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Today in Whostory
Saturday, August 15, 1964
The High Numbers play the Thames Riverboat Shuffle in London. A summer dance for Hoover Ltd, departing from Charing Cross Pier. The South Beats opened)
Sunday, August 15, 1965
The Who play the Britannia Theater at Britannia Pier in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Tuesday, August 15, 1967
The Who fly to Chattanooga, Tennessee. The flight turns into a nightmare as one of the plane's engines catches on fire. The plane nose-dives before righting and lands in Chattanooga on a foam-covered runway. Supposedly,… More »
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Tuesday, August 15, 1967
The Marine Broadcasting Act becomes law making it illegal to operate offshore "pirate" radio stations like Radio London.
Thursday, August 15, 1968
The Who play the Fillmore West in San Francisco, California
Friday, August 15, 1969
Voque magazine's "People Are Talking About...." features The Who. "John Entwistle, Roger Daltrey, Keith Moon, and Peter Townshend; they are The Who, whose rock cantata, a double record album, Tommy, has raised pop praise to… More »
Saturday, August 15, 1970
Melody Maker says "Make way for the Townshend brothers!" in an article about Pete recording his brothers Simon and Paul.
Sunday, August 15, 1971
The Who play the Metropolitan Sports Center in Bloomington, Minnesota
Friday, August 15, 1975
Around this time, Keith appears in a UCLA film student's movie entitled "Sonic Boom". He plays "Mad Doctor Cherman" in a very short scene shot at the Burbank Court House. The movie would play in… More »
Friday, August 15, 1975
Roger is at the Continental Plaza in Chicago signing autographs
Saturday, August 15, 1987
Billboard magazine reports that John Entwistle and his new group The Rock are about to release their self-titled album that will be followed by a tour. Having finished the album almost a year before, John… More »
Monday, August 15, 1994
PBS stations in the U.S. begin airing a specially edited version of the 30 Years Of Maximum R&B video containing new interviews with Keith Richard, Bryan Adams and Chris Barron of The Spin Doctors. More »
Friday, August 15, 1997
The Who play the Ice Palace in Tampa, Florida
Saturday, August 15, 1998
Pete returns to Max Yasgur's farm in Bethel, New York to perform at "Woodstock '98." Fellow 1969 Woodstock alumni Richie Havens is also on the bill. The festival is broadcast over the Internet.
Tuesday, August 15, 2000
The movie Chasing Destiny is released straight to video on DVD in Europe. Roger plays a hippie bass player in this romantic comedy originally titled "Romantic Moritz". Future teen star Drake Bell also stars
Monday, August 15, 2005
Television Personalities releases their CD And They All Lived Happily Ever After featuring a cover of "Mary Anne with the Shaky Hands". You can listen to it on YouTube here
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Robbie Basho's 1969 album Venus In Cancer is re-released on CD in the U.S. with quotes from Pete in the liner notes
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
A 2 CD Deluxe Edition of Two Sides of the Moon is released featuring many of the outtakes from Keith Moon's various attempts at solo recordings
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Around this time The Who: Fragments DVD, a retrospective of the 2006 Who tour, is sent out to fans by thewhotour.com. It is directed by Justin Kreutzmann, son of the Grateful Dead's drummer, Bill Kreutzmann
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Matt Kent's book The Who Revealed is published by Flame Tree in the U.K
