Hello from Fea 2010
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March 08 -This day ........... 1994 ? Nine Inch Nails releases ?The Downward Spiral.? 1993 ? Bandleader Billy Eckstein dies in Pittsburgh of complications from a stroke. He is 78. 1979 ? Tom Chaplin of Keane is born in East Sussex, England. 1976 ? Gaz Coombes (Gareth Michael Coombes) of Supergrass is born in Oxford, England. 1974 ? Bad Company gives its debut performance in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.
1973 ? Paul McCartney is fined $240 after pleading guilty to charges of growing marijuana outside his Scottish farm.
1973 ? Ronald ?Pigpen? McKernan of the Grateful Dead dies of a gastrointestinal hemorrhage at his home in Corte Madera, Calif., at the age of 27. 1971 ? Radio Hanoi broadcasts Jimi Hendrix?s ?Star Spangled Banner.? The tape is sent by Abbie Hoffman. 1968 ? Singer-songwriter Shawn Mullins is born in Atlanta. 1968 ? The Fillmore East opens in New York City. 1958 ? Singer Gary Numan (Gary Anthony James Webb) is born in London. 1948 ? Pop singer Little Peggy March (Margaret Annemarie Battavio) is born in Lansdale, Penn. 1948 ? Guitarist Mel Galley of Whitesnake and Trapeze is born in Staffordshire, England. 1947 ? Michael Allsup of Three Dog Night is born in Modesto, Calif. 1946 ? Randy Meisner of Poco and the Eagles is born in Scottsbluff, Neb. 1945 ? Micky Dolenz of the Monkees is born in Los Angeles.
1973 ? Paul McCartney is fined $240 after pleading guilty to charges of growing marijuana outside his Scottish farm.
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Flashback: Entertainment highlights for March 8-14 By The Associated Press Entertainment highlights during the week of March 8-14:1947: ``The Best Years Of Our Lives'' was named best picture at the Oscars. 1969: Paul McCartney and Linda Eastman were married in a civil ceremony in London. 1970: Diana Ross performed her first solo concert after leaving The Supremes, in Framingham, Mass. 1972: Carole King won the album of the year Grammy for ``Tapestry,'' record of the year for ``It's Too Late'' and song of the year for ``You've Got A Friend.'' She also won a fourth Grammy that year, for female pop vocal performance for ``Tapestry.'' 1987: U2 released their album ``The Joshua Tree.'' 1988: Pop singer Andy Gibb died of a heart condition in Oxford, England. Gibb was 30. 1993: ``Beavis and Butt-Head'' premiered on MTV as a series. Previously, the characters were shown on MTV's ``Liquid Television'' program. 1996: Comedian George Burns died at the age of 100. 1997: Rapper the Notorious B.I.G. was shot to death while sitting in his car after a music industry party. He was 24. 2003: Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines told an audience in London, ``Just so you know, we're ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas.'' They endured a firestorm of criticism that included radio stations banning their music and protests outside their concerts. 2006: Isaac Hayes quit the cast of ``South Park,'' saying he could not tolerate the show's take on religion.
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http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc240/beatlefan69/capt2099fbd17c604511b6bcbe731f96440.jpg In this photo provided by Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Mavrick, a 14-month-old male Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, blows a mass of bubbles while checking out Akaasha, a six-month-old female Bengal tiger at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, Calif. on Thursday, March 5, 2009. Park animal staff strolled by the dolphin exhibit as they escorted the tiger cubs on their daily walk around the park.
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http://www.balgal.com/ "John Lennon - Imagine!" opens on Saturday 21 February and runs through to Easter Monday 13 April. The Gallery is open daily from 9am to 5pm. Admission to the Art Gallery of Ballarat is free. Entry to the exhibition costs $9 for adults, $5 for concession and is free for children under 16.
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http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc240/beatlefan69/1232135001_paul_and_steve_wonder.jpg Paul and Stevie Wonder
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PHOTO: A polar bear stretches at the St.Felicien Wildlife Zoo in St. Felicien, March 5, 2009. According to Environment Canada, Canada is home of approximately 15,000 of the estimated 20,000-25,000 polar bears worldwide. The species is also listed as a special concern by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada while last year, the U.S. listed the polar bear as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act because their sea ice habitat is melting down. REUTERS/Mathieu Belanger (CANADA) http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc240/beatlefan69/Nature/r2777809053.jpg
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http://www.trouw.nl/cultuur/muziek/article2051608.ece Concert McCartney in 7 seconden uitverkocht LAS VEGAS (ANP) - Het concert dat ex-Beatle Paul McCartney op 19 april in Las Vegas geeft, was in 7 seconden uitverkocht. Dat brachten de organisatoren woensdag naar buiten, aldus de website van de BBC. De zaal biedt plaats aan vierduizend fans en die waren er snel bij. Onderzocht wordt nog of deze verkoopsnelheid in aanmerking komt voor een vermelding in het Guiness Book of Records.
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http://www.zita.be/entertainment/nieuws/309780_overlijden-van-exdirecteur-capitol-records-die-beatles-contract-aanbood.html Overlijden van ex-directeur Capitol Records, die Beatles contract aanbood 14 maart 2009 Alan Livingston, de gewezen directeur van Capitol Records, is op 91-jarige leeftijd in Californië overleden, zo meldt Los Angeles Times zaterdag. Livingston is de man die destijds The Beatles een contract aanbood bij het label en daarmee de deuren opende voor de "Beatlemania" aan de andere kant van de oceaan.
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Photo: a squirrel not shy....... A squirrel, who's obviously not shy, reaches for a peanut from the hand of a man at Mount Royal Park in Montreal, Tuesday, March 10, 2009. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Sheila Boardman)
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Goodmorning/Goedemorgen http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc240/beatlefan69/coffee-1.jpg I like this cartoon
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I have made this today:The Netherlands in the snow 2009
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http://www.nieuw-volendam.nl/index.php?nid=8586 Lennon's Beatles contest 2008
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Yoko Ono in de weer voor autisten (RTL) Yoko Ono onthult op Wereld Autisme Dag een muurschildering op het hoofdkantoor van de Verenigde Naties in New York.
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Het is weer lente
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http://newsbiscuit.com/article/sergeant-pepper-disqualified-from-all-time-top-100-albums-after-testing-positive-for-drugs Sergeant Pepper disqualified from all time Top 100 Albums after testing positive for drugs The British Phonographic Institute has officially disqualified The Beatles seminal 1967 album Sergeant Pepper?s Lonely Hearts Club Band from its list of the 100 greatest albums of all time. The ban follows new evidence that band were taking performance enhancing drugs during its recording. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have issued a joint statement apologising for the deception. ?It was a hugely competitive time for everyone in music, and regrettably we gave in to peer-pressure. We have brought shame upon the British music industry and the whole nation.?
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http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090320/i/r464555120.jpg Five days old Asian elephant Ko Raya is presented to the public for the first time at the Berlin Zoo, March 20, 2009. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)
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http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2009/03/hilton_celebrates_john_and_yok.php Hilton celebrates John and Yoko's bed-in Thursday 19 March 2009 The Amsterdam Hilton Hotel on Thursday began a series of festivities to mark the 40th anniversary of the bed-in for peace held there by John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1969. The couple, who had just married, stayed in bed in their hotel suite from March 24 to 31. Now the Hilton is opening up the room, which normally costs ?1,750 a night, so Beatles fans can take a look.
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http://www.fab4peace.com/bed-in.html WIN! a holiday to Amsterdam - the birthplace of the original Bed In www.radiocity.co.uk. easyJet.com - flying from Liverpool to Amsterdam for 12 years T&C - All entrants must be 18 or over and available to attend the final on the morning of Wednesday 1st April.
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This handout from Russian advertising agency Voskhod shows a smiling, cartoonish black man flashing the victory sign in front of the US capital building, along with the Russian slogan: "Everyone's talking about it: dark inside white!" Obama ice cream, anyone? Chocolate-vanilla ice cream is one of several Russian products being marketed using Obama even as critics call the ads racist. (AFP/VOSKHOD-HO/File)
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Bed in For Peace 2009 http://www.artfamily.nl/bedinforpeace2009/engels.html