| Date | Text | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 years anniversary | ||||
| 21 Aug 1925 | BV Emmen soccer team forms | |||
| 50 years anniversary | ||||
| 21 Aug 1975 | 3 truck pile up kills 10, injures 26 on French highway | |||
| 21 Aug 1975 | Rick and Paul Reuschel become 1st brothers to pitch a combined shut out | |||
| 21 Aug 1975 | US lightens trade embargo against Cuba | |||
| 21 Aug 1975 | 3 truck pile up kills 10, injures 26 on French highway | |||
| 21 Aug 1975 | Rick & Paul Reuschel become 1st brothers to pitch a combined shut out | |||
| 25 years anniversary | ||||
| 21 Aug 2000 | Survivor filed a lawsuit against TVT Records after they released a soundtrack to the TV show Survivor. Survivor guitarist Frankie Sullivan said, Its unfortunate that after 23 years of building, promoting, and protecting the name of our band, someone can suddenly come along and release a recording that uses our name and takes away everything we have worked for. | |||
| 20 years anniversary | ||||
| 21 Aug 2005 | Robert Moog, inventor of the synthesiser died aged 71, four months after being diagnosed with brain cancer. Dr Moog built his first electronic instrument, a theremin - aged 14 and made the MiniMoog, "the first compact, easy-to-use synthesiser" in 1970. He won the Polar prize, Sweden's "music Nobel prize", in 2001. Wendy Carlos' 1968 Grammy award-winning album, Switched-On Bach, brought Dr Moog to prominence. | |||
21 Aug 2005
Robert Moog |
death Robert Moog Robert Moog (b. 1934), pioneer of electronic music. |
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