(Saturday, February 1, 1986) — “I’m Your Man” by Wham! peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
Daily Archives: February 1, 2016
‘Go Home’ by Stevie Wonder peaks at #10 in USA 30 years ago today (Feb 1 1986)
(Saturday, February 1, 1986) — “Go Home” by Stevie Wonder peaked at #10 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. It was Wonder’s 28th of 28 top ten hits on the chart (1963-1986).
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Giacomo Puccini’s opera ‘La Boheme’ premieres in Turin 120 years ago today (Feb 1 1896)
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(Saturday, February 1, 1896) — La bohème, an opera in four acts composed by Giacomo Puccini, premiered today in Turin, Italy, at the Teatro Regio, conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
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Norwegian statesman Trygve Lie chosen to be first UN secretary-general 70 years ago today (Feb 1 1946)
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(Friday, February 1, 1946) — Norwegian statesman Trygve Lie was chosen today in London to be the first secretary-general of the United Nations (he would be formally inducted the following day). Continue reading Norwegian statesman Trygve Lie chosen to be first UN secretary-general 70 years ago today (Feb 1 1946)
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‘The Court Jester’ opens in New York 60 years ago this hour (Feb 1 1956)
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(Wednesday, February 1, 1956, doors opened at 9:30 a.m. EST) — The Court Jester, a musical-comedy film about a traveling actor who is mistaken for a medieval rebel, opened in New York this morning at Paramount Theater (it had been released in Japan on Dec. 24, 1955).
Directed by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama, the film starred Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury and Cecil Parker.
