Monthly Archives: March 2018

‘Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay’ by Danny & the Juniors peaks at #19 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 17 1958)

1950s, Popular Music 1950s

(Monday, March 17, 1958) — “Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay” by Danny & the Juniors (orchestra conducted by Artie Singer) peaked at #19 on today’s Billboard Best Selling Pop Singles in Stores chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay’ by Danny & the Juniors peaks at #19 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 17 1958) →

Amoco Cadiz oil spill begins 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 16 1978)

1970s


Video: 'Amoco Cadiz Oil Spill'

(Thursday, March 16, 1978, 9:04 p.m. CET) — The American-owned supertanker Amoco Cadiz ran aground tonight and broke up off the Atlantic coast at Brest, France, spilling 1.6 million barrels in the largest oil spill of its kind in history to that date. Continue reading Amoco Cadiz oil spill begins 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 16 1978) →

‘(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay’ by Otis Redding peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 16 1968)

1960s, Popular Music 1960s

(Saturday, March 16, 1968) — “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” by Otis Redding, a recording completed just three days before his death in a plane crash on Dec. 10, 1967, peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for four consecutive weeks (Mar. 16/23/30, Apr. 6, 1968). Continue reading ‘(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay’ by Otis Redding peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 16 1968) →

‘Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)’ by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition peaks at #5 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 16 1968)

1960s, Popular Music 1960s

(Saturday, March 16, 1968) — “Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)” by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition at #5 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)’ by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition peaks at #5 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 16 1968) →

LBJ: ‘We are going to win’ Vietnam War 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 16 1968)

1960s, Cold War, U.S. Presidents, Vietnam War


Video: 'President Lyndon B. Johnson on Vietnam, March 1968 (2 clips)'

(Saturday, March 16, 1968, 10:05 a.m. EST; during the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1968; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — As U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy was officially announcing on Capitol Hill that he would challenge President Lyndon Johnson for the 1968 Democratic presidential nomination over the Vietnam War, Johnson told the National Alliance of Businessmen today at the Sheraton Park Hotel in Washington: “Make no mistake about it—I don’t want a man in here to go back home thinking otherwise—we are going to win.” Continue reading LBJ: ‘We are going to win’ Vietnam War 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 16 1968) →

RFK to challenge LBJ for Democratic presidential nomination 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 16 1968)

1960s, African-American Civil Rights, Cold War, U.S. Presidents, Vietnam War


Video: '1968 Presidential Election: RFK Announces He's Running'

(Saturday, March 16, 1968, 10:00 a.m. EST; during the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1968; African-American civil rights movement (1954–1968); during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Four days after President Lyndon Johnson barely edged out anti-war candidate U.S. Senator Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota in the New Hampshire Democratic primary, U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy of New York today entered the race for the Democratic Party presidential nomination. Continue reading RFK to challenge LBJ for Democratic presidential nomination 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 16 1968) →

Terrorists kidnap Italian politician Aldo Moro 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 16 1978)

1970s


Video: 'Series 2 Ep 4-The Last Days of Aldo Moro'

(Thursday, March 16, 1978, 9:02 a.m. CET) — Aldo Moro, one of Italy’s most influential politicians, was kidnapped this morning by the left-wing Red Brigades who killed all five of his bodyguards in a bloody street ambush on Via Fani, a street in Rome. Continue reading Terrorists kidnap Italian politician Aldo Moro 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 16 1978) →