Video: 'ABBA-Dancing Queen Recording Session (1975 AI Enhanced)'
(Monday, August 4, 1975) — The Swedish pop group ABBA began recording their hit single “Dancing Queen” today at Glen Studio outside Stockholm for release a year later.
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‘Babe’ comedy-drama film opens in U.S. and Canada 30 years ago this hour (Aug 4 1995)
Video: 'Babe' trailer
(Friday, August 4, 1995, 11:55 a.m. EDT) — Babe, a comedy-drama film about a pig raised by sheepdogs who learns to herd sheep with a little help from Farmer Hoggett, was released today in the U.S. and Canada, opening this hour (11:55 a.m. EDT) at Sony Lincoln Square & Imax Theater at 1998 Broadway in New York City. Continue reading ‘Babe’ comedy-drama film opens in U.S. and Canada 30 years ago this hour (Aug 4 1995)
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Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant seriously injured in car accident 50 years ago today (Aug 4 1975)
Video: 'Pink Floyd Debuts, Robert Plant Injured in Crash - August 4 in Rock History' (Aug. 4, 1975, at 0:43)
(Monday, August 4, 1975) — Led Zeppelin vocalist Robert Plant and his family were seriously injured in a car accident today while vacationing in Rhodes, Greece, forcing the band to postpone its U.S. tour. Continue reading Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant seriously injured in car accident 50 years ago today (Aug 4 1975)
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Enola Gay atomic bomb mission crews briefed on Tinian Island 80 years ago this hour (Aug 4 1945)
Video: 'Peter Jennings - Hiroshima: Why the Bomb was Dropped (1995)' (Aug. 4, 1945, at 55:34)
(Saturday, August 4, 1945, 3:00 p.m. Chamorro Standard Time; during World War II) — On Tinian Island, the crews chosen to fly the Enola Gay mission were briefed today, but no one mentioned the words “atomic bomb.”
