Video: 'The Rolling Stones "Paint It Black" The Ed Sullivan Show 1966-09-11'
(Sunday, September 11, 1966, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT) — The Rolling Stones performed “Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In the Shadow?” “Paint It Black” and “Lady Jane” live on tonight’s 19th season premiere of the CBS-TV variety show The Ed Sullivan Show from CBS Studio No. 50 in New York City. Continue reading The Rolling Stones perform on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 60 years ago this hour (Sep 11 1966)
Video: 'Boulder Dam (1936)'
(Friday, September 11, 1936, 3:20 p.m. EDT; during the Great Depression) — Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) began operation today as President Franklin D. Roosevelt pressed a key today in Washington to signal the startup of the dam’s first hydroelectric generator.
(Saturday, September 11, 1976) — “(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty” by KC and the Sunshine Band peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty’ by KC and the Sunshine Band peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago today (Sep 11 1976)
(Saturday, September 11, 1976) — “I Can’t Hear You No More“/”Music Is My Life” by Helen Reddy peaked at #29 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘I Can’t Hear You No More’/’Music Is My Life’ by Helen Reddy peaks at #29 in USA 50 years ago today (Sep 11 1976)
Video: 'How Piggly Wiggly Created The First Modern Grocery Store | Southern Living'
(Monday, September 11, 1916) — The first self-service grocery store, Piggly Wiggly, was opened today at 79 Jefferson Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, by Clarence Saunders. Continue reading First self-service grocery store opens in Memphis 110 years ago today (Sep 11 1916)
