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Paul McCartney & Wings complete recording of ‘Venus and Mars’ song in Los Angeles 50 years ago today (Feb 26 1975)

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(Wednesday, February 26, 1975) — After six weeks of recording in New Orleans, Paul McCartney and Wings moved sessions for their upcoming studio album to Wally Heider Recording Studio 3 in Los Angeles. Continue reading Paul McCartney & Wings complete recording of ‘Venus and Mars’ song in Los Angeles 50 years ago today (Feb 26 1975) →

Napoleon escapes exile on Elba and sails back to France in daring bid for power 210 years ago today (Feb 26 1815)

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Video: '26th February 1815: Napoleon Bonaparte escapes exile on the Mediterranean island of Elba'

(Sunday, February 26, 1815) — Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from exile on the Island of Elba today and headed back to France in a bid to regain power.

• Feb 26 1815: Napoleon escapes exile on Elba and sails back to France in daring bid for power
• Feb 26 1975: Paul McCartney & Wings complete recording of ‘Venus and Mars’ song in Los Angeles
• Feb 27 1965: Harlem is quiet as crowds watch Malcolm X rites
• Feb 27 1965: The Beatles film ‘Another Girl’ sequence in Bahamas
• Feb 27 1965: ‘Tell Her No’ by The Zombies peaks at #6 in USA
• Feb 27 1965: ‘Shake’ by Sam Cooke peaks at #7 in USA
• Feb 27 1965: ‘The Boy from New York City’ by The Ad Libs peaks at #8 in USA
• Feb 27 1965: ‘4-by the Beatles’ EP by The Beatles debuts at #81 in USA
• Feb 27 1975: Six U.S. Representatives arrive in Saigon to assess deteriorating situation
• Feb 28 1975: 42 killed in London Underground as train crashes into tunnel’s end
• Mar 1 1935: Hitler enters Saarbrucken in first step to war
• Mar 1 1945: FDR proclaims Yalta Conference a success in address to Congress
• Mar 1 1945: ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ premieres in New York City
• Mar 1 1975: John Lennon appears as presenter on annual Grammy Awards show
• Mar 1 1975: ‘Best of My Love’ by Eagles peaks at #1 in USA
• Mar 1 1975: ‘Nightingale’ by Carole King peaks at #9 in USA
•Mar 1 1985: President Reagan terms Nicaraguan rebels ‘moral equal of founding fathers’

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1965: Lyndon B. Johnson-Hubert Humphrey
1955: Dwight D. Eisenhower-Richard Nixon
1945: Franklin D. Roosevelt-Harry S. Truman
1935: Franklin D. Roosevelt-John N. Garner
1925: >Calvin Coolidge-(vacant)
1915: Woodrow Wilson-Thomas R. Marshall
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1895: Grover Cleveland-Adlai Stevenson I
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1865: Abraham Lincoln-Hannibal Hamlin
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1845: >*John Tyler-(vacant)
1835: *Andrew Jackson-Martin Van Buren
1825: *James Monroe-Daniel D. Tompkins
1815: *James Madison-(vacant)
1805: *Thomas Jefferson-Aaron Burr
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@ Appointed VP under the 25th Amendment
* Owned slaves while in office

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Paul McCartney & Wings complete recording of ‘Venus and Mars’ song in Los Angeles 50 years ago today (Feb 26 1975)

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