(Tuesday, August 31, 1965, 9:15 p.m. PDT) — The Beatles performed the second of two shows today at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California, just outside San Francisco, the last of sixteen concerts on the band’s ten-city 1965 North American tour.
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Wreckage of Titanic discovered in Atlantic Ocean 30 years ago this hour (Sep 1 1985)
Video: 'BBC News Report - Titanic Wreck Discovery'
(Sunday, September 1, 1985, 12:48 a.m. local time) — A U.S.-French expedition located the wreckage of the RMS Titanic, a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning of April 15, 1912, today on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean roughly 400 miles off Newfoundland. Continue reading Wreckage of Titanic discovered in Atlantic Ocean 30 years ago this hour (Sep 1 1985)
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The Beatles hold a press conference at Cow Palace in San Francisco 50 years ago today (Aug 31 1965)
Video: 'The Beatles - San Francisco Cow Palace Press Conference - August 31, 1965'
(Tuesday, August 31, 1965) — The Beatles held a press conference today in Daly City, California, just outside San Francisco, between two performances at the Cow Palace, the 15th and 16th of sixteen concerts on the band’s ten-city 1965 North American tour.
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The Beatles perform first of two shows at Cow Palace in San Francisco 50 years ago this hour (Aug 31 1965)
Video: 'THE BEATLES LIVE AT COW PALACE, SAN FRANCISCO,CA.1965'
(Tuesday, August 31, 1965, 4:15 p.m. PDT) — The Beatles performed the first of two shows today at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California, just outside San Francisco, the 15th of sixteen concerts on the band’s ten-city 1965 North American tour. Continue reading The Beatles perform first of two shows at Cow Palace in San Francisco 50 years ago this hour (Aug 31 1965)
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‘Freeway of Love’ by Aretha Franklin peaks at #3 in USA 30 years ago today (Aug 31 1985)
(Saturday, August 31, 1985) — “Freeway of Love” by Aretha Franklin peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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‘Summer of ’69’ by Bryan Adams peaks at #5 in USA 30 years ago today (Aug 31 1985)
(Saturday, August 31, 1985) — “Summer of ’69” by Bryan Adams peaked at #5 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
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‘You’re Only Human (Second Wind)’ by Billy Joel peaks at #9 in USA 30 years ago today (Aug 31 1985)
(Saturday, August 31, 1985) — “You’re Only Human (Second Wind)” by Billy Joel peaked at #9 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
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California’s ‘Night Stalker’ serial killer Richard Ramirez captured 30 years ago this hour (Aug 31 1985)
Video: 'Richard Ramirez Part 1 - Capture and Trial'
(Saturday, August 31, 1985, at around 9:00 a.m. PDT) — California’s “Night Stalker” serial killer Richard Ramirez, linked to 14 murders since 1984, was captured today by residents of an East Los Angeles neighborhood.
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FDR signs Neutrality Act of 1935 80 years ago today (Aug 31 1935)
Video: 'Senator Nye announces the Neutrality Act of 1935 in an interview in Washington DC...HD Stock Footage'
(Saturday, August 31, 1935, afternoon EDT) — The neutrality resolution providing for an embargo on shipments of arms to countries at war, and laying down other rules of conduct designed to assure the maintenance of a strictly neutral position by the United States, was signed today by President Franklin D. Roosevelt today.
