(Saturday, May 9, 1981) — “You Better You Bet” by The Who peaked today at #18 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for the first of three weeks.
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50-foot-tall Peace Candle of the World first lit in Scappoose, Oregon 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 9 1971)
Video: 'KGW Archive: 1971 Lighting of the Scappoose Peace Candle'
(Sunday, May 9, 1971) –The Peace Candle of the World, an approximately 50-foot-tall tower-like structure 18 feet in diameter in Scappoose, Oregon, was lit today by the town’s mayor and Oregon Governor Tom McCall with a specially-made 60-foot-long match.
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Television broadcasters urged to reform ‘vast wasteland’ of programming 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 9 1961)
Video: 'An incredible speech by Newton Minow in 1961. "Vast Wasteland".'
(Tuesday, May 9, 1961) — Newton N. Minow, the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, presented a scorching indictment of contemporary television at the National Association of Broadcasters convention today in Washington, describing it as a “vast wasteland” and implied that the FCC might not renew licenses of those entities that failed to upgrade their product.
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