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1995 Former WMMS engineer William Alford is sentenced to 10 days and $1,000 fine for cutting feed during Howard Stern's broadcast from Cleveland
1991 Sylvia Fine Kaye, U.S. lyricist/composer, dies at 78 1989 Robert McFarlane gets $20,000 fine, 2 years probation for Iran-Contra 1988 Mercedes-Benz pays $20.2-M fine failed to meet '86 government fuel standard 1988 Drexel agrees guilt to security felonies, pays a $650 million fine 1988 Chuck Berry pays $250 fine to resolve New York City assault charges 1986 Corita Kent, artist, educator, mediums include silkscreen, serigraphy, producing fine art with messages of love and peace, famous work includes the 1985 Love Samp and Rainbow Swash, dies of cancer 1981 George Harrison is ordered to pay ABKCO Music $587,000 for "subconscious plagiarism" "My Sweet Lord" with "He's So Fine" 1976 U.S. courts find George Harrison guilty of plagiarism for 'He's So Fine' 1975 Larry Fine, actor (3 Stooges), dies at 72 1972 Police fine Paul and Linda McCartney 800 pounds in Sweden cannabis possession 1970 John Lennon pays 1,344 pounds fine for 96 protesting South African rugby team playing in Scotland 1968 Nehemiah Perry, cricketer, fine Jamaican off-spinner 1967 Palace of Fine Arts reopens (1st time during 1915 exposition) 1967 Travis Fine, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor, Ike McSwain-Young Riders 1964 Beatles' "I Feel Fine," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks 1964 Beatles release "I Feel Fine" and "She's a Woman" 1963 Yazz, Yasmin Evans, Mrs. Simon La Bon/rocker, Fine Time 1962 Irving Fine, composer (Toccata), dies at 47 1961 Roland Gift, UK, rocker, Fine Young Cannibals-She Drives Me Crazy 1960 David Steele, Birmingham, rock keyboardist, Fine Young Cannibals 1956 Boston Red Sox fine Ted Williams $5,000 for spitting at Boston fans 1956 Andy Cox, rock guitarist, Fine Young Cannibals-She Drives Me Crazy 1954 D. W. Moffett, Highland Park, Illinois, actor, Fine Things, Lisa, Chicago Sons 1953 Jane Badler, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Fine Gold, Easy Kill, V 1949 Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) sentenced to 10 years and $10,000 fine 1947 Barbara Lee, U.S. singer, Chiffons, He's So Fine 1947 Patricia Bennett, U.S. singer, He's So Fine 1946 Rick McCosker, cricketer, fine Australian opener 1975-80 1946 Sylvia Peterson, U.S. vocalist, Chiffons-He's So Fine 1945 Ruben Fine wins 4 simultaneous rapid chess games blindfolded 1945 Alan Dukes, Irish president, Fine Gael 1939 Richard Kiel, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, So Fine, Jaws-Moonraker, Skidoo 1939 Phillip Ramey, born in Elmhurst, Illinois, pianist, composer, associated with Aaron Copeland, wrote, 'Irving Fine: An American Composer in His Time' 1936 Peter Parfitt, cricketer, fine England batsman of the 1960's 1930 Johnny Preston, Port Arthur, Texas, rocker, Feel So Fine 1925 After a night on the town, Babe Ruth shows up late for batting practice Miller Huggins suspends Ruth and slaps a $5,000 fine on him 1924 Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Vinton, Louisiana, blues singer, Mary is Fine 1924 Ikuma Dan, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, studied under famous opera composer Kosaku Yamada 1920 Liam Cosgrave, leader, Fine Gael Party 1919 John Cox, Flemish/U.S. painter/dir, Museum of Fine Physician, Boston 1918 Corita Kent, born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, artist, educator, mediums include silkscreen, serigraphy, producing fine art with messages of love and peace, famous work includes the 1985 Love Samp and Rainbow Swash 1914 Irving Fine, born in Boston, Massachusetts, composer, Toccata 1914 Jack Delano, born in Kiev, Ukraine, attended Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, photographer for the Farm Security Administration, composer for Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra 1913 Construction starts on Palace of Fine Arts in SF 1913 Vivian Fine, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, Women in the Garden 1904 Isamu Noguchi, sculptor, 1963 Fine Arts Medal 1902 Larry Fine, Pennsylvania, comedian, 3 Stooges 1862 Bernard Maybeck, U.S. architect, Palace of Fine Arts, SF 1805 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts established, Philadelphia 1651 Massachusetts General Court ordered a fine (five shillings) for "observing any such day as Christmas" |
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