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- This week 26 years ago, pitcher Mark Davis signed a then-record $3.25 per year contract with the Kansas City Royals; the International Trans-Antarctica Expedition reached the South Pole; singer Taylor Swift was born; "The War of the Roses" topped the box office; and the following songs were the most popular in the U.S., according to Billboard's Hot 100 chart archive.
- The recently rediscovered musician talks about being a gay musician and having new people appreciate his songs.
- Maryland resident and former CIA officer Tony Mendez is raising awareness about the disease
- When I heard singer Phil Everly had died earlier this month, I had one of those, "Oh, I'm really getting old" moments.
- The Library of Congress today released a collection of interviews on topics such as sex, drugs and rock and roll -- including Paul McCartney relating how pot and other drugs boosted the Beatles' creativity.
- Concerts feature Dennis James playing instrument invented by Benjamin Franklin.
- Louis R. Mills Jr., a nationally known and highly-regarded recording engineer who was called "Baltimore's Godfather of Sound," died of a heart attack