Daily Archives: September 7, 2016

George Harrison found guilty of ‘subconsciously’ plagiarizing tune 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 7 1976)

Video: 'My Sweet Lord vs. He's So Fine'

(Tuesday, September 7, 1976) — Former Beatle George Harrison was found guilty today in New York City of “subconsciously” plagiarizing the 1962 John Mack tune “He’s So Fine” for his 1970 hit record “My Sweet Lord.” Continue reading George Harrison found guilty of ‘subconsciously’ plagiarizing tune 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 7 1976) →

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May 15 1965: ‘I’ll Never Find Another You’ by The Seekers peaks at #4 in USA
May 15 1965: ‘Silhouettes’ by Herman’s Hermits peaks at #5 in USA
May 15 1965: ‘I’ll Be Doggone’ by Marvin Gaye peaks at #8 in USA
May 15 1965: ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues’ by Bob Dylan peaks at #39 in USA
May 15 1965: ‘Yes It Is’ by The Beatles peaks at #46 in USA
May 15 1975: 41 U.S. servicemen killed in Mayaguez incident
May 16 1965: ‘The Roar of the Greasepaint - the Smell of the Crowd’ opens on Broadway
May 16 1965: Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn perform on ‘Ed Sullivan’
May 16 1975: Junko Tabei becomes first woman to reach top of Mt. Everest
May 16 1975: Wings release ‘Listen to What the Man Said’/‘Love in Song’ single
May 16 1975: John Lennon appears on ‘WFIL Helping Hand Radio Marathon’
May 17 1875: Aristides wins first Kentucky Derby
May 17 1975: ‘Jackie Blue’ by The Ozark Mountain Daredevils peaks at #3 in USA
May 17 1975: ‘Killer Queen’ by Queen peaks at #12 in USA
May 17 1975: ‘The Immigrant’ by Neil Sedaka peaks at #22 in USA
May 17 2005: ‘Three Stories’ episode airs on ‘House’

2015: Barack Obama-Joe Biden
2005: George W. Bush-Dick Cheney
1995: Bill Clinton-Al Gore
1985: Ronald Reagan-George H.W. Bush
1975: #Gerald Ford-@Nelson Rockefeller
1965: Lyndon B. Johnson-Hubert Humphrey
1955: Dwight D. Eisenhower-Richard Nixon
1945: >Harry S. Truman-(vacant)
1935: Franklin D. Roosevelt-John N. Garner
1925: Calvin Coolidge-Charles G. Dawes
1915: Woodrow Wilson-Thomas R. Marshall
1905: Theodore Roosevelt-Charles Fairbanks
1895: Grover Cleveland-Adlai Stevenson I
1885: Grover Cleveland-Thomas Hendricks
1875: Ulysses S. Grant-Henry Wilson
1865: >Andrew Johnson-(vacant)
1855: Franklin Pierce-(vacant)
1845: *James K. Polk-George M. Dallas
1835: *Andrew Jackson-Martin Van Buren
1825: John Quincy Adams-John C. Calhoun
1815: *James Madison-(vacant)
1805: *Thomas Jefferson-George Clinton
1795: *George Washington-John Adams
> Ascended to presidency intra-term upon death or resignation of predecessor and in Ford’s case #, after being appointed VP under 25th Amendment
@ Appointed VP under the 25th Amendment
* Owned slaves while in office