On August 15, 1969, the Woodstock music festival opened on
a patch of farmland in White Lake, a hamlet in the upstate New
York town of Bethel.

Promoters John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, Artie Kornfield and
Michael Lang originally envisioned the festival as a way to raise
funds to build a recording studio and rock-and-roll retreat near
the town of Woodstock, New York.

Despite their relative inexperience, the promoters managed to
sign a roster of top acts, including the Jefferson Airplane, the
Who, the Grateful Dead, Sly and the Family Stone, Janis Joplin,
Jimi Hendrix, Creedence Clearwater Revival and many more.

Richard (Dick) Wagstaff Clark
(November 30, 1929 – April 18, 2012)

On August 5, 1957, TV’s "American Bandstand" began
broadcasting nationally beaming images of clean-cut,
average teenagers dancing to the not-so-clean-cut
Jerry Lee Lewis’ “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” to
67 ABC affiliates across the nation.

The show would become an iconic expression of
American teen culture.         
    
“American Bandstand" aired five days a week in live
national broadcast until 1963, when the show moved
west to Los Angeles and began a 24-year run as a taped
weekly program with Dick Clark as host.

Sir Michael Philip Jagger was born in Dartford, Kent,
England. He is 83 today.

       
SANDY KOZEL

John “Johnny” Christopher Depp II is an actor, musician, and
filmmaker. He was born in Owensboro, Kentucky and is 63
years old today.

He is the recipient of multiple accolades, including a Golden
Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as
nominations for three Academy Awards and two British
Academy Film Awards.

His films, in which he has often played eccentric characters,
have grossed over $10.8 billion worldwide.

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