#OnThisDay in 2021, #WandaYoung, American pop singer (The Marvelettes - "Please Mr. Postman"; “Don’t Mess With Bill"), died of heart disease at 78.
#RIP
#OnThisDay in 2021, #WandaYoung, American pop singer (The Marvelettes - "Please Mr. Postman"; “Don’t Mess With Bill"), died of heart disease at 78.
#RIP
#OnThisDay in 2021, #BruceSpringsteen sells his music back catalogue to Sony Music Entertainment for an estimated $500 million, in possibly the biggest deal ever for a single artist.
#OnThisDay in 1789, #MariaSzymanowska, Polish #pianist and #composer, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1831).
#RIP
#OnThisDay in 1911, #SpikeJones [Lindley Armstrong Jones], American bandleader (Der Fueher's Face, Cocktails For Two), born in Long Beach, California (d. 1965).
#RIP
Recorded #OnThisDay 29 years ago:
Gene - Peel Session 1995
The complete session recorded by Gene on 14 December 1995 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on 6 January 1996.
Tracklist:
1. Speak To Me Someone (0:07)
2. Save Me, I'm Yours (4:01)
3. Fighting Fit (8:31)
4. Drawn To The Deep End (12:05)
http://vibracobra23.blogspot.com/2016/08/gene-peel-session-1995.html
#OnThisDay in 1918, #GiacomoPuccini's opera "Il Trittico" premieres in NYC.
#OnThisDay in 1932, #CharlieRich, American country vocalist (Behind Closed Doors), born in Colt, Arkansas (d. 1995).
#RIP
#OnThisDay in 1946, #JoyceVincentWilson, American pop singer (Tony Orlando & Dawn), born in Detroit, Michigan. °⋆.ೃ࿔*:・
#HappyBirthday #78
#OnThisDay, 14 Dec 1985, Wilma Mankiller was sworn in as Chief of the Cherokee Nation. She went to serve two more terms as Chief.
The results of the UK GE1918 weren't announced until 28 Dec but #OnThisDay, 14 Dec 1918, Constance Markievicz becomes the first woman elected to the UK parliament.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory #VotesForWomen #IrishHistory #Histodons
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#OnThisDay, 14 Dec 1918, some women across the UK vote legally in parliamentary elections for the first time. It's the culmination of decades of campaigning.
Only women over 30 who held some property rights were allowed to vote, whereas all men over 21 could vote.
It was another decade until women had equal voting rights as men.
#OnThisDay in 1959, The album "Time Out" by the Dave Brubeck Quartet is released, peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard pop albums chart, and becomes the first jazz album to sell a million copies.
#OnThisDay in 1963, #DinahWashington [Ruth Lee Jones], American jazz, blues, pop, and R&B singer ("What a Diff'rence a Day Makes": "September In The Rain"), died of sleeping pill overdose at 39.
#RIP
#OnThisDay in 1969, "Leaving on a Jet Plane" single sung by #PeterPaulandMary, written by #JohnDenver, hits #1 on US Billboard's Hot Top 100.
Šajā dienā pirms 8 gadiem - pirmais komercreiss ar jaunoa CS300! Lidoja uz Amsterdamu un atpakaļ. #onthisday #otd
Air Baltic
Bombardier CSeries CS300 (BD-500-1A11) (YL-CSA)
Riga - International (RIX / EVRA), Latvia
© Jānis
#OnThisDay in 1970, #BethOrton, English folk-electronica singer and songwriter (Central Reservation), born in East Dereham, Norfolk, England. ˚ ༘ ೀ⋆。˚
#HappyBirthday #54
#OnThisDay in 1980, At 2 PM EST there is 10 minutes of silence in memory of #JohnLennon.
#OnThisDay in 1988, #VanessaHudgens, American #singer and #actress (High School Musical, The Princess Switch), born in Salinas, California.
#HappyBirthday #36
#OnThisDay in 1992, #ToriKelly, American #singer-#songwriter (Dear No One, Nobody Love), born in Wildomar, California. .⋅˚₊‧ 🜲 ‧₊˚ ⋅
#HappyBirthday #32