by his daughters

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2014 - Cher


A dance choreographer SUED Cher for racial discrimination claiming the singer stopped him hiring any more black dancers.
Kevin Wilson alleged Cher told him the tour had "too much colour" already. Mr Wilson and two other dancers had also alleged they were fired for reporting a sexual assault on a female fan by another dancer. Cher's long-running North American D2K (Dressed to Kill) was ranked one of the top 10-grossing tours of 2014 by Pollstar.

Cher sued by dancers over race discrimination claims - BBC News

 

On this Day - 19th September: (More MUSIC)

1973 - Gram Parsons
Country rock singer, songwriter 26-year-old Gram Parsons formerly of The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, died under mysterious conditions in Joshua Tree, California.
His death was attributed to heart failure but later was officially announced as a drug overdose.
His coffin was stolen by two of his associates, manager Phil Kaufman and Michael Martin, a former roadie for The Byrds, and was taken to Cap Rock in the California desert, where it was set alight, in accordance to Parson's wishes. The two were later arrested by police.

September 19, 1973 - Gram Parsons formerly of The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, died - NSF - Music Magazine (needsomefun.net)
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1981 - Simon and Garfunkel
Simon And Garfunkel reunited for a concert in New York's Central Park. Over 400,000 fans attend the show. The performance was recorded for a record and video release.

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The Concert in Central Park - Wikipedia
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2003 - Paul McCartney
Police were investigating reports that Paul McCartney scuffled with a photographer when the singer went to see magician David Blaine, who was in a plastic box dangling over the River Thames. The London Evening Standard said one of its photographers had clashed with McCartney resulting in a scuffle.

McCartney Gets in Shoving Match in London | idobi Network

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2008 - George Michael
George Michael was arrested in a public toilet in the Hampstead Heath area of London for possession of Class A and C drugs.
He was taken to a local police station and cautioned for controlled substance possession.

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | George Michael arrest over drugs

 

On this Day - 20th September:

1973: In a pro tennis bout dubbed "The Battle of the Sexes," Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs at the Houston Astrodome in Texas.


Battle of the Sexes (tennis) - Wikipedia

 

On this Day - 20th September:

2011: US military ends its "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy and allows gay men and women to serve openly.



President Barack Obama, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen sent that certification to Congress on July 22, 2011, which set the end of DADT to September 20, 2011.