{"id":27349,"date":"2022-05-14T00:00:54","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T04:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/?p=27349"},"modified":"2022-05-21T13:15:45","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T17:15:45","slug":"keener-today-may-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/?p=27349","title":{"rendered":"Keener Today &#8211; May 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Today in 1967, Detroit Police Commissioner Ray Girardin announced extra academy classes to deal with a shortage of police officers. Girardin said the department was 455 men short of it&#8217;s 4,853 staffing goal.<\/li>\n<li>Today in 1972, Pundants predicted that George Wallace would dominate the Tuesday Michigan Presidential Priamary in the wake of anger about cross-district bussing and a general distate for politicians. &#8220;Every dog has it&#8217;s day,&#8221; Wallace told an Upper Peninsula crowd. &#8220;And you&#8217;re having yours.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Today in 1977, &#8220;The Blackboard Flu&#8221; closed all Romulus schools in the wake of a breakdown in contract negotioations. Teachers unions were prohibited from striking but sick-outs had become common in Detroit area school districts including Dearborn Heights and Redford Township.<\/li>\n<li>Today in 1979, Gas shortages spread in Northern California as the fuel crisis deepened. Michigan supplies remained steady.<\/li>\n<li>Today in 1982, The United Auto Workers announced their intention to attempt to unionize General Motors white colar employes. Much of the impetus for the campaign came from disgruntled GM junior executives, UAW VP Martin Gerber said.<\/li>\n<li>Today in 1987, The Michigan House approved raising the speed limit on rural interstate highways to 65 miles per hour but ruled out a proposed band on radar detectors. Governor Jim Blanchard has vowed to veto any speed increase that doesn&#8217;t contain a ban on &#8220;Fuzz Busters.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>1215 English barons serve ultimatum on King John which eventually leads to the creation and signing of the Magna Carta<br \/>\n1908 Wireless Radio Broadcasting is patented by Nathan B. Stubblefield<br \/>\n1932 Body of kidnapped son of Charles Lindbergh is found in Hopewell, New Jersey<br \/>\n1937 Coronation of King George VI of Great Britain (and his other realms and territories beyond the sea) at Westminster Abbey, London<br \/>\n1960 Elvis Presley appears on a Frank Sinatra television special; Elvis sings Sinatra&#8217;s 1957 Cy Coleman hit &#8220;Witchcraft&#8221;, and Frank performs Presley&#8217;s 1956 classic &#8220;Love Me Tender&#8221;<br \/>\n1963 Bob Dylan walks out of &#8220;The Ed Sullivan Show&#8221; over a dispute about his song choice<br \/>\n1965 Israel &amp; West Germany exchange letters beginning diplomatic relations<br \/>\n1967 1st quadraphonic concert by Pink Floyd at the Games for May concert in London<br \/>\n1979 Chris Evert&#8217;s 125-match winning streak on clay comes to an end<br \/>\n1989 &#8220;Entertainment Tonight&#8221; makes its 2,000th TV performance<br \/>\n1989 Last graffiti covered NYC subway car retired<br \/>\n1990 Comic Relief USA &#8217;90 (4th one) raises $4.7 million<br \/>\n1994 &#8220;Pulp Fiction&#8221;, directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring John Travolta, Uma Thurman and Samuel L. Jackson premieres at the Cannes Film Festival (Palme d&#8217;Or 1994)<br \/>\n2002 Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro becoming first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro&#8217;s 1959 revolution.<br \/>\n2020 Russia&#8217;s confirmed cases of COVID-19 reach 232,000, 2nd highest in the world, a day after President Vladimir Putin eased the country&#8217;s lockdown<\/p>\n<p><strong>Music released today:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1982: Men At Work, \u201cWho Can It Be Now?\u201d [UK], New Wave Synth-Pop, Business As Usual, \u201cAnyone For Tennis\u201d [Instrumental]<br \/>\n1984: Wham!, \u201cWake Me Up Before You Go-Go\u201d [UK], Dance-Pop, Make It Big, \u201cWake Me Up Before You Go-Go\u201d [Instrumental]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rock Birthdays: Via DrRock.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1916: Skip Martin \/ (Lloyd Martin), Jazz and Big Band saxophonist, music arranger and orchestrator, played in the Glenn Miller Orchestra and other big band\u2019s and became a studio musician and arranger for Hollywood films in the 50s, including Judy Garland\u2018s comeback movie A Star Is Born (1954), died on 2\/12\/1976, age 59<br \/>\n1932: Bob Johnston, Rockabilly and pop-rock songwriter, co-wrote numerous songs for Elvis Presley in the mid-60s, then produced a string of classic albums in the late 60s and 70s, including Bob Dylan\u2018s Blonde On Blonde and Johnny Cash\u2018s At Folsom Prison, fell into relative obscurity in the 80s and 90s but continued to produce independent albums, died from heart failure on 8\/14\/2015, age 83.<br \/>\n1934: Grady Gaines, Blues, rock \u2018n\u2019 roll and jazz tenor saxophonist with a six-decade career as a session musician, bandleader and solo artist, starting with Peacock Records in the early 50 and as frontman for The Upsetters, Little Richard\u2018s first backing that also played behind Jackie Wilson, James Brown and others in the 60s, did session work and toured with Curtis Mayfield and others through the 70s, quit music in 1980 and became a hotel transportation manager, reformed the Texas Upsetters in 1986, issuing three albums and playing in Houston-area clubs and festivals into the 10s, died in his sleep on 1\/29\/2021, age 86.<br \/>\n1936: Charlie Gracie \/ (Charles Graci), Rockabilly and pop-rock guitarist and songwriter, Philadelphia\u2019s first rock \u2018n roll star and an American Bandstand regular, \u201cButterfly\u201d (#1, 1957)<br \/>\n1936: Bobby Darin \/ (Walden Robert Cassotto), Film actor (Come September, 1961), musician, adult pop vocalist, \u201cMack The Knife\u201d (#1, 1959) and 20 other Top 40 singles, husband of actress\/singer Sandra Dee,, died after open heat surgery to repair damaged valves on 12\/20\/1973, age 37<br \/>\n1938: Mike Preston \/ (Jack Davies), Boxer turned pop singer, \u201cMr. Blue\u201d (UK #12, 1959) turned Aussie and US TV\/film actor, The A-Team and The Ghost And Mrs. Muir<br \/>\n1940: Troy Shondell \/ (Gary Shelton), Transatlantic one hit wonder rock \u2018n\u2019 roll\/pop singer, \u201cThis Time\u201d (#6, 1961), his stage name was the inspiration for Tommy James &amp; The Shondells, later with Acuff-Rose Music in Nashville and ASCAP as a regional music publishing executive<br \/>\n1943: Jack Bruce \/ (John Symon Asher Bruce), Renowned Scottish bass guitarist, songwriter and vocalist for John Mayall\u2019s Bluesbreakers, Manfred Mann, \u201cPretty Flamingo\u201d (#29, UK #1, 1966) and Cream, co-wrote \u201cSunshine Of Your Love\u201d (#5, 1968), \u201cWhite Room\u201d (#6, 1968) and \u201cI Feel Free\u201d, later with supertrio West Bruce &amp; Laing and 14 solo albums through 2014, died from liver failure on 10\/25\/2014, age 71<br \/>\n1943: Clive Palmer \/ (Clive Harold Palmer), Founding member and principal in Scottish psych-folk and early world music duo The Incredible String Band, 1968 album The Hangman\u2019s Beautiful Daughter reached #161 in the US, died after a long illness on 11\/23\/2014, age 71<br \/>\n1945: Gene Cornish, Guitar and vocals for blue-eyed soul-pop The Rascals, \u201cGroovin&#8217;\u201d, (#1, 1967), then power pop Fotomaker, \u201cMiles Away\u201d (#63, 1978), solo<br \/>\n1945: Lek Leckenby \/ (Derek Leckenby), Guitar, banjo and songwriting for British Invasion pop-rock British Invasion pop-rock Herman\u2019s Hermits (\u201cMrs. Brown You\u2019ve Got A Lovely Daughter,\u201d #1, 1965), continued with various incarnation sof the band until his death lymphoma on 6\/4\/1994, age 49<br \/>\n1947: Al Ciner, Guitarist for pop-rock one hit wonder American Breed, \u201cBend Me Shape Me\u201d (Top 10, 1968), Three Dog Night, \u201cJoy To The World\u201d (#1, 1971) and R&amp;B\/funk-dance Rufus, \u201cTell Me Something Good\u201d (#3, 1974)<br \/>\n1950: Arthur James Grant, Drummer for Brit blues then prog-rock Edgar Broughton Band, \u201cApache Dropout\u201d (UK #33, 1970)<br \/>\n1952: David Byrne, Guitar, vocals, songwriting and de facto frontman for art-pop-rock Talking Heads, \u201cTake Me To The River\u201d (#26, 1978), Grammy-winning solo artist and composer<br \/>\n1953: John Rutsey, Drummer and founding member of Canadian arena rock\/power trio Rush, \u201cNew World Man\u201d (Mainstream Rock #1, 1982) and 24 other Mainstream Rock Top 20 singles, died from complications of diabetes on 5\/11\/2008, age 54<br \/>\n1956: H \/ (Steve Hogarth), Lead vocals for Brit prog-rock revival group Marillion, \u201cKayleigh\u201d (Mainstream Rock #14, 1985)<br \/>\n1962: C.C. DeVille \/ (Bruce Johannesson)), Guitarist for hair metal\/power ballad Poison, \u201cEvery Rose Has It\u2019s Thorn\u201d (#1, 1988)<br \/>\n1962: Ian Astbury, Singer and guitarist for punk-rock Southern Death Cult, which evolved into hard rock\/metal revival The Cult, \u201cFire Woman\u201d (Mainstream Rock #4, 1989)<br \/>\n1964: Shelley Preston, Joined Brit mixed-gender euro-pop\/disco Bucks Fizz as lead vocalist in 1985, \u201cNew Beginning (Mamba Seyra)\u201d (UK #8, 1986), left in 1990 for a modeling and backing vocals career<br \/>\n1966: Fabrice Morvan, Singer and one half of the scandalous, lip-synching dance-pop vocal duo Milli Vanilli, the pair were stripped of their 1989 Grammy award when in 1990 it was revealed that they never actually sang on their albums or in concert, resurrected a solo career in the early 00s<br \/>\n1966: Mike Inez, Bassist for alterna-metal\/hard rock Alice In Chains, \u201cNo Excuses\u201d (Mainstream Rock #1, 1994)<br \/>\n1966: Raphael Saddiq \/ (Charles Ray Wiggins), Old school R&amp;B\/soul singer, songwriter and bass guitarist, with brother Dwayne and cousin Timothy Christian in R&amp;B\/dance Tony! Toni! Ton\u00e9! (\u201cFeels Good,\u201d #9, R&amp;B #1, 1990), then solo (\u201cAsk Of You,\u201d #19, R&amp;B #2) and the critically-acclaimed album Stone Rollin (#14, 2011)<br \/>\n1969: Danny Wood, Singer, songwriter and choreographer for early 90s teen-pop boy band New Kids On The Block, \u201cStep By Step\u201d (#1, 1990), solo<br \/>\n1969: Steve Hellier, Keyboards and vocals for electro-dance-dream pop Dubstar, \u201cStars\u201d (UK #15, 1996)<br \/>\n1971: Freaky Tah \/ (Raymond Rogers), MC, hype man and vocals for 90s rap quartet The Lost Boyz, \u201cMusic Makes Me High\u201d (#51, Rap #5, 1996) plus three R&amp;B Top 10 albums, murdered by gun fire in a hotel lobby on 3\/28\/1999, age 27<br \/>\n1973: Natalie Appleton, Canadian singer in Brit dance-pop-rock all-girl quartet All Saints, \u201cNever Ever\u201d (#4, 1998), then dance-pop sister duo Appleton, \u201cNever Ever\u201d (UK #2, 2003)<br \/>\n1973: Shanice \/ (Shanice Wilson), Motown R&amp;B\/dance-pop singer\/songwriter, \u201cI Love Your Smile\u201d (#2, 1991)<br \/>\n1976: Hunter Burgan, Multi-instrumentalist and current bass guitarist for alt-punk-rock AFI (A Fire Inside), \u201cMiss Murder\u201d (#24, Modern Rock #1, 2006)<br \/>\n1976: Martine McCutcheon \/ (Martine Kimberley Sherrie Ponting), Brit actress who gained stardom after playing Tiffany Mitchell on BBC TV\u2019s EastEnders (1995-1998), then pop singer, \u201cPerfect Moment\u201d (UK #1, 1999)<br \/>\n1979: Dan Auerbach \/ (Daniel Quine Auerbach), Grammy-winning blues-rock songwriter, producer and songwriter, frontman for 00s neo-blues-rock The Black Keys (\u201cLonely Boy,\u201d #64, Alt Rock #1, 2010) along with other side projects and collaborations<br \/>\n1984: Olly Murs \/ (Oliver Stanley Murs), Brit singer, songwriter, TV actor and program host with multiple UK hits, including \u201cTroublemaker\u201d (#25, UK #1, 2016)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Notable Birthdays: Via OnThisDay.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1820 Florence Nightingale, British nurse (revolutionized nursing during the Crimean War), born in Florence, Italy (d. 1910)<br \/>\n1907 Katharine Hepburn, American actress (Adam&#8217;s Rib, On Golden Pond), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 2003)<br \/>\n1907 Leslie Charteris, Chinese English American detective writer (Simon Templar character in The Saint), born in Singapore (d. 1993)<br \/>\n1914 Howard K. Smith, American TV newsman and journalist (ABC, Moderated Kennedy-Nixon debate), born in Ferriday, Louisiana (d. 2002)<br \/>\n1915 Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay Cosmetics (d. 2001)<br \/>\n1925 Lorenzo &#8220;Yogi&#8221; Berra, American Baseball Hall of Fame catcher and manager (18X MLB All-Star; 13X World Series champion; NY Yankees, Mets; AL MVP (1951, 54, 55), and Purple Heart recipient, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2015)<br \/>\n1928 Henry Cosby,American songwriter, musician and producer for Motown (&#8220;Tears of a Clown&#8221;; &#8220;For Once In My Life&#8221;), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2002)<br \/>\n1936 Tom Snyder, American television and radio interviewer (The Tomorrow Show, 1973-82), and news anchor (NBC Weekend News), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 2007)<br \/>\n1939 Ron Ziegler, American White House press secretary for Nixon, born in Covington, Kentucky (d. 2003)<br \/>\n1956 Homer Simpson, fictional character from the long running television show &#8220;The Simpsons&#8221;, born in Springfield<br \/>\n1957 Lou Whitaker, American MLB 2nd baseman (Detroit Tigers, 1978 AL Rookie of the Year), born in Brooklyn, New York<br \/>\n1962 Emilio Estevez, American actor (Breakfast Club, Young Guns, Mighty Ducks), born in NYC, New York<br \/>\n1963 Vanessa Williams, American actress (Soul Food, Murder One, Melrose Place &#8211; &#8220;Rhonda Blair&#8221;;), born in Brooklyn, New York [not Miss America]<br \/>\n1966 Stephen Baldwin, American actor (The Usual Suspects), born in Massapequa, New York<br \/>\n1968 Tony Hawk, American skateboarder, born in Carlsbad, California<br \/>\n1968 Scott Schwartz, American actor, (Christmas Story) born in Sacramento, California<br \/>\n1978 Jason Biggs, American actor (American Pie), born in Pompton Plains, New Jersey<br \/>\n1981 Rami Malek, American actor (Bohemian Rhapsody), born in Los Angeles, California<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today in 1967, Detroit Police Commissioner Ray Girardin announced extra academy classes to deal with a shortage of police officers. Girardin said the department was 455 men short of it&#8217;s 4,853 staffing goal. Today in 1972, Pundants predicted that George Wallace would dominate the Tuesday Michigan Presidential Priamary in the wake of anger about cross-district bussing and a general distate for politicians. &#8220;Every dog has it&#8217;s day,&#8221; Wallace told an Upper Peninsula crowd. &#8220;And you&#8217;re having yours.&#8221; Today in 1977, &#8220;The Blackboard Flu&#8221; closed all Romulus schools in the wake of a breakdown in contract negotioations. 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