4 - Henri Cartier-Bresson dies (1908-2004)
(photo 1932)
6 - America drops Atomic Bomb (Uranium) on Hiroshima (1945)
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 8 - Fay Wray, actress who played damsel in distress in 1933 film 'King Kong' dies aged 96 (2004)
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9 - America drops Atomic Bomb (Plutonium) on Nagasaki (1945) see nuke-free
12 - William Blake died, aged 70 (1827)
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My dear Friend, Lest you should
not have heard of the Death of Mr. Blake I have written this to inform you — He died on Sunday Night at 6 o'clock in a most glorious
manner. He said He was going to that Country he
had all His life wished to see &
expressed himself Happy hoping for Salvation through Jesus Christ — Just before He died His Countenance became fair — His eyes Brightened and He burst out in Singing of the things he Saw in
Heaven. In Truth He died like a Saint as a person who was standing by Him Observed. He is
to be Buryed on Friday at 12 in the morning. Should you like to go to the Funeral
— If you should, there will be room in the Coach. Yrs. G. Richmond |
16 - Deathday of Elvis, so-called King (1977),
Tho' as John Lennon said: " Elvis really died the day they put him in the army.
That's when they killed him, & the rest was a living death."
16 - Peterloo Massacre (1819)
17 - Birthday of Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
21 - Dr Robert Moog, inventor of the electronic synthesiser (used by The Beatles, among many other musicians) dies, aged 71 (2005)
24 - Hoaxer Poet Thomas Chatterton, 'the marvellous boy', committed suicide
25 - Birth date of Elvis Costello (né Declan Patrick McManus - splendid name), singer-songwriter,1954. And, as he so pertinently enquires, 'What's so funny 'bout Peace, Love & Understanding?' (Hear here!)
- Ronald Reagan said 'trees cause more pollution than automobiles do' (1981)
27 - first OIL well drilled in U.S. - memo: end of
coming soon!
28 - Bob Dylan introduced the Beatles to Mary Jane (1964)
31 - Birthday Van Morrison, musician (1945). Also, Commodus, Roman Emperor (161 A.D.)
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