On December 30, 1968, The Spokesman-Review of Spokane,
Washington, ran an advertisement for a concert at Gonzaga
University featuring “The Vanilla Fudge, with Len Zefflin”—
a concert of which a bootleg recording would later emerge
that represents the first-ever live Led Zeppelin performance
captured on tape.
Radio KXL signed on the air from Portland, Ore. in 1926.
https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/KXL-Portland-OR-Moving-Ahead.pdf
Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot (1934 – 2025)
(SUN) – “The Brigitte Bardot foundation announces with
immense sadness the death of its founder and president,
Madame Brigitte Bardot, a world-renowned actress and
singer, who chose to abandon her prestigious career to
dedicate her life and energy to animal welfare and her
foundation."
Bardot had been hospitalized briefly in late October at
Saint-Jean Hospital in Toulon, France where she
underwent a minor surgical procedure.
Bardot Bardot acted in 47 films, performed in several
musicals, and recorded more than 60 songs. She was
awarded the Legion of Honor (below) in 1985.
1959
On December 28, 1895, the world’s first commercial movie
screening took place at the Grand Cafe in Paris. The film
was made by Louis and Auguste Lumière, two French
brothers who developed a camera-projector called the
Cinematographe.
The Lumière brothers unveiled their invention to the public
in March 1895 with a brief film showing workers leaving the
Lumière factory.
On December 28, the entrepreneurial siblings screened a
series of short scenes from everyday French life and
charged admission for the first time.
Auguste (left) and Louis Lumière.
In addition to the Cinematographe, the Lumières also developed
the first practical color photography process, the Autochrome
plate, which debuted in 1907.
