(Saturday, March 30, 1968) — “Valleri” by The Monkees peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Valleri’ by The Monkees peaks at #3 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 30 1968)
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‘(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You’ve Been Gone’ by Aretha Franklin peaks at #5 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 30 1968)
(Saturday, March 30, 1968) — “(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You’ve Been Gone” by Aretha Franklin at #5 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for five weeks. Continue reading ‘(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You’ve Been Gone’ by Aretha Franklin peaks at #5 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 30 1968)
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‘Tapioca Tundra’ by The Monkees peaks at #34 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 30 1968)
(Saturday, March 30, 1968) — “Tapioca Tundra” by The Monkees peaked at #34 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Tapioca Tundra’ by The Monkees peaks at #34 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 30 1968)
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‘The Unknown Soldier’ by The Doors debuts at #79 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 30 1968)
(Saturday, March 30, 1968) — “The Unknown Soldier” by The Doors debuted today at #79, the band’s fourth appearance on Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart since June 3, 1967. Continue reading ‘The Unknown Soldier’ by The Doors debuts at #79 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 30 1968)
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‘Up from the Skies’ by The Jimi Hendrix Experience peaks at #82 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 30 1968)
(Saturday, March 30, 1968) — “Up from the Skies” by The Jimi Hendrix Experience peaked at #82 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Up from the Skies’ by The Jimi Hendrix Experience peaks at #82 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 30 1968)
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‘The Inner Light’ by The Beatles peaks at #96 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 30 1968)
(Saturday, March 30, 1968) — “The Inner Light” by The Beatles, released as the B-side to “Lady Madonna,” both debuted and peaked at #96 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘The Inner Light’ by The Beatles peaks at #96 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 30 1968)
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The Doors perform at The Kaleidoscope in Hollywood 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 29 1968)
Video: 'The Doors Kaleidoscope 1968'
(Friday, March 29, 1968) — The Doors performed tonight at The Kaleidoscope on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. Continue reading The Doors perform at The Kaleidoscope in Hollywood 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 29 1968)
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Boy, 16, killed as Memphis march turns violent 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 28 1968)
Video: 'Eyes On The Prize - (Part 10) The Promised Land 1967–1968' (Mar. 28, 1968, at 29:16)
(Thursday, March 28, 1968, march began shortly after 11 a.m. CST; during the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–1968)) — Larry Payne, a 16-year-old African-American youth, was shot to death by police today in violence surrounding a massive protest march that was led through downtown Memphis by the Rev. Dr. Martin. Luther King Jr. Continue reading Boy, 16, killed as Memphis march turns violent 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 28 1968)
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First human in space dies in routine training flight 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 27 1968)
Video: 'Last flight of Yury Gagarin: What killed the space icon'
(Wednesday, March 27, 1968, 10:31 a.m. MSK; during the Cold War) — Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human to journey into outer space in 1961, died today when his MiG-15 jet crashed during a routine training flight near the town of Kirzhach.
Gagarin was 34.
Video: 'Life and the tragic death of Yuri Gagarin' (Mar. 27, 1968, at 26:41)
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LBJ’s ‘wise men’ turn against Vietnam War 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 26 1968)
Video: 'Our World Winter 1968 Part 4' (Mar. 26, 1968, at 3:24)
(Tuesday, March 26, 1968, 1:15 p.m. EST; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — After long supporting and encouraging President Lyndon Johnson’s conduct of the Vietnam War, a majority of his foreign policy experts, a group of elder statesmen and retired generals informally known as “the Wise Men,” informed him bluntly today at the White House that “an American military solution in Vietnam was no longer attainable” and that he should take steps to disengage the U.S. from further participation. Continue reading LBJ’s ‘wise men’ turn against Vietnam War 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 26 1968)
