2013 Event The Philippines' central province of Leyte suffers a loss of potentially 10,000 people when Typhoon Haiyan devastated portions of Southeast Asia on November 8, 2013; it is the deadliest typhoon ever recorded 2013 Event The brightest lunar meteor impact ever observed is recorded by NASA 2013 Event The sixth straight quarter of recession is announced by the Eurozone; Germany reports weak growth and negative growth is recorded in Spain, Italy and France 2013 Event The most distant supernova on record is recorded by the Hubble Space Telescope 2013 Event U.S. scientists claim 2012 weather as the hottest year ever recorded 2011 Event The final episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show is recorded in Chicago, Illinois; many celebrities attend the star-studded event 2011 Event Scientists claim 2010 was the warmest year ever recorded, and the last decade the warmest ever recorded, in 200 years 2010 Event In volume, BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill has overtaken Ixtoc I to become the worst oceanic oil spill in U.S. recorded history 2009 Death Mike Francis, Michele Francesco Puccioni, singer, composer, known for Survivor, a 1982 disco hit, recorded ten studio albums during his career, last album, 'The Very Best of Mike Francis', produced before dying of lung cancer, at age 47 1997 Death Bobby Helms, singer, Recorded Jingle Bell Rock, dies at 63 1997 Death Richard Berry, musician, singer, songwriter, wrote, 'Louie Louie', sold copyright in 1959, song has since been recorded over 1,000 times, dies at 61 1995 Death Chris Pyne, Norman Christopher Chris Pyne, musician, trombonist, played with Humphrey Lyttelton, recorded with Ronnie Scott, toured with Frank Sinatra's backing bands, Gordon Beck, Charlie Watt's big band, dies at 56 1994 Death Gene Cherico, bassist, American jazz, toured with Toshiko Akiyoshi, recorded with Paul Desmond, dies at 59 1994 Event -20 degrees F (-29 degrees C) (5:32 AM) coldest day ever recorded in Cleveland Ohio 1989 Event Japanese scientist achieve -271.8 degrees C, coldest temp ever recorded 1989 Event 93 degrees F, highest overnight low ever recorded in Phoenix, Arizona 1989 Event Only 17 hole-in-ones recorded since U.S. open began, today 4 more are made all on 6th hole (Weaver, Wiebe, Pate and Price) 1989 Death Earl Nightingale, author, motivational speaker, his radio program, 'Our Changing World', most highly syndicated radio program ever, recorded over 7,000 radio programs, dies 1988 Event 19 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Oct 1988 Event Highest temperature ever recorded in San Francisco, 103 degrees F (39 degrees C) 1988 Event 104 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in June 1987 Birthday Aaron Carter, born in Tampa, Florida, singer, album, 'Oh Aaron' features recording with older brother Nick, recorded, 'I Just Can't Wait to Be King' for the movie, 'The Lion King' 1985 Event "We are the World" is recorded by Pop stars in Los Angeles 1983 Event -128.6 degrees F (-89.2 degrees C) recorded, Vostok, Antarctica (world record) 1982 Event 77 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in December 1982 Event 38 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in August 1982 Event Susan Birmingham makes loudest recorded human shout (120 dB) 1980 Death Larry Williams, singer, pianist, rock and roll, rhythm and blues genres, recorded, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Short Fat Fannie, dies from a gunshot wound, in Los Angeles, California, at age 44 1979 Event Recorded trace of snow in Central Park New York City 1979 Event 1st recorded occurrance-comet hits sun (energy=1 mil hydrogen bombs) 1977 Event Sabra Starr finishes longest recorded belly dance (100 hours) 1976 Death Chris Kenner, rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, recording artist, 1961 hit I Like It Like That was on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, song Land of a Thousand Dances was recorded by Patti Smith, and others, dies 1974 Event California Angel Nolan Ryan throws fastest recorded pitch (100.9 MPH) 1973 Birthday Jeremy Jordan, born in Hammond, Indiana, singer, actor, pop, dance music, recorded music featured in the film 'Airborne', appeared in made-for-TV movies and theater performance of Never Been Kissed 1972 Event 31 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in June 1971 Event Live at Fillmore East recorded 1969 Birthday Graham Coxon, born in Rintein, West Germany, musician, instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, painter, lead guitarist and singer for Blur, art and music is featured on the band's seven albums, including Leisure, 1991, album titled 13, in 1999, and Think Tank, 2003, single-handedly recorded seven solo albums, including The Spinning Top on Transgressive records 1968 Event 41 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in July 1967 Event "Purple Haze" recorded by Jimi Hendrix 1966 Birthday Tracy Byrd, born in Vidor, Texas, Tracy Lynn Byrd, country singer, musician, known for Number One Billboard hit single 'Holdin' Heaven', recorded nine studio albums, 30 hit singles, 11 top ten hits 1966 Event Rolling Stones 1st LP recorded "Got Live if you Want It" 1965 Birthday Chuckii Booker, born in Los Angeles, California, rocker, singer, songwriter, bandleader, rhythm and blues artist, musical director, recorded and produced with Barry White, Janet Jackson 1964 Event 10 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in April 1964 Birthday Clinton Gregory, born in Martinsville, Virginia, singer, songwriter, recording artist, fiddler, country and bluegrass genres, recorded seven studio albums, chartered 11 Billboard Hot country Singles and Tracks, including Play, Ruby, Play, which reached no. 25 on the charts 1962 Birthday Rachel Sweet, born in Akron, Ohio, singer, songwriter, actress, writer, recorded theme song for Nickelodeon series, Clarissa Explains It All, appeared as George Costanza's cousin, in Seinfeld, television episode, 'The Contest', released Fool Around: The Best of Rachel Sweet, 1992 1961 Birthday Mike Francis, born in Florence, Italy, Michele Francesco Puccioni, singer, composer, known for Survivor, a 1982 disco hit, recorded ten studio albums during his career, last album, 'The Very Best of Mike Francis' 1961 Event Longest recorded strike ends-33 yrs-Danish barbers' assistants 1961 Event Hawaii's, then all time low temperature, 14 degrees F recorded atop Haleakale 1958 Event 1st voice from space: recorded Christmas message by Eisenhower 1954 Birthday Chris Stamey, born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, musician, rocker, songwriter, record producer, formed the dB's, founded Car Records indie record label, founded recording studio called Modern Recording where he recorded and mixed Whiskeytown 1953 Event 101 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Sept 1953 Birthday Jules Shear, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, musician, singer, performed with The Funky Kings, Raisins in the Sun, created, hosted, first 13 episodes of MTV series, Unplugged, song, All Through the Night, recorded by Cyndi Lauper, ranked number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, co-wrote title track for Everything's Different Now album, with Matthew Sweet 1953 Birthday Lucinda Williams, born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, singer, songwriter, wrote Grammy-Award-winning song, 'Passionate Kisses', recorded by Mary Chapin Carpenter, successful album, 'Car Wheels on a Gravel Road', combined country, blues, rock, Americana genres 1952 Birthday 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 1951 Birthday Jorge Santana, born in Autlan, Jalisco, Mexico, musician, member of band Malo, recorded with Malo members to produce solo albums Jorge Santana, It's All About Love, plays green Frender Stratocaster guitar, recorded Santana Brothers album with brother, Carlos Santana, 1994 1951 Birthday Barry Goudreau, born in America, guitarist, vocalist, original guitarist for Boston, the rock band, recorded his first solo LP using Brad Delp and Fran Cosmo, and Sib Hashian 1951 Event Frank Sinatra recorded "I'm a Fool to Want You" 1950 Event 82 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Nov 1950 Event 73 degrees F (23 degrees C) highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in January 1949 Birthday Lenny White, born in New York City, New York, musician, drummer, performed on Miles Davis' 'Bitches' Brew', recorded 'No Mystery', 'Romantic Warrior' with Return to Forever 1949 Event Snowfall 1st recorded in Los Angeles 1948 Event 102 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in August 1948 Event -5 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March 1947 Event Largest recorded sunspot (7,000) observed 1947 Birthday Derek Shulman, born in Glasgow, Scotland, musician, singer, rocker, instrumentalist, vocalist for band Gentle Giant, recorded twelve albums with them in ten years 1947 Birthday Jim Nollman, born in Boston, Massachusetts, graduated from Tufts University, composer, musical theater, conceptual artist, environmental activist, recorded interspecies music with wolves, whales, dolphins, deer, elk, desert rats 1946 Event 90 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Oct 1945 Birthday Robert Knight, born in Franklin, Tennessee, singer, rocker, debuted with the Paramounts, recorded hit, signature song, Everlasting Love 1945 Birthday King Floyd, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, singer, songwriter, famous for 'Groove Me' song recorded with Malaco Records 1944 Birthday Joshua Rifkin, born in New York, musicologist, composer, keyboard, involved in ragtime revival, in the 1970's, recorded Scott Joplin's works for Nonesuch Records 1942 Event 32 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Sept 1942 Birthday Kris Jensen, born in New Haven, Connecticut, musician, singer, guitarist, recorded with Kapp Records, Leader Records, Hickory Records, recorded chart topping hit 'Torture' 1942 Event Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra recorded "I'll Take Tallulah" 1942 Birthday Barbara Lynn, born in Beaumont, Texas, American guitarist, singer, rhythm and blues, toured with soul music greats like Stevie Wonder, B.B. King, recorded the song Oh Baby (We've Got A Good Thing Goin') with The Rolling Stones 1941 Birthday Glenn Moore, born in Portland, Oregon, rocker, jazz bassist, played with saxophonist Jim Pepper, recorded 'This is It' with Nick Brignola, 'Bird on Wire' with Tim Hardin 1941 Event 103 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in July 1941 Event 100 degrees F (38 degrees C) highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle Wash 1940 Birthday Bruce Channel, born in Jacksonville, Bruce McMeans, Texas, singer, rocker, known for hit song, 'Hey! Baby', rock and roll, pop music, recorded with Smash Records, Mercury Records 1939 Event "All the Things You Are" recorded by Tommy Dorsey Orchestra 1939 Birthday Glen Hardin, born in Wellington, Texas, musician, piano, member of the Shindogs, recorded, arranged Elvis Pressley hits 'The Wonder of You', 'Let It Be Me' 1939 Birthday Chris Pyne, born in Bridlington, England, Norman Christopher Chris Pyne, musician, trombonist, played with Humphrey Lyttelton, recorded with Ronnie Scott, toured with Frank Sinatra's backing bands, Gordon Beck, Charlie Watt's big band 1938 Event Highest temperature for December in U.S. recorded in La Mesa California 1938 Birthday Mike Mainieri, born in the Bronx, New York, jazz fusion vibraphonist, worked with Steps Ahead, pioneer in 'synth-vibe' electronic vibraphone music, recorded with Buddy Rich, Jeremy Steig, featured on Dire Straights tracks 1938 Birthday Ray Sharpe, born in Fort Worth, Texas, singer, songwriter, guitarist, Lee Hazlewood produced debut album, second album featured Duane Eddy and Al Casey on guitars, recorded with King Curtis 1937 Birthday Emile Ford, born in Saint Lucia, West Indies, rocker, singer, guitarist, produced UK chart-topper 'What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For?,' recorded for Pye Records 1937 Event A recorded trace of snow in Central Park New York City 1937 Birthday Jimmy Jones, born in Birmingham, Alabama, African-American rocker, singer, songwriter, performed with doo-wop group The Berliners, wrote 'Handy Man' recorded by the Sparks of Rhythm 1936 Birthday Mort Shuman, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer, songwriter, pianist, co-wrote 'Viva Las Vegas', ' Turn Me Loose', compositions recorded by Dion, Andy Williams, Bobby Darin, Elvis Presley 1935 Birthday David Houston, born in Bossier City, Louisiana, singer, country music, recorded hit 'Almost Pursuaded', and 'With One Exception', 'My Elusive Dreams' with Tammy Wynette 1935 Birthday Peter Frankl, born in Hungary, pianist, performs classical music, Romantic period, early Modern, recorded the complete solo piano music of Debussy, performed with world class orchestras throughout America and Europe 1935 Birthday Larry Williams, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, singer, pianist, rock and roll, rhythm and blues genres, recorded, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Short Fat Fannie 1935 Birthday Gene Cherico, born in Buffalo, New York, Eugene Valentino Gene Cherico, bassist, American jazz, toured with Toshiko Akiyoshi, recorded with Paul Desmond, accompanied singer Peggy Lee 1935 Birthday Richard Berry, born in Extension, Louisiana, musician, singer, songwriter, wrote, 'Louie Louie', sold copyright in 1959, song has since been recorded over 1,000 times 1934 Event Highest velocity wind ever recorded on Mount Washington, New Hampshire, 231 mph 1933 Birthday Garnett Mimms, born in Ashland, West Virginia, singer, songwriter, record producer, worked with Bert Berns, Jimi Hendrix, recorded on MGM, Verve Records, funk, rhythm and blues music 1933 Event Highest recorded sea wave (not tsunami), 34 m, in Pacific hurricane 1932 Birthday Max Schubel, born in America, composer, contemporary classical music, founder and owner of Opus One records, recorded new music 1932 Event 73 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in February 1931 Birthday Bob Crewe, born in Newark, New Jersey, American songwriter, singer, co-wrote with Bob Gaudio, Top 10 singles for The Four Seasons, recorded with Bobby Darin, Roberta Flack, Patti LaBelle 1931 Birthday Gregg Smith, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, directed The Gregg Smith Singers, a mixed chorus of 16 singers who toured the U.S. 40 times, recorded over 100 albums, received three Grammy Awards 1930 Event 690 earthquake shocks recorded in 1 day (Ito Japan) 1930 Event Brooklyn catcher Al Lopez hits major league's last recorded bounce home run 1929 Birthday Chris Kenner, born in Kenner, near New Orleans, Louisiana, rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, recording artist, 1961 hit I Like It Like That was on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, song Land of a Thousand Dances was recorded by Patti Smith, and others 1929 Event Rudy Vallee recorded "Deep Night" 1928 Birthday Walter Klien, born in Graz, Austria, pianist, performed and recorded concertos of Mozart, Brahms, Schubert piano sonatas, received Bosendorfter Prize in Vienna, 1953 1926 Birthday Betsy Jolas, born in Paris, France, composer, studied at the Conservatoire national superieur de Musique, wrote vocal music, works recorded on EMI, Erato, performed by London Sinfonietta 1924 Event "Jelly-Roll Blues," is recorded by blues great, Jelly Roll Morton 1922 Birthday Ilja Hurnik, born in Poruba, Czechoslovakia, composer, essayist, studied at Prague Conservatory, Prague Academy of Arts, recorded 'sonata da camera', for flute, oboe, cello and harpsichord on Cedille Records 1922 Birthday Leo Kraft, born in Brooklyn, New York, composer, author, educator, recorded on CRI label, studied composition with Karol Rathaus, Randall Thompson, Nadio Boulander 1922 Birthday Kai Winding, born in Aarhus, Denmark, jazz composer, trombonist, worked with J.J. Johnson, Benny Goodman, Paul Chambers, recorded "More" from "Mondo Cane" movie with Verve records 1921 Birthday Earl Nightingale, born in Los Angeles, California, author, motivational speaker, his radio program, 'Our Changing World', most highly syndicated radio program ever, recorded over 7,000 radio programs 1920 Birthday Del Wood, born in Nashville, Tennessee, given name Polly Adelaide Hendricks Hazelwood, singer, pianist, recorded for Tennessee Records label, performed on the Grand Ole Opry 1917 Event 1st jazz record "Dixie Jazz Band One Step," recorded by Nick LaRocca Original Dixieland Jazz Band, released by RCA Victor in Camden, New Jersey 1917 Event 1st jazz record recorded (Dark Town Strutters Ball) 1916 Birthday Bill Doggett, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, organist, musician, American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist, hit Honky Tonk, recorded with King Records, sold four million copies, arranged music for Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald 1916 Event Enrico Caruso recorded "O Solo Mio" for the Victor Talking Machine Co 1911 Event Audience throws vegetables at actors for 1st recorded time in US 1910 Event Halley's Comet passes 29th recorded perihelion at 87.9 million km 1910 Event 83 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March 1906 Event Strongest instrumentally recorded earthquake, Colombia, 8.6 Richter 1904 Birthday Jess Stacy, born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, pianist, jazz musician, played with Tommy Dorsey, recorded with Lee Wiley, Nelson Riddle in The Great Gatsby soundtrack 1896 Event Lowest U.S. temperature in May recorded -10 degrees F - Climax, Colorado 1886 Event 1st major earthquake recorded in eastern U.S., at Charleston SC, 110 die 1885 Event Highest score (35) recorded in any 1st-class soccer match is set 1879 Event 92 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May 1875 Event 1st recorded shutout in pro baseball, Chicago 1, St. Louis 0 1875 Event 1st recorded hockey game (Montreal) 1874 Event 1st recorded dam disaster in U.S. (Williamsburg Mass) 1868 Event Golf's 1st recorded hole-in-one (Tom Morris at Prestwick's 8th hole) 1868 Event Dr. James Moore (UK) wins 1st recorded bicycle race, (2k) velocipede race at Parc fde St. Cloud, Paris 1858 Event John Holden hits 1st recorded home run (Brooklyn vs New York) 1840 Event 1st recorded bowling match in U.S., Knickerbocker Alleys, New York City 1839 Event 1st recorded use of "OK" [oll korrect] (Boston's Morning Post) 1824 Event Popular presidential vote 1st recorded; Jackson beats J Q Adams 1805 Event 1st recorded tornado in "Tornado Alley", Southern Illinois 1786 Event Earliest 32 degrees F (0 degrees C) recorded temp in New York City 1759 Event 27th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 1743 Event Earliest recorded prize fighting rules formulated 1719 Event 1st recorded display of Aurora Borealis in U.S. (New England) 1681 Event 1st recorded boxing match (Duke of Albemarle's butler vs his butcher) 1673 Event 1st recorded wine auction held in London 1672 Event 1st recorded monthly Quaker meeting in U.S. held, Sandwich, Mass 1667 Event Earliest recorded hurricane in U.S., Jamestown, Virginia 1657 Event 1st autopsy and coroner's jury verdict is recorded in state of Maryland 1643 Event 1st recorded tornado in U.S. (Essex County, Massachusetts) 1638 Event Lunar eclipse is 1st astronomical event recorded in U.S. 1638 Event 1st earthquake recorded in U.S., at Plymouth, Mass 1635 Event 1st recorded U.S. hurricane hit the Plymouth Colony 1569 Event 1st recorded lottery in England is drawn in St. Paul's Cathedral 1541 Event Hernan de Soto observes 1st recorded flood in America (Mississippi R) 1540 Event The 1st recorded race meet in England (Roodee Fields, Chester) 1497 Event Nicolaus Copernicus 1st recorded astronomical observation, 1492 Event Christopher Columbus notes 1st recorded reference to tobacco 1456 Event 23rd recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 1145 Event 19th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 1066 Event 18th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 837 Event 15th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 760 Event 14th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 607 Event 12th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 451 Event 10th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 374 Event 9th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 295 Event 8th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 218 Event 7th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 141 Event 6th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 66 Event 5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
