Jefferson Starship debut at Matrix Club opening in San Francisco 50 years ago tonight (Aug 13 1965)

(Friday, August 13, 1965) — Jefferson Airplane made its first appearance tonight, at the opening of the Matrix Club in San Francisco.

May 15 1965: ‘I’ll Never Find Another You’ by The Seekers peaks at #4 in USA
May 15 1965: ‘Silhouettes’ by Herman’s Hermits peaks at #5 in USA
May 15 1965: ‘I’ll Be Doggone’ by Marvin Gaye peaks at #8 in USA
May 15 1965: ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues’ by Bob Dylan peaks at #39 in USA
May 15 1965: ‘Yes It Is’ by The Beatles peaks at #46 in USA
May 15 1975: 41 U.S. servicemen killed in Mayaguez incident
May 16 1965: ‘The Roar of the Greasepaint - the Smell of the Crowd’ opens on Broadway
May 16 1965: Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn perform on ‘Ed Sullivan’
May 16 1975: Junko Tabei becomes first woman to reach top of Mt. Everest
May 16 1975: Wings release ‘Listen to What the Man Said’/‘Love in Song’ single
May 16 1975: John Lennon appears on ‘WFIL Helping Hand Radio Marathon’
May 17 1875: Aristides wins first Kentucky Derby
May 17 1975: ‘Jackie Blue’ by The Ozark Mountain Daredevils peaks at #3 in USA
May 17 1975: ‘Killer Queen’ by Queen peaks at #12 in USA
May 17 1975: ‘The Immigrant’ by Neil Sedaka peaks at #22 in USA
May 17 2005: ‘Three Stories’ episode airs on ‘House’

2015: Barack Obama-Joe Biden
2005: George W. Bush-Dick Cheney
1995: Bill Clinton-Al Gore
1985: Ronald Reagan-George H.W. Bush
1975: #Gerald Ford-@Nelson Rockefeller
1965: Lyndon B. Johnson-Hubert Humphrey
1955: Dwight D. Eisenhower-Richard Nixon
1945: >Harry S. Truman-(vacant)
1935: Franklin D. Roosevelt-John N. Garner
1925: Calvin Coolidge-Charles G. Dawes
1915: Woodrow Wilson-Thomas R. Marshall
1905: Theodore Roosevelt-Charles Fairbanks
1895: Grover Cleveland-Adlai Stevenson I
1885: Grover Cleveland-Thomas Hendricks
1875: Ulysses S. Grant-Henry Wilson
1865: >Andrew Johnson-(vacant)
1855: Franklin Pierce-(vacant)
1845: *James K. Polk-George M. Dallas
1835: *Andrew Jackson-Martin Van Buren
1825: John Quincy Adams-John C. Calhoun
1815: *James Madison-(vacant)
1805: *Thomas Jefferson-George Clinton
1795: *George Washington-John Adams
> Ascended to presidency intra-term upon death or resignation of predecessor and in Ford’s case #, after being appointed VP under 25th Amendment
@ Appointed VP under the 25th Amendment
* Owned slaves while in office

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