(Saturday, June 15, 1968) — “Yummy Yummy Yummy” by Ohio Express peaks at #4 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three weeks. Continue reading ‘Yummy Yummy Yummy’ by Ohio Express peaks at #4 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 15 1968)
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‘Bull Durham’ opens in New York City 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 15 1988)
Video: 'Bull Durham' trailer
(Wednesday, June 15, 1988, noon EDT) — Bull Durham, an American romantic comedy sports film about a losing minor league baseball team in North Carolina and the English teacher who choses one promising player each year to educate and seduce, opened today at Criterion Center Theater in New York City. Continue reading ‘Bull Durham’ opens in New York City 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 15 1988)
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‘Think’ by Aretha Franklin peaks at #7 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 15 1968)
(Saturday, June 15, 1968) — “Think” by Aretha Franklin peaks at #7 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Think’ by Aretha Franklin peaks at #7 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 15 1968)
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GOP nominates Herbert Hoover for POTUS 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 14 1928)
Video: 'Republican Convention Kansas City 1928'
(Thursday, June 14, 1928, 11:20 p.m. CDT) — U.S. Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover of Iowa was nominated for President today at the 1928 Republican National Convention meeting at Convention Hall in Kansas City, Missouri, defeating Governor
Frank Lowden of Illinois 837-74 on the first ballot. Continue reading GOP nominates Herbert Hoover for POTUS 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 14 1928)
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Bulls win sixth NBA title on Jordan’s ‘last shot’ 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 14 1998)
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Video: 'Michael Jordan - The Last Shot! Last minute of the 1998 NBA Finals'
(Sunday, June 14, 1998, at approximately 8:00 p.m. MDT) — 35-year-old Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls hit a jump shot with 5.2 seconds left to give the Bulls an 87–86 victory in the sixth and deciding game of the 1998 NBA Finals against the Utah Jazz tonight at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Continue reading Bulls win sixth NBA title on Jordan’s ‘last shot’ 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 14 1998)
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Dr. Spock convicted in anti-draft plot 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 14 1968)
Video: 'Dr Benjamin Spock defends Himself 1968
(Friday, June 14, 1968, 7:58 p.m. EDT; during the Opposition to the Vietnam War) — Dr. Benjamin Spock, an American pediatrician famous to two generations for the child-raising guide The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care, was convicted tonight by a 12-man federal jury in Boston of conspiring to encourage young men to evade the draft during the Vietnam War, along with three of his four co-defendants. Continue reading Dr. Spock convicted in anti-draft plot 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 14 1968)
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‘In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida’ by Iron Butterfly released 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 14 1968)
Video: 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida' (single version)
(Friday, June 14, 1968) — “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” by Iron Butterfly, often regarded as an influence on heavy metal music and one of the firsts of the genre, was released today as a single, edited down to 2:52 from the original 17:05 version released today on the band’s album of the same title. Continue reading ‘In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida’ by Iron Butterfly released 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 14 1968)
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‘Son of Sam’ killer gets maximum prison term 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 12 1978)
Video: 'Serial Killers 4/25 - David Berkowitz [Son of Sam]' (June 12, 1978, at 37:03)
(Monday, June 12, 1978) — David Berkowitz was sentenced today to the maximum prison term, 25 years to life, for each of the six “Son of Sam” slayings carried out over a year in which his nighttime forays cast a pall of tear over the young, Continue reading ‘Son of Sam’ killer gets maximum prison term 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 12 1978)
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High court clears Skokie parade by Nazi group 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 12 1978)
(Monday, June 12, 1978) — The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way today for a demonstration by American Nazis in the Chicago suburb of Skokie, where 7,000 survivors of World War II Nazi concentration camps live. Continue reading High court clears Skokie parade by Nazi group 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 12 1978)
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‘Rosemary’s Baby’ opens in New York City 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 12 1968)
Video: 'Rosemary's Baby' trailer (plus 8 clips)
(Wednesday, June 12, 1968, 10:10 a.m. EDT) — Rosemary’s Baby, an American psychological horror film about a young woman who fears the baby she’s carrying is the son of Satan, opened today at the Criterion Theatre in New York City. Continue reading ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ opens in New York City 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 12 1968)
