Today in Rock n Roll History (Part 4)
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Historical Events
Results 301 - 400 of 439
1979-04-25 - "Rock 'n Roll High Schools" premieres
1979-05-21 - Elton John becomes 1st western rocker to perform live in USSR
1979-05-23 - Rocker Tom Petty files chapter 11 bankruptcy
1979-05-29 - Radio's 1st rock network "Source" premieres
1979-06-07 - Rocker Chuck Berry is charged with tax evasion
1979-06-14 - Rock group "Little Feat" disbands
1979-06-22 - Little Richard quits rock & roll for religious pursuit
1979-06-23 - Rock group, the Knack releases "My Sharona"
1979-06-26 - Rocker Nigel Olsson runs a stop sign, crashes & kills a driver
1979-08-13 - Lou Brock, is 14th to get 3,000 hits
1979-09-23 - St Louis legend Lou Brock steals 938th & final base of his career
1979-12-17 - Budweiser rocket car reaches 1190 kph (record for wheeled vehicle)
1979-12-24 - 1st Ariane-rocket launched
1979-12-30 - Rock group, Emerson, Lake & Palmer break up
1979-12-31 - Winterland Rock Concert Hall in SF closes after 556 concerts
1980-01-10 - Last broadcast of "Rockford Files" on NBC
1980-03-18 - Vostok rocket exploded on launch pad while being refueled, killing 50
1980-03-26 - Bombay gets its 1st rock concert in 10 years (The Police)
1980-05-16 - Brian May of rock group Queen collapses on stage with hepatitis
1980-05-18 - China PR launch 1st intercontinental rocket
1980-05-24 - "Rock Lobster" by B-52's hits #56
1980-12-04 - Islanders end 15 game undefeated streak (13-0-2) (Col Rockies)
1980-12-27 - Calvin Murphy (Rockets) begins longest NBA free throw streak of 78
1981-02-15 - Rocket-powered ice sled attains 399 kph, Lake George, NY
1981-02-21 - Charles Rocket clearly says "fuck" on Saturday Night Live
1981-04-20 - Rocker Papa John Phillips arrested for drug possession
1981-05-04 - Rockline premieres on KLOS FM in Los Angeles
1981-05-14 - 35th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics beat Houston Rockets, 4 games to 2
1981-07-11 - Neva Rockefeller is 1st woman ordered to pay her husband alimony
1981-09-19 - Satellites China 10 & 11 launched into Earth orbit by B-1 rocket
1981-10-11 - Unknown rocker Prince opens for Rolling Stones at LA Coliseum
1982-01-04 - ABC Direction Network (57 affiliates) & ABC Rock Network (40 affiliates) become the 5th & 6th ABC radio network
1982-03-20 - Joan Jett & Blackhearts' "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" goes #1 for 7 wks
1982-03-31 - Rock group Doobie Brothers split up
1982-05-04 - British torpedo boat Sheffield off Falkland hit by Exocet rocket
1982-05-27 - John McMullen buys NHL Colorodo Rockies & gets approval to move to NJ
1982-07-26 - Canada's Anik D1 Comsat launched by US Delta rocket
1982-07-29 - Andy Taylor of rock group Duran Duran weds Tracie Wilson
1982-08-27 - Rickey Henderson steals 119th base of season breaks Lou Brock's mark
1982-09-09 - Conestoga 1, 1st private commercial rocket, makes suborbital flight
1982-10-05 - Unmanned rocket sled reaches 9,851 kph at White Sands, NM
1982-10-24 - "Rock 'n Roll!: The 1st..." opens at St James Theater NYC for 9 perfs
1982-10-31 - "Rock 'n Roll!: The 1st..." closes at St James NYC after 9 perfs
1983-04-17 - India entered space age launching SLV-3 rocket
1984-04-25 - Rock group Wings disbands
1984-07-03 - Dolphin rocket launched off San Clemente Island
1984-08-30 - Sotherby's in London begins 2 day auction of rock memorabilla
1984-12-17 - NJ Devils 1st penalty shot-Rocky Trottier scores against Edmonton
1985-01-07 - Lou Brock & Hoyt Wilhelm, elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
1985-07-25 - Spokeswoman for Rock Hudson confirmed he had AIDS
1985-07-28 - L Brock, Slaughter, A Vaughan, & H Wilhelm inducted into Hall of Fame
1985-08-05 - Establishment of a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is announced
1985-09-22 - Rock & country musicians participate in FarmAid in Champaign, Ill
1986-01-23 - 1st induction of Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame (Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Domino, Everly Bros, B Holly, J L Lewis & Elvis Presley)
1986-04-18 - Titan rocket explodes seconds after liftoff from Vandenberg AFB
1986-05-10 - "Rock Me Amadeus," by Falco hit #1 on UK pop chart
1986-06-08 - 40th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Hous Rockets, 4 games to 2
1986-08-18 - Crockett's Tavern opens in Fort Wilderness
1987-01-03 - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducts 1st female artist Aretha Franklin
1987-01-27 - Midnight Rockers beat Buddy Rose & Doug Somers for AWA World Tag Team
1987-05-16 - Rocker David Crosby weds Jan Dance in LA
1987-07-31 - Rockwell International awarded contract to build a 5th shuttle
1987-08-12 - Charles Cole climbs 870'Tyrolean Traverse from top of Elephant Rock
1987-08-14 - "Les Miserables," opens at Rock Theatre, Szeged Hungary
1987-09-14 - "Les Miserables," opens at Rock Theatre, Vigzinhaz Budapest
1988-02-10 - Rocky Malebane-Metsing coup in Bophuthatswana fails
1988-03-09 - President Reagan presides at unveiling of Knute Rockne stamp
1988-07-08 - Rockers Jonathan "Chico" & Robert DeBarge indicted on drug trafficking
1988-08-17 - NYC 1st case of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (9 year old Bronx boy)
1988-09-16 - Fish leaves rock group Marillion
1988-09-26 - NYC's Rockefeller Center declared a national landmark
1988-10-17 - Rockin Robin beats "Sensational" Sherri Martel for WWF woman's title
1988-12-07 - Armenian SSR rocked by earthquake, 8 on Richter scale (55,000 die)
1989-02-17 - Whitesnake's rocker David Coverdale weds actress Tawny Kitaen
1989-03-29 - 1st US private commercial rocket makes suborbital test flight (NM)
1989-04-28 - Argentina, hit by rocketing inflation, runs out of money
1989-05-31 - 1st International Rock Awards
1989-05-31 - 1st presentation of rock n roll Elvis awards
1989-06-14 - Rocker Carol King gets a star in Hollywood's walk of fame
1989-07-18 - 48 cm rainfall at Rockport, West Virginia (state record)
1990-01-17 - 5th Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Awards: Bobby Darin
1990-01-17 - Kinks inducted into Cleveland's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
1990-02-25 - On a BBC taped interview, rock star Stevie Nicks breaks down, saying that she will never have children & no man can stand her for long
1990-06-06 - 2nd International Rock Awards
1990-09-10 - Hard Rock Cafe opens in Las Vegas Nevada
1990-12-15 - Rocker Rod Stewart marries super model Rachel Hunter
1991-04-20 - Raghib "Rocket" Ismael signs with Toronto Argonauts for $26.2 million
1991-05-01 - Rickey Henderson breaks Lou Brocks record with his 939th steal
1991-07-05 - Colorado Rockies & Florida Marlins given final approval by owners
1991-07-27 - Rocker Jani Lane, (Warrant-Cherry Pie) marries model Bobbie Brown
1991-08-31 - Rockies bat out of order against Expos in 1st inning
1991-12-10 - IM Pei receives $5 million for design of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
1992-02-22 - Rockers Kurt Corbin (Nirvana) & Courtney Love (Hole), wed
1992-04-01 - Rocker Billy Idol fined $2,000 for hitting a woman
1992-04-12 - Earthquake rocks Germany
1992-05-22 - India launches its Agni rocket
1992-06-16 - Colo Rockies 1st minor league team's (Bend Oregon in Class A) game
1992-06-21 - Actress Marina Sirtis (Star Trek NG) marries rocker Michael Lamper
1992-06-28 - 2 earthquakes, including 3rd strongest in US (7.4) rock Calif
1992-07-04 - John Phillips, rocker (Mamas & Papas), undergoes a liver transplant
Famous Birthdays
Results 301 - 400 of 2,834
1938-08-24 - David Freiberg, Boston MA, rock bassist (Quicksilver Messenger)
1938-08-26 - Maurice Williams, rocker
1938-09-11 - Charles Patrick, rocker (Monotones)
1938-10-03 - Eddie Cochran, Okla City, rock vocalist/guitarist (C'Mon Everybody)
1938-10-05 - Carlo Mastrangelo, Bronx NY, rocker (Dion & The Belmonts)
1938-10-18 - Ronnie Bright, rocker (Coasters)
1938-11-02 - Jay Traynor, rocker (Jay & The Americans)
1938-11-04 - Harry Elston, rocker
1938-11-06 - P J Proby, [James Marcus Smith], Houston Texas, American rocker
1938-11-11 - Roger Laver, [Jackson], rock keyboardist (Tornados)
1938-11-19 - Hank Medress, Brooklyn NY, rocker (Tokens-Lion Sleeps Tonight)
1938-12-01 - Sandy Nelson, Santa Monica, 50s rocker (Teen Beat, All Night Long)
1938-12-05 - John J Cale, Oklahoma City, rock guitarist (After Midnight)
1938-12-09 - David Houston, rocker
1938-12-13 - Tony Gomez, rocker (Foundations)
1938-12-18 - [Bryan] Chas Chandler, rocker (The Animals-House of the Rising Sun)
1938-12-28 - Charles Neville, US rock vocalist/saxophonist (Neville Brothers)
1939-01-26 - Marshall Lieb, rocker (Teddy Bears)
1939-02-01 - Ray Sawyer, rocker
1939-02-11 - Gerry Goffin, Queens NY, rock lyricist (married Carole King)
1939-02-20 - Barbara Ellis, Olympia Wa, rocker (Fleetwoods)
1939-02-21 - Ron Nagle, rock producer (Riding with the King)
1939-03-01 - Warren Davis, rocker (Monotones)
1939-03-06 - Jerry Naylor, Stephenville Tx, rock vocalist (Crickets)
1939-03-18 - Travis Pritchett, rocker (Travis & Bob)
1939-04-01 - Rudolph Isley, Cincinnati Ohio, rocker (Isley Brothers-Shout)
1939-04-15 - Marti Wilder, father of rocker Kim Wilde
1939-04-18 - Glen Hardin, rocker
1939-04-27 - Jerry Mercer, Montreal Canada, rock drummer (April Wine)
1939-05-06 - Herbie Cox, rocker (Cleftones)
1939-05-07 - Johnny Maestro, NY rock vocalist (Crests-16 Candles, Brooklyn Bridge)
1939-05-09 - Nokle Edwards, rocker
1939-05-18 - Glen Hardin, Texas, rocker (Crickets)
1939-05-27 - Jerry Mercer, rock drummer (April Wine Montreal Montreal)
1939-06-02 - Charles Miller, rock flutist/saxophonist (War)
1939-06-13 - Don "Sugarcane" Harris, rocker/actor (Soup for 1, Greeased Lightning)
1939-06-17 - Dickey Do, [Gerry Granahan], rocker (Dickey Doo & The Dont's)
1939-06-18 - Lou Brock, one-time baseball stolen base leader (St Louis Cards)
1939-07-01 - Delaney Bramlett, Okla, rocker (Shindogs, Delaney & Bonnie)
1939-07-02 - Paul Williams, rocker (Temptations-My Girl)
1939-07-06 - Jet Harris, [Terence Harris], London, rock bassist (Drifters)
1939-07-18 - Dion DiMucci, Bronx, rocker (Dion & Belmonts-Teenager in Love)
1939-07-28 - Clem Cattini, rock drummer (Tornados London)
1939-07-31 - John R West, rock guitarist (Gary Lewis & Playboys-This Diamond Ring)
1939-08-04 - Frankie Ford, [Frank Guzzo], Gretna La, rock vocalist (Sea Cruise)
1939-08-09 - Billy Henderson, rocker (Spinners-That's What Girls Are Made For)
1939-08-17 - Luther Allison, Mayflower Ark, rock guitarist (Bad News is Coming)
1939-08-22 - Fred Milano, Bronx NY, rocker (Dion & The Belmonts) [or 8/26/40]
1939-08-28 - Clem Cattini, rocker
1939-08-31 - Jerry Allison, Hillsboro Tx, rock drummer (Buddy Holly & Crickets)
1939-09-02 - Bobby Purify, rocker
1939-09-02 - Sam Gooden, Chattanooga Tenn, rock vocalist (Impressions-Gypsy Woman)
1939-09-05 - John Stewart, San Diego Ca, rocker (Kingston Trio-Fire in the Wind)
1939-09-10 - Artie Tripp, rocker (Mothers Of Invention)
1939-09-17 - Lamonte McLemore, St Louis Mo, rock vocalist (5th Dimension)
1939-09-23 - Roy Buchanan, Ozark Ark, rocker
1939-10-07 - Colin Cooper, rocker (Climax Blues Band)
1939-10-09 - O V Wright, rocker
1939-10-20 - Jay Siegel, Bkln, rock bassist (Tokens-Lion Sleeps Tonight)
1939-10-20 - Raymond Jones, rocker
1939-10-22 - Ray Jones, rock bassist (Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas)
1939-10-23 - Ellie Greenwich, rocker
1939-10-30 - Grace Slick, Chicago, rock vocalist (Jefferson Airplane-White Rabbit)
1939-11-10 - Tommy "Bubba" Facenda, rocker
1939-11-19 - Pete Moore, Detroit MI, rocker (Miracles)
1939-11-24 - Jim Yester, Birmingham Alabama, rock vocalist/guitarist (Association)
1939-11-28 - Gary Troxel, rocker
1939-11-29 - Meco, rocker
1939-12-08 - Jerry Butler, Sunflower Miss, rock vocalist (Never Give You Up)
1939-12-11 - David Gates, Tulsa Ok, rock vocalist (Bread-Baby I'm A Want You)
1939-12-15 - Cindy Birdsong, Camden NJ, rock vocalist (Labelle-Rainbow, Supremes)
1939-12-17 - Eddie Kendricks, Alabama, rocker (Temptations-My Girl, Boogie Down)
1939-12-23 - Johnny Kidd, [Frederick Heath], London, rocker (Johnny Kidd & Pirates)
1939-12-25 - Bob James, rocker
1939-12-30 - Del Shannon, [Charles Westover], Coopersville Mich, rocker (Runaway)
1940-01-08 - Little Anthony [Gourdine], rocker (& Imperials)
1940-02-02 - Alan "Tea" Caddy, rock guitarist (Tornados-Globetrotter)
1940-02-09 - Brian Bennett, London, rock drummer (Shadows)
1940-02-09 - Smokey Robinson, rocker (& Miracles-Tears of Clown)
1940-02-10 - Jimmy Merchant, rocker
1940-02-11 - Bobby "Boris" Pickett, rocker (Monster Mash)
1940-03-01 - Ralph Towner, rocker (Oregon)
1940-03-15 - Phil Lesh, [Chapman], Calif, rock bassist (Grass Roots, Grateful Dead)
1940-03-17 - Vito Picone, rocker (Elegants)
1940-03-23 - Luis Gasca, rocker
1940-03-26 - Rod Lauren, rocker (If I Had a Girl)
1940-03-29 - Raymond Davis, US rock vocalist (Funkadelic-Knee Deep)
1940-04-03 - Lino Brocka, San Jose Philippines, director (Macho Dancer, Jaguar)
1940-04-15 - Phll Lesh, rocker
1940-04-30 - Burt Young, NYC, actor (Convoy, Rocky)
1940-05-05 - Eric Burdon, rock singer (House of Rising Sun-Animals, War)
1940-05-08 - Ricky Nelson, NJ, rock star (Hello Mary Lou, It's Late, Garden Party)
1940-05-19 - Mickey Newbury, rocker
1940-05-31 - Augie Mayer, rocker (Sir Douglas Quintet)
1940-06-06 - Laudir De Olivera, rocker (Chicago)
1940-06-08 - Sherman Garnes, rock vocalist (Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers)
1940-06-13 - Bobby Freeman, SF, rocker (Do You Want to Dance)
1940-06-23 - Stuart Sutcliffe, Edinburgh Scotland, rocker (Beatles)
1940-07-09 - John Salvito, rocker (Duprees)
1940-07-16 - Tony Jackson, Liverpool, rock bassist/vocalist (Searchers)
Famous Deaths
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