DYR Today, June 21

“BORN TODAY”

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1955- Elvis Presley played two shows in Beaumont, Texas, with bassist Bill Black and guitarist Scotty Moore
1955-Johnny Cash’s first single, “Cry Cry Cry,” was released

1963-The Rolling Stones played at Ricky Tick Club, Star and Garter Hotel, Windsor, Berks
1966- The Beatles Record ‘She Said She Said’

1968- Pink Floyd performs two shows in one day. First at the Commemoration Ball in Oxford, and the second at the Middle Earth Club in London
1972- The First Stonehenge Free Festival begins
1975-Elton John, The Beach Boys, Joe Walsh, Rufus and the Eagles all appear at Wembley Stadium, London.
1975-Captain and Tennille started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Neil Sedaka song ‘Love Will Keep Us Together’
1975- Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore quit Deep Purple to form his own group, Rainbow
1975- James Taylor’s “How Sweet It Is” was released

1979-Mick Taylor released his first solo album after leaving the Rolling Stones four years before
1981-Donald Fagan and Walter Becker announced the breakup of Steely Dan
1985-Ron Howard directed his first music video for “Gravity” by Michael Sembello
1989-New Kids on the Block released “Hangin’ Tough”

1985-The first day of the Glastonbury Festival
1986-Genesis scored their fourth UK No.1 album with their 13th studio album ‘Invisible Touch’
1992-The Orb released ‘Blue Room’, a single that has a duration of 39 minutes and 58 seconds

1945 – Pan Am announced an 88-hour round-the-world flight at a cost of $700
1954 – The American Cancer Society reported significantly higher death rates among cigarette smokers than among non-smokers
1954 – Australian John Landy ran the mile in 3:58. He was the second person to achieve the feat
1958 – In Arkansas, a federal judge let Little Rock delay school integration
1958 – Linus Pauling and Detlev Bronk, both Americans, were elected to the Soviet Academy of Science
1960 – In Zurich, Germany, Armin Hary ran 100-meters in a record 10.0 second

1963 – In St. Louis, Bob Hayes set a record when he ran the 100-yard dash in 9.1 second
1963 – France announced that they were withdrawing from the North Atlantic NATO fleet
1966 – Reg Calvert, manager of The Fortunes, Screaming Lord Sutch, and the owner of offshore pirate radio station Radio City was shot dead by business rival William Smedley

1966 – The Rolling Stones sued 14 hotels over a booking ban in New York
1970 – Tony Jacklin became the second British golfer in 50 years to win the U.S. Open golf tournament

1973 – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states may ban materials found to be obscene according to local standards.
1974 – The U.S. Supreme Court decided that pregnant teachers could no longer be forced to take long leaves of absence
1980 – all members of The Stranglers arrested after a concert for starting a riot

1982 – John Hinckley found Not Guilty of the attempted assassination of President Reagan by reason of insanity
1985 – Scientists announced that skeletal remains exhumed in Brazil were those of Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele
1989 – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that burning the American flag as a form of political protest was protected by the First Amendment
1994 – George Michael lost his lawsuit against Sony Records
1998 – Bobby Brown was arrested on charges of sexual battery
1999 – Pantera rode a float in the Dallas Stars Stanley Cup victory parade in downtown Dallas