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27
May
ROCK MUSICIAN HAS DIED AT AGE 77
Left to right: Randy Z, Rick Derringer, Randy Jo Hobbs,
Ronnie Brandon – The McCoys.
Rick Derringer, lead singer of the 1965 smash hit "Hang on
Sloopy,"has died, according to an announcement from his
caretaker, Tony Wilson, and Guitar Player magazine.
Wilson’s post states that Derringer died Monday evening
in Ormond Beach, Fl. No cause of death was announced,
although he had been in ill health in recent months.
Rick Derringer (Richard Dean Zehringer; August 5, 1947 – May
26, 2025)
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23
May
FILL’ ER UP WITH ETHYL!
FROM THE SATURDAY EVENING POST (1953)
The word Ethyl was short for tetraethyl, an compound added to
gasoline to boost its octane rating. It was marketed as a way to
avoid engine knock in automobile engines as far back as the
1920s. It was also referred to as premium gasoline.
06
May
FROM MOTHER’S DAY IN 1947
"Shopping for Mother’s Day," Saturday
Evening Post Cover.
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04
May
THE KENT STATE SHOOTINGS ON THIS DAY
On May 4, 1970, in Kent, Ohio, 28 National Guardsmen fire their
weapons at a group of anti-war demonstrators on the Kent State University campus, killing four students and wounding nine.
The tragedy was a watershed moment for a nation divided by the
conflict in Vietnam, and further galvanized the anti-war movement.
Two days earlier, on May 2, National Guard troops were called to
Kent to suppress students rioting in protest of the Vietnam War
and the U.S. invasion of Cambodia.
The next day, scattered protests were dispersed by tear gas,
and on May 4 class resumed at Kent State University.
By noon that day, despite a ban on rallies, some 2,000 people
had assembled on the campus. National Guard troops arrived
and ordered the crowd to disperse, fired tear gas, and advanced
against the students with bayonets fixed on their rifles.
Some of the protesters, refusing to yield, responded by throwing
rocks and verbally taunting the troops (below).
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