(Saturday, March 16, 1985) — “Relax” by Frankie Goes to Hollywood peaked at #10 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
Monthly Archives: March 2015
‘Save a Prayer’ by Duran Duran peaks at #16 in USA 30 years ago today (Mar 16 1985)
(Saturday, March 16, 1985) — “Save a Prayer” by Duran Duran peaked at #16 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
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The Beatles continue filming ‘Help!’ in Austria 50 years ago today (Mar 16 1965)
Video: 'The Beatles - The Filming Of Help: Home Movies in Colour - GREAT CLIPS' (Mar. 16, 1965, at 20:00)
(Tuesday, March 16, 1965) — The Beatles today completed the ski lift sequences for Help!, began on the previous day, in Obertauern, Austria.
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Adolf Hitler orders rearming of Germany 80 years ago today (Mar 16 1935)
Video: 'Lessons Learned: Hitler's Rearmament of Germany'
(Saturday, March 16, 1935) — Adolf Hitler announced today that he would rearm Germany in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Continue reading Adolf Hitler orders rearming of Germany 80 years ago today (Mar 16 1935)
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‘Going My Way’ wins Best Picture at 17th Academy Awards 70 years ago this hour (Mar 15 1945)
Video: '1944 Oscar Winners'
(Thursday, March 15, 1945, 8:00 p.m. PST) — Going My Way won seven Oscars tonight, including Best Motion Picture, Best Director (Leo McCarey) and Best Actor (Bing Crosby) at the 17th Academy Awards ceremony at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California.
Ingrid Bergman won the Best Actress award for Gaslight. The ceremonies at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood were hosted by John Cromwell and Bob Hope.
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Johnson urges Congress to insure African-American voting rights 50 years ago this hour (Mar 15 1965)
Video: 'Special Message to the Congress: The American Promise [on the Voting Rights Act], 3/15/65. MP506.'
(Monday, March 15, 1965, 9:02 p.m. EST; during the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68)) — U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson took the rallying cry of African-Americans into millions of American homes tonight by pledging that “we shall overcome” what he called “a crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice.” Continue reading Johnson urges Congress to insure African-American voting rights 50 years ago this hour (Mar 15 1965)
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First Internet domain name registered 30 years ago today (Mar 15 1985)
(Friday, March 15, 1985) — The first Internet domain name, symbolics.com, was registered today by the Symbolics Computer Corp. of Massachusetts.
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Aristotle Onassis, 69, dies of pneumonia near Paris 40 years ago today (Mar 15 1975)
Video: 'Aristotle Onassis' (Mar. 15, 1975, at 54:44)
(Saturday, March 15, 1975) — Aristotle Onassis, the Greek shipping magnate and husband of Jacqueline Kennedy, the widow of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, died today at the American Hospital of Paris in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, of respiratory failure, a complication of the myasthenia gravis. He was 69.
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‘Black Water’ by The Doobie Brothers peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago today (Mar 15 1975)
(Saturday, March 15, 1975) — “Black Water” by The Doobie Brothers peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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‘Can’t Get It Out of My Head’ by Electric Light Orchestra peaks at #9 in USA 40 years ago today (Mar 15 1975)
(Saturday, March 15, 1975) — “Can’t Get It Out of My Head” by Electric Light Orchestra peaked at #9 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
