Daily Archives: March 18, 2012

‘Lunch Stories’ episode airs on ‘The Wonder Years’ 20 years ago this hour (1992)

March 18, 20121990s, Television 1990sadmin

Video: 'Lunch Stories' (part 1)

(Wednesday, March 11, 1992, 8:30 p.m. ET) — It’s lunchtime at McKinley High and the cafeteria is full of life on tonight’s episode of the TV comedy-drama series The Wonder Years. Continue reading ‘Lunch Stories’ episode airs on ‘The Wonder Years’ 20 years ago this hour (1992) →

‘Weird Wednesday’ episode airs on ‘Emergency!’ 40 years ago this hour (1972)

March 18, 20121970s, Television 1970sadmin

(Saturday, March 18, 1972, 8:00 p.m. ET) — John is convinced that weird things will happen on their shift on tonight’s episode of the NBC-TV series Emergency!.

Gandhi sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience 90 years ago today (1922)

March 18, 20121920sadmin

Video: Gandhi at a public meeting in 1922

(Saturday, March 18, 1922) — Mohandas K. Gandhi, India’s 52-year-old non-co-operationist leader, was sentenced to six years in prison today in Armedabad for publishing seditious materials.

May 10 1965: The Beatles record ‘Dizzy Miss Lizzy’ and ‘Bad Boy’
May 11 1935: Rural Electrification Administration (REA) created
May 11 1945: USS Bunker Hill attacked, severely damaged off Okinawa
May 11 1965: The Beatles wrap up filming for ‘Help!’
May 11 1985: ‘New Attitude’ by Patti LaBelle peaks at #17 in USA
May 11 1985: ‘Some Like It Hot’ by The Power Station peaks at #6 in USA
May 11 1985: ‘Crazy for You’ by Madonna peaks at #1 in USA
May 12 1955: Manhattan’s last elevated rail line ceases operation
May 12 1965: West Germany, Israel establish diplomatic relations
May 12 1965: The Rolling Stones record ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’ in Hollywood
May 12 1975: Cambodian navy seizes unarmed U.S. ship Mayaguez
May 12 1975: Jefferson Starship performs in New York’s Central Park
May 12 2005: Woody Allen’s ‘Match Point’ premieres at Cannes Film Festival
May 13 1865: Last man killed in combat during American Civil War
May 13 1955: ‘Riot’ breaks out at Elvis Presley concert in Jacksonville
May 13 1985: 11 killed as police helicopter bombs MOVE headquarters in Philadelphia
May 13 1995: ‘Cotton Eye Joe’ by Rednex peaks at #25 in USA
May 14 1955: Eight communist bloc countries sign Warsaw Pact
May 14 1955: ‘Rock Around the Clock’ by Bill Haley and His Comets debuts at #22 in USA
May 14 1955: ‘Unchained Melody’ by Les Baxter peaks at #2 in USA
May 15 1965: ‘I’ll Never Find Another You’ by The Seekers peaks at #4 in USA
May 15 1965: ‘Silhouettes’ by Herman’s Hermits peaks at #5 in USA
May 15 1965: ‘I’ll Be Doggone’ by Marvin Gaye peaks at #8 in USA
May 15 1965: ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues’ by Bob Dylan peaks at #39 in USA
May 15 1965: ‘Yes It Is’ by The Beatles peaks at #46 in USA
May 15 1975: 41 U.S. servicemen killed in Mayaguez incident

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2005: George W. Bush-Dick Cheney
1995: Bill Clinton-Al Gore
1985: Ronald Reagan-George H.W. Bush
1975: #Gerald Ford-@Nelson Rockefeller
1965: Lyndon B. Johnson-Hubert Humphrey
1955: Dwight D. Eisenhower-Richard Nixon
1945: >Harry S. Truman-(vacant)
1935: Franklin D. Roosevelt-John N. Garner
1925: Calvin Coolidge-Charles G. Dawes
1915: Woodrow Wilson-Thomas R. Marshall
1905: Theodore Roosevelt-Charles Fairbanks
1895: Grover Cleveland-Adlai Stevenson I
1885: Grover Cleveland-Thomas Hendricks
1875: Ulysses S. Grant-Henry Wilson
1865: >Andrew Johnson-(vacant)
1855: Franklin Pierce-(vacant)
1845: *James K. Polk-George M. Dallas
1835: *Andrew Jackson-Martin Van Buren
1825: John Quincy Adams-John C. Calhoun
1815: *James Madison-(vacant)
1805: *Thomas Jefferson-George Clinton
1795: *George Washington-John Adams
> Ascended to presidency intra-term upon death or resignation of predecessor and in Ford’s case #, after being appointed VP under 25th Amendment
@ Appointed VP under the 25th Amendment
* Owned slaves while in office