This Day in History

mosquito

mosquito

Above all I like to play.
January 9

1976 - Queen had the top song in the U.K. with "Bohemian Rhapsody".

1982 - Top Ten Albums:
1. AC/DC For Those About to Rock We Salute You
2. The Police Ghost in the Machine
3. Foreigner 4
4. Journey Escape from Journey
5. Earth, Wind & Fire Raise!
6. Olivia Newton-John Physical
7. Stevie Nicks Bella Donna
8. The Rolling Stones Tattoo You
9. The Cars Shake It Up
10. Barbra Streisand Memories

1984 - Van Halen released MCMLXXXIV.


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bikeama

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Jan 10, 1901.

On this day in 1901, a drilling derrick at Spindletop Hill near Beaumont, Texas, produces an enormous gusher of crude oil, coating the landscape for hundreds of feet and signaling the advent of the American oil industry. The geyser was discovered at a depth of over 1,000 feet, flowed at an initial rate of approximately 100,000 barrels a day and took nine days to cap.
 
mosquito

mosquito

Above all I like to play.
1901. Wow.

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Jan 10

1944 - Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 ( GI Bill of Rights ) is passed by Congress.

1945 - Rod Stewart was born in London, England

1946 - The first General Assembly of the United Nations convened at Westminster Central Hall in London, England

1949 - RCA introduces the first vinyl record (45 rpm) and Columbia releases the first at 33.3 rpm.

http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/january10th.html

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mosquito

mosquito

Above all I like to play.
I'm half an hour early. Maybe I'm on East Coast time. Ya never know!

Jan 11

1569 – First recorded lottery in England.
1787 – William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
1861 – American Civil War : Alabama secedes from the United States.
1863 – American Civil War: CSS Alabama encounters and sinks the USS Hatteras off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas.
1879 – The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
1908 – Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
1922 – First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.
1927 – Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
1935 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
1973 – Major League Baseball owners vote in approval of the American League adopting the designated hitter position.

1946 – Naomi Judd born
1956 – Robert Earl Keen born
1972 – Amanda Peet born

1982 – Paul Lynde dies
 
mosquito

mosquito

Above all I like to play.
Jan 14

1690 - The clarinet was invented in Germany. (MC, 1/14/02)

1791 - Calvin Phillips, shortest known adult male (67 cm; 2' 2"), was born. (MC, 1/14/02)

1878 - In Hall v. Decuir, 95 U.S. 485, the United States Supreme Court ruled that common
carriers (rail, ferry, riverboat, and other modes of transportation) could not
discriminate based on race (13th Amendment) in interstate travel. US Supreme court ruled
that race separation on trains was unconstitutional. The decision did not, however, stop
railroad companies from discriminating.
(www.historiccambria.com/History/History19th.htm)

1920 - Berlin was placed under martial law as 40,000 radicals rushed the Reichstag; 42
were killed and 105 wounded. (HN, 1/14/99)

1967 - The great Human Be-In was held in Golden Gate Park and drew national attention to
the Haight-Ashbury scene. Allen Cohen, editor of a paper called the Oracle, cameup with
the idea. It was here that Timothy Leary proclaimed "Turn on, Tune in, Drop out." At the
Gathering of the Tribes Allen Ginsberg is credited with coining the term "Flower Power."
(SFC, 5/19/96, City Guide, p.5)(SFEC, 4/6/97, p.A11)(SSFC, 1/14/07, p.A10)

1976 - "Bionic Woman," with Lindsay Wagner, debuted on ABC (later NBC).
(www.imdb.com/title/tt0073965/)

1999 - The Senate began opening arguments its trial of Pres. Clinton. Before a jury of 100
silent senators, House prosecutors demanded President Clinton's removal from office,
charging he had "piled perjury upon perjury" and obstructed justice.
(SFC, 1/14/99, p.A1)(SFC, 1/15/99, p.A1)(AP, 1/14/00)


https://www.timelines.ws/days/01_14.HTML
 
clutchslip

clutchslip

Not as fast as I look.
mosquito said:
Was it vinyl? I know other materials had been around much longer.
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Vinyl was still too expensive to succeed in wide public use, but it was used for commercial platers.
mosquito said:
Jan 14
1967 - The great Human Be-In was held in Golden Gate Park and drew national attention to
the Haight-Ashbury scene. Allen Cohen, editor of a paper called the Oracle, cameup with
the idea. It was here that Timothy Leary proclaimed "Turn on, Tune in, Drop out." At the
Gathering of the Tribes Allen Ginsberg is credited with coining the term "Flower Power."
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A lot of interesting coincidences on this date. :thumbup

I lived at 635 Cole at the time. That is right, despite what too many barfers think (that I am a right wing radical), I actually was a REAL hippie living in the Haight in the season of the witch, [edit] I mean love.
aminalmutha said:
Barbara Streisand fucking sucks, that's why. :twofinger
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It took me awhile to figure out why I liked The Cars. And it was their mastering of "empty space". They said a lot by leaving out noise in much of their music.
 
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afm199

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clutchslip said:
I lived at 635 Cole at the time. That is right, despite what too many barfers think (that I am a right wing radical), I actually was a REAL hippie living in the Haight in the season of the witch, [edit] I mean love.

It took me awhile to figure out why I liked The Cars. And it was their mastering of "empty space". They said a lot by leaving out noise in much of their music.
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Indeed! I was in Big Sur at the same time. We used to come up to the Haight once a year for music. It was different then. Dope was cheaper.
 
clutchslip

clutchslip

Not as fast as I look.
afm199 said:
Indeed! I was in Big Sur at the same time. We used to come up to the Haight once a year for music. It was different then. Dope was cheaper.
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You came to the city and I went to Santa Cruz and Big Sir. :laughing I still have vivid memories of two lane hwy 17 with all the ferns and Scott's Valley a huge meadow of green and mustard flowers. It was a beautiful road.

I was at that event and made it to all the free stuff in the G.G. Park, of course. Why else would I live two blocks away from Hippie Hill. :laughing Timothy Leary always made me feel stoned sober, however.. :wow

Butch said:
Isn’t it Civil Disobedience Day, er, Martin Luther King’s b day?
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Yes, indeed. I think I started a "On this day" thread in his honor, once! :party Still a hero of mine.


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