Daily Archives: May 3, 2019

‘It’s Your Thing’ by The Isley Brothers peaks at #2 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 3 1969)

May 3, 20191960s, Popular Music 1960sadmin

(Saturday, May 3, 1969) — “It’s Your Thing” by The Isley Brothers peaked at #2 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘It’s Your Thing’ by The Isley Brothers peaks at #2 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 3 1969) →

‘Time Is Tight’ by Booker T. & the M.G.’s Who peaks at #6 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 3 1969)

May 3, 20191960s, Popular Music 1960sadmin

(Saturday, May 3, 1969) — “Time Is Tight” by Booker T. & the M.G.’s peaked at #6 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Time Is Tight’ by Booker T. & the M.G.’s Who peaks at #6 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 3 1969) →

‘Badge’ by Cream peaks at #60 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 3 1969)

May 3, 20191960s, Popular Music 1960s, The Beatles 1960sadmin

(Saturday, May 3, 1969) — “Badge” by Cream, co-written by George Harrison of The Beatles, peaked at #60 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Badge’ by Cream peaks at #60 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 3 1969) →

May 29 1765: Patrick Henry denounces Stamp Act before Virginia’s House of Burgesses
May 29 1965: ‘Help Me, Rhonda’ by The Beach Boys peaks at #1 in USA
May 29 1965: ‘It’s Not Unusual’ by Tom Jones peaks at #10 in USA
May 30 1935: Babe Ruth plays his last game
May 30 1945: First lady Bess Truman christens ambulance plane
May 31 1945: Interim Committee considers ‘demonstration’ of atomic bomb
May 31 1975: ‘Before the Next Teardrop Falls’ by Freddy Fender peaks at #1 in USA
May 31 1975: ‘How Long’ by Ace peaks at #3 in USA
May 31 1975: ‘Sail On, Sailor’ by The Beach Boys peaks at #49 in USA
May 31 1975: ‘Listen to What the Man Said’ by Wings debuts at #65 in USA
May 31 1985: ‘Ran’ epic historical action drama previewed at Tokyo International Film Festival
May 31 2005: Watergate’s ‘Deep Throat’ identified as former no. 2 at FBI
Jun 1 1915: T.S. Eliot poem ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ published
Jun 1 1945: U.S. leaders approve immediate, unannounced atomic bomb strike on Japan
Jun 1 1965: The Beach Boys complete ‘Summer Means New Love’
Jun 1 1975: The Rolling Stones launch ‘Tour of the Americas ’75’ in Baton Rouge
Jun 1 1985: ‘Axel F’ by Harold Faltermeyer peaks at #3 in USA
Jun 1 1985: ‘Say You’re Wrong’ by Julian Lennon peaks at #21 in USA

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1995: Bill Clinton-Al Gore
1985: Ronald Reagan-George H.W. Bush
1975: #Gerald Ford-@Nelson Rockefeller
1965: Lyndon B. Johnson-Hubert Humphrey
1955: Dwight D. Eisenhower-Richard Nixon
1945: >Harry S. Truman-(vacant)
1935: Franklin D. Roosevelt-John N. Garner
1925: Calvin Coolidge-Charles G. Dawes
1915: Woodrow Wilson-Thomas R. Marshall
1905: Theodore Roosevelt-Charles Fairbanks
1895: Grover Cleveland-Adlai Stevenson I
1885: Grover Cleveland-Thomas Hendricks
1875: Ulysses S. Grant-Henry Wilson
1865: >Andrew Johnson-(vacant)
1855: Franklin Pierce-(vacant)
1845: *James K. Polk-George M. Dallas
1835: *Andrew Jackson-Martin Van Buren
1825: John Quincy Adams-John C. Calhoun
1815: *James Madison-(vacant)
1805: *Thomas Jefferson-George Clinton
1795: *George Washington-John Adams
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@ Appointed VP under the 25th Amendment
* Owned slaves while in office