Non-musical history for today: 1980 – Michael Myers became the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War. What did ol’ Ozzy do, you ask? Well, I’ll tell you. He, along with four other Democratic and one Republican congressmen and one Democratic Senator, were videotaped taking bribes from a fictitious Arab company called Abdul Enterprises, which was used by the FBI to catch the congressmen “in the act.” They hired a convicted con man, Mel Weinberg, and his girlfriend to run the operation in exchange for probation. The film American Hustle (2013) dramatized Weinberg’s participation.
Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for October 2.
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