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Old 04-29-2010, 01:52 AM   #1801 (permalink)
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Also on April 29, 1960, Dick Clark told the U.S. House of Representatives that he had never taken payola for the records he featured on his show "American Bandstand..."
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Old 04-29-2010, 11:56 PM   #1802 (permalink)
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On April 30, 1975, the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to Communist forces
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Old 04-30-2010, 01:57 AM   #1803 (permalink)
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Also on April 30, 1983, the original Manfred Mann reunited for a London concert...
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Old 05-01-2010, 01:18 AM   #1804 (permalink)
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On May 1, 1960, the Soviet Union shot down an American U-2 reconnaissance plane near Sverdlovsk and captured its pilot, Francis Gary Powers
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Old 05-01-2010, 01:28 AM   #1805 (permalink)
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Also on May 1, 1967, Elvis Presley and Priscilla Beaulieu were married. They were together until 1973...
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Old 05-02-2010, 01:52 AM   #1806 (permalink)
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On May 2, 1979, The Who performed their first concert after the death of Keith Moon. Kenney Jones, formerly of the Faces, was the new drummer...
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Old 05-02-2010, 03:57 AM   #1807 (permalink)
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Also on May 2, 1945, the Soviet Union announced the fall of Berlin and the Allies announced the surrender of Nazi troops in Italy and parts of Austria.
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Old 05-03-2010, 12:40 AM   #1808 (permalink)
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On May 3rd, 1988- The White House acknowledged that first lady Nancy Reagan had used astrological advice to help schedule President Ronald Reagan's activities.
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Old 05-03-2010, 01:46 AM   #1809 (permalink)
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On May 3, 1977, Paul Simon and Phoebe Snow performed at a benefit concert for the New York Public Library...
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Old 05-04-2010, 12:26 AM   #1810 (permalink)
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On May 4, 1970, Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire on anti-war protesters at Kent State University, killing four students and wounding nine others.

In the words of Neal... four dead in O-Hi-O
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Old 05-04-2010, 01:55 AM   #1811 (permalink)
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On May 4, 1970, Jeffrey Glen Miller, Allison Krause, William Knox Schroeder, and Sandra Lee Scheuer died...

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Also on May 4, 1976, KISS performed their first concert in their hometown of New York City...
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Old 05-05-2010, 12:45 AM   #1812 (permalink)
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On May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. became America's first space traveler as he made a 15-minute suborbital flight in a capsule launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
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Old 05-05-2010, 02:30 AM   #1813 (permalink)
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Also on May 5, 1986, it was announced that Cleveland, Ohio, had been chosen as the city where the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame would be built...
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Old 05-06-2010, 01:24 AM   #1814 (permalink)
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On May 6, 1937, the hydrogen-filled German dirigible Hindenburg burned and crashed in Lakehurst, N.J., killing 36 of the 97 people on board.
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Old 05-06-2010, 01:49 AM   #1815 (permalink)
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Also on May 6, 1977, Led Zeppelin set a new record for the largest audience at a single-act concert. 76,229 people were at a show in Pontiac, MI...
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Old 05-07-2010, 01:00 AM   #1816 (permalink)
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On May 7, 1945, Germany signed an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Rheims, France, to take effect the following day, ending the European conflict of World War II
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Old 05-07-2010, 01:46 AM   #1817 (permalink)
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Also on May 7, 1991, a judge in Macon, Georgia dismissed a wrongful death suit against Ozzy Osbourne. A local couple failed to prove their son was inspired to attempt suicide by Ozzy's music...
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Old 05-08-2010, 01:22 AM   #1818 (permalink)
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On May 8, 1972, Billy Preston became the first rock performer to headline at Radio City Music Hall...
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Old 05-08-2010, 02:08 AM   #1819 (permalink)
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Also on May 8, 1973, militant American Indians who had held the South Dakota hamlet of Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrendered.
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Old 05-09-2010, 01:54 AM   #1820 (permalink)
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On May 9, 1990, Sinead O'Connor refused to perform on "Saturday Night Live" after Andrew Dice Clay was named as host...
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Old 05-09-2010, 03:39 AM   #1821 (permalink)
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Also on May 9th, 1945- Herman Goering, commander in chief of the Luftwaffe, president of the Reichstag, head of the Gestapo, prime minister of Prussia, and Hitler's designated successor is taken prisoner by the U.S. Seventh Army in Bavaria.
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Old 05-09-2010, 11:32 PM   #1822 (permalink)
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On May 10th, 1994- Nelson Mandela becomes South Africa's first black president after more than three centuries of white rule
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Old 05-10-2010, 01:47 AM   #1823 (permalink)
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Also on May 10, 1968, Jim Morrison (Doors) incited a riot during a Chicago concert...
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Old 05-11-2010, 01:21 AM   #1824 (permalink)
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On May 11th, 1949- Siam changed its named to Thailand.
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Old 05-11-2010, 01:49 AM   #1825 (permalink)
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Also on May 11, 1970, the triple album "Woodstock" soundtrack was released on Cotillion Records...
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Old 05-12-2010, 12:24 AM   #1826 (permalink)
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On May 12, 1943, during World War II, Axis forces in North Africa surrendered.
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Old 05-12-2010, 01:48 AM   #1827 (permalink)
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Also on May 12, 1971, Jerry Lee Lewis was granted a divorce from his cousin Myra...
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Old 05-13-2010, 12:29 AM   #1828 (permalink)
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On May 13, 1981, Pope John Paul II was shot and seriously wounded in St. Peter's Square by Turkish assailant Mehmet Ali Agca.
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Old 05-13-2010, 01:56 AM   #1829 (permalink)
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Also on May 13, 1971, Grace Slick smashed her Mercedes into a concrete wall near San Francisco's Golden Gate Park...
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Old 05-14-2010, 12:20 AM   #1830 (permalink)
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On May 14th, 1804- The Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory left St. Louis.
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Old 05-14-2010, 01:57 AM   #1831 (permalink)
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Also on May 14, 1998, George Michael pled no contest in the Beverly Hills Municipal Court to committing a lewd act in a park restroom. He was fined $810, given 80 hours of community service, and ordered to undergo counseling...
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Old 05-15-2010, 01:19 AM   #1832 (permalink)
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On May 15, 1984, Nils Lofgren replaced "Miami" Steve Van Zandt in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band...
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Old 05-15-2010, 01:43 AM   #1833 (permalink)
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Also on May 15th, 1957- Britain drops its first H-bomb on a test island in the Pacific.
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Old 05-16-2010, 01:30 AM   #1834 (permalink)
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On May 16th, 1770- Marie Antoinette, age 14, married the future King Louis XVI of France, who was 15.
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Old 05-16-2010, 03:37 AM   #1835 (permalink)
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Also on May 16, 1970, Marty Balin (Jefferson Airplane) was arrested for marijuana possession and for contributing to the deliquency of minors in Bloomington, MN...
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Old 05-17-2010, 12:12 AM   #1836 (permalink)
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On May 17th, 1792- The New York Stock Exchange was founded by brokers meeting under a tree on what is now Wall Street.
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Old 05-17-2010, 02:09 AM   #1837 (permalink)
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Also on May 17, 1963, Joan Baez headlined the first Monterey Folk Festival in California...
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Old 05-17-2010, 11:48 PM   #1838 (permalink)
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On May 18, 1980, the Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington state exploded, leaving 57 people dead or missing.

And yes I did see this happen. Was 90 miles south but really you couldn't miss it.
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Old 05-18-2010, 01:49 AM   #1839 (permalink)
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Also on May 18, 1968, Tiny Tim's "Tiptoe through the Tulips" was released. It was originally a number one hit for Nick Lucas in 1929...
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Old 05-19-2010, 12:42 AM   #1840 (permalink)
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On May 19th, 1962- Actress Marilyn Monroe performed a sultry rendition of "Happy Birthday" for President John F. Kennedy during a fund-raiser at New York's Madison Square Garden.
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