Daily Archives: August 10, 2019

‘A Big Hunk o’ Love’ by Elvis Presley peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 10 1959)

(Monday, August 10, 1959)“A Big Hunk o’ Love” by Elvis Presley peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (Aug. 10/17, 1959). Continue reading ‘A Big Hunk o’ Love’ by Elvis Presley peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 10 1959)

‘What a Diff’rence a Day Made’ by Dinah Washington peaks at #8 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 10 1959)

(Monday, August 10, 1959)“What a Diff’rence a Day Made” by Dinah Washington peaked at #8 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘What a Diff’rence a Day Made’ by Dinah Washington peaks at #8 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 10 1959)

Manson family members murder Leno and Rosemary LaBianca 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 10 1969)


Video: 'Face of Evil: The Charles Manson Murders (2015)' (LaBianca murders at 5:09)

(Sunday, August 10, 1969, approximately 2:00 a.m. PDT) — Supermarket executive Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary, a dress shop co-owner, were murdered in their home in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles this morning, some 24 hours after the killing of five people at the home of film star Sharon Tate, on orders of Charles Manson, who had picked the LaBianca home at random. Continue reading Manson family members murder Leno and Rosemary LaBianca 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 10 1969)