Monthly Archives: September 2016

FDR presses key to start Boulder Dam’s first hydroelectric generator 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 11 1936)

U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Boulder Dam (1936)'

(Friday, September 11, 1936, 3:20 p.m. EDT; during the Great Depression) — Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) began operation today as President Franklin D. Roosevelt pressed a key today in Washington to signal the startup of the dam’s first hydroelectric generator.

‘(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty’ by KC and the Sunshine Band peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 11 1976)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s

(Saturday, September 11, 1976) — “(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty” by KC and the Sunshine Band peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty’ by KC and the Sunshine Band peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 11 1976) →

‘I Can’t Hear You No More/Music Is My Life’ by Helen Reddy peaks at #29 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 11 1976)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s

(Saturday, September 11, 1976) — “I Can’t Hear You No More/Music Is My Life” by Helen Reddy peaked at #29 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘I Can’t Hear You No More/Music Is My Life’ by Helen Reddy peaks at #29 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 11 1976) →

‘Revolver’ album by The Beatles peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago today (Sep 10 1966)

1960s, Popular Music 1960s, The Beatles 1960s


Video: 'The Beatles Revolver Full Album (2009 US Stereo Remastered)'

(Saturday, September 10, 1966) — The North American version of the album Revolver by The Beatles peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard‘s 200 album chart for six consecutive weeks (Sept. 10/17/24, Oct. 1/8/15, 1966). Continue reading ‘Revolver’ album by The Beatles peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago today (Sep 10 1966) →

‘You Can’t Hurry Love’ by The Supremes peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 10 1966)

1960s, Popular Music 1960s

(Saturday, September 10, 1966) — “You Can’t Hurry Love” by The Supremes peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (Sep. 10/17, 1966). It was the group’s seventh of 12 number one hits on the chart (1964-1969). Continue reading ‘You Can’t Hurry Love’ by The Supremes peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 10 1966) →

Fontainebleau conference ends without agreement on Cochinchina 70 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 10 1946)

1940s


Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Episode 1' (Ho Chi Minh in Paris, Fontainebleau conference at 30:38)

(Tuesday, September 10, 1946; during War in Vietnam (1945–46)) — The Fontainebleau conference, a negotiating session between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the French Fourth Republic at the Palace of Fontainebleau (65 kilometers south of Paris), concluded today without agreement on Cochinchina, a region encompassing the southern third of current Vietnam.