Daily Archives: December 8, 2019

‘Magnolia’ premieres in Westwood, California 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 8 1999)

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Video: 'Magnolia' trailer

(Wednesday, December 8, 1999) — The American film Magnolia, an epic mosaic of interrelated characters in search of love, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley, premiered today at Mann Village Theatre in Westwood, California. Continue reading ‘Magnolia’ premieres in Westwood, California 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 8 1999) →

‘Babe’ by Styx peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 8 1979)

December 8, 20191970s, Popular Music 1970sadmin

(Saturday, December 8, 1979) — “Babe” by Styx peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (Dec. 8/15, 1979). Continue reading ‘Babe’ by Styx peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 8 1979) →

May 8 1945: Sétif and Guelma massacre begins in Algeria as French authorities clash with protesters
May 8 1945: Churchill hails one victory, pledges crushing of Japan
May 8 1945: Truman announces Germany’s surrender, declares Victory in Europe Day
May 8 1945: Nazi concentration camp Theresienstadt liberated
May 8 1965: Bob Dylan films early promo clip for ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues’
May 8 1965: ‘Count Me In’ by Gary Lewis & the Playboys peaks at #2 in USA
May 8 1965: ‘Ooo Baby Baby’ by The Miracles peaks at #16 in USA
May 8 1965: ‘Whipped Cream’ by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass peaks at #68 in USA
May 9 1865: President Andrew Johnson declares American Civil War ‘virtually at an end’
May 9 1945: Soviet forces liberate Czechoslovakia
May 9 1945: Oskar Schindler’s labor camp Brünnlitz liberated
May 9 1945: Stutthof becomes last Nazi concentration camp liberated by Allies
May 9 1955: ‘Lucy and Harpo Marx’ episode airs on ‘I Love Lucy’
May 9 1965: The Beatles film four exterior scenes for ‘Help!’ film
May 9 1965: Legendary pianist Horowitz makes triumphant return to Carnegie Hall after 12 years
May 10 1865: Confederate President Jefferson Davis captured by Union forces
May 10 1965: The Beatles begin filming Buckingham Palace scenes for ‘Help!’ film
May 10 1965: The Beatles record ‘Dizzy Miss Lizzy’ and ‘Bad Boy’
May 10 1975: Sony begins selling its Betamax home videocassette recorder in Japan
May 10 1975: ‘Young Americans’ by David Bowie peaks at #28 in USA
May 10 1975: ‘Walking in Rhythm’ by The Blackbyrds peaks at #6 in USA
May 11 1935: Rural Electrification Administration (REA) created
May 11 1945: USS Bunker Hill attacked, severely damaged off Okinawa
May 11 1965: The Beatles wrap up filming for ‘Help!’
May 11 1985: ‘New Attitude’ by Patti LaBelle peaks at #17 in USA
May 11 1985: ‘Some Like It Hot’ by The Power Station peaks at #6 in USA
May 11 1985: ‘Crazy for You’ by Madonna peaks at #1 in USA

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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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‘Magnolia’ premieres in Westwood, California 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 8 1999)

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