Random selection from around 2,100 Facts
Click to filter results
Ohio
At the end of the 1814 bombardment of Baltimore, Maryland, USA, an American flag featuring 15 stars and fifteen stripes, is raised to show that America has saved the city from the British attackers. Seeing this, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key is inspired to write a poem which, in turn, will inspire the song The Star-Spangled Banner which will become the National Anthem Of The United States Of America.
Novelty singing and dancing quartet The McCann Family, Fred Warren And Al Blanchard, and soprano Miss Ida Bell Farnum are appearing at Lakeside Park Casino, Akron, Ohio, USA.
Dead Men's Hills is tonight's episode of The Roy Rogers Show, starring singing cowboy Roy Rogers, on tv in the USA.
The
Bull Moose Jackson records the innuendo-laden Big Ten Inch Record for King Records in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Vaughn Monroe is undertaking a personal appearance in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA.
The musical comedy movie Bells Are Ringing, starring Dean Martin and Judy Holliday, opens at cinemas in Colombia, South America.
Jazz pianist and organist Sir Charles Thompson records Night And Day, Pennies From Heaven, S'
Wonderful and other tracks in Paris, France, Europe.
The 
Chiquieta, the celebrated girl drummer, plays the first of three nights at Hines Farm Blues Club, Swanton, Ohio, USA.
Merck Mercuriadis is born in Schefferville, Quebec, Canada. He will achieve success as a manager of musicians and bands, including Nile Rodgers, Beyoncé, Elton John, Guns N' Roses, Iron Maiden, Morrissey, Pet Shop Boys, Macy Gray, Mary J. Blige, Joss Stone, Jane's Addiction and Catherine Wheel.
The Isley Brothers play in Cincinnatti, Ohio, USA, with Jimmy Hendrix (later to become Jimi Hendrix) as their guitarist.
Jerry Butler, Betty Everett, Don Covay, Otis Redding, Jimmy Reed and Billy Butler And The Chanters play in the Little Willie Poe Revue at The National Guard Armory, Jackson, Tennessee, USA.
The Nina Simone's cover version of the Screamin' Jay Hawkins song I Put A Spell On You enters the UK singles chart where it will peak at No49. She will have greater success with the track when it is re-issued four years later.
The 4 Tops, The Temptations, Martha And The Vandellas, Stevie Wonder, Jr. Walker And The All-Stars, The Marvelettes, The Spinners, Kim Westen, Willie Tyler And Lester play in the Motortown Revue, at The Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Dean Martin secures his fifth Top 40 hit in the USA when I Will peaks at No10 in the Billboard chart.
The Linn County Blues Band is playing during four nights at La Cave, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Nina Simone plays the first of three nights at Leo's Casino, Euclid Quad Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Roger Miller performs Orange Blossom Special during a return engagement on The Dean Martin Show on NBC-tv in the USA.Janis Joplin and The Kozmic Blues Band play at The University of Toledo Fieldhouse, Toledo, Ohio, USA.
Read More
Glen Campbell and Tanya Tucker open the Republican National Convention in Detroit, Michigan, USA, with a duet version of The American National Anthem. Campbell later admits they were both, "higher than the notes we were singing." Others taking part in the convention include Vicki Lawrence, Donny And Marie Osmond and Pat Boone.
Devo play at The Great Southern Music Hall, Orlando, Florida, USA.
The Cars release the album Shake It Up in the USA.
On her Refuge world tour, Joni Mitchell plays at The Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, USA.
The Call play at Bogarts, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
On her Compositions World Tour, Anita Baker plays the last of four nights at The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Brooks And Dunn begin their third annual Neon Circus And Wild West Show tour in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA, supported by Rascal Flatts, Brad Paisley, Aaron Lines and Jeff Bates.
The Beaconsfield Mine collapse occurs in Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Australia, Oceania. Of the seventeen people who were in the mine, one is killed, fourteen escape immediately following the collapse, but the remaining two are trapped underground. One of the pair, Brant Webb, requests that an iPod be sent down to them, filled with Foo Fighters songs. When Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters learns of this request, he will become inspired to write the acoustic instrumental composition Ballad Of The Beaconsfield Miners.
Read More
The Police and Friction Plane play the second of two nights at the National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England, UK.
Brad Paisley, Jack Ingram, Kellie Pickler and Taylor Swift play a sold-out show at The Blossom Music Centre, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, USA.
Rascal Flatts play at The Cricket Wireless Amphitheater, Bonner Springs, Kansas, USA.
DEVO play at Summit Music Hall, Denver, Colorado, USA.
On the 
Jorma Kaukonen plays at Songs From Blue Country Heart, Fur Peace Ranch, Pomeroy, Ohio, USA.
Sting and Peter Gabriel begin their 19-date Rock Paper Scissors tour with a show at The Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, USA.
During the 3rd North American leg of their Not In This Lieftime tour, Guns N'Roses play at The BOK Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. This tour features classic Guns N'Roses line-up members Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan, playing together for the first time since 1993. At this show, Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters joins them during their performance of Paradise City.
Touring in support of their album, I Am Easy To Find, The National play at Northerly Island, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Touring in support of their album, I Am Easy To Find, The National play at Ogden Amphitheater, Ogden, Utah, USA.
On their 50th Anniversary tour, Hot Tuna play at The Moore Theatre, Seattle, Washington, USA, with The David Bromberg Quintet.1814 |
2019 |