Rock Almanac/Notable Events

June 18^th thru June 24th

Tuesday June 18th

1682 William Penn founded the city of Philadelphia.

1812 The War of 1812 began when Congress declared war against Britain.

1815 Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo by British, German, and Dutch forces.

1873 Suffragist Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.

1928 Aviator Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. She completed the flight from Newfoundland to Wales in about 21 hours.

1948 Columbia Records unveiled the new long-playing 33-1/3 record.

1977 Talking Heads bassist Tina Weymouth and drummer Chris Frantz are married.

1983 Sally Ride became the first American woman in space.

1984 At the end Judas Priest’s concert at Madison Square Garden, hundreds of seat cushions were ripped out by fans and thrown onstage, resulting in $250,000 of damage. They became the first band to be banned for life from the venue.

2000 Tiger Woods won the U.S. Open by a record 15 strokes.

2010 John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to The Beatles song 'A Day in the Life' sold for $1.2m at an auction at Sotheby's in New York.

Birthdays:

1942 Paul McCartney

Wednesday June 19th

1862 Congress abolished slavery in the U.S. territories.

1867 The first running of the Belmont Stakes.

1934 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was created.

1953 Julius & Ethel Rosenberg are executed after being convicted of spying for the Soviet Union.

1964 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was approved.

1967 Having admitted to taking LSD four tines during an interview with Life Magazine, Beatle Paul McCartney told The Daily Mirror that he didn’t regret that he'd spoken out and hoped that his fans would understand.

1973 Hockey great Gordie Howe came out of retirement at 45 to accept a $1 million contract with the Houston Aeros in order to play with his sons, Mark and Marty.

1977 Pope Paul VI proclaimed John Neumann, the first male saint from the U.S.

1978 The comic strip ‘Garfield’ debuted in 40 newspapers.

2007 The Illinois Senate passed a resolution which designated April 1st of every year as Cheap Trick Day in the state.

Birthdays:

1950 Ann Wilson, Heart singer

Thursday, June 20th

1837 The reign of Queen Victoria began in the U.K.

1893 Lizzie Borden, accused of murdering her parents, was found innocent by a jury in New Bedford, Mass.

1967 Muhammad Ali was convicted of violating Selective Service laws by refusing to be drafted.

1969 David Bowie recorded ‘Space Oddity’ at London’s Trident Studios.

1969 Attended by 150,000, the 3 day Newport '69 Festival, featuring Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, CCR, Jethro Tull, Steppenwolf and others started in Northridge, CA. Hendrix was paid $125k, which at the time was the highest fee ever paid to a rock artist for a single appearance.

1975 Steven Spielberg’s ‘Jaws’ opened in theaters.

1987 Boston made their first live appearance in eight years, headlining the Texas Jam at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas on a bill that also included Aerosmith, Whitesnake, Poison & Tesla.

2004 In St. Petersburg’s Palace Square, Paul McCartney played his 3000th show. 50,000 Russians attend.

 Birthdays:

1955 Michael Anthony, former Van Halen/current Chickenfoot bassist

Friday June 21st

1788 The U.S. Constitution went into effect when New Hampshire became the 9th state to ratify it.

1893 The first Ferris wheel was displayed at Chicago's Columbian Exposition.

1966 Jimmy Page made his live debut with The Yardbirds at the Marquee Club, London.

1966 The Rolling Stones sued fourteen New York City hotels that won't let the group on the premises. The suit claimed the ban hurt the group’s reputation.

1970 Pete Townshend’s use of the British slang, "bomb" drew police and FBI action at the Memphis International Airport. He was overheard saying ‘Tommy’ seems to be "going down a bomb," meaning it was a hit.

1975 Ritchie Blackmore quit Deep Purple to form Rainbow.

1982 John Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted assassination of President Reagan.

1989 The U.S. Supreme Court decided that burning the U.S. flag was protected under the First Amendment.

1989 The Who kicked off their first reunion tour in Glen Falls, NY at the Glen Falls Civic Center.

1997 The WNBA started its first season.

2003 U2 performed at the opening ceremony of the Special Olympics, held in Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland.

Birthdays:

1944 Ray Davies, Kinks singer-songwriter

1950 Joey Kramer, drummer for Aerosmith

Saturday June 22nd

1815 Napoleon abdicated his throne for the second time after his defeat at Waterloo.

1870 The U.S. Justice Department was created.

1937 Joe Louis knocked out James Braddock to win the world heavyweight title. He held onto the title through 25 bouts over for 11 years until his retirement.

1944 President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the G.I. Bill of Rights.

1967 Mick Jagger and Keith Richards’ drug possession trial started in London.

1981 Mark David Chapman plead guilty to first degree murder charges for the killing of John Lennon, six months earlier.

1984 Aerosmith kicked off their reunion tour with returning guitarists Joe Perry and Brad Whitford at the Capitol Theatre in Concord, NH.

1991 Jimi Hendrix’s lyrics to ‘Room Full of Mirrors’ sell for $35,200 at a New York auction.

1998 Paul McCartney personally chose and arranged the 45,000 flowers that decorate Manhattan’s Riverside Church where the friends and family of Linda McCartney gather for a memorial.

2002 U2’s The Edge married his girlfriend of ten years, Morleigh Steinberg. They first met when she was a belly dancer on the band’s Zoo TV tour.

Sunday June 23rd

1846 Belgian musician Adolphe Sax patented the saxophone, an instrument with which he created a sound combining that of wood and brass instruments.

1868 Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for the ''Type-Writer.''

1938 The first aquarium opened in the U.S. at Marineland in St. Augustine, FL.

1972 President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman discussed ways to obstruct the FBI's Watergate investigation. Revelation of this conversation spurred on Nixon's 1974 resignation.

1973 George Harrison started a five-week run at No.1 on the album chart with 'Living in the Material World', his second No.1 album.

1975 Alice Cooper fell off the set of his Welcome To My Nightmare tour in Vancouver and breaks six ribs.

1976 Paul McCartney and Wings complete their ‘Wings Over America’ tour at the Forum in Los Angeles.

1979 Supertramp's album, ‘Breakfast in America’ tops the album chart.

1984 Van Halen released ‘Panama’ as a single.

1989 ‘Batman,’ starring Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson, opened in theatres.

1992 Mob boss John Gotti was sentenced to life in prison.

1993 Lorena Bobbitt severed her husband John Wayne Bobbitt's penis and threw it in a field. The appendage was recovered and reattached.

1995 CBS News anchor Dan Rather joined R.E.M. onstage at Madison Square Garden during a soundcheck to perform ‘What's The Frequency, Kenneth?’ which referred to a bizarre incident years before when Rather was beaten up by thugs demanding the answer to the question. The performance was shown on David Letterman's ‘The Late Show.’

2000 Founded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, The Experience Music Project museum opened in Seattle, WA.

Birthdays-

1940-1962 Stuart Sutcliffe, original Beatles bassist

Monday, June 24th

1509 Henry VIII was crowned king of England.

1947 The term "flying saucers” was coined by pilot Kenneth Arnold, as he reported seeing strange objects near Mt. Rainier, WA.

1948 The Soviet Union began a blockade of Berlin. Allied forces responded with what would be known as the Berlin Airlift, flying in more than 2 million tons of supplies over the next year.

1965 John Lennon's second book, ‘A Spaniard in the Works’ was published.

1967 Pink Floyd made their television debut on the BBC’s ‘Top of the Pops’ where they performed ‘See Emily Play.’

1997 The U.S. Air Force released ‘The Roswell Report,’ closing the case on the 1947 Roswell, N.M. incident concerning UFOs and alien bodies.

1999 Eric Clapton put 100 of his guitars up for auction in New York at Christie's to raise money for his drug rehab, The Crossroads Centre in Antigua. His 1956 Fender Stratocaster, named “Brownie,” was sold for a record $497,500. The guitar was used to record ‘Layla.’ The auction helped raise nearly $5 million for the clinic.

2000 Kiss began a two day auction of various stage props, instruments & costumes worn & used throughout their career, bringing in over $875,00.

2004 A Fender Stratocaster that Eric Clapton nicknamed “Blackie” sold at a Christie’s auction for $959,500 in New York, making it the most expensive guitar in the world. The proceeds of the sale went towards Clapton’s Crossroads addiction clinic.

Birthdays:

1942 Mick Fleetwood, Fleetwood Mac drummer