JUNE 15: The Daily Flashback

1938: Johnny Vandemeer of the Cincinnati Reds pitched his second straight no-hitter.
1965: Bob Dylan recorded “Like a Rolling Stone.”
1967: Peter Green left John Mayall’s Blues Breakers to form Fleetwood Mac.
1979: Joy Division’s debut album, Unknown Pleasures, was released.
1989: Nirvana’s debut album, Bleach, was released.
1992: U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle instructed a student to spell “potato” with an “e” on the end during a spelling bee.
1994: The Disney film “The Lion King” hit theaters.
2010: Devo released Something for Everybody, their first album in 20 years.
2017: Jay-Z became the first rapper inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

BIRTHDAYS
1843: Edvard Grieg
1910: David Rose
1921: Erroll Garner
1937: Waylon Jennings
1941: Harry Nilsson
1943: Johnny Hallyday
1946: Iain Matthews
1951: Steve Walsh
1954: Terri Gibbs
1969: Ice Cube

DEATHS
1988: Jimmy Soul
1996: Ella Fitzgerald
2014: Casey Kasem

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