Good News in History, May 19

by Guest Fri May 19, 2017 3:52 pm

On this day 50 years ago, The Beatles held a press party at the London home of their manager Brian Epstein to launch the Sgt. Pepper’s album. They hired Linda Eastman to be the press photographer, a woman who, four years later, became the beloved wife of Paul McCartney for 27 years–until her death from cancer at age 56. She had been a professional photographer focused on celebrities, and was often published in music industry magazines. Her book, Linda McCartney’s Sixties: Portrait of an Era, features the best of her work. (1967)

MORE Good News on this Day:

160 years ago, the electric fire alarm system was patented in Boston, Mass., the first city to adopt the method (1857)
Oscar Wilde was released from Reading Gaol prison having served 2 years hard labor for “gross indecency” (1897)
50 years ago today, the Soviet Union ratified a treaty with the United States and Britain that banned nuclear weapons from outer space (1967)
Apple, Inc. opened the first Genius Bars (in Tysons Corner, Virginia, and Glendale, California), where customers can get free tech support in the chic Apple retail environment (2001)
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith was released into theaters worldwide, completing George Lucas’ 28-year saga, which first appeared in 1977 and includes 6 episodes (2005)

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Happy 72nd Birthday to Pete Townshend, the English musician, singer-songwriter and co-founder of The Who. Born in London to musician parents, he taught himself how to play guitar and never learned to read music. Yet, he became one of the most influential guitar players and rock composers in the world. (1945) –Photo by Ross Belot -CC

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