1952: An 8-year old singer named Gladys Knight appears on the America’s Got Talent of its day, Ted Mack’s Original Amateur Hour, broadcast over the now-defunct Dumont Television Network.

Gladys takes home the $2,000 first prize for her rendition of “Too Young,” a song popularized by Nat King Cole.

1973: After years of increasing tension between The Everly Brothers, Phil Everly storms off stage during the duo’s concert at Knott’s Berry Farm in California.

The two would not perform together again for ten years, finally reuniting in 1983 with a show at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

1968: Steppenwolf releases their recording of “Born to Be Wild.” In addition to becoming a smash hit, the song contains the lyric “heavy metal thunder,” which soon comes to be a label for a certain type of loud, guitar-centric rock music.

1979: Chicago DJ’s Steve Dahl and Gerry Meier stage a “Disco Demolition Night” at Comiskey Park in Chicago. The event is supposed to feature a bonfire of disco records between games of a Chicago White Sox doubleheader.

Unfortunately, many fans start flinging records around the ballpark during the first game, leading to fights and a mini-riot. The resulting pandemonium causes the Sox to forfeit the second game.

Have you received a phone call, text or email promising you a cruise or vacation getaway that sounds too good to be true?

Beware, it probably is.

If you receive an invite for a resort stay, airline tickets or other vacation come on via email, do not click on the link. Often times all you’ll get is malware. Or you may have to endure really hard-sell presentations for pricey travel and vacation clubs. And we don’t need to tell you never fall for any “free” offer that requires you to give up credit card numbers or personal information.

1951: A new radio program begins on WJW in Cleveland. Broadcast in the dead of night and called “The Moondog Rock ‘n’ Roll House Party,” it’s hosted by DJ Alan Freed. The show introduces white kids to black R&B records and will, within a few years, completely change the sound of popular music.

Studies have shown that Teflon coated cookware may not be the best choice for food preparation. Teflon coatings made before 2012 contains an acid that can seep into food cooked in them.

Experts now recommend stainless steel and cast iron as better cooking choices.

1966: Steven Demetre Georgiou has his first recording session. He cuts a little tune called “I Love My Dog.” When the record is released, Steven has changed his name to Cat Stevens. (Pretty weird first name for a guy who loves his dog, right?)

1956: A young Dick Clark makes his first appearance as host of a local Philadelphia TV dance show called Bandstand.

He steps into the role when the previous host, Bob Horn, is arrested for DUI. The show would go national on ABC-TV the following year, renamed American Bandstand, and run an astonishing 37 years.

1954: Elvis Presley is played on the radio for the very first time when DJ Dewey Phillips of his home town radio station WHBQ, plays the future king’s first single, “That’s Alright, Mama.” Response is so positive, Phillips will play it 14 more times on that same show.