(Monday, February 20, 1961) — “Shop Around” by The Miracles peaked at #2 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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‘Black and Yellow’ by Wiz Khalifa peaks at #1 in USA 10 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 19 2011)
(Saturday, February 19, 2011) — “Black and Yellow” by Wiz Khalifa peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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Paul McCartney releases first solo single ‘Another Day’/’Oh Woman, Oh Why’ 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 19 1971)
Video: 'Another Day (Remastered 2012)'
(Friday, February 19, 1971) — Former Beatle Paul McCartney released his first solo single, “Another Day”/“Oh Woman, Oh Why,” today in the UK (Feb. 22, 1971, in the U.S.).
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Paul McCartney goes to court to try to break up The Beatles 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 19 1971)
Video: 'Paul McCartney At The Start Of High Court Battle - 19 February 1971'
(Friday, February 19, 1971; during the Break-up of The Beatles) — A bearded Paul McCartney, wearing a blue suit and open-necked white shirt, and his American wife, Linda Eastman, appeared today in courtroom 16 of Britain’s High Courts of Justice in London to break up The Beatles partnership that made him and John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr world figures and millionaires.
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Stock car star Dale Earnhardt Sr. killed on last lap of Daytona 500 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 18 2001)
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(Sunday, February 18, 2001, Earnhardt was pronounced dead at 5:16 p.m. EST) — Stock car racing’s greatest current star and one of its most popular and celebrated figures, Dale Earnhardt Sr., crashed and was killed today after he made a characteristically bold lunge for better position on the last turn of the last lap of the sport’s premier event, the Daytona 500, in Daytona Beach, Florida. He was 49.
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Jefferson Davis sworn in as provisional president of the Confederate States of America 160 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 18 1861)
Video: 'Ken Burns’ Civil War, ep1 part 2-3' (Feb. 18, 1861, at 29:18)
(Monday, February 18, 1861, approximately 1:00 p.m. local time) — Jefferson Davis was inaugurated as provisional president of the Confederate States of America today on the steps of the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery before an audience estimated at ten thousand people.
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‘Ms. Jackson’ by OutKast peaks at #1 in USA 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 17 2001)
(Saturday, February 17, 2001) — “Ms. Jackson” by OutKast peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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U.S. House breaks Electoral College tie, elects Thomas Jefferson president of the United States 220 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 17 1801)
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(Tuesday, February 17, 1801, during the United States presidential election, 1800) — The U.S. House of Representatives chose incumbent Vice President Thomas Jefferson of Virginia as the third president of the United States today after he and former U.S. Senator Aaron Burr of New York tied in the Electoral College.
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John Lennon resumes recording his ‘Imagine’ studio album near London 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 16 1971)
Video: 'I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die (Take 11)'
(Tuesday, February 16, 1971) — Former Beatle John Lennon resumed tracking his second solo studio album today at Ascot Sound Studios (ASS), a studio built by Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, on the grounds of Tittenhurst Park, their 72-acre estate 26 miles west of London.
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First recording by secret taping system installed by U.S. President Nixon made this hour 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 16 1971)
Video: 'Documentary Nixon by Nixon In His Own Words'
(Tuesday, February 16, 1971, unknown time between 7:56 a.m. and 8:58 a.m. EST) — The first recording by a taping system secretly installed by the United States Secret Service, at the request of U.S. President Richard Nixon, was made today at the White House.
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