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Birth of Sheena Easton, Sheena Easton is a Scottish recording artist.
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Birth of Stevie Wonder.
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“Rock and Roll” was a term first used by Alan Freed, a disc jockey from Cleveland, Ohio, to describe the new form of music that was taking shape. It was influenced by rhythm and blues, gospel, and country music. The artists were often showmen, and the music usually included guitar solos. Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis and Fats Domino were some of the first successful artists in the genre. Elvis Presley soon emerged on the scene and was as successful as he was controversial. Ot
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"Rocket 88" is recorded by Ike Turner and hailed as the first rock 'n' roll song;
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1951: Tony Bennett, the quintessential Italian-American crooner, records a future classic, “Because of You.”
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Scotsman Lonnie Donegan and his skiffle group record their first hit, “Rock Island Line,” written by Huddy Ledbetter.
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Little Richard records Tutti-Frutti, one of the first rock and roll songs
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"Rock Around the Clock" becomes first worldwide #1 rock and roll record
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The first Eurovision Song Contest is held on 24 May
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First cassette tapes made by Philips
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The video disk invented
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The compact disk invented by James Russell.
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The first handheld calculator invented.
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The computer mouse invented by Douglas Engelbart.
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The first computer with integrated circuits made.
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Robert Dennard invented RAM (random access memory)
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Birth of Mariah Carey.
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Birth of Tupac Shakur
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Snoop dog born
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The ethernet (local computer network) invented by Robert Metcalfe and Xerox.
