Today in History

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1969 200,000 attend Newport ’69, then largest-ever pop concert in Northridge, California. Jimi Hendrix paid $120,000 to perform.

1970 Oriole’s Brooks Robinson get his 2,000 career hit, a 3 run HR.

1974 “Chinatown“, directed by Roman Polanski starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway, is released.

1975 Film “Jaws”, based on the book by Peter Benchley, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Roy Scheider is released.

1979 US President Jimmy Carter unveils 32 solar panels installed on the roof of the White House; his immediate successor has them removed.

1980 Musical comedy film “The Blues Brothers”, starring Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, and featuring appearances by Aretha Franklin; Cab Calloway; and Ray Charles opens in 594 theaters.

1989 Warner Bros Records releases the eleventh studio album by singer Prince, the soundtrack to the film “Batman”, it features the single “Batdance”.

1994 Former NFL running back, broadcaster and actor O.J. Simpson arraigned on murder of Nicole Simpson & Ronald Goldman.

2015 1,000 humanoid robots named “Pepper” sell out in under a minute at $1,600 each in Japan, according to their creator, SoftBank Robotics Corp.

2017 Tiger Woods checks into a clinic to manage his pain medication and sleep disorder, following his arrest for driving under the influence.

2019 David Gilmour auctions 126 of his guitars for record-breaking $21M USD, including “The Black Strat,” a 1969 Fender Stratocaster used on Pink Floyd albums “The Dark Side of the Moon,” “Wish You Were Here.” and “The Wall” ($3.975M), at Christie’s in New York City; charity auction proceeds earmarked to fight against climate change.

Melinda