THE LATEST FROM COOL 102.1
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KISS…… January 30, 1973…… The glitter-rock group Kiss gives their first public performance – at New York’s Coventry Club in Queens. Less than 10 people attended. However, the band quickly built a following and became one of the best-selling bands of all time. The band’s lineup consisted of Paul Stanley (vocals and rhythm guitar), Gene…
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I Don’t Like Mondays…… January 29, 1979…… 16-year-old Brenda Spencer opens fire on children in an elementary school playground. She killed two adults and injured eight children and a police officer. She stated, “I don’t like Mondays. This livens up the day”.The Boomtown Rats hit I Don’t Like Mondays (1980) was based on this event.
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Challenger Disaster….. January 28, 1986….. The space shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after lift-off, killing the crew of seven, including New Hampshire schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe. McAuliffe and Judith A. Resnik were the first U.S. women astronauts to die on a space mission. NASA managers had known since 1977 that the design of the solid rocket boosters contained a potentially catastrophic flaw…
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Apollo 1 Disaster…… January 27, 1967…… An electrical fire erupts during a simulation on the launch pad, killing astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Roger Chaffee, and Edward White. They were the first U.S. astronauts to die in a spacecraft. The ignition source of the fire was determined to be electrical, and the fire spread rapidly due to combustible nylon material,…