(Saturday, February 8, 1975) — “Fire” by The Ohio Players peaks at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
Monthly Archives: February 2015
‘Get Dancin’ by Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes peaks at #10 in USA 40 years ago today (Feb 8 1975)
(Saturday, February 8, 1975) — “Get Dancin” by Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes peaks at #10 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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‘Doctor’s Orders’ by Carol Douglas peaks at #11 in USA 40 years ago today (Feb 8 1975)
(Saturday, February 8, 1975) — “Doctor’s Orders” by Carol Douglas peaks at #11 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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‘Ding Dong, Ding Dong’ by George Harrison peaks at #36 in USA 40 years ago today (Feb 8 1975)
(Saturday, February 8, 1975) — “Ding Dong, Ding Dong” by George Harrison peaks at #36 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. It was the former Beatle’s sixth of 13 top forty solo hits on the chart (1970-1988).
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‘Stop! In the Name of Love’ by The Supremes released 50 years ago today (Feb 8 1965)
(Monday, February 8, 1965) — The song “Stop! In the Name of Love” by The Supremes was released today as a single in the U.S.
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‘The Birth of a Nation’ premieres in Los Angeles 100 years ago today (Feb 8 1915)
Video: 'The Birth of a Nation (1915) [HD] - Lillian Gish'
(Monday, February 8, 1915) — The silent, groundbreaking and controversial epic film drama The Birth of a Nation, which chronicles the relationship of two families in the Civil War and Reconstruction eras, premiered today in Los Angeles.
Directed by D. W. Griffith, the film starred Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Ralph Lewis and George Siegmann.
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11th Amendment to U.S. Constitution ratified 220 years ago today (Feb 7 1795)
Video: 'The Eleventh Amendment Explained in 3 Minutes: The Constitution for Dummies Series'
(Saturday, February 7, 1795) — The Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution, dealing with each state’s sovereign immunity, was ratified today when it passed the North Carolina legislature.
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Johnson retaliates for Viet Cong attack on Pleiku airbase 50 years ago this hour (Feb 7 1965)
Video: 'American Experience Lyndon B Johnson PBS Documentary | Bertha Park' (Feb. 7, 1965, at 4:50)
(Sunday, February 7, 1965, 2:00 p.m. local time; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — U.S. President Lyndon Johnson ordered Operation Flaming Dart today in retaliation for the Feb. 6-7, 1965, Viet Cong attack on Pleiku airbase. Continue reading Johnson retaliates for Viet Cong attack on Pleiku airbase 50 years ago this hour (Feb 7 1965)
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President Reagan calls for ‘second revolution’ 30 years ago this hour (Feb 6 1985)
Video: 'State of the Union: President Reagan's State of the Union Speech - 2/6/85'
(Wednesday, February 6, 1985, 9:00 p.m. EST) — U.S. President Ronald Reagan called tonight for “a second American revolution of hope and opportunity” in a State of the Union address that celebrated economic and scientific achievements and made scant mention of the spending sacrifices his new budget asks of a broad spectrum of Americans.
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Paul McCartney performs at Super Bowl halftime show 10 years ago this hour (Feb 6 2005)
Video: 'Paul McCartney "Drive My Car/Get Back/Live And Let Die/Hey Jude" Live-2005'
(Sunday, February 6, 2005, at about 8:10 p.m. EST) — Paul McCartney performed at the Super Bowl halftime show tonight in Jacksonville, Florida. He was the first act to play that gig following Janet Jackson exposing her breast at the previous year’s Super Bowl halftime show.
The New England Patriots won their third NFL championship in four years, defeating the Philadelphia Eagles by a score of 24-21.
