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Rock Almanac/ Notable Events
Week of February 21st thru February 27th
Tuesday, February 21st
1848 The Communist Manifesto, written by Karl Marx with the assistance of Friedrich Engels, was published in
1878 The first telephone book was issued (
1885 The
1916 Battle of Verdun, the longest and one of the bloodiest engagements of World War I, began.
1947 Edwin H. Land first demonstrated his
1958 The first Gibson Flying V guitar is shipped from the company's factory in
1965 Malcolm X was assassinated.
1972 President Nixon became the first
1981 REO Speedwagon went to No.1 on the album chart with 'Hi Infidelity'. The album spent a total of 15 weeks at No.1.
1995 Steve Fossett became the first person to cross the
Wednesday, February 22nd
1819 The
1879 Frank Winfield Woolworth opened a five-and-dime store in
1889 President Grover Cleveland signed a bill to admit the
1968 Genesis released their first single, 'The Silent Sun.'
1978 The Police appeared in a Wrigley's Chewing Gum TV commercial. The band dyed their hair blonde for the appearance.
1980 In a stunning upset, the
1987 Andy Warhol, pop artist and producer died after a gall bladder operation. The founder of the Pop Art movement, produced and managed The Velvet Underground, designed the 1967 Velvet Underground And Nico 'peeled banana' album cover and The Rolling Stones 'Sticky Fingers' album cover.
1989 A category for Heavy Metal was included at the Grammy Awards for the first time. Metallica performed on stage, but the award went to Jethro Tull.
2001 Winners at the 43rd Grammy Awards included U2, record of the year and song of the year with 'Beautiful Day', Steely Dan won album of the year for 'Two Against Nature', Sting won Male pop vocal for 'She Walks This Earth.'
Thursday, February 23rd
1836 4,000 Mexican troops, under the leadership of Santa Anna, began a siege of the fortified
1896 The Tootsie Roll was introduced.
1945 During
1964 The Beatles make the third of their three consecutive Sunday night appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show.
1965 Filming began on The Beatles follow up to 'A Hard Days Night' on location in the
1978 Winners at the Grammy Awards included Fleetwood Mac, Album of the year for 'Rumours', The Eagles, Record of the year for 'Hotel California'.
1978 David Coverdale's Whitesnake made their live debut in the
1979 Dire Straits played their first American show when they appeared in
1980 "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" by Queen hits #1 on the singles chart, where it stays for four weeks.
1997 Scottish scientists announced they had cloned an adult sheep, producing a lamb named Dolly, the first mammal successfully cloned from an adult animal.
2003 Howie Epstein, bassist with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, died of a suspected drug overdose in
2004 Long-time Peter Frampton keyboardist-guitarist Bob Mayo dies at age 52.
2010
Birthdays-
1952 Brad Whitford Aerosmith guitarist
Friday, February 24th
1582 Pope Gregory the 13th issued a new calendar, dubbed “The Gregorian Calendar.”
1976 The Eagles 'Greatest Hits' became the first album to be certified platinum by the R.I.A.A. New certification's represented sales of 1 million copies for albums and two million for singles.
1980 The
1982 John Lennon & Yoko Ono win album of the year for 'Double Fantasy’ at the Grammy Awards.
1991
1998 Elton John is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II, becoming Sir Elton John in his homeland.
2000 Carlos Santana wins eight Grammy Awards for his ‘Supernatural’ album. Sting won two awards, one for best pop album and another for best male pop vocalist. Elton John won the legend award and Phil Collins the best soundtrack award for 'Tarzan'.
2008 Fidel Castro, the President of Cuba for almost fifty years, retires.
2010 The personal assistant to former Ramones manager Linda Stein was convicted in a
Saturday, February 25th
1836 Samuel Colt patents his revolver.
1870 Senator Hiram R. Revels (R-Mississippi) became the first black person in the Senate, as he was sworn in after being elected to serve out Jefferson Davis' term.
1940 The first hockey game is televised. The New York Rangers beat the Montreal Canadiens,
1981 Bob Seger wins Best Rock performance for 'Against The Wind' and Pat Benatar won Best female performance for 'Crimes Of Passion' at the Grammy Awards.
1984 'Jump', by Van Halen started a five-week run at No.1 on the singles chart.
1993 Marshall Tucker Band singer-lead guitarist Toy Caldwell dies.
2004 The Rolling Stones topped a US Rich List of music’s biggest money makers. The list was based on earnings during 2003 when the band played their 'Forty Licks' tour, which made them $212 million, in ticket, CD,
2011 Suze Rotolo, Bob Dylan's girlfriend and inspiration for numerous songs in the early-Sixties, died aged 67 after a long illness. Rotolo appeared on the iconic cover of 'The Freehweelin' Bob Dylan’.
Birthdays-
1943 George Harrison guitarist-vocalist with The Beatles/Solo/Traveling Wilburys
Sunday, February 26th
1815 Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from the
1935 Babe Ruth was released by the New York Yankees to sign with the Boston Braves.
1936 The first factory for the production of the "People's Car," the Volkswagen, is opened.
1965 Guitarist Jimmy Page released a solo single called 'She Just Satisfies' in the
1993 Six people were killed and more than 1,000 injured in the first attack on the
Monday, February 27th
1922 The
1933
1967 Pink Floyd recorded their first single 'Arnold Layne', with producer Joe Boyd at Sound Techniques studio in
1977 Keith Richards was arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at
1980 Winners at the Grammy Awards included: song of the year, 'What A Fool Believes', The Doobie Brothers and album of the year, Billy Joel's '
1992 Tiger Woods became, at age 16, the youngest PGA golfer in 35 years when he teed off at the Los Angeles Open.
2010 U2 raked in more money than any other music act in the US in 2009 making $109m from touring, record sales and other royalties, almost twice as much as the second best, Bruce Springsteen who took home $58m.
Birthdays-
1954 Neal Schon, guitarist from Journey
































