Monday’s “DYRT” – Here’s What Happened Today, April 17

“BORN TODAY”

“DIED TODAY”

“MUSIC TODAY”

• 1964 – Them made their first concert appearance.
• 1969 – The Band played its first concert as an independent group.
• 1970 – Johnny Cash performed at the White House at the invitation of President Richard M. Nixon. He played “A Boy Named Sue.”

• 1980 – Bob Marley and the Wailers performed as the official guests of State at Zimbabwe’s Independence festival.

• 1995 – Courtney Love and her band Hole performed on the sixth season premiere of MTV’s “Unplugged.”
• 2002 – Tammy Wynette’s four daughters, who claimed a doctor contributed to their mother’s death, reached a confidential agreement with Wynette’s doctor over her death

“TV/RADIO TODAY”

• 1935 – “Lights Out” debuted on NBC Radio. It ran until 1952.
• 1937 – Daffy Duck and Petunia the Pig from Looney Tunes makes their debut on TV.

• 1967 – “The Joey Bishop Show” debuted on ABC-TV.

“OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS…”

• 1916 – The American Academy of Arts and Letters obtained a charter from the U.S. Congress.
• 1917 – Congress tried to establish Daylight Saving Time, but the bill did not pass until a few months later.
• 1941 – Igor Sikorsky accomplished the first successful helicopter lift-off from water near Stratford, CT.
• 1941 – The office of Price Administration was established in the U.S. to handle rationing.
• 1947 – Jackie Robinson (Brooklyn Dodgers) performed a bunt for his first major league hit.
• 1961 – 1,400 U.S. supported Cuban exiles invaded Cuba at the Bay of Pigs in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro. The mission was unsuccessful.
• 1964 – Jerrie Mock became the first woman to fly an airplane solo around the world.
• 1964 – The Ford Motor Company unveiled the new Mustang.
• 1967 – The U.S. Supreme Court barred Muhammad Ali’s request to be blocked from induction into the U.S. Army.
• 1969 – In Los Angeles, Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of assassinating U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
• 1970 – Apollo 13 returned to Earth safely after an on-board accident with an oxygen tank.
• 1983 – In New York, a transit strike that began on March 7 ended.
• 1985 – The U.S. Postal Service unveiled its new 22-cent, “LOVE” stamp.