(Saturday, August 16, 1986) — “Papa Don’t Preach” by Madonna peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (Aug. 16/23, 1986). It was Madonna’s fourth of twelve number one hits on the chart (1984-2000).
Daily Archives: August 16, 2016
Four early Monkee albums re-enter Billboard’s top albums chart 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 16 1986)
Video: ‘Then & Now… The Best of The Monkees’
(Saturday, August 16, 1986) — Four early studio albums by The Monkees re-entered Billboard‘s top albums chart today after MTV and Nickelodeon began running reruns of the 1960s TV show (a fifth album, Then & Now… The Best of The Monkees, had already charted on July 26, 1986, and was at #31 and climbing on this day’s chart; it would eventually peak at #21).
Share this:
The Monkees release debut single ‘Last Train to Clarksville’/’Take a Giant Step’ 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 16 1966)
Video: 'Last Train To Clarksville (2006 Remastered Original Stereo Version)'
(Tuesday, August 16, 1966) — The Monkees released their first record today, the single “Last Train to Clarksville”/“Take a Giant Step,” just under four weeks before the debut of their TV series. Continue reading The Monkees release debut single ‘Last Train to Clarksville’/’Take a Giant Step’ 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 16 1966)
Share this:
10,000 people killed in religious rioting in India beginning 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 16 1946)
Video: 'Direct Action in Calcutta & Noakhali, 1946'
(Friday, August 16, 1946, before 10:00 a.m. IST; during Direct Action Day) — A protest in favor of creating a separate Muslim nation of “Pakistan” rather than having a Hindu-majority government in an independent British India turned into rioting today that killed more than 10,000 people in and around Calcutta.
