(Friday, May 16, 1975, 12:30 p.m. NPT) — Japanese climber Junko Tabei, 35, today became the first woman to reach the 29,2028-foot summit of Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak.
Monthly Archives: May 2015
‘I’ll Never Find Another You’ by The Seekers peaks at #4 in USA 50 years ago today (May 15 1965)
(Saturday, May 15, 1965) — “I’ll Never Find Another You” by The Seekers peaked at #4 on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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‘Silhouettes’ by Herman’s Hermits peaks at #5 in USA 50 years ago today (May 15 1965)
(Saturday, May 15, 1965) — “Silhouettes” by Herman’s Hermits peaked at #5 on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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‘I’ll Be Doggone’ by Marvin Gaye peaks at #8 in USA 50 years ago today (May 15 1965)
(Saturday, May 15, 1965) — “I’ll Be Doggone” by Marvin Gaye peaked at #8 on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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‘Subterranean Homesick Blues’ by Bob Dylan peaks at #39 in USA 50 years ago today (May 15 1965)
(Saturday, May 15, 1965) — “Subterranean Homesick Blues” by Bob Dylan peaked at #39 on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for one week. The track is listed by Rolling Stone magazine as the 332nd “Greatest Song of All Time.”
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‘Yes It Is’ by The Beatles peaks at #46 in USA 50 years ago today (May 15 1965)
(Saturday, May 15, 1965) — “Yes It Is” by The Beatles peaked at #46 on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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40 U.S. servicemen killed in Mayaguez incident 40 years ago this hour (May 15 1975)
Video: 'Gerald Ford: Mayaguez Incident'
(Thursday, May 15, 1975, 6:12 a.m. ICT; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and Cold War) — U.S. forces invaded the Cambodian island of Koh Tang today and recaptured the American merchant ship Mayaguez in the last official battle of the Vietnam War.
All 40 crew members had already been released safely by Cambodia; some 40 U.S. servicemen were killed in the operation, including 23 when their helicopter crashed due to a mechanical failure.
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‘Unchained Melody’ by Les Baxter peaks at #2 in USA 60 years ago today (May 14 1955)
(Saturday, May 14, 1955) — “Unchained Melody” by Les Baxter was the #2 song on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for six weeks.
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‘Rock Around the Clock’ by Bill Haley and His Comets debuts at #22 in USA 60 years ago today (May 14 1955)
(Saturday, May 14, 1955) — “Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley and His Comets (featuring the late Danny Cedrone on the electric guitar solo), widely considered to be the song that, more than any other, brought rock and roll into mainstream culture around the world, debuted at #22 on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores top 30 chart.
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Eight Communist bloc countries sign Warsaw Pact 60 years ago today (May 14 1955)
(Saturday, May 14, 1955, during the Cold War) — Representatives from eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, signed the Warsaw Pact, a collective defense treaty to counter NATO, today in Poland. The Pact was dissolved in July 1991.
