What’s Happening:
RIP Skype, 2003 to 2025. Microsoft has officially shut down the once-dominant video chat app, directing users to its newer platform, Microsoft Teams. Purchased for $8.5 billion in 2011, Skype now survives only as a dial pad inside Teams. One era ends—another continues in its place.
Real ID is about to become a requirement for air travel. Here’s what you need to know.
Today in History:
1915 – Future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth hits his first MLB home run; pitches 12 frames in Boston Red Sox 4-3 extra innings loss to New York Yankees.
1937 – German airship Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 35 of the 97 on board and one on the ground.
1941 – At California’s March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show.
1954 – English athlete Roger Bannister becomes the first to run a sub-4-minute mile, recording 3:59.4 at Iffley Road Track in Oxford.
1957 – Last broadcast of “I Love Lucy” on CBS.
1960 – US President Eisenhower signs Civil Rights Act of 1960.
1965 – James Brown records “I Got You (I Feel Good).”
1966 The Rolling Stones release the single “Paint It Black” in the US, featuring prominent sitar music played by Brian Jones.
1971 – Ike and Tina Turner’s cover of “Proud Mary” is certified Gold.
1972 – Elton John releases “Rocket Man.”
1973 – Simon begins his first tour as a solo artist, performing at Music Hall in Boston at a show that is recorded for his album Live Rhymin’.
1978 – The Knack is formed.
1982 – Dianna Ross gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as a solo artist
1997 – For the first time, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame holds its induction ceremony in its hometown of Cleveland, after previously hosting the event in New York. That year’s inductees include The Jackson 5, The Bee Gees, The Young Rascals, Joni Mitchell, Buffalo Springfield, and Crosby, Stills & Nash.
Today’s Birthdays:
1856 – Sigmund Freud is born in Austria.
1895 – Actor Rudooph Valintno is born in Castellaneta, Italy.
1915 – Orson Welles is born Kenosha, Wisconsin.
1931 – Willie Mays is born in Westfield, Alabama.
Bob Seger turns 80 today. born in Lincoln Park, and educated at. Ann Arbor High, he becomes a fixture on the Detroit music scene in the late ’60s and becomes a star with his 1976 album Night Moves. He rocks out on songs like “Old Time Rock And Roll” and “Katmandu” but is best known for songs like “Turn The Page” and “Against The Wind,” which stir up a range of emotions.
Folk singer Mary MacGregor, known for the 1976 hit “Torn Between Two Lovers,” is 76.
Guitarist Davey Johnstone, a longtime member of Elton John’s band, is 74.
Tony Blair is 72.
Tom Bergeron, American game show host (America’s Funniest Home Videos, 2006-15), is 70.
George Clooney is 64.
Things to do in Detroit and Michigan:
Awesome Mitten has compiled a list of the 10 best bike trails near Traverse City. Here’s a link to help find them:
Pine Knob Music Theater celebrates its 52nd season with Neil Young, Rod Stewart, Earth, Wind & Fire and more. Get details on all the summer shows across Metro Detroit here:
