August 11, 1953 — Hulk Hogan born
Born Terry Gene Bollea in Augusta, Georgia, and from the age of about 16, he doesn’t seem to have ever...
April 7, 2018
Art & Culture
December 6, 1953 — Nabokov finishes writing “Lolita”
Vladimir Nabokov’s 1955 novel is one of the most controversial books of the twentieth century. Its subject matter – a...
April 1, 2018
January 20, 1954 — William Burroughs writes his first letter home from Tangier
Burroughs was inspired by the works of Paul Bowles to visit Tangier, and found it much to his liking. He...
March 29, 2018
May 20, 1954 — “Rock Around The Clock” released
One, two, three o’clock, four o’clock rock… Rightly or wrongly, this is the song – and Bill Haley and his...
March 19, 2018
October 10, 1954 — David Lee Roth born
‘Diamond’ Dave Lee Roth is best known as the lead singer of Van Halen (or at least, the lead singer...
March 9, 2018
October 7, 1955 — Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl” is first performed
The greatest poem of the Beat Generation writers, and one of the finest of the 20th century, Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl”...
February 28, 2018
August 12, 1958 — “White Wilderness” premieres
The legendary documentary that began the whole “lemmings commit suicide” myth, ‘White Wilderness’ was 72 minutes of the Disney Corporation...
January 24, 2018
February 3, 1959 — Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper die in a plane crash
The facts, as generally agreed upon, are these: At approximately 1AM on February 3, 1959, Holly, Valens and Richardson (‘the...
January 14, 2018
February 7, 1959 — Guitar Slim dies
Eddie Jones – better known to most as “Guitar Slim” – was only 32 when he died pf pneumonia (which...
January 9, 2018
May 14, 1959 — Sinatra finishes recording “No One Cares”
On this day, Sinatra completed the recording of this, his third album for the year, after a break of over...
December 29, 2017
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