| It
was on this day... | 1979
Sid Vicious on trial | | On
2nd January 1979, 21 year old Punk Rocker Sid Vicious (real name John Simon Ritchie)
began his trial for the murder of his manager and girlfriend Nancy Spungen. He
came to fame as a member of The Sex Pistols (who broke up the year before). The
Sex Pistols were a pivotal band in the early years of British Punk, a reaction
to mainstream middle of the road music, one of their widely banned hits was God
Save The Queen, released to coincide with Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee
in 1977. When Vicious was freed on bail on 2nd February he attended a party at
his new girlfriend's house and injected a lethal amount of heroin. |
| It
was on this day... |
1974 Nixon signs national speed
limit into law | | As
a reaction to the substantial rise in gas prices, President Nixon imposes a national
speed limit of 55mph (on national highways) by signing The Emergency Highway Energy
Conservation Act. Prior to the Act, States determined the speed limits in their
own borders which ranged from 40 to 80 mph. |
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1969 Christy Turlington
1968 Cuba Gooding Jr
1967 Tia Carrere
1961 Gabrielle
Carteris
1952 Alan Beckwith
1936 Roger Miller
1920 Isaac Asimov | | Source |
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1890: US President Benjamin Harrison welcomes Alice Sanger as the first
female White House staff member 1959:
The Soviets launch Luna I, the first spacecraft bound for the moon |
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