(Saturday, February 15, 1975) — “Look in My Eyes Pretty Woman” by Tony Orlando and Dawn peaks at #11 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
Monthly Archives: February 2015
Canada unfurls new flag symbolizing nation’s unity 50 years ago this hour (Feb 15 1965)
Video: 'O Canada- February 15, 1965, the Maple Leaf flys for the first time'
(Monday, February 15, 1965, noon, EST) — Canada’s new maple-leaf flag, which replaced the “Red Ensign” design, was unfurled today in ceremonies in Ottawa.
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‘Eight Days a Week/I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party’ single by The Beatles released in USA 50 years ago today (Feb 15 1965)
Video: 'Eight Days a Week by The Beatles - Digitally Remastered Stereo'
(Monday, February 15, 1965) — The single “Eight Days a Week”/“I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party” by The Beatles was released today in the U.S. Continue reading ‘Eight Days a Week/I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party’ single by The Beatles released in USA 50 years ago today (Feb 15 1965)
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The Beatles begin recording fifth album, record ‘Ticket to Ride’ 50 years ago this hour (Feb 15 1965)
Video: 'The Beatles - Ticket To Ride [Take 2]'
(Monday, February 15, 1965, 2:30-5:45 p.m. GMT) — The Beatles today began recording their fifth album Help! and their second feature film of the same title at EMI Studio 2 in London, tracking “Ticket to Ride” this afternoon. Continue reading The Beatles begin recording fifth album, record ‘Ticket to Ride’ 50 years ago this hour (Feb 15 1965)
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Singer Nat ‘King’ Cole dies of lung cancer 50 years ago this hour (Feb 15 1965)
Video: 'Mini Bio: Nat King Cole'
(Monday, February 15, 1965, 5:30 a.m. PST) — Nat King Cole, the velvet-voiced popular singer, died this morning at St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica, California, of lung cancer (he was a heavy cigarette smoker). Cole was 45 years old. Continue reading Singer Nat ‘King’ Cole dies of lung cancer 50 years ago this hour (Feb 15 1965)
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Whitney Houston’s debut album released 30 years ago today (Feb 14 1985)
Video: 'You Give Good Love - Whitney Houston 1985'
(Thursday, February 14, 1985) — Whitney Houston, the eponymous debut album of American R&B and pop singer Whitney Houston, was released today on Arista Records.
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Gross-Rosen concentration camp in Germany liberated 70 years ago today (Feb 14 1945)
Video: 'Anniversity of the Liberation of Gross-Rosen'
(Wednesday, February 14, 1945; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — The Gross-Rosen concentration camp, a Nazi German network of Nazi concentration camps built and operated in the village of Gross-Rosen not far from the border with occupied Poland, was captured today by the Red Army. Continue reading Gross-Rosen concentration camp in Germany liberated 70 years ago today (Feb 14 1945)
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Americans join massive bombardment of Dresden, Germany 70 years ago this hour (Feb 14 1945)
Video: 'The World At War Ep21 Nemesis' (Feb. 14, 1945, at 12:17 p.m. CET, at 1:17)
(Wednesday, February 14, 1945, 12:17 p.m. CET; during the Bombing of Dresden, part of strategic bombing during World War II) — American planes began bombing Dresden, Germany, this afternoon, following up on the previous night’s massive bombardment by Royal Air Force bombers. Continue reading Americans join massive bombardment of Dresden, Germany 70 years ago this hour (Feb 14 1945)
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Disgruntled custodian sets off fire in north tower of New York’s World Trade Center 40 years ago this hour (Feb 13 1975)
Video: '911: WTC Withstood Several Hours of Fire in 1975'
(Thursday, February 13, 1975, just before midnight EST) — A three-alarm fire deliberately set by a disgruntled custodian broke out tonight in the 11th-floor offices of the B.F. Goodrich Company in the north tower of the World Trade Center, and spread through an inner-service core to the ninth and 14th floors but caused no direct casualties.
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Hauptmann found guilty of kidnap-murder of Lindbergh baby 80 years ago this hour (Feb 13 1935)
Video: 'Newsreels: Bruno Hauptmann Found Guilty (1935)'
(Wednesday, February 13, 1935, 10:45 p.m. EST) — A jury in Flemington, New Jersey, found Bruno Richard Hauptmann guilty of first-degree murder tonight in the kidnap-slaying of Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., the son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh (Hauptmann was later executed). Continue reading Hauptmann found guilty of kidnap-murder of Lindbergh baby 80 years ago this hour (Feb 13 1935)
