On This Day
August 4
Chocolate Cookie Day
1958 Ricky Nelson Poor Little Fool is the first #1 song Billboard Hot 100 count down
1966 The Beatles get banned from all radio stations for “The band was more popular than Jesus” as said by John Lennon
1967 Pink Floyd release their debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
1967 The film Bonnie and Clyde premieres at The Montréal Film Festival Directed by Arthur Penn staring Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, & Gene Hackman
1972 Michael Jackson releases the album Ben
1979 Rock ’n’ Roll High School premiers
1982 Carl Lewis wins the 100 m gold medal at the Olympics
Happy Birthday
1921 Maurice "Rocket" Richard Hockey legend
1955 Billy Bob Thornton actor in Blood In, Blood Out, Sling Blade, U Turn, Bad Santa, & Fargo.
1960 Dean Malenko wrestler
1962 Roger Clemens MLB pitcher Played for Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees & Houston Astros 2× World Series champion, 7× Cy Young Award
1988 Carly Foulkes actress model
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