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14th March 1958: Perry Como awarded the first gold record by the RIAA

14th March 2020
Tagged as: Culture, Gold, Grammy, Music, Perry Como, Recording, USA

Gold records were originally presented to artists by their own label, primarily as a form of self-congratulatory publicity.

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16th November 1990: Milli Vanilli stripped of Grammy Award for not singing on their album

16th November 2019
Tagged as: America, Culture, Frank Farian, Germany, Grammy, Lip-sync, Milli Vanilli, Miming, Music, USA

German pop duo Milli Vanilli were stripped of the Grammy Award for Best New Artist after it emerged that they did not sing any of the vocals on their debut album.

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14th March 1958: Perry Como awarded the first gold record by the RIAA

16th November 1990: Milli Vanilli stripped of Grammy Award for not singing on their album

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1st February 1960: Start of the Greensboro sit-ins to protest segregation

18th August 1920: Ratification of the 19th Amendment of the US Constitution guarantees female suffrage

13th December 902: Æthelwold’s revolt against Edward the Elder is defeated

23rd December 1750: Ben Franklin accidentally shocks himself while trying to electrocute a turkey

20th June 1945: The United States approves the transfer of Nazi rocket scientist Wernher von Braun to America

19th June 1978: Garfield cartoon strip first published

18th June 1812: The War of 1812 began when President James Madison signed a declaration of war against Great Britain

17th June 1885: Statue of Liberty arrives in New York from France

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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