By Chopper Cooper
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMOSN
Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing; October 30, 1939) is an American painter and musician whose musical career spanned four decades. She was a prominent figure in San Francisco‘s psychedelic music scene during the mid-1960s to the early 1970s.
Initially performing with the Great Society, Slick achieved fame as the lead singer and frontwoman of Jefferson Airplane and its spinoff bands Jefferson Starship and Starship. Slick and Jefferson Airplane achieved significant success and popularity with their 1967 studio album Surrealistic Pillow, which included the top-ten US Billboard hits “White Rabbit” and “Somebody to Love“.
With Starship, she sang co-lead for two number-one hits, “We Built This City” and “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now“. She has released four studio albums as an independent artist. Slick retired from music in 1990, but continues to be active in visual arts. In 1996, Slick was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Jefferson Airplane.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Question of the Day
Since rosemary is a tender shrub that overwinters well in Zones 8 through 10 and Nashville is in Zone 6, you’ll be taking a risk by leaving yours outside through the cold season. But it’s worth a shot. Mulching heavily is a good idea—try surrounding the plant with leaves packed into black plastic bags—and consider building a cold frame for the plant. Also, if you can, put the plant on the south side of your house, up against a wall for protection, but in full sun. This may provide enough warmth to help the plant survive the winter.
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
Born
- John Adams (2nd U.S. president) –
- Gertrude Atherton (author) –
- Ezra Pound (poet) –
- Charles Atlas (bodybuilder) –
- Ruth Gordon (actress) –
- Grace Slick (singer) –
- Joanna Shimkus (actress) –
- Henry Winkler (actor, director) –
- Andrea Mitchell (newscaster) –
Died
- Henri Dunant (founder of the Red Cross) –
- Steve Allen (comedian) –
- Robert Goulet (singer & actor) –
- Al Molinaro (actor) –
- Bernard Slade (television writer and playwright) –
Events
- Patent granted to Daniel Cooper for “workman’s time recorder” –
- The broadcast of Orson Welles’ radio drama, War of the Worlds, caused a national panic –
- Toronto’s first street vacuum debuted –
- The 24-second shot clock made its NBA debut –
- First Lamborghini car debuted –
- The film The Lion in Winter debuted, starring Katharine Hepburn and Peter O’Toole –
- Elton John appeared in a Royal Command Performance for the Queen of England –
- Mohammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in 8 rounds for the World Heavyweight Boxing championship title –
- Spectacular Northern Lights display was seen as far south as Florida –
- The Boston Red Sox won the World Series vs the St. Louis Cardinals. It marked the first time since 1918 that the Red Sox won a World Series on home turf at Fenway Park. –
- The Washington Nationals won the World Series (against the Houston Astros) for the first time in the club’s history –
Weather
- Buffalo Barracks, New York, received 30 inches of snow in a three-day storm –
- The Perfect Storm reached maximum intensity –
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