(Saturday, October 2, 1976) — “A Dose of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” the lead single from ex-Beatle Ringo Starr’s fifth studio solo album, Ringo’s Rotogravure, debuted at #58 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Continue reading ‘A Dose of Rock ‘n’ Roll’ by Ringo Starr debuts at #58 in USA 50 years ago today (Oct 2 1976)
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Five dead after gunman takes hostages at Pennsylvania Amish schoolhouse 20 years ago this hour (Oct 2 2006)
Video: 'Nickel Mines Amish School Shooting: 5 Years Later'
(Monday, October 2, 2006, c. 10:25 – c. 11:07 a.m. EDT; during the West Nickel Mines School shooting) — A heavily armed milk truck driver stormed a one-room Amish schoolhouse in rural Lancaster County today, bounding hostages and opening fire on a row of young girls, leaving five children dead and five others critically wounded before turning the gun on himself. Continue reading Five dead after gunman takes hostages at Pennsylvania Amish schoolhouse 20 years ago this hour (Oct 2 2006)
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West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes in Oregon, killing all 18 aboard 60 years ago this hour (Oct 1 1966)
Video: 'Unsolved To This Day: Oregon's Worst Air Crash | West Coast Airlines Flight 956'
(Saturday, October 1, 1966, approximiately 8:09 p.m. PDT; during West Coast Airlines Flight 956) — A West Coast Airlines Douglas DC-9 crashed into a wooded mountainside in Oregon tonight, killing all 18 people aboard in the first loss of the newly introduced jetliner. Continue reading West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes in Oregon, killing all 18 aboard 60 years ago this hour (Oct 1 1966)
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‘Black Is Black’ by Los Bravos peaks at #4 in USA 60 years ago today (Oct 1 1966)
(Saturday, October 1, 1966) — “Black Is Black” by Los Bravos peaked at #4 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Black Is Black’ by Los Bravos peaks at #4 in USA 60 years ago today (Oct 1 1966)
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‘Summer Wind’ by Frank Sinatra peaks at #25 in USA 60 years ago today (Oct 1 1966)
(Saturday, October 1, 1966) — “Summer Wind” by Frank Sinatra peaked at #25 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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‘Drive My Car/Tell Me What You See’ episode airs on ‘The Beatles’ cartoon series 50 years ago this hour (Oct 1 1966)
Video: 'The Beatles Cartoon TV Series - Episode 30'
(Saturday, October 1, 1966, 10:30 a.m. EDT) — The Beatles help a young race car driver fix up his car so he can win the race; and later, the band visits Monster Pictures, Inc. in Hollywood where they run into Lon Chaney (“the man of a thousand faces”) on this morning’s episode of The Beatles, a weekly cartoon television series on ABC. Continue reading ‘Drive My Car/Tell Me What You See’ episode airs on ‘The Beatles’ cartoon series 50 years ago this hour (Oct 1 1966)
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Herman Goering among 12 top Nazis condemned to hang for World War II crimes 80 years ago this hour (Oct 1 1946)
Video: '"Judgement at Nuremberg" (1946) BBC Radio'
(Tuesday, October 1, 1946, individual sentencing handed down at 3:00-3:40 p.m. CEST; during the Nuremberg trials) — One day after the verdicts were rendered in the Nuremberg Trials in Germany, twelve of Nazi Germany’s most murderous leaders were given two weeks more to live today, with hangings scheduled for Oct. 16, 1946.
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