(Saturday, May 13, 1967) — “Sweet Soul Music” by Arthur Conley peaked at #2 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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‘Don’t You Care’ by The Buckinghams peaks at #6 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 13 1967)
(Saturday, May 13, 1967) — “Don’t You Care” by The Buckinghams peaked at #6 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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‘You Got What It Takes’ by The Dave Clark Five peaks at #7 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 13 1967)
(Saturday, May 13, 1967) — “You Got What It Takes” by The Dave Clark Five peaked at #7 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘You Got What It Takes’ by The Dave Clark Five peaks at #7 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 13 1967)
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‘San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)’ single by Scott McKenzie released 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 13 1967)
Video: 'San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)'
(Saturday, May 13, 1967) — “San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)” by Scott McKenzie, a record widely known as “the unofficial anthem of the counterculture movement of the 1960s, including the Hippie, Anti-Vietnam War and Flower power movements,” was released today.
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70,000 turn out in New York to back U.S. men in Vietnam War 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 13 1967)
Video: 'Pro-Vietnam War Parade In New York (1967)'
(Saturday, May 13, 1967, noon EDT; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — In a forest of American flags, more than 70,000 men, women and children, stirred by martial music and their desire to support the nation’s soldiers in Vietnam, stepped briskly down Fifth Avenue in a parade that lasted more than eight and a half hours today. Continue reading 70,000 turn out in New York to back U.S. men in Vietnam War 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 13 1967)
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‘School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell)’ by Chuck Berry peaks at #3 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 13 1957)
(Monday, May 13, 1957) — “School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell)” by Chuck Berry peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for three weeks.
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Three peasant children near Fatima, Portugal, report seeing vision of Virgin Mary 100 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 13 1917)
Video: 'Our Lady of Fatima May 13, 1917'
(Sunday, May 13, 1917) — Three shepherd children, Lucia de Jesus dos Santos and two of her cousins, Jacinta and Francisco Marto, reported seeing a vision of the Virgin Mary today near Fatima, Portugal. Continue reading Three peasant children near Fatima, Portugal, report seeing vision of Virgin Mary 100 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 13 1917)
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‘Makes Me Wonder’ by Maroon 5 peaks at #1 in USA 10 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 12 2007)
(Saturday, May 12, 2007) — “Makes Me Wonder” by Maroon 5 peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for three non-consecutive weeks (May 12/19, June 2, 2007).
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Woody Allen, other movie stars testify against film colorization 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 12 1987)
(Tuesday, May 12, 1987) — Woody Allen made one of his rare forays outside of Manhattan today to testify before a Congressional panel on what he called the “sinful” practice of coloring classic old black-and-white movies such as Casablanca and It’s a Wonderful Life, and new black-and-white ones like his own Manhattan and Broadway Danny Rose (click here to watch video of the hearing).
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‘Dirty Dancing’ premieres at Cannes Film Festival 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 12 1987)
Video: 'Dirty Dancing' trailer
(Tuesday, May 12, 1987) — Dirty Dancing, an American romantic dance drama film about a young girl vacationing with her parents in the conservative Catskills who falls for the hotel’s maverick dance instructor, premiered today at the Cannes Film Festival. Continue reading ‘Dirty Dancing’ premieres at Cannes Film Festival 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 12 1987)
