(Saturday, January 13, 1973) — “Sitting” by Cat Stevens peaked at #16 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Sitting’ by Cat Stevens peaks at #16 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 13 1973)
Category Archives: 1970s
Police in helicopter kill serial sniper and black nationalist on New Orleans hotel roof after he murdered nine people 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 7 1973)
Video: 'SYND 8-1-73 SCENES OF GUN BATTLE'
(Sunday, January 7, 1973, shortly before 9 p.m. CST) — After a day of terror in which 7 persons, including three police officers, were killed and 13 were wounded, New Orleans policemen, in a borrowed Marine helicopter, tonight killed sniper Mark Essex, a former Black Panther party member, with red tracer bullets. Continue reading Police in helicopter kill serial sniper and black nationalist on New Orleans hotel roof after he murdered nine people 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 7 1973)
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‘You’re So Vain’ by Carly Simon peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 6 1973)
(Saturday, January 6, 1973) — “You’re So Vain” by Carly Simon peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three weeks (January 6/13/20, 1973). Continue reading ‘You’re So Vain’ by Carly Simon peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 6 1973)
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‘Funny Face’ by Donna Fargo peaks at #5 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 6 1973)
(Saturday, January 6, 1973) — “Funny Face” by Donna Fargo peaked at #5 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Funny Face’ by Donna Fargo peaks at #5 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 6 1973)
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Ringo Starr interviewed for BBC Radio One’s ‘Scene and Heard’ 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 3 1973)
Video: 'The Beatles Tapes - Ringo Starr Interview Pt. 3 December 1973 David Wigg' (Jan. 3, 1973)
(Wednesday, January 3, 1973) — Ringo Starr of The Beatles was interviewed today by David Wigg at Apple Corps offices, 3 Savile Row, London, for the Jan. 6, 1973, edition of the BBC Radio One program Scene And Heard. Continue reading Ringo Starr interviewed for BBC Radio One’s ‘Scene and Heard’ 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 3 1973)
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Baseball star Roberto Clemente dies in crash of plane carrying aid to earthquake-ravaged Nicaragua 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 31 1972)
Video: 'The Crash of MLB Star Roberto Clemente DC 7 - TakingOff Ep 148'
(New Year’s Eve, Sunday, December 31, 1972, just after 9:23:15 p.m. Atlantic Standard Time; during the 1972 Puerto Rico DC-7 crash) —Roberto Clemente, the 38-year-old star outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, and four others were killed tonight when the DC-7 he had chartered and was traveling on to bring relief supplies to earthquake-stricken Nicaragua crashed into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after takeoff from Isla Verde International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Continue reading Baseball star Roberto Clemente dies in crash of plane carrying aid to earthquake-ravaged Nicaragua 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 31 1972)
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‘Clair’ by Gilbert O’Sullivan peaks at #2 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 30 1972)
(Saturday, December 30, 1972) — “Clair” by Gilbert O’Sullivan peaked at #2 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Clair’ by Gilbert O’Sullivan peaks at #2 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 30 1972)
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President Richard Nixon ends U.S. ‘Christmas Bombings’ of North Vietnam after Hanoi agrees to negotiate 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 30 1972)
Video: 'Wings over Vietnam - Part VIII of VIII - Linebacker II'
(Saturday, December 30, 1972, 9:45 a.m. EST; during Operation Linebacker II, part of the Vietnam War — part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — The White House announced today that President Richard Nixon had ordered a halt to “The Christmas Bombing” of North Vietnam above the 20th Parallel after the North Vietnamese agreed to resume negotiations for a settlement in Paris on Jan. 8, 1973. Continue reading President Richard Nixon ends U.S. ‘Christmas Bombings’ of North Vietnam after Hanoi agrees to negotiate 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 30 1972)
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101 killed as Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 crashes in Florida Everglades 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 29 1972)
Video: 'The Fatal And Devastating Crash Of Flight 401 | FULL EPISODE | Mayday: Air Disaster'
(Friday, December 29, 1972, 11:42 p.m. EST) — Eastern Air Lines Flight 401, a scheduled flight from New York JFK to Miami, crashed late tonight into the Florida Everglades near Miami International Airport, killing 101 of the 176 people aboard. Continue reading 101 killed as Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 crashes in Florida Everglades 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 29 1972)
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Former U.S. President Harry S. Truman, 88, dies in Kansas City, Missouri 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 26 1972)
Video: 'CBS Evening News 12 26 72'
(Tuesday, December 26, 1972, 7:50 a.m. CST) — Harry S. Truman, the 33rd President of the United States (1945–1953), died this morning after developing multiple organ failure at Research Hospital and Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. He was 88. Continue reading Former U.S. President Harry S. Truman, 88, dies in Kansas City, Missouri 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 26 1972)
