Video: 'John Lennon Walls and Bridges Quadraphonic Full Album'
(Thursday, September 26, 1974) — John Lennon released “Walls and Bridges” in the U.S. today (released in the UK on Oct. 4, 1974). It was Lennon’s fifth album since The Beatles split up in 1970.
(Saturday, September 26, 1964) — “Oh, Pretty Woman” by Roy Orbison peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three consecutive weeks (Sept. 26, Oct. 3/10, 1964). In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked it #222 on their list of the “500 Greatest Songs of All Time.”
(Saturday, September 26, 1964) — “G.T.O.” by Ronny & the Daytonas peaked at #4 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three weeks.
(Saturday, September 26, 1964) — “Remember (Walking in the Sand)” by The Shangri-Las peaked at #5 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three weeks.
(Saturday, September 26, 1964) — “Save It for Me” by The Four Seasons peaked at #10 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
(Saturday, September 26, 1964) — “Maybellene” by Johnny Rivers peaked at #12 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
(Sunday, September 26, 1954, 10:43 p.m. local time) — The Japanese commercial ferry Toya Maru capsized and sank tonight during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait several hundred meters off the shore of Hakodate.
Of the 1,309 on board, only 150 people survived, while 1,159 (1,041 passengers, 73 crew and 41 others) died.
Video: 'Gomer Pyle USMC 101 Gomer Overcomes The Obstacle Course' (Sept. 25, 1964)
(Friday, September 25, 1964, 9:30 p.m. EDT) — Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., a situation comedy spin-off of The Andy Griffith Show about a naive but good natured gas station attendant from the town of Mayberry, North Carolina, who enlists in the U.S. Marine Corps, debuted tonight as a regular television series on CBS. It starred Jim Nabors, Frank Sutton and Ronnie Schell.
Video: 'The Lost Evidence: Operation Market Garden (HD - FULL)' (Sept. 25, 1944, at 39:25)
(Monday, September 25, 1944, 10:00 p.m. local time; during the Operation Market Garden, part of the Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine during World War II) — Operation Market Garden, an Allied military operation fought in the Netherlands and Germany and the largest airborne operation up to that time, ended today when the remaining British 1st Airborne Division on the Lower Rhine at Oosterbeek were ordered evacuated. Continue reading Operation Market Garden ends in failure 70 years ago tonight (Sep 25 1944)
(Saturday, September 25, 1954) — “Hey There” by Rosemary Clooney was the #1 song on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for the first of six consecutive weeks (Sep. 25, Oct. 2/9/16/23/30, 1954).
