Roy Orbison was one of the most influential American
singer-songwriters and a pioneer of rock and roll whose recording
career spanned more than four decades. By the mid-1960s, He was
internationally recognized for his ballads of lost love, rhythmically
advanced melodies, three octave vocal range, and characteristic dark
sunglasses. Notable hits written and recorded by Orbison on Rolling
Stone's list of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time include "Only The
Lonely", "Oh, Pretty Woman", "In Dreams" and
"Crying". He was inducted
into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. Orbison suffered a heart
attack and died just before midnight on 1988 December 6 at the age of
52. In 1989, Roy Orbison was posthumously inducted into the
Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1768:
The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica was published.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica)
1917:
Halifax Explosion: A ship in Halifax Harbour carrying trinitrotoluene
(TNT) and picric acid caught fire after a collision with another ship
and exploded, devastating Halifax, Canada.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion)
1922:
The Irish Free State came into existence, one year after the signing
of the Anglo-Irish Treaty.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Free_State)
1957:
Project Vanguard: An attempt to launch the first American satellite
failed with an explosion on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral
(pictured).
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Vanguard)
1989:
Marc Lépine killed 14 women in the École Polytechnique Massacre in
Montreal, leading to new gun control laws in Canada.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%3Fcole_Polytechnique_massacre)
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Wikiquote of the day:
Love is made out of ecstasy and wonder;Love is a poignant and
accustomed pain.It is a burst of Heaven-shaking thunder;It is a
linnet's fluting after rain. -- Joyce Kilmer
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http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joyce_Kilmer)