96 TEARS – ? And The Mysterians
#1 October 29th, 1966
NEWS
• U.S. warplanes bombed Hanoi for the first time.
• In the People's Republic of China, Mao Zedong begins the Cultural Revolution to purge and reorganize China's Communist Party.
• Lyndon Johnson signs the 1966 Uniform Time Act. (daylight saving time.)
• We heard of groups called the Black Panthers & the National Organization of Women for the first time.
• The first SR-71 Blackbird spy plane goes into service
• The Merry Prankster’s conducted Acid Tests at the Fillmore in San Francisco.
FADS and ENTERTAINMENT
• T.V.: Star Trek was new but Ozzie & Harriet & the Dick Van Dyke show are seen for the last time.
• MOVIES: “The Sand Pebbles”, “Grand Prix” & “Fantastic Voyage”
• The NFL & AFL finally merged to create one football league
• John Lennon pontificated that the Beatles were “More popular than Jesus” which set off a rash of protests & record burnings here in the U.S
• The legendary album Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys is released.
• Bob Dylan's seminal album, Blonde on Blonde is released in the U.S.
AZ HISTORY
• Miranda v. Arizona, the Supreme Court ruled that detained criminal suspects, prior to police questioning, must be informed of their constitutional right to an attorney and against self-incrimination.
DEAD
• Walt Disney
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• Perhaps the first band to be described as punk rock.
• “?’s" birth name is Rudy Martinez. He claimed (and still claims) to be a Martian who lived with dinosaurs in a past life, and he never appears in public without sunglasses.
• In 2006 “? And The Mysterians” were inducted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame.
• The band's biggest hit, "96 Tears", was voted a Legendary Michigan Song the following year.
• This is “? And the Mysterians” with “96 Tears” your #1 @ 1 from October 1966.
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