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1997 Floyd Cramer, pianist, session player, architect of the 'Nashville Sound', played piano on Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel, dies of lung cancer at age 64
1994 Largest U.S. Tennis Open single session (total) 23,618 1990 Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia hold their 1st joint session 1990 1st Zen winter session in Sydney Zen Center's Gorrick's Run Zendo 1987 Largest U.S. Tennis Open single night session (total) 21,016 1982 Reagan addresses joint session of British Parliament 1970 Jimi Hendrix 1st recording session (New York City) 1970 Nationalists disrupt United Nations session on Congo 1970 Beatles last recording session at EMI studios 1969 2nd U.S. Tennis Open smallest session - 3708 (men's singles final-rain) 1963 Pope Paul VI closes 2nd session of 2nd Vatican Council 1963 2nd session of Ecumenical council, 'Vatican II,' opens in Rome 1962 Fab Four have their 1st recording session under name Beatles 1961 David Huff, born in America, David Lyndon Huff, drummer, songwriter, producer, session musician, founder, Giant, 1980's hard rock band, member of White Heart, a Christian rock band 1960 Frank Sinatra's 1st session with Reprise Records (Ring-A-Ding-Ding) 1960 Aretha Franklins 1st recording session 1956 Buddy Holly's 1st formal recording session 1952 Eddie Manion, born in America, Eddie 'Kingfish' Manion, saxophonist, tenor and baritone sax, session musician, member of Bruce Springsteen with The Sessions Band Tour, recorded and performed with Diana Ross, Bon Jovi, Bob Dylan, Keith Richards, The E Street Band 1949 1st session of Knesset (Jerusalem Israel) 1947 1st opening session of Congress to be televised 1946 U.N. General Assembly 2nd session convenes (1st New York City-Flushing Meadows) 1944 Chris Spedding, born in Staveley, Derbyshire, England, born Peter Robinson, rocker, jazz guitarist, rock and roll, considered the most versatile session guitarist in the U.K. 1937 1st congressional session in air-conditioned chambers 1937 Only unicameral state legislature in U.S. opens 1st session (Nebr) 1933 Floyd Cramer, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, pianist, session player, architect of the 'Nashville Sound', played piano on Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel 1933 Congress is called into special session by FDR, and began its "100 days" 1928 1st recording session in Nashville (Warmack's Gully Jumpers) 1923 1st Congressional open session broadcast via radio (Washington D.C.) 1891 52nd Congress (1st to appropriate $1 billion) holds 1st session 1864 2nd session of congress of Confederate States of America reconvenes 1861 In a special session of 27th Congress Lincoln requests 400,000 troops 1800 Congress held 1st session in Washington D.C. in incompleted Capitol building 1794 1st session of U.S. Senate open to the public 1791 1st session of new French legislative assembly 1791 President Washington calls the U.S. Senate into its 1st special session 1653 British Barebones Parliament goes into session 1614 2nd parliament of King James I begin session (no enactments) 1563 Council of Trent holds last session, after 18 years 1265 1st English Parliament called into session by Earl of Leicester |
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