TODAY IN HISTORY – 12th JUNE
1943 - Born this day, Christine McVie, singer, Fleetwood Mac.
1943 - Born this day, Reg Presley [Reginald Ball], singer, in Andover, Hampshire, The Troggs, 1966 US No.1 and UK No.2 single Wild Thing, Give It To Me, Wrote Love Is All Around, 15 weeks at UK No.1 for Wet Wet Wet. The group was originally called The Troglodytes.
1951 - Born this day, Brad Delp, rock singer, musician, guitar, vocals, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Member of group Boston, 1977 US No.5 and UK No.22 single More Than A Feeling, 1986 US No.1 single Amanda.
1952 - Born this day, Pete Fardon, The Pretenders, 1980 UK No.1 single Brass In Pocket. Died of a drug overdose 14 April 1983.
1953 - Born this day, Rocky Burnette, singer-songwriter, (Tired Of Toeing The Line), son of Dorsey Burnette.
1964 - The Beatles arrived in Adelaide, Australia and were greeted by an estimated 250,000 fans, (the biggest welcome the band would ever receive), who lined the ten mile route from the airport to the city centre. The group gave their first four shows in Australia at the Centennial Hall, Adelaide over two nights, playing: I Saw Her Standing There, I Want To Hold Your Hand, All My Loving, She Loves You, Till There Was You, Roll Over Beethoven, Can't Buy Me Love, This Boy, Long Tall Sally and Twist And Shout. Temporary member Jimmy Nicol was standing in for Ringo on drums who was recovering from having his tonsils removed.
1965 - The Beatles were awarded the MBE in HM The Queen's Birthday Honours list. The Order of the British Empire recognition had previously been bestowed only upon British military heroes, many of whom were so infuriated by the news, they returned their medals to the Queen. Protests poured into Buckingham Palace, MP Hector Dupuis said 'British Royalty has put me on the same level as a bunch of vulgar numbskulls'. John Lennon wasn't terribly impressed with receiving the honour - he returned it (for other reasons) four years later.
1965 - The Supremes scored their fifth consecutive US No.1 single (they were the first American group to accomplish this feat), when 'Back In My Arms Again', went to the top of the charts.
1972 - With the help of her mother, a bare footed Ronnie Spector left her husband Phil's Beverly Hills mansion for the last time, leaving behind her adopted sons, three year old Donté and six year old twins, Louis and Gary. Within days she filed for a divorce that would be granted in 1974.
1989 - The Elvis Presley Autoland Museum opened at Graceland. The museum contained over 30 cars which were owned by Presley including his famous Pink Cadillac, Harley-Davidson motorcycles, Stutz Blackhawks, a 1975 Dino Ferrari, a 1956 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible, and the red MG that Elvis drove in the film Blue Hawaii.
1999 - It was reported that Oasis had paid Gary Glitter £200,000 as an out of court settlement after being accused of using the Gary Glitter lyric, Hello, hello, it's good to be back in the song Hello.
2000 - Sinéad O'Connor announced that she was a lesbian. The Irish singer said, 'I am a lesbian. I haven't been very open about that, I've gone out with blokes because I haven't necessarily been terribly comfortable about being a lesbian.' The mother of two told the American magazine Curve that she had been in the closet for years.
2004 - Lee Ryan from Blue was found guilty of criminal damage and ordered to pay £500 ($850) compensation from charges relating to an incident outside London nightclub 10 Rooms the previous December. Ryan admitted to throwing punches at a photographer after being bombarded by snappers when leaving the club, but argued that he was provoked into doing so. Judge Caroline Tubbs accepted that Lee was acting in self-defence, so dismissed any assault charges.
2005 - Pink Floyd announced they would reunite with former bassist Roger Waters, who left the band in 1985, on July 2 for the Live 8 London concert. This would be the first time the band had played together as a quartet since The Wall tour in 1981.
2008 - Amy Winehouse performed an exclusive gig at a Moscow art gallery for Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich and his girlfriend Dasha Zhukova. It was reported that the singer was paid £1m for the gig at the launch of The Garage gallery, which has been set up by Ms Zhukova.
2009 – It is revealed that Chastity Bono (daughter of Sonny & Cher), a longtime confirmed lesbian, is undergoing gender reassignment treatment. LKF (Little Known Fact), Anthony Keidis (Red Hot Chilli Peppers) used to spend time as a kid knocking around with Sonny Bono and once caught a glimpse of Cher getting changed in the bathroom while he lay in her bed pretending to be asleep. He was just a kid at the time and was staying over at her place. He didn’t like being in the dark on his own so was sleeping in Cher’s bed.
2013 - Mumford & Sons bassist Ted Dwane was rushed into hospital to have an operation to remove a blood clot on his brain. Scans revealed a blood clot on the surface of his brain that required an operation.
1943 - Born this day, Christine McVie, singer, Fleetwood Mac.
1943 - Born this day, Reg Presley [Reginald Ball], singer, in Andover, Hampshire, The Troggs, 1966 US No.1 and UK No.2 single Wild Thing, Give It To Me, Wrote Love Is All Around, 15 weeks at UK No.1 for Wet Wet Wet. The group was originally called The Troglodytes.
1951 - Born this day, Brad Delp, rock singer, musician, guitar, vocals, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Member of group Boston, 1977 US No.5 and UK No.22 single More Than A Feeling, 1986 US No.1 single Amanda.
1952 - Born this day, Pete Fardon, The Pretenders, 1980 UK No.1 single Brass In Pocket. Died of a drug overdose 14 April 1983.
1953 - Born this day, Rocky Burnette, singer-songwriter, (Tired Of Toeing The Line), son of Dorsey Burnette.
1964 - The Beatles arrived in Adelaide, Australia and were greeted by an estimated 250,000 fans, (the biggest welcome the band would ever receive), who lined the ten mile route from the airport to the city centre. The group gave their first four shows in Australia at the Centennial Hall, Adelaide over two nights, playing: I Saw Her Standing There, I Want To Hold Your Hand, All My Loving, She Loves You, Till There Was You, Roll Over Beethoven, Can't Buy Me Love, This Boy, Long Tall Sally and Twist And Shout. Temporary member Jimmy Nicol was standing in for Ringo on drums who was recovering from having his tonsils removed.
1965 - The Beatles were awarded the MBE in HM The Queen's Birthday Honours list. The Order of the British Empire recognition had previously been bestowed only upon British military heroes, many of whom were so infuriated by the news, they returned their medals to the Queen. Protests poured into Buckingham Palace, MP Hector Dupuis said 'British Royalty has put me on the same level as a bunch of vulgar numbskulls'. John Lennon wasn't terribly impressed with receiving the honour - he returned it (for other reasons) four years later.
1965 - The Supremes scored their fifth consecutive US No.1 single (they were the first American group to accomplish this feat), when 'Back In My Arms Again', went to the top of the charts.
1972 - With the help of her mother, a bare footed Ronnie Spector left her husband Phil's Beverly Hills mansion for the last time, leaving behind her adopted sons, three year old Donté and six year old twins, Louis and Gary. Within days she filed for a divorce that would be granted in 1974.
1989 - The Elvis Presley Autoland Museum opened at Graceland. The museum contained over 30 cars which were owned by Presley including his famous Pink Cadillac, Harley-Davidson motorcycles, Stutz Blackhawks, a 1975 Dino Ferrari, a 1956 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible, and the red MG that Elvis drove in the film Blue Hawaii.
1999 - It was reported that Oasis had paid Gary Glitter £200,000 as an out of court settlement after being accused of using the Gary Glitter lyric, Hello, hello, it's good to be back in the song Hello.
2000 - Sinéad O'Connor announced that she was a lesbian. The Irish singer said, 'I am a lesbian. I haven't been very open about that, I've gone out with blokes because I haven't necessarily been terribly comfortable about being a lesbian.' The mother of two told the American magazine Curve that she had been in the closet for years.
2004 - Lee Ryan from Blue was found guilty of criminal damage and ordered to pay £500 ($850) compensation from charges relating to an incident outside London nightclub 10 Rooms the previous December. Ryan admitted to throwing punches at a photographer after being bombarded by snappers when leaving the club, but argued that he was provoked into doing so. Judge Caroline Tubbs accepted that Lee was acting in self-defence, so dismissed any assault charges.
2005 - Pink Floyd announced they would reunite with former bassist Roger Waters, who left the band in 1985, on July 2 for the Live 8 London concert. This would be the first time the band had played together as a quartet since The Wall tour in 1981.
2008 - Amy Winehouse performed an exclusive gig at a Moscow art gallery for Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich and his girlfriend Dasha Zhukova. It was reported that the singer was paid £1m for the gig at the launch of The Garage gallery, which has been set up by Ms Zhukova.
2009 – It is revealed that Chastity Bono (daughter of Sonny & Cher), a longtime confirmed lesbian, is undergoing gender reassignment treatment. LKF (Little Known Fact), Anthony Keidis (Red Hot Chilli Peppers) used to spend time as a kid knocking around with Sonny Bono and once caught a glimpse of Cher getting changed in the bathroom while he lay in her bed pretending to be asleep. He was just a kid at the time and was staying over at her place. He didn’t like being in the dark on his own so was sleeping in Cher’s bed.
2013 - Mumford & Sons bassist Ted Dwane was rushed into hospital to have an operation to remove a blood clot on his brain. Scans revealed a blood clot on the surface of his brain that required an operation.