Daily Archives: October 11, 2021

Anita Hill accuses Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 11 1991)

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(Friday, October 11, 1991; during the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination) — Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, law professor Anita Hill today accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexually harassing her. Continue reading Anita Hill accuses Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 11 1991) →

John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’/’It’s So Hard’ single released in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 11 1971)

(Monday, October 11, 1971) — “Imagine” by former Beatle John Lennon, #3 on Rolling Stone magazine’s 2004 list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time,” was released today as a single in the U.S. (it would not be released a single in the UK until 1975). Continue reading John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’/’It’s So Hard’ single released in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 11 1971) →

Apr 27 1974: ‘Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me’ by Gladys Knight & the Pips peaks at #3 in USA
Apr 27 1974: ‘Oh My My’ by Ringo Starr peaks at #5 in USA
Apr 27 1974: ‘I’ll Have to Say I Love You in a Song’ by Jim Croce peaks at #9 in USA
Apr 27 1974: ‘Keep On Singing’ by Helen Reddy peaks at #15 in USA
Apr 27 1974: ‘Let It Ride’ by Bachman-Turner Overdrive peaks at #23 in USA
Apr 28 1964: The Beatles tape ‘Around The Beatles’ TV special in London
Apr 28 1984: ‘They Don’t Know’ by Tracey Ullman peaks at #8 in USA
Apr 29 1964: The Beatles pose with their Madame Tussauds wax figures in London
Apr 29 1964: The Beatles filmed departing London’s Gatwick Airport to perform four shows in Scotland
Apr 29 1974: U.S. President Richard Nixon agrees to release edited transcripts of Watergate tapes
Apr 30 1964: The Beatles interviewed for two Scottish TV shows in Glasgow
Apr 30 1994: ‘The Most Beautiful Girl in the World’ by Prince peaks at #3 in USA
Apr 30 1994: ‘Loser’ by Beck peaks at #10 in USA

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1974: Richard Nixon-#Gerald Ford
1964: >Lyndon B. Johnson-(vacant)
1954: Dwight D. Eisenhower-Richard Nixon
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt-Henry A. Wallace
1934: Franklin D. Roosevelt-John N. Garner
1924: >Calvin Coolidge-(vacant)
1914: Woodrow Wilson-Thomas R. Marshall
1904: >Theodore Roosevelt-(vacant)
1894: Grover Cleveland-Adlai Stevenson I
1884: >Chester A. Arthur-(vacant)
1874: Ulysses S. Grant-Henry Wilson
1864: Abraham Lincoln-Hannibal Hamlin
1854: Franklin Pierce-(vacant)
1844: >*John Tyler-(vacant)
1834: *Andrew Jackson-Martin Van Buren
1824: *James Monroe-Daniel D. Tompkins
1814: *James Madison-Elbridge Gerry
1804: *Thomas Jefferson-Aaron Burr
1794: *George Washington-John Adams

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^ Elected without winning popular vote
# appointed VP under 25th Amendment
* Owned slaves while in office

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Anita Hill accuses Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 11 1991)

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