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September 7In 1957, American soul singer Sam Cooke releases his debut single "You Send Me.” The song is a massive commercial success, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame later names the single as one of the 500 most important rock ‘n’ roll recordings. In 1978, Keith Moon, drummer for the legendary British rock group The Who, dies in London of a drug overdose at the age of 31. He is replaced by Kenney Jones from the Faces. |
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September 8In 1966, the first season of science fiction show Star Trek premieres on American TV. In 2004, NASA's unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands in the Utah desert when its parachute fails to open. |
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September 9Birthday wishes go out to American actress and model Michelle Williams (1980). In 1956, Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time, attracting a record 60 million viewers. |
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September 10Happy Birthday to English director, producer and screenwriter Guy Ritchie (1968). In 2014, the first Invictus Games, an international Paralympic-style sporting event for wounded soldiers, takes place at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London. |
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September 11Until September 27, see Take Off Festival 2015, an annual performing arts festival presenting five performances from recent graduates including art performance, dance and physical theatre. The festival runs every Friday to Sunday throughout September at Thong Lor Art Space on Sukhumvit Soi 55. Tickets are 400 baht per show and 1,250 baht for all four performances. For reservations, email [email protected] or call 095 924 4555. In 2001, terrorist group al-Qaeda stages four attacks on the US. Hijacked planes are flown into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The attacks claim a total of 2,996 lives. |
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September 12See popular South Korean pop-rock act F.T. Island at their show 2015 F.T. Island Live [We Will] In Bangkok. Sing along to the quintet’s latest single “Pray” from 8pm at Thunder Dome, Muang Thong Thani. Tickets are 1,800 to 5,000 baht from www.feoh.co.th. For more information, go to www.facebook.com/FeohThai. In 2005, theme park Hong Kong Disneyland opens on Lantau Island, Hong Kong. |
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September 13In 1985, video game Super Mario Bros. is released in Japan, starting the Super Mario series of platforming games. In 1956, IBM introduces the first commercial computer to use disk storage. |
