1980 - Pete Townshend releases his solo album Empty Glass.

1980 - Bruce Springsteen: A resolution is introduced in the New Jersey Assembly to make Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run” the official state song. The resolution fails to be passed.

1980 - No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “Call Me,” Blondie. Chart Toppers ranks the song as the No. 1 single of 1980.

1974 - No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia),” MFSB featuring the Three Degrees. The song is the theme to the TV program “Soul Train.”

1969 - The Beatles record “The Ballad of John and Yoko” at Abbey Road.

1969 - Led Zeppelin enter the English albums chart with their self-titled debut in its third week of release.

1967 - David Bowie releases his novelty single “The Laughing Gnome.” Using music hall stylings and a sped-up voice, the song becomes a hit only in 1983.

1965 - The Beatles announce that the title of their second film has been changed from Eight Arms to Hold You to Help!

1965 - Elvis Presley’s latest film, Girl Happy, opens nationwide.

1963 - The Beatles are introduced to the Rolling Stones for the first time backstage in Richmond, England. George Harrison says he’s particularly impressed by the unsigned band’s performance.

1955 - Fats Domino releases “Ain’t That a Shame.”

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it's only kinky the first time

it's not the orgasm but getting there thats fun

a shot in the bush is worth two in the hand

whip me, beat me, tie me up, break my arm, but please don't break my heart

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid people are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt" -Bertrand Russell

1452 ~ Birthday of Leonardo da Vinci.

1707 ~ Birthday of Leonhard Euler, Mathematician.

1802 ~ William Wordsworth and his sister, Dorothy come across a "long belt" of daffodils, inspiring him to write "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud".

1912 ~ The RMS Titanic sank.

1912 ~ Birthday of Kim Il-sung, "Great Leader" & President of North Korea .

1924 ~ Birthday of Sir Neville Marriner, Conductor.

1945 ~ British & Canadian troops liberate Bergen-Belsen

1955 ~ The first McDonald's restaurant opened in Des Plaines, Illinois.

1994 ~ Representatives of 124 countries signed the Marrakesh Agreements which replaced the GATT with the WTO.

1998 ~ Death of Pol Pot, Cambodian Dictator.

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2003 - Reggae artist Ziggy Marley releases his first solo album, “Dragonfly,” via Private Music. The oldest son of Bob Marley, the artist fronted the Melody Makers through nine studio albums on Capitol, Virgin, and Elektra.

2003 - Fleetwood Mac release their album Say You Will. The disc reunites the band with AWOL songwriter Lindsey Buckingham, but vocalist Christine McVie opts to sit this one out. Say You Will enters the chart at No. 3.

2003 - Heartland rocker Melissa Etheridge announces she’s become engaged to her partner of two years, actress Tammy Lynn Michaels.

2001 - Joey Ramone (Jeffrey Hyman), the gangly punk rock icon whose signature yelp melded with the Ramones’ three-chord thrash to signify the New York punk revolution, dies at the age of 49 of complications from lymphoma.

1996 - Jerry Garcia’s ashes are scattered near San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge. A portion of the remains of the Grateful Dead guitarist had already been deposited into the Ganges in India.

1982 - Billy Joel breaks a wrist when his motorcycle and an auto collide. He is hospitalized and has surgery.

1977 - Lynyrd Skynyrd give a gold album for One More for the Road to Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson. The band donates another gold record to Atlanta’s Fox Theatre, where the double live album was recorded.

1973 - Topping the singles charts are Tony Orlando & Dawn with the shamelessly sentimental “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree.”

1971 - The Beatles win an Oscar for Best Film Music (Original Song Score) for the Paul McCartney-penned “Let It Be.”

1971 - Rolling Stone announces that the Illinois Crime Commission has compiled a list of “drug-oriented rock records.” The list includes Jefferson Airplane’s “White Rabbit” and Procol Harum’s “A Whiter Shade of Pale.”

1969 - Archie Bell of the Drells is released from military service after a tour of Vietnam.

1962 - Chart Toppers No. 1 Pop Hit: “Good Luck Charm,” Elvis Presley.

1951 - Chart Toppers No. 1 Pop Hit: “How High the Moon,” Les Paul & Mary Ford.

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it's only kinky the first time

it's not the orgasm but getting there thats fun

a shot in the bush is worth two in the hand

whip me, beat me, tie me up, break my arm, but please don't break my heart

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid people are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt" -Bertrand Russell

1867 ~ Birthday of Wilbur Wright, Pioneer Pilot.

1889 ~ Birthday of Charlie Chaplin, Actor, Writer & Film Producer.

1912 ~ Harriett Quimby became the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.

1918 ~ Birthday of Spike Milligan, Comedian.

1921 ~ Birthday of Peter Ustinov, Writer, Actor & Film Director.

1927 ~ Birthday of Joseph Ratzinger, German Shepard.

1943 ~ Dr. Albert Hofmann discovered the psychedelic effects of LSD.

1947 ~ The explosive nature of ammonium nitrate fertilizer first tested in the wild.

1947 ~ Bernard Baruch coined the term Cold War to describe the relationship between the U.S. and the USSR.

1993 ~ The UN voted to make Srebrenica a 'safe haven'.

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2003 - Soul/R&B legend Luther Vandross is hospitalized after suffering a stroke. The artist is hospitalized and begins a slow recovery.

2001 - 63-year-old American composer John Corigliano wins the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in music for his “Symphony No. 2 for String Orchestra.

1999 - Hip-hop entrepreneur and superstar Sean “Puffy” Combs turns himself in for and is charged in connection with an alleged assault in New York of Interscope Records executive Steven Scoute. Sources confirm that the beating came as a result of Nas video Hate Me Now, in which the artist and Combs, who participated in the shoot for the song willingly, are depicted hanging from crosses in mock crucifixion.

1994 - Bonnie Raitt : Longing In Their Hearts : US LP is no. 1 chart topper.

1994 - Jazz crooner and pianist Harry Connick Jr. marries model and video director Jill Goodacre in New Orleans.

1993 - David Lee Roth is busted by police after allegedly buying marijuana in New York’s Washington Square Park.

1993 - Billy Burnette announces he’s leaving Fleetwood Mac. He wants to concentrate on recording country music.

1993 - Paul McCartney headlines an Earth Day concert at the Hollywood Bowl with Ringo Starr, Steve Miller and Don Henley. He hasn’t performed there since he appeared with the Beatles in 1965.

1990 - At London’s Wembley Stadium, artists including Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed, Simple Minds, and Tracy Chapman take part in a musical celebration of Nelson Mandela’s release from prison.

1977 - Fleetwood Mac release “Dreams,” which becomes their first chart-topping single.

1976 - When songwriter Boz Scaggs tries to go backstage at the Austin club Antone’s to see Bobby “Blue” Bland, he’s knocked out by two bouncers.

1974 - Queen play their first American concert at Denver’s Regis College.

1973 - Paul McCartney appears in the TV special James Paul McCartney with his wife, Linda, and his band Wings.

1972 - Electric Light Orchestra makes its live debut at the Greyhound Club in Surrey, England. The group has seven top 10 hits, the biggest of which is “Don’t Bring Me Down” in 1979.

1966 - Simon and Garfunkel’s Sounds of Silence enters UK LP chart.

1965 - Hollies open their first US tour at the Paramount Theatre, Brooklyn.

1964 - Animals debut on UK chart with Baby Let Me Take You Home.

1963 - The Beatles perform on BBC TV for the first time on The 625 Show.

1956 - Rock `n’ roll pioneer Buddy Holly’s first single, “Blue Days, Black Nights,” is released.

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it's only kinky the first time

it's not the orgasm but getting there thats fun

a shot in the bush is worth two in the hand

whip me, beat me, tie me up, break my arm, but please don't break my heart

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid people are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt" -Bertrand Russell

1521 ~ Martin Luther appeared before the Holy Roman Emperor at Worms, Germany, and was cross-examined about his thoughts on religious reform.

1741 ~ Birthday of Samuel Chase, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

1790 ~ Death of Benjamin Franklin, Politician, Inventor, Diplomat, & Printer.

1837 ~ Birthday of J.P. Morgan, Financier, Art Collector, & Philanthropist.

1861 ~ The Virginia State Convention voted to secede from the Union.

1894 ~ Birthday of Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet politician & Premier 1958-1964.

1903 ~ Birthday of Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian cellist.

1961 ~ Cuba was invaded at the “Bay of Pigs” by a U.S. supported invasion force of 1,500 Cuban exiles, who were defeated by Fidel Castro's forces.

1984 ~ Police Constable Yvonne Fletcher was killed by gunfire coming from the Libyan People's Bureau in central London.

2003 ~ Death of Dr. Robert Atkins, noted for the Atkin's Diet.

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1995 - Courtney Love and her band Hole perform for the sixth season premiere of MTV’s Unplugged.

1986 - Following the American bombing of Libya, Stevie Ray Vaughan cancels his European tour in fear of reprisals.

1982 - Iron Maiden’s The Number of the Beast hits No. 1 on the British albums charts.

1982 - Paul McCartney becomes the first composer to have simultaneous hits on the black and country music charts.

1980 - Jamaican reggae star Bob Marley performs at the Independence Day celebration in Salisbury, Zimbabwe.

1979 - No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “Knock on Wood,” Amii Stewart. The single is a disco rendition of Eddie Floyd’s song.

1971 - All four Beatles have solo singles in UKcharts: Paul McCartney: Another Day, Ringo Starr: It Don’t come Baby, John Lennon, Power To The People and George Harrison: My Sweet Lord.

1970 - Johnny Cash performs at the White House. President Nixon requests “A Boy Named Sue.”

1969 - The Band step out from behind Bob Dylan for the first time to perform solo at San Francisco’s Winterland auditorium.

1964 - Leading the band Them, an 18-year-old Van Morrison rocks the Maritime Hotel, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is the group’s debut performance.

1955 - Fats Domino’s Ain’t That a Shame released in US is no. 1 chart topper.

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it's only kinky the first time

it's not the orgasm but getting there thats fun

a shot in the bush is worth two in the hand

whip me, beat me, tie me up, break my arm, but please don't break my heart

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid people are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt" -Bertrand Russell

1480 ~ Birthday of Lucrezia Borgia, Renaissance ruler and daughter of Pope Alexander VI.

1772 ~ Birthday of David Ricardo, Economist.

1775 ~ Paul Revere, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott rode to warn of impending arrests of Samuel Adams and John Hancock and seizure of weapons.

1819 ~ Birthday of Franz von Suppé, Croatian /Austrian composer.

1955 ~ Death of Albert Einstein, Physicist.

1958 ~ A federal court ruled that poet Ezra Pound should be released from an insane asylum.

1980 ~ Independence Day in Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia).

1978 ~ The U.S. Senate narrowly backed President Carter's controversial Panama Canal treaty.

1983 ~ A suicide bomber destroyed the United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon.

1999 ~ Wayne Gretzky played his last National Hockey League game, at Madison Square Garden in New York.

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1998 - Country group Diamond Rio are inducted into the Grand Ole Opry. The band opens their performance with their first number one hit “Meet in the Middle.

1992 - Albums by Def Leppard, Bruce Springsteen and Wynonna debut in the top four spots on Chart Toppers’s pop album chart. The albums are Def Leppard’s “Adrenalize,” Springsteen’s “Human Touch” and “Lucky Town” and Wynonna’s “Wynonna.” (Wynonna Judd launches her solo career with the album and drops her last name to distance herself from her success as half of the mother-daughter duo The Judds.)

1983 - No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “Come on Eileen,” Dexys Midnight Runners.

1977 - No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “Don’t Leave Me This Way,” Thelma Houston

1965 - No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “Game of Love,” Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders.

1944 - No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “It’s Love-Love-Love,” Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians. It is one of Lombardo’s 26 No. 1 pop songs. Lombardo’s is the only dance band to ever sell more than 100 million records.

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it's only kinky the first time

it's not the orgasm but getting there thats fun

a shot in the bush is worth two in the hand

whip me, beat me, tie me up, break my arm, but please don't break my heart

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid people are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt" -Bertrand Russell

1906 ~ An earthquake with a magnitude estimated of up to 8.3 rattled the San Francisco Bay Area and was felt up and down the West Coast of the United States.

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It takes a gutless mouse to play only when the cat's away.

No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever. ~~ Francois Mocuriac

Confucius say, "He who masturbate into cash register come into money."

An optimist looks at the glass and says it's half full. A pessimist looks at the glass and says it's half empty. A Cubs fan looks at the glass and says, "When's it gonna spill?"

Deus Impetitio Esuritori Nullus

1775 ~ American Revolutionary War began with the Battle of Lexington and Concord.

1861 ~ The first bloodshed of the American Civil War. A pro-Secession mob in Baltimore, Maryland attacked Federal Army troops marching through the city.

1881 ~ Death of Benjamin Disraeli, former Prime Minister of the U.K.

1882 ~ Death of Charles Darwin, Biologist & Author.

1912 ~ Birthday of Glenn Seaborg, Chemist and Nobel Prize winner.

1956 ~ Actress Grace Kelly married Rainier III of Monaco.

1989 ~ Death of Daphne du Maurier, Author.

1993 ~ A siege at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, ended when fire destroyed the structure after federal agents smashed their way in.

1995 ~ Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma was bombed, killing 168.

2005 ~ Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany was elected pope; he took the name Benedict XVI.

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2003 - At their Montreal concert, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band are joined by Max Weinberg’s daughter Allie on keyboards.

2001 - David Lee Roth reveals that he briefly reunited with Van Halen in July and wrote some “astonishing” music. They haven’t called back since.

2000 - Madonna denies tabloid reports that a routine scan shows she is expecting a baby boy. “I don’t know the sex of my baby,” she says in a statement.

1989 - No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “Like a Prayer,” Madonna.

1970 - No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “ABC,” The Jackson 5. The song is the group’s second consecutive No. 1 single.

1960 - No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “Stuck on You,” Elvis Presley. The song is Presley’s first to be released in stereo and his first since being released from the Army.

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it's only kinky the first time

it's not the orgasm but getting there thats fun

a shot in the bush is worth two in the hand

whip me, beat me, tie me up, break my arm, but please don't break my heart

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid people are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt" -Bertrand Russell

1657 ~ The Jews of New York City (then New Amsterdam) were granted freedom of religion.

1862 ~ The first pasteurization test completed by Louis Pasteur.

1889 ~ Birthday of Adolf Hitler, German dictator, "Der Führer".

1912 ~ Death of Bram Stoker, Author (Dracula).

1918 ~ Manfred von Richthofen shot down his 79th and 80th victims - his final victories.

1968 ~ Pierre Trudeau first became Prime Minister of Canada.

1968 ~ English politician Enoch Powell made his controversial Rivers of Blood speech.

1971 ~ The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the use of busing to achieve racial desegregation in schools.

1979 ~ U.S. President Carter was attacked by a Swamp Rabbit.

1999 ~ Columbine High School Massacre

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1999 - The “No Security” tour, the Rolling Stones’ first arena outing in 20 years wraps with a make-up date at the San Jose Arena in California. The tour grosses more than.

1996 - Tickets ranging in price from $27.50 - $85.00 go on sale for the KISS reunion tour. This marks the first time in 15 years that all four original members of the ’70’s rock group join together in original costume and face paint.

1991 - Credence Clearwater Revival founder John Fogerty marries Julie Lebiedzinksi in Bristol, Ind.

1988 - No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “Where Do Broken Hearts Go,” Whitney Houston.

1968 - Deep Purple makes its live debut in Denmark. The group’s three top 10 albums are “Machine Head,” “Made in Japan” and “Burn.”

1964 - The Elvis Presley movie “Viva Las Vegas” premieres.

1961 - No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “Runaway,” Del Shannon. Shannon is the first artist to take a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney onto the U.S. pop charts. His version of “From Me to You” hits the Hot 100 on June 29, 1963, before the release of the Beatles debut American single, “I Want to Hold Your Hand.”

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it's only kinky the first time

it's not the orgasm but getting there thats fun

a shot in the bush is worth two in the hand

whip me, beat me, tie me up, break my arm, but please don't break my heart

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid people are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt" -Bertrand Russell

1649 ~ The Maryland Toleration Act, which provided for freedom of worship for all Christians, was passed by the Maryland assembly.

1816 ~ Birthday of Charlotte Brontë, Author.

1836 ~ Republic of Texas forces under Sam Houston defeat Mexican troops under General Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto.

1838 ~ Birthday of John Muir, Environmentalist.

1910 ~ Death of Mark Twain, author.

1912 ~ The New York Giants and New York Yankees played an exhibition game to benefit survivors of the RMS Titanic.

1926 ~ Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.

1944 ~ Women in France were enfranchised.

1960 ~ Brazil inaugurated its new capital, Brasilia, transferring the seat of national government from Rio de Janeiro.

1992 ~ The first extrasolar planets were announced by astronomer Alexander Wolszczan.

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