(Saturday, July 19, 1980) — “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me” by Billy Joel peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (July 19/26, 1980). Continue reading ‘It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me’ by Billy Joel peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 19 1980)
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‘Little Jeannie’ by Elton John peaks at #3 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 19 1980)
(Saturday, July 19, 1980) — “Little Jeannie” by Elton John peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for four weeks. Continue reading ‘Little Jeannie’ by Elton John peaks at #3 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 19 1980)
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Moscow Summer Olympics begin despite U.S. boycott over Soviet invasion of Afghanistan 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 19 1980)
Video: 'The 1980 Moscow Olympics Boycott | Flashback | NBC News'
(Saturday, July 19, 1980, 4:00 p.m. Moscow Standard Time; during the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott) — Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev opened the XXII Olympic Games today at Central Lenin Stadium in a ceremony ringed in by tens of thousands of uniformed soldiers and policemen and marred by the boycott by the United States and scores of other countries protesting Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan. Continue reading Moscow Summer Olympics begin despite U.S. boycott over Soviet invasion of Afghanistan 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 19 1980)
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FDR accepts nomination for unprecedented third term 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 19 1940)
Video: 'DNC (July 19th 1940)'
(Friday, July 19, 1940, 12:14 a.m. EDT; during the 1940 Democratic National Convention) — From the White House in Washington, D.C., President Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York accepted the Democratic presidential nomination tonight in a radio address to delegates attending the 1940 Democratic National Convention at Chicago Stadium (where it was July 18, 1940, 11:14 p.m. CDT), becoming the first president in the history of the United States to gain or accept a third-term nomination for the high office.
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‘I’m Sorry’ by Brenda Lee peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 18 1960)
(Monday, July 18, 1960) — “I’m Sorry” by Brenda Lee peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three consecutive weeks (July 18/25, Aug. 1, 1960).
Continue reading ‘I’m Sorry’ by Brenda Lee peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 18 1960)
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‘When Will I Be Loved’ by The Everly Brothers peaks at #8 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 18 1960)
(Monday, July 18, 1960) — “When Will I Be Loved” by The Everly Brothers peaked at #8 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
Continue reading ‘When Will I Be Loved’ by The Everly Brothers peaks at #8 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 18 1960)
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Reagan accepts Republican presidential nomination 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 17 1980)
Video: 'Ronald Reagan's Acceptance Speech at Republican National Convention, July 17, 1980'
(Thursday, July 17, 1980, approximately 10:00 p.m. EDT; during the 1980 Republican National Convention) — Former Governor Ronald W. Reagan of California accepted the Republican presidential nomination tonight at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit with a call to Americans to “recapture our destiny” by replacing President Jimmy Carter’s “trust me” philosophy of government with a new American compact that puts trust in the people and returns many federal functions to the state and local level.
Continue reading Reagan accepts Republican presidential nomination 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 17 1980)
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District of Columbia designated as permanent seat of U.S. government 230 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 16 1790)
Video: 'Building a Nation's Capital: Washington D.C. | The B1M'
(Friday, July 16, 1790) — U.S. President George Washington today signed the Residence Act into law, establishing a site along the Potomac River as the District of Columbia and the future site of the capital of the United States.
The move came after the bill was narrowly approved on July 1 by the Senate, 14 to 12, and on July 9 by the House, 32 to 29.
At the same time, plans were made to move the national capital from New York to Philadelphia until the Potomac River site could be completed.
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John F. Kennedy accepts Democratic presidential nomination 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 15 1960)
Video: '1960 John F. Kennedy Democratic Convention Acceptance Speech'
(Friday, July 15, 1960 8:00-8:25 p.m. PDT; during the 1960 Democratic National Convention) — Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts accepted the Democratic presidential nomination tonight at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum with a warning that the national road to a “New Frontier” called for more sacrifices, not more luxuries. Continue reading John F. Kennedy accepts Democratic presidential nomination 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 15 1960)
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BP stops oil flow from blown-out well in Gulf of Mexico 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 15 2010)
Video: 'July 15, 2010 CNN Anderson Cooper: BP OIL STOPS LEAKING! Part 1 of 5'
(Thursday, July 15, 2010, 2:25 p.m. CDT; during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill) — BP announced today it had capped its crippled underwater well that sent 4.9 million barrels of crude gushing into the Gulf of Mexico over the previous three months after an offshore drilling rig explosion and fire killed 11 workers Apr. 20, 2010, and unleashed an unchecked torrent from the depths. Continue reading BP stops oil flow from blown-out well in Gulf of Mexico 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 15 2010)
