On This Day.....

1922 - The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was established.
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1970 - Paul McCartney sued the other three Beatles to dissolve the partnership and gain control of his interest.

1994 - Former Beatle Ringo Starr's first wife Maureen dies.
 
1900 - The German Football Federation (DFB) was founded.
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1965 - The Who made its first appearance on the British TV rock show Ready Steady Go!

1978 - Gianluigi Buffon, winner of the 1996 UEFA Under-21 European Championship and the 2006 FIFA World Cup with Italy, was born.
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1967 - Due to a Musicians' Union ban, the Rolling Stones were not allowed to play the hit song Let's Spend the Night Together when the band appeared in an ITV show.

1984 - Carlos Tévez, winner of the 2003 CONMEBOL South American U-20 Championship and the 2004 Olympic gold medal in football with Argentina, was born.
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1961 - Loudness guitarist Akira Takasaki was born.
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1963 - The Beatles formed the Northern Music Publishing Company.

1969 - Brian Laudrup, winner of the 1992 UEFA European Championship and the 1995 King Fahd Cup with Denmark, was born.
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1987 - The People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia was declared.
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1973 - Retired Norwegian footballer and current manager of Norwegian Div. 1 club Molde Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was born.
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1995 - Jimmy Page and Robert Plant began a world tour to support their reunion album No Quarter.

1998 - Tommy Lee of Mötley Crüe was formally charged with abusing his then-wife Pamela Anderson-Lee and one of their sons Dylan.
 
1980 - Ronaldo de Assis Moreira a.k.a. Ronaldinho, winner of the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Cup, the 1999 Copa América, the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2008 Olympic bronze medal in football with Brazil, was born.
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1984 - Part of Central Park in New York was renamed Strawberry Fields in honour of former Beatle John Lennon, who was murdered 4 years earlier.
 
1961 – The Union of South Africa was renamed the Republic of South Africa.
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1977 - The BBC banned the Sex Pistols' God Save the Queen.

1986 - The 1986 FIFA World Cup kicks off in Mexico, which hosted the tournament back in 1970.
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1998 - Van Halen cancelled a show at the Docks club in Hamburg, Germany, after a piece of ceiling plaster fell and hit Alex Van Halen. He suffered a bruised arm.

2006 – The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro's formal declaration of independence.
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1966 - The Beatles was first heard using a reversed tape in the song Rain. It was a B-side to the song Paperback Writer.

2000 - The 2000 UEFA European Championship kicks off in Holland and Belgium, which hosted the tournament back in 1972.
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1898 - The Philippines declared independence from Spain.
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1965 - All 4 members of the Beatles received their MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) awards.

1984 - The 1984 UEFA European Championship kicks off in France, which hosted the tournament back in 1960.
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1969 - Mick Taylor was introduced as the new guitarist for the Rolling Stones following the departure of Brian Jones.

1972 - The 1972 UEFA European Championship kicks off in Belgium.
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rockin_plumber, for your info I have corrected the MBE's full name. The incorrect name is from On This Day's website.
 
edge_of_the_wire said:
rockin_plumber, for your info I have corrected the M.B.E.'s full name. The incorrect name is from On This Day's website.
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Thank you for acknowledging my superiority :anorak:
 
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