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3rd June 1956: Rock and Roll music banned in the Californian city of Santa Cruz

3rd June 2018
Tagged as: California, Culture, Jazz, Music, Rebellion, rock, Santa Cruz, Society, Teenagers, USA

Authorities in the Californian city of Santa Cruz banned rock and roll music at public gatherings.

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12th February 1924: First performance of George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”

12th February 2018
Tagged as: America, Culture, Gershwin, Jazz, Music, New York, USA

George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue was performed for the first time at a concert by Paul Whiteman and his Palais Royal Orchestra called An Experiment in Modern Music.

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3rd June 1956: Rock and Roll music banned in the Californian city of Santa Cruz

12th February 1924: First performance of George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”

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17th January 1944: Allies launch the Battle of Monte Cassino during the Second World War

19th January 1917: 73 people killed in the Silvertown munitions factory explosion in London

22nd February 1797: The last invasion of Britain takes place, leading to the Battle of Fishguard

26th February 1935: Hitler formally establishes the Luftwaffe in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles

19th November 1863: Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address

18th November 1987: 31 people killed in the Kings Cross fire on the London Underground

17th November 1558: Queen Elizabeth I’s reign begins after the death of Mary I

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

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

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

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