On 15th September 1965, The Ford Motor Company became the first carmaker to offer an 8-track tape player as an option for their entire line of vehicles in the USA. This then very modern audio technology was only offered in auto stores at the time and was still a year away from being sold to consumers for home use. Did any of you have an 8-track player?
On 15th September 2014, Apple released a tool to remove U2’s new album from its customers’ iTunes accounts just six days after giving away the music for free. Many users had complained that the latest U2 album ‘Songs Of Innocence’ had automatically been downloaded to their devices without their permission.
Meanwhile, on 15th September 1997, a 34-year-old man was awarded more than £20,000 by a French court after he lost his hearing when he stood too close to loudspeakers at a U2 concert in 1993. Let’s hope he didn’t receive a free U2 album from Apple 17 years later!
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