(Saturday, August 9, 1975) — “Jive Talkin’” by the Bee Gees peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Jive Talkin” by Bee Gees peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago today (Aug 9 1975)
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‘Please Mr. Please’ by Olivia Newton-John peaks at #3 in USA 50 years ago today (Aug 9 1975)
(Saturday, August 9, 1975) — “Please Mr. Please” by Olivia Newton-John peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Please Mr. Please’ by Olivia Newton-John peaks at #3 in USA 50 years ago today (Aug 9 1975)
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‘Midnight Blue’ by Melissa Manchester peaks at #6 in USA 50 years ago today (Aug 9 1975)
(Saturday, August 9, 1975) — “Midnight Blue” by Melissa Manchester peaked at #6 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Midnight Blue’ by Melissa Manchester peaks at #6 in USA 50 years ago today (Aug 9 1975)
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Japanese Emperor Hirohito urges War Council to surrender 80 years ago this hour (Aug 10 1945)
Video: 'The World at War: The Bomb: February-September 1945 (24 of 26)' (Aug. 9, 1945, at 46:04)
(Friday, August 10, 1945, 2:00 a.m. JST; during World War II) — Presiding over a special meeting of the War Council, Japanese Emperor Hirohito decided this morning that “continuing the war can only mean destruction for the nation and prolongation of bloodshed and cruelty in the world. I cannot bear to see my innocent people suffer any longer,” and that Japan should surrender.
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‘The Rockford Files’ by Mike Post peaks at #10 in USA 50 years ago today (Aug 9 1975)
(Saturday, August 9, 1975) — “The Rockford Files” by Mike Post peaked at #10 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘The Rockford Files’ by Mike Post peaks at #10 in USA 50 years ago today (Aug 9 1975)
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Three Beatles attend recording session by The Silkie in London 60 years ago today (Aug 9 1965)
(Monday, August 9, 1965) — Three of the four Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison) attended a recording session of Lennon-McCartney’s “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away” by the folk group The Silkie today at IBC Studios in central London, with McCartney (on guitar) and Harrison (on tambourine) performing on the track and Lennon in the control room. Continue reading Three Beatles attend recording session by The Silkie in London 60 years ago today (Aug 9 1965)
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Portsmouth Peace Conference begins in Kittery, Maine 120 years ago today (Aug 9 1905)
Video: 'Scenes and Incidents, Russo-Japanese Peace Conference, Portsmouth, N.H.'
(Wednesday, August 9, 1905) — Japanese and Russian delegations convened the Portsmouth Peace Conference today at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, (by invitation of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt) to negotiate an end to the Russo-Japanese War. Continue reading Portsmouth Peace Conference begins in Kittery, Maine 120 years ago today (Aug 9 1905)
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Grateful Dead singer, guitarist Jerry Garcia dies while undergoing drug rehab 30 years ago this hour (Aug 9 1995)
Video: 'Jerry Garcia's death on CBS News- Grateful Dead'
(Wednesday, August 9, 1995, 4:23 a.m. PDT) — Jerry Garcia, lead singer of the Grateful Dead, died today in his room at Serenity Knolls, a residential drug treatment center in Forest Knolls, California, of a heart attack eight days after turning 53.
