On this day in 1961, President John F. Kennedy ordered the invasion of Cuba known better as the Bay of Pigs. However, on 1982 a bigger bomb was dropped on American culture (excuse my classless hyperbole) as metal gods, Iron Maiden’s third album, The Number of the Beast took over the #1 spot in the United Kingdom and invaded main-street America. Perhaps metal devil would be more appropriate? The record was the first to feature singer Bruce Dickinson at the helm and the last to find drummer Clive Burr behind the kit. Sporting mega-hits such as Run to the …

