This date in history

On this day in 2013, the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll earned her
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on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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On this day in history, November 17, 1871, National Rifle Association founded by Civil War veteran officers

The National Rifle Association, which has some 5.5 million members in the U.S., was chartered in New York City on Nov. 17, 1871, by veteran Union officers of the Civil War.
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"From presidents of the United States, military heroes, those with household names to rank and file Americans like us, all have entrusted the NRA to be the guardians of their Second Amendment, their self-defense and hunting rights, and indeed their freedom as Americans."

Interesting item.

The organization's very first efforts included building a rifle range to promote marksmanship. The NRA's original 1872 range on Long Island, New York, was moved to New Jersey in 1892.
 
Also on December 17: On this day in 1963, “I Want To Hold Your Hand” aired on US airwaves for the first time.
(Seen here: Carroll and Marsha, 20 years later)
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The importance of this broadcast to The Beatles’ fortunes in American cannot be overestimated: Washington deejay Carroll James’ airing their million-selling English single to great success forced Capitol’s hand to rush-release the group’s label debut (as somewhere, Dave Dexter Jr. seethed) well ahead of the scheduled mid-January date.

In so doing, they were merely begrudgingly reacting to the genie escaping the bottle, throwing off their planned promotional build-up. But unwittingly, changing the street date to December 26th (and sending promos to deejays well ahead) gave them an enormous boost before a captive audience of teenaged record buyers during winter break. Had they waited three weeks when this demographic was back in school, they surely would have denied the Beatles the head start that lead to a national #1 record just before they landed at JFK Airport in February.

To backtrack: CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite at last aired the Alexander Kendrick piece from November 22 in prime time on December 10. Among the viewers was 15 year-old Marsha Albert, a Silver Springs, Maryland school girl. Liking what she heard, she was moved to pen a note to James, a WWDC-AM deejay, asking why his station didn’t play such good stuff. James, who’d seen the same report, agreed: acting now on a listener’s request, he asked a friend who worked for BOAC to bring him back a copy of the hot-selling record.

She obliged, and James graciously invited Marsha down to the station to introduce this first spin. Initially, Capitol was not at all pleased and asked James to stop airing the record ahead of schedule. But the legions of teens tuning in feeling as they did trumped the corporate wishes. As they say nowadays, “I Want To Hold Your Hand” quickly went viral.

The Beatles - and Capitol - ended up the lucky beneficiaries of completely uncontrived events tipping their way.

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Interesting that none posted this yet, one of the most important events in US history that celebrated its 250th anniversary!! Guess the Beatles and the Wright Brothers are more post worthy.

OK, I gave you guys 3 days, so here it is!!

Spilling the tea: Boston Tea Party turns 250 with reenactments of the revolutionary protest​

Tea for the reenactment was supplied by the East India Co., the same British company that was at the center of the raucous dispute.

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Patriotic mobs and harbor tea dumping are returning to Boston on Saturday, as the city marks the 250th anniversary of the revolutionary protest that preceded America’s independence. Steven Senne/Associated Press file

BOSTON — Patriotic mobs and harbor tea-dumping returned to Boston on Saturday as the city marked the 250th anniversary of the revolutionary protest that preceded America’s independence.

The commemoration of the Boston Tea Party included scheduled reenactments of the throwing of tea leaves into the city’s harbor and community meetings that preceded the defiant act on Dec. 16, 1773 – though this time, the symbolic protest was aided by spotlights and microphones. City officials were expecting thousands of visitors for the celebration.

Crowds who gathered to watch the reenactment quickly joined in, shouting “Huzzah!” along with the costumed actors as boxes of tea were dumped in the harbor. Later, they resoundingly booed an actor who read King George III’s order closing the bay, and they cheered as narrators detailed the drafting of the Declaration of Independence.

Tea for the reenactment was supplied by the East India Co., the same British company that was at the center of the raucous dispute.

During the historic event, protesting “taxation without representation,” members of the Sons of Liberty and others boarded East India Co. ships and dumped their valuable haul – some 92,000 pounds of tea worth nearly $2 million today – into the murky waters of Boston Harbor.

Great Britain responded with military rule and other sanctions on Massachusetts, stoking American opposition to colonial rule.

The Boston Tea Party is considered a pivotal event leading the American Revolutionary War.

“It’s a reminder for all of us, not just here in the United States but all over the world, that democracy is in action: Doing what’s right, no matter the odds, for our friends, our families, our homes, our future,” Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said at a news conference Friday previewing the anniversary.
 
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