In the lingo of the poker variation Texas Hold ' em, the hole cards Ace – King ( unsuited ) are sometimes referred to as an " Anna Kournikova ", a term introduced by the poker commentator Vince van Patten during a WPT tournament because it " looks great but never wins ".

* 1199 – King Richard I of England dies from an infection following the removal of an arrow from his shoulder.

* 1250 – Seventh Crusade: Ayyubids of Egypt capture King Louis IX of France in the Battle of Fariskur.

* 1782 – King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke ( Rama I ) of Siam ( modern day Thailand ) founded the Chakri dynasty.

* 1948 – Perry King, American actor

* 1770 – James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, Queensland and claims the east coast of Australia as New South Wales in the name of King George III.

* 1172 – Henry the Young King and Margaret of France are crowned as junior king and queen of England.

* 1593 – Pierre Barrière fails in his attempt to assassinate King Henry IV of France.

* 1921 – The British install the son of Sharif Hussein bin Ali ( leader of the Arab Revolt of 1916 against the Ottoman Empire ) as King Faisal I of Iraq.

* 586 BC – Solomon's Temple is totally destroyed by the Babylonians under King Nebuchadnezzar.

* 1902 – Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

* 1792 – King Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people.

* 1913 – Otto Witte, an acrobat, is purportedly crowned King of Albania.

* 1983 – Stephen James King, Australian actor

* 1205 – King Amalric II of Jerusalem ( b. 1145 )

* 1947 – King George II of Greece ( b. 1890 )

Grimwald, King of the Lombards ( 662 – 671 ), and his young son and successor Garibald ( 671 ), were the last Arian kings in Europe.

* 1946 – Boz Burrell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist ( King Crimson and Bad Company ) ( d. 2006 )

* 2005 – President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid ' Ahmed Taya is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia.

* 936 – Coronation of King Otto I of Germany.

* 1503 – King James IV of Scotland marries Margaret Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII of England at Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh, Scotland.

* 1709 – Bartolomeu de Gusmão demonstrates the lifting power of hot air in an audience before the King of Portugal in Lisbon, Portugal

* 1457 BC – Likely date of the Battle of Megiddo between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh, the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail.

* 1963 – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. pens his Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation.

* Obelix is referenced in The King Blues ' 2008 single " My Boulder ".

* Too Many Parties and Too Many Pals ( vocal by Tex King )/ Four Leaf Clover Blues ( Cowboy CR1201 )

* April 6 – Louis Armstrong makes his first recording, " Chimes Blues ," with King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band.

Memphis is the subject of numerous pop and country songs, including " The Memphis Blues " by W. C. Handy, " Memphis, Tennessee " by Chuck Berry, " Night Train to Memphis " by Roy Acuff, " Goin ' to Memphis " by Paul Revere and the Raiders, " Queen of Memphis " by Confederate Railroad, " Memphis Soul Stew " by King Curtis, " Maybe It Was Memphis " by Pam Tillis, " Graceland " by Paul Simon, " Memphis Train " by Rufus Thomas, " All the Way from Memphis " by Mott the Hoople, " Wrong Side of Memphis " by Trisha Yearwood, " Walking in Memphis " by Marc Cohn, " Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again " by Bob Dylan, " Memphis Skyline " by Rufus Wainwright, and " Sequestered in Memphis " by The Hold Steady.

King track " You Know I Love You ", which brought him to the attention of Modern Records's, Joe Bihari, who requested Turner's services on another King track 3 O ' Clock Blues.

" They had actually shared the same venues in 1969 – Emerson in The Nice and Lake in King Crimson, first at the 9th Jazz and Blues Pop Festival in Plumpton, England, and at Fairfield Halls in Croydon, England.

King Blues Club & Grill in New York City in 2004 and 2006 respectively.

* 2018 A. D. or the King Kong Blues ( Daw, 1975 )

* King Kong Blues ( 1974 )

The music of this new lineup took on a more progressive edge, similar to King Crimson and The Moody Blues.

The music of four-piece lineup took on a more progressive edge, similar to King Crimson and The Moody Blues ( while studio and live radio broadcast recordings exist from this period, they remain officially unreleased as of 2012 ).

King, Asleep at the Wheel, Cyndi Lauper, Carl Perkins, Yoko Ono, Blues Traveler, Cher, Chicago, Luba, Robert Burns, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Nina Hagen, Robert Plant, Peter Criss, Scandal, Brian Wilson, Late Show regular Warren Zevon, jazz trumpeter Lew Soloff, jazz saxophonist Lou Marini and bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs.

King ; Boz Skaggs ; Huey Lewis and the News ; Steely Dan ; ZZ Top ; Chris Isaak ; Bonnie Raitt ; The Moody Blues ; Willie Nelson ; Alan Jackson ; Crosby, Stills & Nash ; Faith Hill ; Chicago ; Crosby, Stills & Nash ; The Fray ; Chicago ; Sugarland ; Faith Hill ; ZZ Top ; Sheryl Crow ; REO Speedwagon ; Heart ; Kansas ; Pat Benatar ; Joan Jett & the Blackhearts ; Al Green ; Coldplay ; Bob Weir ; and many others.

Although Decca had set up the first of the British " progressive " labels, Deram Records, in 1966, with such stars as Cat Stevens and The Moody Blues, by the time the punk era set in 1977, Decca had pop success with such acts as John Miles, novelty creation Father Abraham and The Smurfs, and productions by longtime Decca associate Jonathan King.

Paul's solo on ' Blues ' is an astonishing tour de force and represents a memorable contest between himself and Nat ' King ' Cole.

* 1982: Blues Alive VHS ( re-released on DVD in 2004 as Jammin ' With the Blues Greats ), a concert filmed in June 1982 at New Jersey's Capitol Theater with a lineup of Mayall, Mick Taylor, John McVie, and Colin Allen, and guests Etta James, Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, and Albert King

* " Dipper Mouth Blues " m. Joe " King " Oliver

* " Sugar Foot Stomp " ( aka " Dipper Mouth Blues ") w. Walter Melrose m. Joe " King " Oliver

* " Chimes Blues " m. Joe " King " Oliver

We Have No Bananas Blues " w. Lew Brown m. James F. Hanley & Robert King

*" Dippermouth Blues " by King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band