In 1914 ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) is founded. In 1955 Les Paul and Mary Ford are the guests when the Grand Ole Opry is televised for the first time. In 1955 Buddy Holly's band, Buddy & Bob, opens for Elvis Presley at the "Big D Jamboree" in Lubbock, Texas. In 1956 Little Richard records "Good Golly Miss Molly" for Specialty Records at the J&M Studios in New Orleans. In 1958 Jackie Wilson records "Lonely Teardrops." In 1959 Opera singer Mario Lanza dies at age 38. In 1960 Loretta Lynn gives her debut performance at the Grand Ole Opry. In 1960 The Miracles' "Shop Around" is released. It would become Motown's first gold record the following February. In 1966 Australia bans "I Can't Help Myself" by the Troggs calling the song terribly obscene. In 1966 The Monkees record "I'm a Believer" at New York's RCA studios. In 1966 "Reach Out I'll Be There" by

In 1783 Pilatra deRozier becomes the first man to fly, in a tethered balloon. In 1860 11-year-old Grace Bedell of Westfield, NY, writes a letter to presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln, suggesting he would look better with a beard. In 1914 The Clayton Antitrust Act is passed. In 1917 Mata Hari, a dutch dancer who had spied for the Germans, is executed by firing squad outside of Paris. In 1928 The German dirigible Graf Zeppelin lands in Lakehust, New Jersey, on its first commercial flight across the Atlantic. In 1937 The Ernest Hemingway novel "To Have And Have Not" is published. In 1939 New York Municipal Airport, later re-named LaGuardia Airport, is dedicated in New York City. In 1940 Charlie Chaplin's first talkie, "The Great Dictator" opens. In 1945 The former premier of Vichy France, Pierre Laval, is executed. In 1946 Nazi war criminal Hermann Goering poisons himself, one day before he was to be executed. In 1951 "I Love Lucy" premieres on CBS te

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