(Saturday, September 25, 1976) — “I’d Really Love to See You Tonight” by England Dan & John Ford Coley peaked at #2 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
Monthly Archives: September 2016
‘Devil Woman’ by Cliff Richard peaks at #6 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 25 1976)
(Saturday, September 25, 1976) — “Devil Woman” by Cliff Richard peaked at #6 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three weeks. Continue reading ‘Devil Woman’ by Cliff Richard peaks at #6 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 25 1976)
Share this:
‘Summer’ by War peaks at #7 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 25 1976)
(Saturday, September 25, 1976) — “Summer” by War peaked at #7 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
Share this:
First call made by phone cable to Europe 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 25 1956)
(Tuesday, September 25, 1956, shortly after 11:00 a.m. EDT) — The first trans-Atlantic telephone cable officially went into service today with a three-way ceremonial call between New York, Ottawa and London.
Share this:
‘Cherish’ by The Association peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 24 1966)
(Saturday, September 10, 1966) — “Cherish” by The Association peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three consecutive weeks (Sep. 24, Oct. 1/8 1966).
Share this:
‘Eleanor Rigby’ by The Beatles peaks at #11 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 24 1966)
(Saturday, September 24, 1966) — “Eleanor Rigby” by The Beatles peaked at #11 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Eleanor Rigby’ by The Beatles peaks at #11 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 24 1966)
Share this:
‘God Only Knows’ by The Beach Boys peaks at #39 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 24 1966)
(Saturday, September 24, 1966) — “God Only Knows” by The Beach Boys peaked at #39 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
“God Only Knows” was voted #25 in Rolling Stone magazine’s “500 Greatest Songs of All Time.”
Share this:
Clinton signs treaty banning all nuclear testing 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 24 1996)
Video: 'President Clinton speaking at the UN (1996)'
(Tuesday, September 24, 1996, 10:03 a.m. EDT) — The United States, represented by President Bill Clinton, and 70 other countries signed a treaty at the United Nations today to end all testing and development of nuclear weapons.
To date, 183 countries have signed the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, but the agreement has yet to enter into force because of the refusal so far of eight nations, including the U.S., to ratify it.
Share this:
Carter, Ford hold first general election presidential debate since ’60 40 years ago this hour (Sep 23 1976)
(Thursday, September 23, 1976, 9:30-11:00 p.m. EST; during the United States presidential election, 1976) — President Gerald R. Ford and former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter met tonight in a generally genteel debate in which Ford sought to portray his Democratic rival as a fuzzy-thinking spendthrift and Carter accused Ford of economic mismanagement and weak leadership. Continue reading Carter, Ford hold first general election presidential debate since ’60 40 years ago this hour (Sep 23 1976)
Share this:
Neptune identified as planet 170 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 23 1846)
Video: 'Top 10 AMAZING Facts About Neptune'
(Thursday, September 24, 1846, just after midnight local time) — Neptune, the eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun in the Solar System, was identified as a planet early this morning at the Berlin Observatory by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle.
