2004 Norris McWhirter, Guinness World Records curator/commentator, dies at 78
2003 Sam Phillips, entreprenuer/DJ, started Sun Records, dies at 80
1997 Ewart G. Abner, Jr., president (Motown Records), dies at 74
1997 Brown Meggs, CEO (Capitol Records), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 66
1997 St. Louis Cardinals Gary Gaetti records his 2,000th hits
1994 Rockwell B-1B Lancers break 11 world speed records
1991 Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula records his 300th career NFL victory
1991 "Weird Al" Yankovic records "Babalu Music"
1991 New York Yankee Steve Howe records his 1st major league save since 1987
1991 Michael Jackson signs $65M 6 album deal with Sony records
1991 Janet Jackson signs $40M 3 album deal with Virgin records
1990 Florida record store owner Charles Freeman is found guilty of obsenity, for selling 2 Live Crew rap records
1989 Dallas Cowboy, Ed "Too Tall" Jones records his 1,000th NFL tackle
1989 Amateur Athletic Fed strips Ben Johnson of all track records
1989 Weird Al Yankovic records "She Drives Like Crazy"
1989 Weird Al Yankovic records his UHF soundtrack
1989 Gretzky sets 2 records, his 45th hat trick and 10th 40+ goal season
1988 Mario Andretti records fastest Indianapolis 500 lap (221.565 mph)
1988 Barbra Streisand records "You'll Never Know"
1988 Barbra Streisand records "Warm All Over"
1987 Geffen records sign their 1st artist, Donna Summer
1987 Rhino Records 1st #1-Billy Vera and Beaters' "At This Moment"
1986 Beatle records officially go on sale in Russia
1986 Geffen records signs Guns and Roses
1985 Barbra Streisand records "Broadway Album"
1984 Browns set team records for most sacks (11)
1984 Browns' Ozzie Newsome sets club records with 14 receptions for 191 yds
1984 Barbra Streisand records "Here We Are at Last"
1983 "Weird Al" Yankovic records "Ricky" and "Buckingham Blues" debut LP
1982 Billy Martin records his 1,000th career win as a manager
1981 Warner-Elektra-Atlantic raises price of 45 records from $1.68 to $1.98
1981 Browns set team records for most fumbles (9) and most turnovers (10)
1980 John and Yoko sign a recording contract with Geffin Records
1980 U.S. swimmers set 3 world records at National championships
1980 Capitol Records releases some rare Beatles tracks
1979 Guinness Book of Records presents Paul McCartney with a rhodium disc
1979 Cleveland Browns' Dino Hall sets club records with 9 kickoff returns
1978 Rhino Records releases their 1st album "Wildmania"
1977 EMI records drop punk rock group Sex Pistols
1975 Ross McWhirter, Guinness Book of Records keeper, murdered
1975 Apple records closes down
1974 Bob Dylan records Blood on the Tracks
1974 Barbra Streisand records the album "Butterfly"
1973 Columbia Records fires president Clive Davis for misappropriating $100,000 in funds, Davis will start Arista records
1973 Barbra Streisand records "Between Yesterday and Tomorrow"
1973 Cleveland sets day-game and opening-game attendance records of 74,420
1972 Elvis Presley records a live album at New York's Madison Square Garden
1971 Barbra Streisand records "We've Only Just Begun"
1970 Reds clout 7 home runs by 6 batters, Braves counter with 3 HRs, 6 for one team and 9 different batters for two teams, all tie or set records
1970 Barbra Streisand records "The Singer" and "I Can Do It"
1970 Heintje Simons (14) wins 7 gold records
1969 Shelby Singleton buys Sun Records from Sam Phillips
1969 Brian Lara, cricketer, WI left-hand bat Smashed world records in 1994
1968 Jim Dorey sets Toronto Maple Leaf penalty records (48 mins on 9 penalties in a game and 44 minutes on 7 penalties in a period)
1968 Beatles launch "Apple Records" label
1968 Paul McCartney and John Lennon appear on Johnny Carson Show to promote Apple records, Joe Garagiola is substitute host
1968 Bobby Goldsboro records his biggest hit, "Honey"
1967 Otis Rescue records "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay"
1967 4 people from Baltimore pour blood on selective service records
1967 Bobbie Gentry records "Ode to Billie Joe"
1967 Aretha Franklin records "Respect"
1967 Beatles sign a 9 year worldwide contract with EMI records
1966 South African government bans Beatle records
1966 Eric Clapton records guitar tracks for Harrison's "While My Guitar..."
1965 Otis Redding records "Respect"
1965 Bob Dylan records "Like a Rolling Stone"
1964 Rod Steward records his 1st single "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl"
1964 Cilla Black records Beatle's "Its For You," McCartney plays piano
1964 Giants sweep Mets 5-3 and 8-6 in 23 inn, records include elapsed time of 9:50, 47 strikeouts, 7:22 for 2nd game and New York's 22 K's in 2nd games
1963 Capital records signs right of 1st refusal agreement with Beatles
1963 At 10:59 AM census clock, records U.S. population at 190,000,000
1963 Jerry Lee Lewis quits Sun Records
1963 Ken Lynch records "Misery," 1st Lennon-McCartney song by someone else
1962 Island Records begins
1961 Britain's EMI Records originally rejects the Beatles
1961 Warren Spahn records victory #300, beats Cubs 2-1
1961 Frank Sinatra launches Reprise label under Warner Bros Records
1961 Supremes signed with Motown Records
1960 Frank Sinatra's 1st session with Reprise Records (Ring-A-Ding-Ding)
1960 Singer Ben E King records "Spanish Harlem" and "Stand By Me"
1960 Loretta Lynn records "Honky Tonk Girl"
1958 Perez Prado "Mambo King," receives one of the 1st gold records
1958 CBS Labs announce new stereophonic records
1958 Australian swimmer Jon Konrads sets 6 world records in 2 days
1958 Carl Perkins leaves Sun Records for Columbia Records
1957 Elvis records "White Xmas," "Silent Night" and "Here Comes Santa Claus"
1956 RCA Records reports Elvis Presley sold over 10 million records
1956 Elvis Presley records "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel"
1956 Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel" for RCA
1956 Coasters sign with Atlantic Records
1956 Elvis Presley records his version of "Blue Suede Shoes"
1956 Buddy Holly records "Blue Days Black Night" in Nashville
1956 Elvis records "Heartbreak Hotel"
1956 Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel"
1956 Elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville
1955 Carl Perkins records "Blue Suede Shoes"
1955 RCA Victor's best investment paying $25,000 to Sun Records and Sam Philips for rights to Elvis Presley, a truck driver from Tupelo Miss
1955 Harry Belafonte records "Day-O" (Banana Boat Song)
1955 Guinness Book of World Records 1st published
1954 Elvis Presley records his 1st hit, "That's All Right"
1954 Bill Haley and Comets records "Rock Around Clock"
1954 Elvis Presley records his debut single, "That's All Right"
1954 Michigan rep Ruth Thompson (R) introduces legislation to ban mailing "obscene, lewd, lascivious or filthy" phonograph (rock and roll) records
1954 Elvis Presley pays $4 to a Memphis studio and records his 1st two songs, "Casual Love" and "I'll Never Stand in Your Way"
1954 Elvis Presley records a 10 minute demo in Nashville
1952 Sun Records of Memphis begins releasing records
1949 Ralph Flanagan and his orch records "You're Breaking My Heart"
1948 Tommy Matola, rock manager/CEO, CBS records
1948 33 1/3 RPM LP record introduced (DR Peter Goldmark-Columbia Records)
1948 Columbia commits to 33 1/3 rpm records, plans to phase out 78's as Dr. Peter Goldmark of CBS demonstrates "long playing record"
1945 Sarah Tyacke, Keeper of British Public Records
1945 Golfer Byron Nelson records most tournament wins (18) in a season
1944 Bing Crosby records "Swinging on a Star" for Decca Records
1943 Lead, South Dakota, temp is 52 degrees F, while 1.5 miles away Deadwood SD records -16 degrees F
1942 Gunther Hagg becomes world champ of all records from 1500m to 5000m
1942 Bing Cosby records "Silent Night"
1942 Bing Crosby records "White Christmas," greatest selling record to date
1942 Count Basie records "One O'Clock Jump"
1941 Glenn Miller records "Chattanooga Choo Choo" for RCA
1941 Duke Ellington 1st records "Take the A Train"
1940 Glenn Miller records "Pennsylvania 6-5000"
1940 Artie Shaw records "Frenesi" on RCA Victor label
1940 Frances Langford records "When You Wish Upon a Star"
1939 Benny Goodman records "Let's Dance"
1938 Phillies Harold Kelleher faces 16 batters in 6th, as Cubs score 12 runs, both marks are NL records off one hurler in a single inning
1938 Ella Fitzgerald records "A-Tisket, A-Tasket"
1937 Wayne Embry, holder of 7 basketball records, Miami of Ohio
1937 Ron Clarke, Australia, runner, held 19 world records
1936 Benny Goodman and orch record "Stompin' at the Savoy" on Victor Records
1935 Jesse Owens equals or breaks 6 world records in one hour
1932 Maria Itkina, U.S.S.R., sprinter, 9 world records
1931 His Master's Voice and Columbia Records merge into EMI
1931 Cab Calloway records "Minnie Moocher" (Jazz's 1st million seller)
1931 Galina Zybina, U.S.S.R., discus thrower, 15 world records between 1952-58
1928 G H Martin, British keeper of Public Records
1928 Nina Otkalenko, U.S.S.R., 800m runner, 9 world records
1928 Paul Whiteman and orchestra record "Ol' Man River" for Victor Records
1927 Johnny Weissmuller set swim records in 100-yard and 200-yard free-style
1927 Walter Johnson records 113th and last shutout of his career
1927 Johnny Weissmuller set records in 100 and 200 m free style
1925 Louis Armstrong records 1st of Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings
1925 Norris McWhirter, author, Guinness Book of World Records
1925 Ross McWhirter, author, Guinness Book of World Records
1923 Ahmet Ertegun, CEO, Atlantic Records
1921 Donald Malcome Campbell, born in Surrey, England, boat racer, 1955 speed records
1917 1st jazz recording for Victor Records released
1916 Grover Cleveland Alexander records his 16th shutout of year
1916 Ralph Baldwin, harness driver, set 11 major world records
1906 Peter Carl Goldmark, developed color TV and LP records
1900 E Verlinger begins manufacturing 7" single-sided records (Montreal)
1840 Records show 95,820 licensed public houses in England on this date
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