Daily Archives: May 29, 2015

‘Help Me, Rhonda’ by The Beach Boys peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago today (May 29 1965)

(Saturday, May 29, 1965)“Help Me, Rhonda” by The Beach Boys peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (May 29, June 5, 1965). It was the band’s second of four number one hits on the chart (1964-1988).

Patrick Henry denounces Stamp Act before Virginia’s House of Burgesses 250 years ago today (May 29 1765)

(Wednesday, May 29, 1765) — Patrick Henry denounced the Stamp Act today before Virginia’s House of Burgesses, saying “Caesar had his Brutus, Charles I his Cromwell, and George III… (Henry was interrupted by cries from the opposition)… may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it.”