Monthly Archives: April 2023

‘I Will Follow Him’ by Little Peggy March peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 27 1963)

1960s, Popular Music 1960s

(Saturday, April 27, 1963) — “I Will Follow Him” by Little Peggy March peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for the first of three consecutive weeks (Apr. 27, May 4/11, 1963). Continue reading ‘I Will Follow Him’ by Little Peggy March peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 27 1963) →

‘Don’t Say Nothin’ Bad (About My Baby)’ by The Cookies peaks at #7 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 27 1963)

1960s, Popular Music 1960s

(Saturday, April 27, 1963) — “Don’t Say Nothin’ Bad (About My Baby)” by The Cookies peaked at #7 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Don’t Say Nothin’ Bad (About My Baby)’ by The Cookies peaks at #7 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 27 1963) →

U.S. force defeats British garrison at Battle of York in present-day Toronto during War of 1812 210 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 27 1813)

1810s


Video: 'Battle of York 1813

(Tuesday, April 27, 1813; during the War of 1812) — The Battle of York took place today in Upper Canada as a U.S. force defeated the British garrison in present-day Toronto before withdrawing. Continue reading U.S. force defeats British garrison at Battle of York in present-day Toronto during War of 1812 210 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 27 1813) →

Nazi Germany’s infamous secret police Gestapo created by Hermann Göring 90 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 26 1933)

1930s, The Holocaust, World War II


Video: 'The Myth of the Nazi Police State - WW2 Documentary Special'

(Wednesday, April 26, 1933) — Nazi Germany’s infamous secret police, better known as the Gestapo, was formed today by Reichsstatthalter Hermann Göring to control political dissent within the German state of Prussia. Continue reading Nazi Germany’s infamous secret police Gestapo created by Hermann Göring 90 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 26 1933) →

1,134 people killed when building housing garment factories collapses in Savar, Bangladesh 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 24 2013)

2010s


Video: 'Bangladesh Factory Collapse'

(Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 8:45 a.m. Bangladesh Standard Time; during the 2013 Rana Plaza factory collapse) — 1,134 people were killed today when a shoddily constructed eight-story commercial building housing garment factories making clothing for European and American consumers collapsed into a deadly heap in Bangladesh. Continue reading 1,134 people killed when building housing garment factories collapses in Savar, Bangladesh 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 24 2013) →

Cesar Chavez, 66, organizer of union for migrants, dies in San Luis, Arizona 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 23 1993)

1990s


Video: 'Cesar Chavez - American Civil Rights Activist | Mini Bio | BIO'

(Friday, April 23, 1993) — Cesar Chavez, the migrant worker who emerged from the poverty of an agricultural valley in Arizona to found America’s first successful union of farm workers, was found dead today in San Luis, Ariz. He was 66. Continue reading Cesar Chavez, 66, organizer of union for migrants, dies in San Luis, Arizona 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 23 1993) →