March 28, 1943 — Sergei Rachmaninoff dies
Born in 1873, Sergei Rachmaninoff was one of the greatest Russian composers of the Twentieth Century, and one of the...
November 14, 2018
Art & Culture
August 19, 1943 — The first intentional acid trip is taken
It was supposed to be a headache cure. What Dr Albert Hofmann and his assistants were searching for, in their...
November 9, 2018
February 10, 1944 — Peter Allen is born Peter George Woolnough
Born in Tenterfield, in country New South Wales, Peter George Woolnough was performing from an early age. In the 1960’s,...
October 29, 2018
August 13, 1946 — H. G. Wells dies
The man who basically invented the modern science fiction novel (Jules Verne himself insisted that this was the case), one...
September 29, 2018
September 14, 1947 — Jon Bauman born
Jon Bauman – better known to a generation of Americans as Bowser of Sha Na Na – hails from Brooklyn,...
September 22, 2018
April 7, 1949 — “South Pacific” opens on Broadway
“South Pacific” was a musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein, based on James Michener’s “Tales of the South Pacific”, an anthology...
September 9, 2018
September 23, 1949 — Bruce Springsteen born
The favourite son of Freehold, New Jersey, Bruce Springsteen is the greatest poet of the American working class. Nicknamed ‘The...
August 22, 2018
October 31, 1949 — Cecil B DeMille’s “Samson and Delilah” is released
Cecil B DeMille’s “Samson and Delilah” was the second film version of the tale, and the first to be in...
August 14, 2018
February 24, 1950 — George Thorogood is born
A bluesman in the classic mold, George Thorogood was born in Wilmington, Delaware. (Despite his claims, history does not record...
August 4, 2018
May 9, 1950 — L. Ron Hubbard publishes “Dianetics”
“Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health” was first published by L. Ron Hubbard in 1950. It is a canonical...
July 24, 2018
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