57 years ago today, Charlie Wilson escapes from Winson Green Prison in Birmingham.in under three minutes.
74 years ago today, Bugsy Siegel, is shot and killed at his mistress Virginia Hillâs home in Beverly Hills, California. Siegel had been talking to his associate Allen Smiley when three bullets were fired through the window and into his head, killing him instantly.
Irena Sendler, a Polish social worker and nurse who smuggled approximately 2,500 Jewish children out of Nazi-occupied Warsaw, passed away on this date in 2008.
64 years ago today, machines at the Wham-O toy company roll out the first batch of their aerodynamic plastic discsânow known to millions of fans all over the world as Frisbees.
101 years ago today, after it was ratified a year earlier on 16 January 1919, prohibition officially goes into effect, with the passage of the Volstead Act (also known as National Prohibition Act).
Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce peoples surrenders to U.S. General Nelson A. Miles in the Bear Paw mountains of Montana, declaring âHear me, my chiefs: My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.â
143 years ago today, one of the most notable and iconic of Native American warriors, Oglala Sioux leader Crazy Horse is fatally bayoneted by a U.S. soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson, Nebraska.
On this date in 1886, the last Native American warrior, Apache leader Geronimo, surrenders to U.S. government troops. For 30 years, the Native American warrior had battled to protect his tribeâs homeland; however, by 1886 the Apaches were exhausted and hopelessly outnumbered.
On this date in 1963 Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered âI Have a Dreamâ, one of the best known speeches in U.S. history, second only to Lincolnâs 1863 âGettysburg Addressâ.
In 1979, Brenda Ann Spencer (16) opened fire on Grover Cleveland Elementary School shooting eight children and three adults which ended up killing the schoolâs principal, Burton Wragg, and the caretaker, Mike Suchar. Spencerâs shooting became particularly notorious for inspiring Bob Geldof to write âI Donât Like Mondaysâ.
A little rockumentation about young punk Hungarians in the socialist era in the 80s, with lots of interesting images by Budapest-based prolific photojournalist Tamás Urbán.
In an effort to curb the spread of Spanish Flu in 1918, some states in the US quarantined citizens; others made the wearing of face masks mandatory, at the same time as shutting down âall places of amusementâ. According to a law passed in San Francisco in October of that year, on the day that state-wide infections passed 50,000, anyone seen not wearing a gauze face covering was subject to fines that ranged from $5 to $100 and the possibility of 10 daysâ imprisonment.
During World War 1, reporting of the Spanish Flu was largely supressed in order to maintain morale amongst the troops. Spain was not involved in the war and had not imposed wartime censorship. As a result, the media was free to report on it and coverage of the virus only increased when King Alfonso XIII came down with a nasty case. The Allies only read in depth accounts from Spanish sources and so they naturally assumed the country was ground zero for the pandemic.
Napak tilas lahir dan tumbuh kembangnya rockabilly di Indonesia. Bagaimana The Hydrant merevolusi skena serta mengubah citra musik bapak-bapak menjadi keren kekinian.
This week, 56 years ago, monk ThÃch Quảng Äức sat down at a busy Saigon intersection, doused himself in petrol and set himself alight. He did not utter a sound as he died.
This week, 75 years ago, Martha Gellhorn was the only woman to land on the shores of Normandy on D-Day.
Mugshot of John Wojtowicz who unsuccessfully tried to rob a bank in 1972 to pay for his wife Eden's gender reassignment surgery.
In 1979, more than 100,000 women gathered to protest against the forced use of hijab after the Iranian Revolution, 1979. The protest was held on International Women's Day.â£
![THE STONES CRAWDADDY-O
On this date in 1963, The Rolling Stones started a Sunday night residency at The Crawdaddy Club, located at the back of The Station Hotel in Surrey, England.
The Stones were paid £24 ($41) for the gig. This first gig was not a commercial success; Giorgio Gomelsky, the club promoter, had to plead with customers of the main hotel to attend, offering two entries for the price of one ticket—it ended up with a total of 66 people.
And it was at the Crawdaddy Club The Stones met The Beatles on 14 April 1963. “Halfway through the set we kind of glanced up, and there were four silhouetted leather-clad persons standing just in front of the bandstand in amongst all these kids who were all dancing and playing around,” Bill Wyman recalled, noting that John, Paul, George and Ringo were “being totally ignored by the audience.” “I turned round to Charlie [Watts], and I said, ‘It’s the Beatles!’ They’d had two or three big No. 1 hits and they were like the rave of England at that time. So when we finished our set, we got chatting to them and had beers, and they stayed for the second set."
After the show, the two groups went back to the Chelsea flat shared by Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, and Keith Richards. "We hung out all night playing blues music, just talking about music and became great mates.”
Slides:
01) The Stones performing "Not Fade Away" (Buddy Holly cover) at the Mike Douglas TV Show, 1964, first time they visited USA.
02) The Stones at the Ed Sullivan Show performing "Around and Around" (Chuck Berry), their other TV performance while in the US.
03) The Stones in Holland, 1964. In the 60s and 70s they were branded as the Bad Boys of Rock 'n' Roll. Riots and physical fights were common at most of their concerts.
04) The second part of the Holland's concert. Did you see the stage dive? Most prolly the first ever stage dive in rock 'n' roll history!
05) The Beatles met the Stones back stage at Crawdaddy, April '63.
06) The Stones setlist at Crawdaddy, April 1963.
07) The Stones group photo, 1963.
08) The Stones debut album (US Edition), 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥'𝘴 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘏𝘪𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴, April 1964.
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