What happened On This Day in History?!
Gunners & Ali - On This Day
Friday, 19 January 2024 - 3 minutes
On This Day...
- Y-Fronts (or briefs) went on sale for the first time in Chicago in 1935.
- Beach Boys put down the vocals for Help Me Rhonda in 1965.
- Volkswagen Beetle ceased production in Germany in 1978.
- Denny Doherty, Canadian-born singer with the Mamas and the Paps, died aged 66 in 2007.
- Michael Parkinson's final TV chat show aired in Australia in 2008.
- John Stewart, US singer with Kingston Trie, died aged 68 in 2008.
- And Vegemite once again became Australian-owned after Bega Cheese agreed to buy the spread and other well-known brands for $460 million in 2017.
Today is Dolly Parton, Maggie Beer, Tippi Hedren, Michael Crawford, and Katey Segal's birthday!
Source: YouTube/The EdSullivanShow
