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| MSG in 1879 seated 10,000 people. (c)Wikipedia |
On This Day In 1879, the illustrious and historic entertainment venue named Madison Square Garden opened.
The Vanderbilt family reclaimed the land of the building from promoter, politician and founder of Barnum & Bailey Circus, P.T. Barnum. He was previously using the venue for his circuses and other numerous events.
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| Williams & West are both highly regarded as two of the best musical producers of the 21st century. (c)GQ |
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| The entertaining Season 2 of 'The Boondocks'. (c)Wikipedia |
In Season 2, Episode 17 of 'The Boondocks', Tom Dubois believes his wife, Sarah, is having an affair with Usher.
That sends Tom off the edge and leaves him with no choice.
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| Rust's rented Reims Cessna F172P landing in Moscow. (c)Rare Historical Photos |
On This Day In 1987, 18 year-old West German civilian pilot named Mathias Rust landed his Cessna in Moscow's Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge after taking off from Finland.
Luckily, the Soviets did not receive the word to shoot his aircraft down after he was mistakenly regarded as a friendly plane. Finnish air traffic controllers did their due diligence in contacting him but Rust turned off all communications.
When he was located in Moscow, he avoided landing inside the Kremlin for sensible reasons therefore changing his ending to the Red Square. With traffic at its peak, the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge was the only available place. He was arrested shortly after.
Rust said the intentions of this air-flight was to ease tensions and bring peace during the Cold War.
After gaining international fame, he was sentenced to 14 years in prison but later released after 14 months.
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| LeBron lived up to the hype on & off the court. (c)USA Today |
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| "Bubbly" became a huge hit in many international countries. (c)Wikipedia |
Colbie Caillat released her debut album Coco in 2007 which experienced great success by reaching #5 on the Billboard 200 and selling over 51,000 copies in the first week. The album's final single "Somethin' Special" was used as a song in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Today's Music Throwback features the album's 4th track, "Bubbly". It was the project's main single and is still Caillat's biggest song till this day. Jason Reeves and Caillat wrote the song as Mikal Blue was the producer.
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| The NBA logo and hall of famer Jerry West turns 83 today. (c)Lakers Nation |
Jerry West - 83 | NBA Executive & Former Player
Gladys Knight - 77 | Singer-Songwriter, Actress & Author
Kylie Minogue - 53 | Singer-Songwriter & Actress
Megalyn Echikunwoke - 37 | Actress
Colbie Caillat - 36 | Singer-Songwriter
Michael Oher - 35 | Former NFL Player
Seth Rollins - 35 | WWE Wrestler
Percy Harvin - 33 | Former NFL Player
Alexandre Lacazette - 30 | Footballer
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| Zidane almost led France to another World Cup title in 2006. (c)Goal |
France would match-up against the ascending generational talents of Spain in the quarterfinals and put a pause on the ascension with a 3-1 win finalized by Zidane's goal in the 90th minute.
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| Sports Entertainment would never be the same after NWO's creation in 1996. (c)Pro Wrestling Stories |
The WWE (formerly WWF) bought out WCW in 2001 ending the Monday Night Wars battle between the two companies and having all rights transferred to the WWE.
Vince McMahon's victory left him with a lot of story lines to create and talent to utilize his vision.
This would leave McMahon and his team with the task of injecting NWO into the company's limelight at the appropriate time. After the "Invasion" period that saw the WWE overpower WCW/ECW, McMahon felt that new "co-owner" Ric Flair was hurting the company leaving Vince with no choice but to "destroy his own creation".
Great Entertainment.
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In 1965, The Ramsey Lewis Trio released their instrumental rendition of hit song "The 'In' Crowd".
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| Louis Gossett Jr. turns 85 today. (c)Los Angeles Times |
Louis Gossett Jr. - 85 | Actor
Richard Schiff - 66 | Actor & Director
Eric Bischoff - 66 | Former Senior VP of WCW, Producer, Booker & Personality
Todd Bridges - 56 | Actor
Mara Brock Akil - 51 | Screenwriter & Television Producer
Jadakiss - 46 | Rappers
Andre 3000 - 46 | Rapper, Singer-Songwriter & Actor
Shanola Hampton - 44 | Actress
Mark Angel - 30 | Comedian
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| The Dow Jones Industrial Average over the course of a century. (c)Wikipedia |
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| Davis was one of the premier musical figures of the 20th century. (c)Rolling Stone |
Miles Dewey Davis III was born on this day in 1926 in Alton, Illinois, U.S.A.
He is widely known as one of the most influential musicians and jazz pioneers of the 20th century.
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| For the 1st time ever in 1993, a knockout stage produced a bonafide UCL Final. (c)Wikipedia |
28 years ago today, the first UEFA Champions League Final took place at Olympiastadion in Munich, Germany between Olympique de Marseille and AC Milan.
Marseille defender Basile Boil would score the only point of the match with a header in the 43rd minute. It is still the only time a French club has held the title as the best team in Europe.
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| Season 4 of 'The Wire' dived into the educational system with incredible precision. (c)Bustle |
One of "The Boys of Summer" named Duquan "Dukie" Weems (played by Jermaine Crawford) had to face a difficult up bringing due to the use of alcohol and drugs by his parents.
However, during his time in Mr. Przybylewski's class at Edward J. Tilghman Middle School he began to blossom and tap into his love for technology but all of this would be impacted after he received a social promotion to High School.
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