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Born on this day in history: 1933 - Ralph Emery (Nashville TV talk show and radio host) 1940 - Chuck Norris (actor, TV's Walker, Texas Ranger) 1940 - Dean Torrence (singer, Jan and Dean, "Surf City") 1947 - Tom Scholz (guitarist-inventor, founder of the group Boston) 1957 - Shannon Tweed (actress, tons of Skinemax films) 1958 - Sharon Stone (actress, Basic Instinct) 1963 - Jeff Ament (bassist, Pearl Jam) 1964 - Jasmine Guy (actress, TV's A Different World, Dead Like Me) 1965 - Prince Edward (youngest son of Queen Elizabeth II, fifth in line for the throne) 1966 - Edie Brickell (singer, formerly with New Bohemians, "What I Am"; wife of Paul Simon) 1969 - Paget Brewster (actress, Andy Richter Controls The Universe) 1977 - Shannon Miller (Olympic gold-medal gymnast) On this day in music history: 1965 - The number one Billboard pop hit was "Eight Days A Week" by The Beatles. 1976 - The number one Billboard pop hit was "December 1963 (Oh What A Night)" by The Four Seasons. 1986 - Anita Baker released her Rapture album. 1986 - The number one Billboard pop hit was "Sara" by Starship. 1988 - Pop singer Andy Gibb died of a heart condition. He was 30. 1989 - Doc Green of the Drifters died of cancer at the age of 54. > 1992 - Prince received a lifetime achievement award at the Soul Train Music Awards. 1997 - Singer Lavern Baker died from complications of diabetes at the age of 67. 1998 - Lucky Numbers, a Las Vegas-themed compilation of classic songs by Frank Sinatra, was released. For six months, the set was sold exclusively in the gift shops of Las Vegas hotel/casino New York New York. 1998 - Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland released his solo album 12 Bar Blues. 2000 - koRn drummer David Silveria got a scare when he lost the use of his wrist during a concert in Fargo, North Dakota. 2000 - Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders and two other people were arrested in New York City after slashing leather goods at a Gap store as part of a protest organized by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). On this day in history: 49 b.c. - Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon and invaded Italy. 1776 - Common Sense by Thomas Paine was published. 1785 - Thomas Jefferson was appointed minister to France. He succeeded Benjamin Franklin. 1864 - Ulysses S. Grant became commander of the Union armies in the Civil War. 1876 - The first successful voice transmission over Alexander Graham Bell's telephone took place in Boston. 1880 - The Salvation Army arrived in the United States from England. 1912 - China became a republic after the overthrow of the Manchu Ch'ing Dynasty. 1949 - Nazi wartime broadcaster Mildred E. Gillars, also known as "Axis Sally" was convicted in Washington of treason. 1965 - Neil Simon's play, The Odd Couple, starring Walter Matthau as Oscar Madison and Art Carney as Felix Unger, opened on Broadway. 1969 - James Earl Ray pleaded guilty in Memphis to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Ray later withdrew his plea. He was convicted and sentenced to 99 years in prison. 1985 - Konstantin U. Chernenko, Soviet leader for just 13 months, died at age 73. 1993 - Dr. David Gunn was shot to death outside of an abortion clinic in Pensacola, Florida. 1998 - Actor Lloyd Bridges died of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles. He was 85. 2002 - The Associated Press reported that the Pentagon informed the U.S. Congress in January that it was making contingency plans for the possible use of nuclear weapons against countries that threaten the U.S. with weapons of mass destruction, including Iraq and North Korea. 2003 - North Korea test-fired a short-range missile. The event was one of several in a pattern of unusual military maneuvers. |
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