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5 1946 Winston Churchill delivers ‘Iron Curtain’ speech
5 1966 Beatles’ fans urge British PM Wilson to save Liverpool Cavern
5 1966 ‘Ballad of the Green Berets’ by SSgt Barry Sadler peaks at #1 in USA

6 1836 The Alamo falls to Mexican forces
6 1946 France recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state
6 1976 ‘Love Machine’ by The Miracles peaks at #1 in USA
6 1976 ‘All by Myself’ by Eric Carmen peaks at #2 in USA
6 1976 ‘Baby Face’ by Wing and a Prayer Fife and Drum Corps peaks at #14 in USA

7 1876 Alexander Graham Bell receives U.S. patent for his telephone
7 1926 First successful trans-Atlantic radio-telephone conversations take place
7 1936 Hitler sends troops into Rhineland in violation of Treaty of Versailles
7 1936 ‘Lights Out’ by Eddy Duchin peaks at #1 in USA

8 1986 ‘Fargo’ black comedy crime film opens in New York City
8 1986 ‘Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)’ by Mike + The Mechanics peaks at #6 in USA

9 1796 Napoléon Bonaparte marries Joséphine de Beauharnais
9 1916 18 Americans killed in Pancho Villa raid on Columbus, New Mexico
9 1916 Germany declares war on Portugal during World War I
9 1946 ‘Personality’ by Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers peaks at #1 in USA
9 1966 The Rolling Stones complete recording ‘Aftermath’ album, next single
9 1976 42 die in cable car tragedy at Cavalese ski resort
9 1996 ‘Wonderwall’ by Oasis peaks at #8 in USA

10 1876 Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call
10 1956 Carl Perkins becomes first country artist to enter R&B chart

11 1966 Sukarno yields powers to army to curb unrest
11 1986 Georgia pardons Jewish businessman Leo Frank
11 2006 ‘You’re Beautiful’ by James Blunt peaks at #1 in USA

12 1946 Churchill visits FDR’s grave for first time
12 1966 ‘Listen People’ by Herman’s Hermits peaks at #3 in USA
12 1966 ‘California Dreamin’ by The Mamas & the Papas peaks at #4 in USA
12 1966 ‘Elusive Butterfly’ by Bob Lind peaks at #5 in USA
12 1966 ‘I Fought the Law’ by The Bobby Fuller Four peaks at #9 in USA
12 1966 ‘Batman Theme’ by The Marketts peaks at #17 in USA
12 1966 ‘Batman Theme’ by Neal Hefti peaks at #35 in USA
12 1966 ‘Keep On Running’ by The Spencer Davis Group peaks at #76 in USA
12 1966 ‘Please Please Me/There’s A Place’ episode airs on ‘The Beatles’ cartoon series
12 1966 The Beach Boys complete recording of ‘You Still Believe In Me’

13 1976 ‘December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)’ by The Four Seasons peaks at #1 in USA
13 1976 ‘Take It to the Limit’ by Eagles peaks at #4 in USA
13 1976 ‘Love Hurts’ by Nazareth peaks at #8 in USA

14 1946 ‘Gilda’ premieres in New York City
14 1966 ‘Born Free’ drama film premieres in London

15 1916 U.S. troops cross Mexican border to hunt for Pancho Villa
15 1946 British PM Attlee backs India’s right to independence
15 1956 ‘My Fair Lady’ musical opens on Broadway
15 1966 The Rolling Stones record Italian version of ‘As Tears Go By’
15 1986 ‘Sara’ by Starship peaks at #1 in USA
15 1986 George Harrison performs at charity concert in Birmingham, UK

16 1926 Robert Goddard launches first liquid-fuel rocket at Auburn, Massachusetts
16 1946 ‘Oh! What It Seemed to Be’ by Frankie Carle and His Orchestra peaks at #1 in USA
16 1966 Gemini 8 launches from Cape Kennedy
16 1966 ‘The Purr-Fect Crime’ episode airs on ‘Batman’

17 1776 British forces evacuate Boston, ending 11-month siege
17 1936 60+ people killed in Pittsburgh’s Great St. Patrick’s Day Flood
17 1966 Missing H-bomb located in sea off Spain

18 1996 ‘Anthology 2’ album by The Beatles released
18 2006 ‘So Sick’ by Ne-Yo peaks at #1 in USA

19 1966 First basketball team to start five black players in a national title game wins
19 1966 ‘19th Nervous Breakdown’ by The Rolling Stones peaks at #2 in USA
19 1966 ‘Husbands and Wives’ by Roger Miller peaks at #26 in USA
19 1966 ‘What Goes On’ by The Beatles peaks at #81 in USA
19 1966 ‘Roll Over Beethoven/Rock And Roll Music’ episode airs on ‘The Beatles’ cartoon series

20 1816 U.S. Supreme Court affirms right to review state court decisions
20 1966 The Young Rascals, Senor Wences perform on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’
20 1976 Paul McCartney and Wings resume world tour in Copenhagen
20 1976 ‘Junk Food Junkie’ by Larry Groce peaks at #9 in USA
20 1976 ‘Fanny (Be Tender with My Love)’ by Bee Gees peaks at #12 in USA
20 1976 Patty Hearst found guilty of armed robbery
20 1996 Menendez brothers convicted of murder in parents’ deaths

21 1976 Paul McCartney and Wings perform second show in Copenhagen
21 1976 Champion skier Vladimir ‘Spider’ Sabich shot and killed by girlfriend, actress-singer Claudine Longet
21 2006 Social media website Twitter established

22 1956 Carl Perkins severely injured in car crash
22 1966 GM President James Roche apologizes to Ralph Nader
22 1976 Principal photography for first ‘Star Wars’ movie begins
22 1986 ‘These Dreams’ by Heart peaks at #1 in USA
22 1986 ‘Secret Lovers’ by Atlantic Starr peaks at #3 in USA
22 1986 ‘Nikita’ by Elton John peaks at #7 in USA

23 1806 Explorers Lewis and Clark begin journey back east
23 1976 Paul McCartney and Wings perform in West Berlin
23 1996 ‘Because You Loved Me’ by Céline Dion peaks at #1 in USA
23 1996 ‘Real Love’ by The Beatles peaks at #11 in USA

24 1956 ‘The Poor People of Paris’ by Les Baxter peaks at #1 in USA
24 1966 The Beatles attend world premiere of ‘Alfie’ in London
24 1976 Paul McCartney and Wings arrive in Amsterdam

25 1776 General Washington awarded first Congressional Gold Medal
25 1946 UN Security Council holds first meeting on U.S. soil
25 1966 The Beatles shoot infamous ‘Butcher’ album cover
25 1976 ‘Wings at the Speed of Sound’ studio album released
25 1976 Paul McCartney and Wings perform in Rotterdam

26 1966 ‘Nowhere Man’ by The Beatles peaks at #3 in USA
26 1966 ‘Homeward Bound’ by Simon and Garfunkel peaks at #5 in USA
26 1976 Paul McCartney and Wings perform in Paris

27 1976 ‘Dream Weaver’ by Gary Wright peaks at #2 in USA
27 1976 ‘Lonely Night (Angel Face)’ by Captain & Tennille peaks at #3 in USA
27 1976 ‘Deep Purple’ by Donny and Marie Osmond peaks at #14 in USA
27 1976 ‘Scotch on the Rocks’ by Band of the Black Watch peaks at #75 in USA
27 1976 First 4.6 miles of Washington Metro subway system opens
27 1976 Paul McCartney and Wings depart Paris
27 1996 Rabin’s killer given life sentence in Israel

28 1896 Giordano’s ‘Andrea Chenier’ opera premieres in Milan, Italy
28 1936 ‘Goody Goody’ by Benny Goodman peaks at #1 in USA
28 1976 Genesis performs first post-Peter Gabriel American gig in Buffalo

29 1936 Hitler claims overwhelming victory in a plebiscite
29 1986 ‘Rock Me Amadeus’ by Falco peaks at #1 in USA

31 1976 Court rules Karen Quinlan’s father can let her die if doctors see no hope

APRIL

1 1966 David Bowie releases first solo single
1 1976 Apple Computer Company founded to market Steve Wozniak’s Apple I personal computer
1 2006 ‘Temperature’ by Sean Paul peaks at #1 in USA

2 1956 Soap operas ‘As the World Turns’ and ‘The Edge of Night’ premiere on CBS
2 1966 ‘Woman’ by Peter and Gordon peaks at #14 in USA
2 1976 Wings release ‘Silly Love Songs’/’Cook of the House’ single
2 1986 Four killed as bomb rips TWA plane en route to Athens

3 1936 Bruno Hauptmann executed for killing Lindbergh baby
3 1946 Masaharu Homma executed for role in Bataan Death March
3 1956 Elvis Presley performs on ‘The Milton Berle Show’
3 1976 ‘Disco Lady’ by Johnnie Taylor peaks at #1 in USA
3 1976 ‘Money Honey’ by Bay City Rollers peaks at #9 in USA
3 1976 ‘Golden Years’ by David Bowie peaks at #10 in USA
3 1976 ‘I Thought It Took a Little Time (But Today I Fell in Love)’ by Diana Ross peaks at #47 in USA
3 1996 Theodore Kaczynski arrested at Montana cabin
3 1996 Commerce Secretary Ron Brown among 35 killed in Croatia plane crash

4 1976 ‘All the President’s Men’ opens in Washington, DC
4 1986 3 killed, 229 injured in Berlin nightclub bombing

5 1976 Howard Hughes dies on flight to Houston
5 1976 ‘The Soiling of Old Glory’ photograph taken in Boston
5 1986 ‘R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.’ by John Cougar Mellencamp peaks at #2 in USA
5 1986 ‘Calling America’ by Electric Light Orchestra peaks at #18 in USA

6 1896 First modern Olympic Games open in Athens
6 1956 Elvis Presley signs film contract with Paramount Pictures
6 1966 The Beatles begin recording seventh studio album

7 1786 U.S. Vice President William R. King born in North Carolina
7 1966 “Miss H-bomb” recovered intact off Spanish coast
7 1966 The Beatles begin recording ‘Got To Get You Into My Life’

8 1986 Clint Eastwood elected mayor of Carmel, California
8 2006 ‘Bad Day’ by Daniel Powter peaks at #1 in USA

9 1936 ‘Mr. Deeds Goes to Town’ premieres in Memphis
9 1966 ‘(You’re My) Soul and Inspiration’ by The Righteous Brothers peaks at #1 in USA
9 1966 ‘Daydream’ by The Lovin’ Spoonful peaks at #2 in USA
9 1966 ‘Sure Gonna Miss Her’ by Gary Lewis & the Playboys peaks at #9 in USA

10 1866 American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals incorporated
10 1916 Professional Golfers’ Association of America founded in New York
10 1956 Nat King Cole beaten by segregationists in Birmingham, Alabama
10 1976 ‘Wings at the Speed of Sound’ by Wings debuts at #32 in USA
10 1976 ‘Silly Love Songs’ by Wings debuts at #58 in USA
10 1976 ‘Here, There and Everywhere’ by Emmylou Harris peaks at #65 in USA

11 1966 The Beatles begin recording ‘Love To You’
11 1966 The Beach Boys complete ‘God Only Knows’
11 1966 Frank Sinatra records ‘Strangers in the Night’

12 1966 Jan Berry of Jan and Dean severely injured in crash
12 1986 ‘What You Need’ by INXS peaks at #5 in USA
12 1986 ‘I Can’t Wait’ by Stevie Nicks peaks at #16 in USA

13 1966 The Beatles complete ‘Love You To’
13 1966 The Beatles begin recording ‘Paperback Writer’
13 1966 The Beach Boys complete ‘I’m Waiting for the Day’ and ‘I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times’
13 1996 ‘Ironic’ by Alanis Morissette peaks at #4 in USA

14 1956 ‘Why Do Fools Fall in Love’ by Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers peaks at #6 in USA
14 1956 First practical videotape recorder demonstrated in Chicago
14 1966 The Beatles complete recording ‘Paperback Writer’
14 1966 The Beatles begin recording ‘Rain’

15 1966 The Rolling Stones release ‘Aftermath’ studio album in UK
15 1986 U.S. warplanes strike Libya in retaliation for Berlin bombing

16 1956 ‘Lucy’s Italian Movie’ episode airs on ‘I Love Lucy’
16 1966 ‘Time Won’t Let Me’ by The Outsiders peaks at #5 in USA
16 1966 ‘Spanish Flea’ by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass peaks at #27 in USA
16 1966 The Beatles complete ‘Rain’
16 1966 The Beach Boys complete ‘Wouldn’t It Be Nice’ and ‘Here Today’
16 1986 George Harrison interviewed for NBC’s ‘Today’

17 1966 The Beatles begin recording ‘Dr. Robert’
17 1966 The Beach Boys complete recording ‘Pet Sounds’ album
17 1986 George Harrison interviewed for NBC’s ‘Today’

18 1906 Major earthquake and fire devastates San Francisco, killing more than 3,000 people
18 1946 League of Nations expires in Geneva, UN to get physical assets
18 1946 International Court of Justice holds first sitting in The Hague, Netherlands
18 1956 American actress Grace Kelly, 26, weds Rainier III, Prince of Monaco
18 1966 Bill Russell named NBA’s first African-American head coach
18 1966 First Major League baseball game played on AstroTurf

19 1966 The Beatles complete ‘Doctor Robert’
19 1966 becomes first woman to run Boston Marathon
19 1986 ‘Kiss’ by Prince and The Revolution peaks at #1 in USA

20 1916 Chicago Cubs play first game at Wrigley Field
20 1966 The Beatles begin recording ‘And Your Bird Can Sing’
20 1976 George Harrison appears unannounced during Monty Python performance in New York
20 1986 For Horowitz in Moscow, bravos and tears

21 1616 English playwright William Shakespeare dies
21 1836 Battle of San Jacinto assures Texas independence
21 1926 Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II born in Mayfair, London
21 1956 ‘Rock Island Line’ by Lonnie Donegan peaks at #8 in USA
21 1956 ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ by Elvis Presley peaks at #1 in USA
21 1966 The Beatles begin recording ‘Taxman’
21 1986 Vault linked to Al Capone opened in Chicago during a live TV special

22 1946 Supreme Court Chief Justice Harlan Stone dies
22 1966 The Beatles complete ‘Taxman’ and ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’
22 1966 ‘Wild Thing’ single by The Troggs released

23 1956 Elvis Presley debuts in Las Vegas at The New Frontier Hotel
23 1966 ‘Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)’ by Cher peaks at #2 in USA
23 1966 ‘Secret Agent Man’ by Johnny Rivers peaks at #3 in USA
23 1966 ‘Sign of the Times’ by Petula Clark peaks at #11 in USA
23 1966 ‘What Now My Love’ by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass peaks at #24 in USA
23 1976 Ramones release debut album

24 1916 Irish nationalists launch Easter Rising armed insurrection
24 1976 ‘Wings at the Speed of Sound’ album by Wings peaks at #1 in USA
24 1976 ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ by Queen peaks at #9 in USA
24 1976 ‘There’s a Kind of Hush (All over the World)’ by The Carpenters peaks at #12 in USA
24 1976 ‘NBC’s Saturday Night’ offers The Beatles $3,000 to reunite

25 1816 Romantic poet Lord Byron leaves his native England
25 1846 Thornton Affair triggers Mexican–American War
25 1946 John F. Kennedy announces that he’s running for Congress

26 1966 The Beatles record ‘And Your Bird Can Sing’
26 1986 30 killed in major nuclear accident at Chernobyl plant in Ukraine
26 1986 Maria Shriver marries Arnold Schwarzenegger
26 1986 ‘So Far Away’ by Dire Straits peaks at #19 in USA

27 1946 ‘I’m a Big Girl Now’ by Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra peaks at #1 in USA
27 1956 ‘Godzilla, King of the Monsters!’ premieres in New York
27 1966 The Beatles attempt remake of ‘I’m Only Sleeping’
27 1986 ‘Captain Midnight’ interrupts HBO satellite feed

28 1956 ‘Blue Suede Shoes’ by Elvis Presley peaks at #20 in USA
28 1966 The Beatles begin recording ‘Eleanor Rigby’
28 1996 Australian gunman kills 35 in Port Arthur massacre

29 1916 Easter Rising collapses as Irish nationalists surrender
29 1946 28 former Japanese officials go on trial in Tokyo as war criminals
29 1956 Former U.S. Vice President Alben W. Barkley dies
29 1966 The Beatles attempt another remake of ‘I’m Only Sleeping’
29 1986 Cleveland named future site for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
29 1996 TV Land cable channel launches

30 1956 ‘Blue Suede Shoes’ by Elvis Presley peaks at #20 in USA
30 1966 Folk artist Richard Fariña dies in motorcycle accident in California
30 1966 ‘Good Lovin” by The Young Rascals peaks at #1 in USA
30 1976 Bruce Springsteen jumps fence at Graceland
30 1986 Cleveland named future site for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame