1 September 2010
On this Day in Music
1956 - Elvis Presley shared his success with his family by purchasing his mother a pink Cadillac.
1965 - James Brown and Booker T. & the MG's appeared on "Shindig!"
1967 - Boz Scaggs joined the Steve Miller Band.
On this Day in History
1945 - The US received official word of Japan's formal surrender that ended World War II. In Japan, it was actually September 2nd.
1949 - "Martin Kane, Private Eye" debuted on NBC-TV.
1951 - The ANZUS Treaty, a mutual defense pact, was signed by the US, Australia and New Zealand.
1969 - Col. Moammar Gadhafi came into power in Libya after the government was overthrown.
1970 - The last episode of "I Dream of Jeannie" aired on NBC-TV. The show premiered was on September 18, 1965.
Baby Boomer Birthdays
After much consideration and emails from folk all over the world we're going to try and include Baby Boomer Birthdays, this is going to be a tough call, we may miss some. After Kylie Minogue’s Birthday posting and howls of protest because it was also John Fogerty's birthday we'll give this a shot!
BTW The criteria up to now was to list birthdays of people born in the 60's which we'll continue to do. If I miss someone you think should have been here let me know. Happy reading!
Here's the other dilema. Charlie Watts is not officially a Baby Boomer as Baby Boomers were born between 1946 and 1964 - Anyway, Happy Birthday Charlie.
Don Gillespie - Trippin Editor email
Richard Farnsworth 1920 - Actor (Lassie, The Grey Fox, Legend of the Lone Ranger)
Yvonne De Carlo (Peggy Yvonne Middleton) 1922 - Actress (The Munsters, Salome, McLintock!)
Vittorio Gassman 1922 - Actor (Sharkey's Machine, War and Peace)
Rocky Marciano (Rocco Marchegiano) 1923 - Boxer, the only heavyweight champion to have won every fight in professional career
George Maharis 1928 - Actor (Route 66, Return to Fantasy Island)
Boxcar Willie (Lecil Martin) 1931 - Singer, songwriter, known as "The Singing Hobo"
Ann Richards 1933 - Texas Governor
Conway Twitty (Harold Lloyd Jenkins) 1933 - Singer, songwriter
Seiji Ozawa 1935 - Orchestra leader (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra)
Guy Rodgers 1935 - Basketball player
Ron O'Neal 1937
Al Geiberger 1937 - Golfer, recorded a score of 59 in a PGA Tour
Lily Tomlin 1939 - Actress, comedian
Rico Carty (Ricardo Adolfo Jacobo) 1939 - Baseball player
Dave White 1940 - Singer, songwriter (Danny & The Juniors)
Don Stroud 1943
- Actor (Dillinger and Capone, Amityville Horror, The Buddy Holly Story), son of Clarence Stroud
Archie Bell 1944
Leonard Slatkin 1944 - Orchestra director
Barry Gibb 1946 - Singer, songwriter, musician (The Bee Gees)
Greg Errico 1946 - Musician (Sly and The Family Stone)
Dennis Partee 1946 - Football player
Ed Podolak 1947 - Football player
Garry (Lee) Maddox 1949 - Baseball player
Bruce Foxton 1955 - Musician (100 Men, The Jam)
Gloria Estefan (Gloria Maria Milagrosa Fajardo) 1957
- Singer (Miami Sound Machine)
Boney James 1961
Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow 1961 - Wrestler, actor