(Saturday, April 21, 1951) — “How High the Moon” by Les Paul and Mary Ford was the #1 song on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for the first of nine weeks (April 21/28, May 5/12/19/26, June 2/9/16, 1951).
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‘Victory has a hundred fathers…’: JFK dodges Cuba questions at news conference 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 21 1961)
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(Friday, April 21, 1961, 10:00 a.m. EST; during the Cold War) — U.S. President John F. Kennedy declined to discuss the recent Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba despite repeated questioning by reporters at a news conference today in Washington, except to declare, “There’s an old saying that victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan… What matters is only one fact, I am the responsible officer of the government.”
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