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‘The Partridge Family’ sitcom TV series premieres on ABC 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 25 1970)

September 25, 20201970s, Popular Music 1970s, Television 1970sadmin

(Friday, September 25, 1970, 8:30 p.m. EDT) — The Partridge Family, an American sitcom television series about a widowed mother and her five children who embark on a music career, debuted tonight on ABC. Continue reading ‘The Partridge Family’ sitcom TV series premieres on ABC 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 25 1970) →

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Ringo Starr releases ‘Beaucoups of Blues’ album 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 25 1970)

September 25, 20201970s, Popular Music 1970s, The Beatles 1970s, The Monkeesadmin


Video: 'Ringo Starr - Beaucoups of Blues' (first 12 videos constitute original album)

(Friday, September 25, 1970) — Beaucoups of Blues, the second solo studio album by former Beatle Ringo Starr, was released today in the UK (Sep. 28, 1970 in the U.S.). Continue reading Ringo Starr releases ‘Beaucoups of Blues’ album 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 25 1970) →

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  • 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 the last Nazi concentration camp liberated by the 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 a 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

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: Atlantic • Asia-Pacific • Mediterranean and Middle East
  • 1945: The Holocaust • Final Solution • Nazi concentration camps
  • 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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