(Saturday, December 25, 1965, Christmas Day) — “Let’s Get Together” by We Five peaked at #31 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
Monthly Archives: December 2015
‘Don’t Bother Me/No Reply’ episode airs on ‘The Beatles’ cartoon series 50 years ago this hour (Dec 25 1965)
Video: 'The Beatles Cartoons Episode 14'
(Saturday, December 25, 1965, Christmas Day, 10:30 a.m. EST) –The Beatles are staying at a hotel in Rome when Ringo remembers they have a concert to do that night in Barcelona and later in Hawaii, they are warned by a local detective about Anyface, the world’s greatest master of disguise, on this morning’s episode of The Beatles, a weekly cartoon television series on ABC.
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The Beatles ‘Rubber Soul’ album certified gold 50 years ago today (Dec 24 1965)
Video: 'The Beatles: Rubber Soul - 1965 (Full Album. 2009 Stereo Remaster)'
(Friday, December 24, 1965, Christmas Eve) — The Beatles earned a gold record today from the Recording Industry Association of America for the album Rubber Soul, just 18 days after it was released.
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NORAD begins tracking Santa 60 years ago today (Dec 24 1955)
Video: 'NORAD Tracks Santa 60th Anniversary'
(Saturday, December 24, 1955, Christmas Eve) — The Continental Air Defense Command Operations Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, found itself fielding phone calls from children wanting to know the whereabouts of Santa Claus today after a newspaper ad mistakenly gave the Center’s number.
The result was a tradition continued by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) of tracking Santa’s location the night before Christmas.
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‘I Hear You Knocking’ by Gale Storm peaks at #3 in USA 60 years ago today (Dec 24 1955)
(Saturday, December 24, 1955, Christmas Eve) — “I Hear You Knocking” by Gale Storm peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for three weeks.
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‘Battleship Potemkin’ opens in the Soviet Union 90 years ago today (Dec 24 1925)
Video: 'Battleship Potemkin (1925) - Full Movie; English'
(Thursday, December 24, 1925, Christmas Eve) — Battleship Potemkin, a Soviet silent film about the 1905 mutiny by the crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin against their officers of the Tsarist regime, opened today in the Soviet Union.
Directed by S.M. Eisenstein, the film starred Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barksy and Grigori Aleksandrov.
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Original Ku Klux Klan formed in Pulaski, Tennessee 150 years ago today (Dec 24 1865)
Video: 'Ku Klux Klan - A Secret History' (Dec. 24, 1865, at 10:22)
(Sunday, December 24, 1865, Christmas Eve) — Six veterans of the Confederate Army formed a private social club today in Pulaski, Tennessee, that was the original version of the Ku Klux Klan.
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‘GoldenEye’ by Tina Turner peaks at #2 on ‘Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles’ chart 20 years ago today (Dec 23 1995)
(Saturday, December 23, 1995) — “GoldenEye” by Tina Turner peaked at #2 on today’s Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles Billboard chart.
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‘Doctor Zhivago’ premieres in New York City 50 years ago this hour (Dec 22 1965)
Video: 'Doctor Zhivago' trailer
(Wednesday, December 22, 1965, 7:45 p.m. EST) — Doctor Zhivago, a British-American epic drama–romance film about a illicit lovers who fight to stay together during the turbulent years of the Russian Revolution, premiered tonight at the Capitol in New York City.
Directed by David Lean, the film starred Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Tom Courtenay, Alec Guinness, Geraldine Chaplin and Rod Steiger.
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Elton John, partner tie the knot in civil ceremony 10 years ago today (Dec 21 2005)
Video: 'elton john and david furnish Civil Partnership 2005 - Windsor'
(Wednesday, December 21, 2005) — Rock star Elton John and his longtime partner, David Furnish, held a civil union ceremony today in Windsor, England, the first day that same-sex partnerships became legal in Britain.
