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Also on October 7, 1957, RCA Victor announced that they had already received 500,000 advance orders for Elvis Presley's Christmas album...
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On Oct. 8, 1982, all labor organizations in Poland, including Solidarity, were banned.
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Also on October 8, 1957, Jerry Lee Lewis recorded the song "Great Balls Of Fire..."
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^^ That's just gotta hurt ^^
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On October 9, 1966, the Rolling Stones recorded their first live album "Got Live if You Want It," and John Lennon met Yoko Ono for the first time at an Indica Gallery in London's West End...
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On this day in history, Uncle Phil is up far too early for a retired Air Force guy that plays golf.
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Also on Oct. 9th, 1930- Laura Houghtaling Ingalls became the first woman to fly across the United States as she completed a nine-stop journey from Roosevelt Field in New York to Glendale, Calif.
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On October 10, 1962, the BBC banned the song "Monster Mash" by Bobby "Boris" Pickett...
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Also on Oct. 10, 1973, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew pleaded no contest to one count of federal income tax evasion and resigned his office.
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Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) birthday.
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On Oct. 11, 1968, Apollo 7, the first manned Apollo mission, was launched with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Fulton Eisele and R. Walter Cunningham aboard.
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Also on October 11, 1973, Elvis and Priscilla Presley's divorce became final...
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On this day in 1975, one of my long time favorites, Saturday Night Live debuted with George Carlin as the host .
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On Oct, 12th, 1810- The German festival Oktoberfest was first held in Munich to celebrate the wedding of Bavarian Crown Prince Ludwig and Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen.
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Also on October 12, 1957, Little Richard tossed four diamond rings into the Hunter River in Sydney, Australia, to prove that he was giving up rock-n-roll for his faith in God. He returned to music five years later...
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Also on this day, in 1999, basketball great and ladies man, Wilt Chamberlain died in Los Angeles of cardiac arrest at age 63.
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Fo those who like Beatles, in 2004, in the U.K. was released Paul McCarney's CD-Single - Tropical Island Hum
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On Oct. 13, 1943, Italy declared war on Germany, its one-time Axis partner.
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Also on October 13, 1975, Neil Young underwent surgery on his vocal chords in Los Angeles, CA..
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On Oct. 14, 1964, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Also on October 14, 1966, Grace Slick made her first appearance with Jefferson Airplane...
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ooh I loove John waine
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On Oct 15th, 1860- Eleven-year-old Grace Bedell of Westfield, N.Y., wrote a letter to presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln, suggesting he could improve his appearance by growing a beard.
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On October 15, 1968, Led Zeppelin made its performance debut in England...
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On Oct. 16th, 1962- The Cuban missile crisis began as President John F. Kennedy was informed that reconnaissance photographs had revealed the presence of missile bases in Cuba.
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On Oct. 17, 1931, mobster Al Capone was convicted of income tax evasion and sentenced to 11 years in prison. He was released in 1939
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On Oct. 18, 1968, the United States Olympic Committee suspended two black athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, for giving a "black power" salute as a protest during a victory ceremony in Mexico City.
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Also on October 18, 1968, John Lennon and Yoko Ono were arrested and charged with possession of marijuana when Ringo Starr's apartment was raided by police...
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On Oct. 19, 1987, the stock market crashed as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 508 points, or 22.6 percent in value - its second biggest percentage drop.
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Also on October 19, 1966, the Yardbirds arrive in New York for their first U.S. tour...
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On Oct. 20, 1973, in the so-called Saturday Night Massacre, President Nixon abolished the office of special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox, accepted the resignation of Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson and fired Deputy Attorney General William B. Ruckelshaus.
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Also on October 20, 1977, Lynyrd Skynyrd vocalist Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines (Steve's sister) and road manager Dean Kilpatrick were killed when their plane crashed in Gillsburg, MS. The other four members of the band were seriously injured but survived the crash... |
On Oct. 21, 1879, Thomas Edison invented a workable electric light at his laboratory in Menlo Park, N.J.
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Also on October 21, 1958, Buddy Holly recorded his last studio session. Holly and the Crickets recorded "True Love Ways," "Moondreams," "It Doesn't Matter Anymore," and "Raining in my Heart..."
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On Oct. 22, 1962, President John F. Kennedy announced an air and naval blockade of Cuba, following the discovery of Soviet missile bases on the island.
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Also on October 22, 1964, the Who failed an audition with EMI. They were known as High Numbers at the time...
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On October 23, 1978, Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious attempted to commit suicide while awaiting trial for killing his girlfriend Nancy Spungen...
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