On This Day.....

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1960 - Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.

1966 - Retired Liberian footballer George Weah was born.

1970 - Jimi Hendrix was buried in Seattle, Washington.

 

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1962 - Mötley Crüe drummer Thomas Lee Bass a.k.a. Tommy Lee was born.

1981 - Swedish footballer of Bosnian-Croatian parentage Zlatan Ibrahimović was born.

1990 - Germany was reunified.

 

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1963 - Eric Clapton was asked to join the Yardbirds to replace Anthony "Top" Topham.

1966 - Lesotho declares its independence from the United Kingdom.

1974 - John Lennon releases his 5th album Walls and Bridges.

1976 - Mauro Camoranesi, winner of the 2006 F.I.F.A. World Cup with Italy, was born.

 

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1965 - Jürgen Kohler, winner of the 1990 F.I.F.A. World Cup with the former West Germany and the 1996 U.E.F.A. European Championship with Germany, was born.

1968 - The Doors are Open was aired on British T.V. The show was a documentary about the Doors.

 

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1978 - The Rolling Stones appeared on Saturday Night Live.

1982 - Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin got a 12-month conditional discharge after being found guilty of possession of cocaine.

1990 - The 1990 Asian Games were closed. Host nation China hauled the highest number of medals - 341 (183 gold, 107 silver, 51 bronze).

2001 - Peter Criss played his final show with KISS in Charleston, South Carolina. He was later replaced by Eric Singer.

 

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1964 - The secret marriage of the Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts to Shirley Ann Shepherd took place.

1971 - John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono appeared on The Dick Cavett Show on A.B.C. to promote his new L.P. and film Imagine, Ono's book, two films and a fine arts show.

2002 - The 2002 Asian Games were closed. China returned home with a total of 308 medals (150 gold, 84 silver, 74 bronze).

 

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1981 - Serbian footballer Nemanja Vidić was born.

1998 - Alice Cooper filed suit against KISS members Paul Stanley and Bruce Kulick alleging their song Dreamin' sounds too much like the song Eighteen by Cooper.

 

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1976 - José María Gutiérrez Hernández a.k.a. Guti, winner of the 1995 UEFA European Under-18 Championship and the 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship with Spain, was born.

1998 - KISS kicked off the Psycho-Circus tour with a Halloween extravaganza in Los Angeles, California. The Smashing Pumpkins became the opening act.

 

[Frenchy]

1989 - killy was born 8) 8) :edmetal:

it means i'm so old :shock:

 

[rockin_plumber]

1989 - killy was born 8) 8) :edmetal:

it means i'm so old :shock:

Yep LOL LOL LOL

 

[Frenchy]

1989 - killy was born 8) 8) :edmetal:

it means i'm so old :shock:

Yep LOL LOL LOL

do u want a clap on your bottom rocky :x :x

 

[rockin_plumber]

1989 - killy was born 8) 8) :edmetal:

it means i'm so old :shock:

Yep LOL LOL LOL

do u want a clap on your bottom rocky :x :x

:| no

 

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1960 - Velvet Revolver drummer Matt Sorum was born.

1965 - Laurent Blanc, winner of the 1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, 1998 FIFA World Cup and the 2000 UEFA European Championship with France and current coach of the France national football team, was born.

1982 - The 1982 Asian Games were opened in New Delhi, the Indian capital.

 

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1944 - The Doors' former drummer John Densmore was born.

2006 - The 2006 Asian Games were officially opened in Doha, the Qatari capital.

 

[rockin_plumber]

:shock: You forgot one....

1994 The Yeovil and District skittles league suspended a player after he poured gravy over an opponent during a post-match dinner.

 

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1975 - The Lao People's Democratic Republic was founded.

1988 - Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons of KISS and country singer Willie Nelson appeared on Geraldo to discuss S*x on the Road.

 

[rockin_plumber]

:err: what the fuck is S*x :?

 

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1948 - Former Black Sabbath vocalist Ozzy Osbourne was born.

1982 - Ghanaian footballer Michael Essien was born.

 

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1980 - Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones made the announcement of their decision not to reform Led Zeppelin in the wake of the death of drummer John "Bonzo" Bonham.

1982 - The 1982 Asian Games were closed. China returned home with a total of 153 medals (61 gold, 51 silver, 41 bronze), ending Japan's dominance.

1987 - Metallica released the Cliff 'Em All video collection. The bootleg and unprofessional recordings had been shot during 1982-1986 when Cliff Burton was still with the band.

It's easy, rockin_plumber. That's what you get when you drop the 'Middle' from Middlesex.

 

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1969 - John Lennon gave his last live performance in England. It was a UNICEF benefit in London.

1984 - Slovakian footballer Martin Škrtel was born.

2006 - The 2006 Asian Games were closed. China returned home with a total of 316 medals (165 gold, 88 silver, 63 bronze).