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Also on July 19, 1939, Jack Teagarden and his orchestra recorded "Aunt Hagar’s Blues..."
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On July 20, 1969, astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon.
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Also on July 20, 1975, Steve Van Zandt performed for the first time in concert as a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band...
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On July 21, 1990, Roger Waters staged a production of "The Wall" at Potsdamer Platz, Germany. Sinead O'Connor, Bryan Adams, Phil Collins and Cyndi Lauper among others took part in the benefit...
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Also on July 21, 1925, the ''monkey trial'' ended in Dayton, Tenn., with John T. Scopes convicted of violating state law for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution. (The conviction was later overturned.)
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On July 22, 1934, a man identified as bank robber John Dillinger was shot to death by federal agents in Chicago.
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Also on July 22, 1968, the Byrds' "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" album was released...
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On July 23, 1977, Judas Priest began its first U.S. tour in Oakland, CA, as the opening act for Led Zeppelin...
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Also on July 23, 1914, Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia following the killing of Archduke Francis Ferdinand by a Serb assassin; the dispute led to World War I.
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On July 24, 1978, the movie "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," starring Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees, opened in New York City, NY...
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Also on July 24, 1959, during a visit to the Soviet Union, Vice President Richard M. Nixon got into a discussion at a U.S. exhibition with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev that was dubbed the ''kitchen debate.''
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On July 25, 1969, Neil Young made his first appearance with Crosby, Stills and Nash...
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Also on July 25, 1956, the Italian liner Andrea Doria collided with the Swedish ship Stockholm off the New England coast, claiming the lives of 51 people
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On July 26, 1969, the Rolling Stones released the album "Beggar's Banquet..."
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Also on July 26, 1947, President Truman signed the National Security Act, creating the Department of Defense, the National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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On July 27, 1953, the Korean War armistice was signed at Panmunjom, ending three years of fighting.
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Also on July 27, 1983, Metallica began their first tour entitled "Kill 'em all for one." The tour ended on September 3, 1983...
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On July, 28, 1868- The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing due process and the equal protection of the laws to former slaves, was declared in effect.
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On July 28, 1973, a rock festival took place in Watkins Glen, NY. About 600-thousand people watched the Grateful Dead, the Allman Brothers and The Band perform...
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On July 29, 1981, Britain's Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer at St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
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On July 29, 1968, the Byrds left on their tour of South Africa without Gram Parsons. He had refused to set foot in a country where apartheid was official policy...
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On July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis, which had just delivered key components of the Hiroshima atomic bomb to the Pacific island of Tinian, was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. Only 316 out of 1,196 men survived the sinking and shark-infested waters
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Also on July 30, 1792, the French national anthem "La Marseillaise" by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, was first sung in Paris...
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On July 31, 1969, a Moscow police chief reported that thousands of Moscow telephone booths had been made inoperable by thieves who had stolen phone parts in order to convert their acoustic guitars to electric...
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Also on July 31, 1964, the American space probe Ranger 7 transmitted pictures of the moon's surface.
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On August 1st, 1966- Charles Joseph Whitman shot and killed 14 people at the University of Texas before he was gunned down by police.
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On August 1, 1971, Tony Kaye quit Yes to form Badger. He was replaced by Rick Wakeman...
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On Aug. 2, 1923, the 29th president of the United States, Warren G. Harding, died in San Francisco. Calvin Coolidge took the oath of office as President of the United States.
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Also on August 2, 1961, the Beatles began their engagement as regular headliners at Liverpool's Cavern Club. They performed about 300 shows over the next two years...
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On Aug. 3, 1958, the nuclear-powered submarine Nautilus became the first vessel to cross the North Pole underwater.
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On August 3, 1963, the Beatles made their final appearance at the Cavern Club in Liverpool. They had performed nearly 300 shows at the club since 1961...
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On August, 4 1790- The Coast Guard had its beginnings as the Revenue Cutter Service.
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On August 4, 1966, a ban of the broadcast of any and all Beatles records on most U.S. radio stations went into effect. The ban was in response to John Lennon stating that the band was now more popular than Jesus Christ...
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On August 5, 1963 the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union signed a treaty in Moscow banning nuclear tests in the atmosphere, outer space and underwater.
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On August 5, 1957, American Bandstand made its network debut on ABC-TV. The show was hosted by Dick Clark. Until this day the show had been a local show in Philadelphia since 1952...
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On Aug. 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, that instantly killed an estimated 66,000 people in the first use of a nuclear weapon in warfare
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On August 6, 1970, an anti-war rock festival was held at Shea Stadium in New York. Janis Joplin, Paul Simon, Steppenwolf and Johnny Winters were the acts...
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On August 7, 1987, a Los Angeles judge threw out a lawsuit against Ozzy Osbourne. The lawsuit had been filed by the parents of a teenager who had committed suicide while listening to Ozzy's song, "Suicide Solution..."
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Also on Aug. 7, 1964, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, giving President Johnson broad powers in dealing with reported North Vietnamese attacks on United States forces.
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On August 8, 1970, Janis Joplin bought a headstone for the grave of blues singer Bessie Smith. Smith was one of Joplin's idols...
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