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‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’ premiered in New Haven, Connecticut 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 23 1969)

September 23, 20191960s, Movies 1960sadmin


Video: 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' trailer

(Tuesday, September 23, 1969, 8:30 p.m. EDT) — Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, an American Western film about two free-spirited bank robbers who flee railroad detectives and head for Bolivia, premiered tonight at the Roger Sherman Theater in New Haven, Connecticut. Continue reading ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’ premiered in New Haven, Connecticut 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 23 1969) →

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‘Girl I’m Gonna Miss You’ by Milli Vanilli peaks at #1 in USA 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 23 1989)

September 23, 20191980s, Popular Music 1980sadmin

(Saturday, September 23, 1989) — “Girl I’m Gonna Miss You” by Milli Vanilli peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (Sept. 23/30, 1989). Continue reading ‘Girl I’m Gonna Miss You’ by Milli Vanilli peaks at #1 in USA 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 23 1989) →

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Coming up on RetroNewser:

  • May 14 1955: Eight communist bloc countries sign Warsaw Pact
  • May 14 1955: ‘Rock Around the Clock’ by Bill Haley and His Comets debuts at #22 in USA
  • May 14 1955: ‘Unchained Melody’ by Les Baxter peaks at #2 in USA
  • May 15 1965: ‘I’ll Never Find Another You’ by The Seekers peaks at #4 in USA
  • May 15 1965: ‘Silhouettes’ by Herman’s Hermits peaks at #5 in USA
  • May 15 1965: ‘I’ll Be Doggone’ by Marvin Gaye peaks at #8 in USA
  • May 15 1965: ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues’ by Bob Dylan peaks at #39 in USA
  • May 15 1965: ‘Yes It Is’ by The Beatles peaks at #46 in USA
  • May 15 1975: 41 U.S. servicemen killed in Mayaguez incident

Major ongoing events at this moment in previous decades (since 1775):

  • 2015: War on terror: Iraq • Afghanistan • Syria | South Sudan | Boko Haram insurgency
  • 2005: War on terror: Iraq • Afghanistan
  • 1995: Yugoslav Wars: Bosnian War
  • 1985: Soviet-Afghan War | Lebanese Civil War | 1982 Lebanon War | Iran–Iraq War
  • 1975: Laotian Civil War | Space Race | Cambodian genocide
  • 1965: Civil rights | Vietnam War | Space Race | Dominican Civil War
  • 1955: Second Red Scare | civil rights
  • 1945: World War II: Asia-Pacific • Mediterranean and Middle East
  • 1945: Internment of Japanese Americans
  • 1935: Great Depression | Chinese Civil War
  • 1935: ‘Main’ Nazi concentration camps in operation: Dachau
  • 1925: Prohibition in the United States
  • 1915: World War I: Europe • Middle East • Africa • Asia-Pacific • Naval theatres
  • 1915: Armenian genocide
  • 1905: Russo-Japanese War | Moro Rebellion
  • 1865: American Civil War | Colorado War
  • 1855: Bleeding Kansas | Crimean War
  • 1805: First Barbary War
  • 1775: American Revolution | American Revolutionary War

Categories

Major events lasting over three decades (since 1775):

  • 1991-present: Somali Civil War
  • 1979-present: Iran–Saudi proxy conflict
  • 1978–present: Afghan conflict
  • 1971–present: War on drugs
  • 1948-present: Korean conflict
  • 1948-present: Arab–Israeli conflict
  • 1947-present: Indo-Pakistani wars/conflicts
  • 1966-1998: The Troubles
  • 1947-1991: Cold War
  • 1946-1991: Indochina Wars
  • 1896-1954: Jim Crow era
  • 1776-1924: American Indian Wars
  • 1865-1896: Civil rights movement
  • 1815-1861: Antebellum South
  • 1776-1865: Slavery in the United States
  • 1776-1838: Atlantic Revolutions

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U.S. Presidents and Vice Presidents at this moment in previous decades:

  • 2015: Barack Obama-Joe Biden
  • 2005: George W. Bush-Dick Cheney
  • 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
  • > Ascended to presidency intra-term upon death or resignation of predecessor and in Ford’s case #, after being appointed VP under 25th Amendment
  • @ Appointed VP under the 25th Amendment
  • * Owned slaves while in office

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