(Saturday, August 9, 1975) — “Jive Talkin'” by the Bee Gees peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. It was the group’s second of nine number one hits on the chart (1971-1979).
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‘Please Mr. Please’ by Olivia Newton-John peaks at #3 in USA 40 years ago today (Aug 9 1975)
(Saturday, August 9, 1975) — “Please Mr. Please” by Olivia Newton-John peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
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‘Midnight Blue’ by Melissa Manchester peaks at #6 in USA 40 years ago today (Aug 9 1975)
(Saturday, August 9, 1975) — “Midnight Blue” by Melissa Manchester peaked at #6 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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Japanese Emperor Hirohito urges War Council to surrender 70 years ago this hour (Aug 10 1945)
Video: 'The World At War 1973(World War II Documentary)Episode 24-The Bomb(February–September 1945)' (Aug. 10, 1945, at 46:04)
(Friday, August 10, 1945; 2:00 a.m. JST, during World War II) — Presiding over a special meeting of the War Council, Japanese Emperor Hirohito decided this morning that “continuing the war can only mean destruction for the nation and prolongation of bloodshed and cruelty in the world. I cannot bear to see my innocent people suffer any longer,” and that Japan should surrender.
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‘The Rockford Files’ by Mike Post peaks at #10 in USA 40 years ago today (Aug 9 1975)
(Saturday, August 9, 1975) — “The Rockford Files” by Mike Post peaked at #10 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
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Three Beatles attend recording session by The Silkie in London 50 years ago today (Aug 9 1965)
Video: 'THE SILKIE YOUVE GOT TO HIDE YOUR LOVE AWAY'
(Monday, August 9, 1965) — Three of the four Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison) attended a recording session of Lennon-McCartney’s “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away” by the folk group The Silkie today at IBC Studios in central London, with McCartney (on guitar) and Harrison (on tambourine) performing on the track and Lennon in the control room.
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Portsmouth Peace Conference begins in Kittery, Maine 110 years ago today (Aug 9 1905)
Video: 'Scenes and Incidents, Russo-Japanese Peace Conference, Portsmouth, N.H.'
(Wednesday, August 9, 1905) — Japanese and Russian delegations convened the Portsmouth Peace Conference today at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, (by invitation of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt) to negotiate an end to the Russo-Japanese War. A total of twelve sessions were held between Aug. 9-30.
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Grateful Dead singer, guitarist Jerry Garcia dies while undergoing drug rehab 20 years ago this hour (Aug 9 1995)
Video: 'Jerry Garcia's death on CBS News- Grateful Dead'
(Wednesday, August 9, 1995, 4:23 a.m. PDT) — Jerry Garcia, lead singer of the Grateful Dead, died today in his room at Serenity Knolls, a residential drug treatment center in Forest Knolls, California, of a heart attack eight days after turning 53.
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74,000 killed as U.S. drops second atomic bomb on Japan at Nagasaki 70 years ago this hour (Aug 9 1945)
Video: 'The World At War 1973(World War II Documentary)Episode 24-The Bomb(February–September 1945)' (Aug. 9, 1945, at 45:38)
(Thursday, August 9, 1945, 11:02 a.m. JST; during World War II) — Three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, a specially adapted American B-29 bomber called Bockscar under the command of Maj. Charles W. Sweeney, exploded a nuclear device today over Nagasaki, Japan, killing an estimated 74,000 people. Continue reading 74,000 killed as U.S. drops second atomic bomb on Japan at Nagasaki 70 years ago this hour (Aug 9 1945)
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President Truman signs United Nations Charter 70 years ago this hour (Aug 8 1945)
(Wednesday, August 8, 1945, 12:30 p.m. EWT; during World War II) — U.S. President Harry S. Truman today signed the United Nations Charter, the foundational treaty of the intergovernmental organization known as the United Nations.
