(Saturday, January 25, 1975) — “Day Tripper” by Anne Murray (written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles) peaked at #59 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
Monthly Archives: January 2015
First official transcontinental telephone call takes place 100 years ago today (Jan 25 1915)
Video: 'Telephone Firsts: Transcontinental Phone Call'
(Monday, January 25, 1915) — America’s first official transcontinental telephone call took place today as Alexander Graham Bell, who was in New York, spoke to his former assistant, Thomas Watson, who was in San Francisco, over a line set up by American Telephone & Telegraph.
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Clinton, with bow to GOP, reaffirms his themes of ’92 in State of Union address 20 years ago this hour (Jan 24 1995)
Video: 'The 1995 State of the Union (Address to a Joint Session of the Congress)'
(Tuesday, January 24, 1995, approximately 9:00 p.m. EST) — U.S. President Bill Clinton tonight sought to build a rationale for the second half of his first term, at once defending his record and embracing many ideas backed by the new Republican Congressional majority, but amending them to suit the brand of centrist Democrats who elected him. Continue reading Clinton, with bow to GOP, reaffirms his themes of ’92 in State of Union address 20 years ago this hour (Jan 24 1995)
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The Animals perform on ‘Ed Sullivan’ 50 years ago this hour (Jan 24 1965)
Video: 'Animals~Please Dont Let Me Be Misunderstood.mp4'
(Sunday, January 24, 1965, 8 p.m. EDT) — The Animals made their second appearance tonight on the live CBS television variety series The Ed Sullivan Show, performing “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood.”
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First canned beer goes on sale 80 years ago today (Jan 24 1935)
(Thursday, January 24, 1935) — Beer was first sold in cans today in Richmond, Virginia, by the Gottfried Krueger Brewing Co.
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British statesmen Winston Churchill, 90, dies 50 years ago this hour (Jan 24 1965)
Video: 'January 24, 1965: Death of Sir Winston Churchill - www.NBCUniversalArchives.com'
(Sunday, January 24, 1965, just after 8 a.m. GMT) — Winston Churchill, who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, during the critical years of World War II, and again from 1951 to 1955, died this morning at his London home, in the 10th day of public anxiety over his condition after a stroke. He was 90. Continue reading British statesmen Winston Churchill, 90, dies 50 years ago this hour (Jan 24 1965)
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Congress sets uniform date for choosing presidential electors 170 years ago today (Jan 23 1845)
Video: 'Why are elections always on a Tuesday? The history of Election Day'
(Thursday, January 23, 1845) — Congress decided today that all presidential electors would be chosen on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November every four years, beginning in 1848.
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‘Downtown’ by Petula Clark peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago today (Jan 23 1965)
(Saturday, January 23, 1965) — “Downtown” by Petula Clark peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (Jan. 23/30, 1965). It was Clark’s first of two number one hits on the chart (1965-1966).
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Johnny Carson, low-key king of late-night TV, dies 10 years ago this morning (Jan 23 2005)
Video: 'Headline News - on the Death of Johnny Carson, Jan., 2005'
(Sunday, January 23, 2005, early morning) — Johnny Carson, the droll, puckish, near-effortless comedian who dominated late-night television for 30 years, tucking millions of Americans into bed as the host of the Tonight show, died today in Los Angeles. He was 79. Continue reading Johnny Carson, low-key king of late-night TV, dies 10 years ago this morning (Jan 23 2005)
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Political matriarch Rose Kennedy, 104, dies 20 years ago this hour (Jan 22 1995)
Video: 'Rose Kennedy death announcement - whdh Boston'
(Sunday, January 22, 1995, 5:30 p.m. EST) — Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, the mother of President John F. Kennedy and of two United States Senators, the wife of a fabulously wealthy businessman-ambassador and the matriarch of a family whose political triumphs and personal tragedies she carried with quiet dignity for 80 years, died this afternoon at the Kennedy family compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, from complications from pneumonia. She was 104.
