(Saturday, June 7, 1941) — “My Sister and I” by Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra (Fox Trot Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberly) peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for the first of two non-consecutive weeks (June 7/28, 1941). Continue reading ‘My Sister and I’ by Jimmy Dorsey peaks at #1 in USA 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 7 1941)
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Israeli jets destroy unfinished Iraqi atomic reactor near Baghdad 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 7 1981)
Video: 'Operation Opera - Israel's Raid on the Iraqi Reactor 1981'
(Sunday, June 7, 1981, 6:55 p.m. Arabia Standard Time; during Operation Opera, part of the Arab–Israeli conflict) — Israeli planes today bombed and destroyed an unfinished Iraqi nuclear reactor 11 miles southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, that the Israeli government said would have enabled Iraq to manufacture nuclear weapons. Continue reading Israeli jets destroy unfinished Iraqi atomic reactor near Baghdad 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 7 1981)
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Three Soyuz 11 cosmonauts become first humans in history to step aboard an orbiting space station 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 7 1971)
Video: 'Soyuz 11 - Death Of Three Astronauts'
(Monday, June 7, 1971, 10:45 a.m. Moscow Standard Time) — The three Soyuz 11 cosmonauts (Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev) became the first humans in history to step aboard an orbiting space station today after their capsule successfully docked with Salyut 1. Continue reading Three Soyuz 11 cosmonauts become first humans in history to step aboard an orbiting space station 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 7 1971)
