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NONPROFIT FOUNDED ON THIS DAY IN 1816

American Bible Society is a non-denominational, nonprofit organization, founded 
in New York City which provides study aids and other tools to help people read 
and understand the Bible. It is best known for its Good News Translation of the
Bible. They also publish the Contemporary English Version. The society’s
headquarters building is presently located in New York City (above), but will
soon be moving to Philadelphia.

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PUBLISHED ON THIS DAY IN 1962

The Incredible Hulk #1. Cover art by Jack Kirby and Paul
Reinman. The original series was canceled with issue #6
(March 1963).

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SOUND SATISFACTION ON THIS DAY IN 1965

 


In their Clearwater, Florida hotel room, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
worked out the opening guitar riff of "Satisfaction", following the purchase 
of a Gibson fuzz-box (similar to below) by Richards earlier that day.


Maestro Fuzz-Tone – Originally built in 1962 or 1963

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NEWS HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PAST

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Camille Bohannon

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SINGLE RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1956

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The song “Be-Bop-A-Lula” was released in June 1956 on Capitol Records’
single F3450, and immediately sold well. The song was successful on three
singles charts: it peaked at #7 on the Billboard pop music chart, #8 on the
R&B chart, and also made the top ten on the C&W Best Seller chart peaking
at #5.

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