DYR Today, June 26

“BORN TODAY”

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1964 – The Beatles album “A Hard Day’s Night” was released in the U.S.
1965 – The Byrds went to No.1 on the US singles chart with their version of Bob Dylan’s ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’
1966 – The Beatles started a two week run at No.1 on the US Singles chart with ‘Paperback Writer’
1966 – The Beach Boys, The Byrds, Love, Captain Beefheart, The Lovin Spoonful and Percy Sledge all appeared at the Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, California
1977 – David Bowie recorded ‘John, I’m Only Dancing’
1977 – Elvis Presley’s final concert took place at Market Square Arena, Indianapolis.

1982 – Charlene was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘I’ve Never Been to Me’
1983 – The film soundtrack to ‘Flashdance’ started a two-week run at No.1 on the US album chart
1983 – The Police scored their fourth UK No.1 album with ‘Synchronocity’
1985 – The album, “Big River” became the first soundtrack album to be recorded in Nashville, TN.
1986 – James Hetfield (Metallica) broke his wrist while trying to skateboard down a hill.
1998 – At 10 a.m. PDT, Marcy Playground debuted the video for “Saint Joe On The Schoolbus,” on the Internet.

1959 – CBS journalist Edward R. Murrow interviewed Lee Remick. It was his 500th and final guest on “Person to Person.”
1967 – 200 million people saw The Beatles perform ‘All You Need is Love’ live via satellite
1969 – Joni Mitchell appeared on the ABC TV Mama Cass Television Broadcast from Los Angeles, California

1925 – Charlie Chaplin’s comedy “The Gold Rush” premiered in Hollywood.
1926 – A memorial to the first U.S. troops in France was unveiled at St. Nazaire.
1924 – After eight years of occupation, American troops left the Dominican Republic.
1927 – The Coney Island Cyclone roller coaster opened in New York.

1936 – The Focke-Wulf Fw 61 made its first flight. It is often considered the first practical helicopter.
1942 – The Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter was flown for the first time.

1945 – The U.N. Charter was signed by 50 nations in San Francisco, CA.
1948 – The Berlin Airlift began as the U.S., Britain and France started ferrying supplies to the isolated western sector of Berlin.
1951 – The Soviet Union proposed a cease-fire in the Korean War.
1961 – A Kuwaiti vote opposed Iraq’s annexation plans.
1963 – U.S. President John Kennedy announced “Ich bin ein Berliner” (I am a Berliner) at the Berlin Wall.

1971 – The U.S. Justice Department issued a warrant for Daniel Ellsberg, accusing him of giving away the Pentagon Papers.
1974 – In Troy, Ohio, a Marsh supermarket installed the first bar code scanning equipment, made by IBM, and a product with a bar code was scanned for the first time.
1976 – In Toronto, Canada, the CN Tower opened to the public. The official opening date is listed as October 1, 1976. It was the world’s tallest free-standing stucture and the world’s tallest tower until 2010.
1979 – Muhammad Ali, at 37 years old, announced that he was retiring as world heavyweight boxing champion.

1985 – Wilbur Snapp was ejected after playing “Three Blind Mice” during a baseball game. The incident followed a call made by umpire Keith O’Connor.
1996 – The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the Virginia Military Institute to admit women or forgo state support.
1997 – The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Communications Decency Act of 1996 that made it illegal to distribute indecent material on the Internet.
1997 – J.K. Rowlings book “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” was published in the U.K.