(Saturday, April 3, 1976) — “Money Honey” by Bay City Rollers peaked at #9 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Money Honey’ by Bay City Rollers peaks at #9 in USA 50 years ago today (Apr 3 1976)
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‘Golden Years’ by David Bowie peaks at #10 in USA 50 years ago today (Apr 3 1976)
(Saturday, April 3, 1976) — “Golden Years” by David Bowie peaked at #10 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Golden Years’ by David Bowie peaks at #10 in USA 50 years ago today (Apr 3 1976)
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‘I Thought It Took a Little Time (But Today I Fell in Love)’ by Diana Ross peaks at #47 in USA 50 years ago today (Apr 3 1976)
(Saturday, April 3, 1976) — “I Thought It Took a Little Time (But Today I Fell in Love)” by Diana Ross peaked at #47 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘I Thought It Took a Little Time (But Today I Fell in Love)’ by Diana Ross peaks at #47 in USA 50 years ago today (Apr 3 1976)
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Commerce Secretary Ron Brown among 35 people lost in Croatia plane crash 30 years ago this hour (Apr 3 1996)
Video: 'The Eerie Disappearance of Ron Brown's Ill-Fated Mission! | Mayday: Air Disaster'
(Wednesday, April 3, 1996, 2:57 p.m. Central European Summer Time) — An Air Force jetliner carrying Commerce Secretary Ron Brown, 54, and American business executives slammed into a mountainside today as it approached the airport at Dubrovnik, on the Adriatic coast of Croatia, killing all 35 people aboard.
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Soap operas ‘As the World Turns’ and ‘The Edge of Night’ premiere on CBS-TV 70 years ago this afternoon (Apr 2 1956)
Video: 'ATWT 4 10 57'
(Monday, April 2, 1956, 1:30 p.m./4:30 p.m. EST) — The television soap operas As the World Turns and The Edge of Night premiered this afternoon on CBS. Continue reading Soap operas ‘As the World Turns’ and ‘The Edge of Night’ premiere on CBS-TV 70 years ago this afternoon (Apr 2 1956)
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Masaharu Homma executed by firing squad for Bataan Death March 80 years ago this hour (Apr 3 1946)
Video: 'Execution of Japanese General Responsible for the Bataan death March in Philippines - Masaharu Homma'
(Wednesday, April 3, 1946, 12:53 a.m. Philippine Standard Time) — Lieut. Gen. Masaharu Homma, the 58-year-old Japanese commander held responsible for the Bataan Death March that killed 17,200 American and Filipino captives, was executed by firing squad today in Los Baños, Laguna, a few kilometers from the former internment camp at the University of the Philippines Los Baños
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Wings release ‘Silly Love Songs’/’Cook of the House’ single 50 years ago today (Apr 2 1976)
Video: 'Wings - Silly Love Songs (Official Music Video)'
(Friday, April 2, 1976) — The single “Silly Love Songs“/”Cook of the House” by ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and his British-American band Wings was released today in the U.S. (Apr. 30, 1976, in the UK), the first single from the group’s album Wings at the Speed of Sound. Continue reading Wings release ‘Silly Love Songs’/’Cook of the House’ single 50 years ago today (Apr 2 1976)
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‘Woman’ by Peter and Gordon peaks at #14 in USA 60 years ago today (Apr 2 1966)
(Saturday, April 2, 1966) — “Woman” by Peter and Gordon (written by Paul McCartney of The Beatles under a pseudonym) peaked at #14 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Woman’ by Peter and Gordon peaks at #14 in USA 60 years ago today (Apr 2 1966)
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Four killed as bomb rips TWA plane on way to Athens 40 years ago this hour (Apr 2 1986)
Video: 'T 780 NIghtline Bombing of TWA 840 TWA bombing April 2, 1986'
(Wednesday, April 2, 1986, 2:32 p.m. Eastern European Summer Time) — Four American passengers, including an 8-month-old girl, her mother and grandmother, were killed today when a terrorist bomb exploded aboard a TWA jetliner en route from Rome to Athens, Greece. Continue reading Four killed as bomb rips TWA plane on way to Athens 40 years ago this hour (Apr 2 1986)
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‘Temperature’ by Sean Paul peaks at #1 in USA 20 years ago today (Apr 1 2006)
(Saturday, April 1, 2006) — “Temperature” by Sean Paul peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
