Club Q Q107-Loyalty Club (Southern ON Only) v4

[Karl Stiel]

April 7
Today's: Famous Birthdays - Music history

1712 - A slave revolt broke out in New York City.

1798 - The territory of Mississippi was organized.

1862 - Union General Ulysses S. Grant defeated Confederates at the Battle of Shiloh, TN.

1864 - The first camel race in America was held in Sacramento, California.

1888 - P.F. Collier published a weekly periodical for the first time under the name "Collier’s."

1922 - U.S. Secretary of Interior leased Teapot Dome naval oil reserves in Wyoming.

1927 - The first long-distance TV transmission was sent from Washington, DC, to New York City. The audience saw an image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover.

1930 - The first steel columns were set for the Empire State Building.

1933 - Prohibition ended in the United States.

1940 - Booker T. Washington became the first black to be pictured on a U.S. postage stamp.

1943 - British and American armies linked up between Wadi Akarit and El Guettar in North Africa to form a solid line against the German army.

1945 - The Japanese battleship Yamato, the world’s largest battleship, was sunk during the battle for Okinawa. The fleet was headed for a suicide mission.

1948 - The musical "South Pacific" by Rogers and Hammerstein debuted on Broadway.

1948 - The United Nations' World Health Organization began operations.

1953 - The Big Four met for the first time in 2 years to seek an end to their air conflicts.

1953 - IBM unveiled the IBM 701 Electronic Data Processing Machine. It was IBM's first commercially available scientific computer.

1957 - The last of New York City's electric trolleys completed its final run from Queens to Manhattan.

1963 - At the age of 23, Jack Nicklaus became the youngest golfer to win the Green Jacket at the Masters Tournament.

1963 - Yugoslavia proclaimed itself a Socialist republic.

1963 - Josip Broz Tito was proclaimed to be the leader of Yugoslavia for life.

1966 - The U.S. recovered a hydrogen bomb it had lost off the coast of Spain.

1967 - Israel reported that they had shot down six Syrian MIGs.

1969 - The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously struck down laws prohibiting private possession of obscene material.

1970 - John Wayne won his first and only Oscar for his role in "True Grit." He had been in over 200 films.

1971 - U.S. President Nixon pledged to withdraw 100,000 more men from Vietnam by December.

1980 - The U.S. broke diplomatic relations with Iran and imposed economic sanctions in response to the taking of hostages on November 4, 1979.

1983 - Specialist Story Musgrave and Don Peterson made the first Space Shuttle spacewalk.

1983 - The Chinese government canceled all remaining sports and cultural exchanges with the U.S. for 1983.

1985 - In Goteborg, Sweden, China swept all of the world table tennis titles except for men's doubles.

1985 - In Sudan, Gen. Swar el-Dahab took over the Presidency while President Gaafar el-Nimeiry was visiting the U.S. and Egypt.

1985 - The Soviet Union announced a unilateral freeze on medium-range nuclear missiles.

1987 - In Oklahoma a 16-month-old baby was killed by a pit bull. On the same day a 67-year-old man was killed by another pit bull in Dayton, OH.

1988 - Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev agreed to final terms of a Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan. Soviet troops began leaving on May 16, 1988.

1988 - In Fort Smith, AR, 13 white supremacists were acquitted on charges for plotting to overthrow the U.S. federal government.

1989 - A Soviet submarine carrying nuclear weapons sank in the Norwegian Sea.

1990 - In the U.S., John Poindexter was found guilty of five counts at his Iran-Contra trial. The convictions were later reversed on appeal.

1990 - At Cincinnati's Contemporary Arts Center a display of Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs went on display. On the same day the center and its director were indicted on obscenity charges. The charges resulted in acquittal.

1994 - Civil war erupted in Rwanda between the Patriotic Front rebel group and government soldiers. Hundreds of thousands were slaughtered in the months that followed.

1998 - Mary Bono, the widow of Sonny Bono, won a special election to serve out the remainder of her husband's congressional term.

1999 - Yugoslav authorities sealed off Kosovo's main border crossings to prevent ethnic Albanians from leaving.

2000 - U.S. President Clinton signed the Senior Citizens Freedom to Work Act of 2000. The bill reversed a Depression-era law and allows senior citizens to earn money without losing Social Security retirement benefits.

2002 - The Roman Catholic archdiocese announced that six priests from the Archdiocese of New York were suspended over allegations of sexual misconduct.

2009 - Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was sentenced to 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces.

Today's: Famous Birthdays - Music history

[Karl Stiel]

Music History for
April 7
Today's: Misc. history - Famous birthdays


1763 - Composer Domenico Dragonetti was born.

1949 - The musical "South Pacific" by Rogers and Hammerstein debuted on Broadway.

1956 - "Rock 'n Roll Dance Party" premiered on the CBS Radio Network.

1967 - Sonny & Cher's movie "Good Times" debuted in Chicago, IL.

1975 - Beverly Sills made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in Gioacchino Rossini's "Siege of Corinth."

1981 - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band started their first European tour in Hamburg, Germany.
Bruce Springsteen Merchandise

1985 - Prince ended his 32-city tour in Miami, FL, and said that he was withdrawing from live performances for "an indeterminate number of years." He later returned to live performing.

1985 - Wham! became the first Western act to play in China.

1990 - At Farm Aid IV, Elton John performed "Candle in the Wind" for Ryan White. White, a young boy with AIDS, died later the same day.

1995 - Airport police seized a loaded pistol from Eddie Van Halen's carry-on luggage. No charges were filed.
Van Halen apparel and gear

1997 - Oasis singer Liam Gallagher and actress Patsy Kensit were married.

1997 - An Amsterdam university began offering a course entitled "Madonna 101."
Madonna Merchandise

1998 - Carlos Vega died of a self-inflicted gunshot.

1998 - George Michael was arrested in a public restroom in Beverly Hills for lewd conduct. He was sentenced to community service for the incident.

1998 - Mary Bono, the widow of Sonny Bono, won a special election to serve out the remainder of her husband's congressional term.

2000 - Michael Abram attended a hearing for his attempt to murder George Harrison and his wife Olivia on December 30, 1999. Abram was ordered to appear for trial, but a date was not set.

2004 - It was announced that Polar Studios, in Stockholm, would close in May due to high rent.

[Karl Stiel]

Q playing Floyd!

Ahhhh !

[Karl Stiel]

Well gotta hit the road again, hope there is no snow up north.

Have a great day!

My fav, Chips and Beer

Cheers!

[heartgirl99]

good morning, qts

Have a safe trip, karl!

[heartgirl99]

r.i.p.

[heartgirl99]

[heartgirl99]

big announcement this morning at 0740!

music changes coming to the Q!!!!

classic rock --> toronto's rock station

[Wallie]

Good Morning all

R.I.P. John Pinette

[hmjm61]

Good morning!
I'm liking the new format.

[kawam]

Good Morning all. Happy Monday!

[Lee03]

big announcement this morning at 0740!

music changes coming to the Q!!!!

classic rock --> toronto's rock station

That's great news!! There's a lot of good new rock out there!!

[Lee03]

How did Monday get here so fast again???

I hope everyone has a great day!!!

[WolfDio]

I Thought someone Changed the Radio Station without me Knowing.
...and I Never Change the Station!!

[WolfDio]