Archive for November 27th, 2022

GUITAR LEGEND WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1942

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Jimi Hendrix was born in Seattle, Washington. Hendrix grew up
playing guitar, imitating blues greats like Muddy Waters as well
as early rockers.

He joined the army in 1959 and became a paratrooper but was
honorably discharged in 1961 after an injury that exempted him
from duty in Vietnam. In the early 1960s, Hendrix worked as a
pickup guitarist, backing musicians including Little Richard,
B.B. King, Ike and Tina Turner, and Sam Cooke.

In 1964, he moved to New York and played in coffeehouses,
where bassist Bryan Chandler of the British group the Animals
heard him. Chandler arranged to manage Hendrix and brought
him to London in 1966, where they created the Jimi Hendrix
Experience with bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch
Mitchell.

The band’s first single, “Hey Joe,” hit No. 6 on the British pop
charts, and the band became an instant sensation.

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James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970)

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SHOPPING FOR THAT PERFECT GIFT IN 1948

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BATTLE OF WASHITA RIVER ON THIS DAY

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On November 27, 1868, without bothering to identify the village
or do any reconnaissance, Lieutenant Colonel
George Armstrong
Custer
led an early morning attack on a band of peaceful Cheyenne
living with Chief Black Kettle.

Convicted of desertion and mistreatment of soldiers earlier that year
in a military court, the government had suspended Custer from rank
and command for one year. Ten months into his punishment, in September 1868, General
Philip Sheridan reinstated Custer to lead
a campaign against Cheyenne Indians who had been making raids
in
Kansas and Oklahoma that summer. Sheridan was frustrated by
the inability of his other officers to find and engage the enemy, and despite his poor record and unpopularity with the men of the 7th
Cavalry, Custer was a good fighter.

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George Armstrong Custer
(December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876)

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