On September 26, 1969, The Beatles released their 11th studio album, Abbey Road, in the UK. Featuring one of the most iconic jacket covers in history (in which the band is walking on the zebra crossing outside of Abbey Road Studios), the songs on the album marked the Beatles’ final recordings together. Sessions for Abbey Road began just three weeks after the group wrapped work on the proposed Get Back album (released in 1970 as Let It Be), and ran throughout the summer. Despite tensions between the band members, Abbey Road resulted in some of their best material, including “Come Together,” “Here Comes the Sun,” and “Something,” which marked the first Beatles A-Side to feature a George Harrison composition. The highly-influential title topped the album charts in the UK as well as in the US, where it was released a week later, on October 1.
In 1979, U2 made their recorded debut with Three, a three-song EP featuring the songs “Out of Control,” “Stories for Boys,” and “Boy/Girl.” Upon its release, all 1,000 copies of the 12-inch vinyl sold out instantly, making the EP the fastest-selling 12-inch record ever in Ireland.
In 1967, Pink Floyd played their first live dates in the US, with a three-night stint at the Fillmore in San Francisco. The band, which formed in 1965, took so long to make it stateside in part because of frontman Syd Barrett’s health problems.
In 1937, “Empress of the Blues” Bessie Smith died at the age of 43, after sustaining injuries in a car accident. Considered to be one of the most influential figures in the history of blues music, Smith often delivered social commentary in her songs, speaking to the struggles of the working class, women, and Black Americans. Her powerful voice, meanwhile, can be heard on such hits as “Downhearted Blues,” “The St. Louis Blues,” and “After You’ve Gone.”
In 1987, Michael Jackson began a six-week run at the top of the US album chart with Bad. Anticipation for the project was through the roof, in part because it had been five years since Jackson’s 1982 all-time epic, Thriller.
In 2004, Green Day scored their first No.1 album in the UK with American Idiot. The album marked their seventh full-length release.
In 1989, Paul McCartney started his world tour at The Drammenshallen, in Drammen, Norway. It was McCartney’s first major tour outing in ten years, and his first under his own name, after over a decade of touring with Wings.
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 26
1945: Bryan Ferry
1948: Tiran Porter (The Doobie Brothers)
1948: Olivia Newton-John
1954: Cesar Rosas (Los Lobos)
1972: Shawn Stockman (Boyz II Men)
1981: Christina Milian
The Church of Our Lady in Manannah is hosting the Grilled Smoked Pork Chop Supper and raffle on Sunday from 4-to-7 p.m. The menu includes grilled smoked pork chops, au gratin potatoes, corn, bread and dessert.
Parish member Barb Laabs says the cost is $15 for adults, $6 for children 6-to-12 and free for children 5 and under – and take-outs are available. She says there will also be a country store with garden produce and baked goods.
Laabs says raffle tickets are $5 each and they’re available from any parish member or at the church office. She says the drawing is at 7 p.m. and you need not be present to win, but a lot of people stick around to find out who won.
Laabs says the supper is a great social event – drawing people from Eden Valley, Paynesville, Grove City, Litchfield and the whole area. She says they are getting ready for their 150th anniversary next year and the proceeds from Sunday’s event will help with church upkeep.
Laabs says there are 91 raffle prizes and the cash prizes alone total $5,300. She says the paving project on County-State-Aid-Highway 3 has been underway and the portion between Highways 22 and 4 was just completed.
The Minnesota State Patrol responded to a 3-vehicle crash in Stearns County at 8:51 Thursday morning in which a motorcyclist from Glenwood was killed. It occurred on Highway 28 at Highway 71 in Sauk Centre Township.
A 2025 Freightliner straight truck was eastbound on Highway 28 – driven by 32-year-old Ramon Jesus Garcia Rangel of St. Paul. A 1997 Harley-Davidson motorcycle – driven by 63-year-old Todd Curtis Thorstad of Glenwood – was stopped at the stop sign on Highway 28, behind a 2011 Chevrolet Silverado – driven by 22-year-old Dayton Michael Kasten-Jensen of Alexandria – who was turning northbound onto Highway 71. The Freightliner collided with the motorcycle and then collided with the Chevrolet at the intersection. Neither Rangel nor Jensen were injured. Thorstad was killed in the crash. Also responding were Sauk Centre Police Dept., and Sauk Centre Fire and Ambulance.
On Thursday morning at 11:53 a.m., the Renville County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a two-vehicle crash on County Road 11 at 300th Street in Winfield Township – 4 miles northwest of Olivia. Deputies learned that a 2002 Chevrolet Silverado pulling a trailer was traveling east on County Road 11 and that a 2011 Dodge Ram was traveling north on 300th Street approaching the intersection.
The Dodge Ram failed to stop at the stop sign and entered the intersection striking the trailer being pulled by the Chevrolet Silverado which caused the trailer to separate from the pickup. The trailer and the Dodge Ram entered the ditch. The Chevrolet Silverado was being driven by 61-year-old Jeffery Manderscheid of Olivia. The Dodge Ram was being driven by 68-year-old Myron Macik of Hector. Macik sustained injuries and was transported by a private vehicle to an area hospital. Manderscheid was not injured.
