60 YEARS AGO TODAY:
12/9/65 – MAJOR SPORTS HEADLINE: Frank Robison is traded by The Cincinnati Reds to The Baltimore Orioles. Robinson will prove to be an enormous success in both leagues.
In ANOTHER Major Sports Headline, Branch Rickey, Hall Of
Fame catcher (St. Louis Browns), Manager (St. Louis Browns, St. Louis
Cardinals), and Executive (GM St. Louis Cardinals – 4-Times World Series
champions, Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates), also noted for breaking
the Major League Baseball color barrier by signing Jackie Robinson, dies of
heart failure at the age 83
Also on 12/9, tonight’s episode of “Shindig” features musical performances by The Yardbirds, The Who and Manfred Mann. (Who says The British Invasion is dead???)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRY0WmkpFQY&list=PL4pZ7mcB1c-NwasoyRXtmIsM9ol0cZI6R&index=123
(The week before The Animals and The Moody Blues made appearances.)
In fact, you'll see a decidedly British slant to the show all month long. Appearing on Shindig! during the month of December were The Animals, Brian Auger Trinity, Long John Baldry, Shirley Bassey, The Dave Clark Five, Julie Driscoll, Adam Faith, Marianne Faithfull, Georgie Fame, Gerry and the Pacemakers, The Hollies, The Kinks, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, Lulu, Manfred Mann, The Moody Blues, The Pretty Things, The Searchers, Rod Stewart, Unit 4 +2, Ian Whitcomb, The Who, Steve Winwood and The Yardbirds
Also on 12/9, “A Charlie Brown Christmas” airs on television for the first time on CBS. It is the first Peanuts animated television special.
