On This Day In History

**Piper** · 12th October 2023, 19:13

1969-Russ Gibb a DJ at WKNR in
Detroit, takes a call from a listener
who tells him that if you play The
Beatles song "Revolution" backwards,
a voice says, "Turn me on, dead man."
Gibb plays the record in reverse on air,
and the phone lines light up with astonished
listeners offering more clues as to why
Paul McCartney might be dead. For about a
week, Gibb entertains a stream of rumours on
the show, as ratings explode and the story
goes national.
Other clues include a voice at the end of
"Strawberry Fields Forever" that says
"Buried Paul" ( actually John Lennon saying
"Cranberry Sauce" ) and the cover of the
Sgt. Pepper album, where Paul is wearing an
armband that says "OPD" - "Officially Pronounced Dead"

**Piper** · 16th October 2023, 19:43

1936-Jean Batten reaches
Auckland New Zealand after
flying solo from Kent, England
in a record 11 days and 45 minutes.

1964-Kiwi runner Peter Snell
wins gold in the 800m at the
Tokyo Olympics, repeating his
feat from the Rome Olympics.

**Piper** · 17th October 2023, 10:20

1957-Movie Jail house Rock,
with Elvis Presley, premieres.

1968-The movie Bullitt, starring
Steve McQueen and Jacqueline
Bisset, is released.

**Piper** · 19th October 2023, 12:26

1937-Ernest Rutherford dies

1973-David Bowie's album
Pin-Ups is 50 years old today.

1973-Bob Marley and The Wailers
album Burnin is 50 years old today.

1973-The Who's album Quadrophenia is 50
years old today.

**Piper** · 20th October 2023, 18:36

1973-Queen Elizabeth ll
officially opens the Sydney Opera
House.

1977-A plane chartered
by the rock band Lynyrd
Syynyrd crashes near Gilisburg,
Mississippi, killing six people.

1994-LS actor Burt
Lancaster dies aged 80,
of a heart attack.

**Piper** · 23rd October 2023, 08:21

1973-Cher's album Half Breed
is 50 years old today.

1958-The Smurfs debut, in a
comic by Belgian artist
Peyo.

**Piper** · 24th October 2023, 21:48

1929-October 24th-Black Thursday marks the
start of the US stockmarket
crash.

**Piper** · 26th October 2023, 07:25

On the 26th October 1881
in Tombstone Arizona the
Earp brothers face of with
the Clanton-Mclaury gang at
the O. K. Carrol

1973-Herbie Hancock's album
Head Hunters was released.

1973-Diana and Marvin Gaye album released

1973-Quadrophenia album by The Who was released in
New Zealand.

1951-Winston Churchill aged 76,is
re-elected as British prime Minister

**Piper** · 29th October 2023, 07:36

Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina's
album Full Sail is 50 years old today.
Released on the 29th October 1973

**Piper** · 29th October 2023, 16:06

1929-US stockmarket crashes,
and marks the start of the
Great Depression.

1973-John Lennon's album Mind Games
was first released on the 29
October in the US, then in the
UK on the 16th November.

1960-Cassius Clay's ( Muhammad Ali ) 1st professional
fight beats Tunney Hunsaker on points in 6 rounds in Louisville, Kentucky.