(Saturday, March 3, 1962) — “Break It to Me Gently” by Brenda Lee peaked at #4 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Break It to Me Gently’ by Brenda Lee peaks at #4 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 3 1962)
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‘Crying in the Rain’ by The Everly Brothers peaks at #6 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 3 1962)
(Saturday, March 3, 1962) — “Crying in the Rain” by The Everly Brothers peaked at #6 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Crying in the Rain’ by The Everly Brothers peaks at #6 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 3 1962)
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Wilt Chamberlain scores NBA record 100 points in one game 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 2 1962)
Video: 'Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points in a single game'
(Friday, March 2, 1962, evening EST) — Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points tonight for the Philadelphia Warriors in a 169-147 victory over the New York Knicks in Hershey, Pennsylvania, an NBA record that still stands. Continue reading Wilt Chamberlain scores NBA record 100 points in one game 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 2 1962)
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‘To Serve Man’ episode airs on ‘The Twilight Zone’ 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 2 1962)
Video: 'To Serve Man' extended clip
(Friday, March 2, 1962, 10:00 p.m. EST) — The Kanamits, 9 foot tall aliens with ulterior motives, come to Earth, promising peace and sharing technology in “To Serve Man,” tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV anthology series The Twilight Zone (1959). Continue reading ‘To Serve Man’ episode airs on ‘The Twilight Zone’ 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 2 1962)
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‘The Wanderer’ by Dion peaks at #2 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 24 1962)
(Saturday, February 24, 1962) — “The Wanderer” by Dion peaked at #2 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘The Wanderer’ by Dion peaks at #2 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 24 1962)
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‘Godspeed, John Glenn’: Astronaut becomes first American to orbit Earth 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 20 1962)
Video: 'Friendship 7 (Full Mission 01)'
(Tuesday, February 20, 1962, 9:47:39 a.m.-2:43:02 p.m. EST) — The United States placed an astronaut into orbit for the first time today as John Glenn, 40, was sent aloft by an Atlas LV-3B launch vehicle lifting off from Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard the Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7. Continue reading ‘Godspeed, John Glenn’: Astronaut becomes first American to orbit Earth 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 20 1962)
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‘Duke of Earl’ by Gene Chandler peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 17 1962)
(Saturday, February 17, 1962) — “Duke of Earl” by Gene Chandler peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three consecutive weeks (Feb. 17/24, Mar. 3, 1962). Continue reading ‘Duke of Earl’ by Gene Chandler peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 17 1962)
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Earliest known film footage of The Beatles captured 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 10 1962)
Video: 'The Beatles at St. Paul´s Church 1962 First color footage [Best Quality]'
(Saturday, February 10, 1962, event scheduled to take place from 7:30-11:00 p.m. GMT) — The Beatles were filmed tonight performing at St Paul’s Presbyterian Church Hall on North Road in Tranmere, Birkenhead, England, a few miles southwest of their hometown of Liverpool. Continue reading Earliest known film footage of The Beatles captured 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 10 1962)
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Captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers exchanged for Soviet spy in Berlin 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 10 1962)
Video: '10th February 1962: Captured U-2 spy plane pilot Gary Powers freed in a prisoner exchange'
(Saturday, February 10, 1962, 8:52 a.m. Central European Time; during the 1960 U-2 incident, part of the Cold War) — The Soviet Union exchanged captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers in a well publicized spy swap for Soviet KGB Colonel Vilyam Fisher (aka Rudolf Abel), a Soviet colonel who was caught by the FBI and put in jail for espionage, today in Berlin, at the Glienicke Bridge between Wannsee and Potsdam. Continue reading Captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers exchanged for Soviet spy in Berlin 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 10 1962)
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‘Can’t Help Falling in Love’ by Elvis Presley peaks at #2 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 3 1962)
(Saturday, February 3, 1962) — “Can’t Help Falling in Love” by Elvis Presley peaked at #2 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Can’t Help Falling in Love’ by Elvis Presley peaks at #2 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 3 1962)
