(Saturday, July 11, 1987) — “Alone” by Heart peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three consecutive weeks (July 11/18/25, 1987). Continue reading ‘Alone’ by Heart peaks at #1 in USA 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (July 11 1987)
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‘Undercover Angel’ by Alan O’Day peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay (Jul 9 1977)
(Saturday, July 9, 1977) — “Undercover Angel” by Alan O’Day peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Undercover Angel’ by Alan O’Day peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay (Jul 9 1977)
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U.S., Russian board opens Korea talks 70 years ago today #OnThisDay #OTD (May 21 1947)
Video: 'Korean War - PART 2, Prelude to war (1946-1947) 6.25 ??' (May 1947, at 5:57)
(Wednesday, May 21, 1947) — The joint United States-Soviet Commission on Korea, comprising of five American and five Russian delegates, reconvened today at the Duk Soo Palace in Seoul, to discuss the creation of a united Korean government.
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Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) founded 70 years ago today (May 7 1946)
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(Tuesday, May 7, 1946) — Sony Corporation had its beginnings as the Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corp. was founded today in the Japanese capital by Akio Morita and Masaru Ibuka.
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‘For a Few Dollars More’ released in Italy 50 years ago today (Dec 18 1965)
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(Saturday, December 18, 1965) — For a Few Dollars More, an Italian spaghetti western film about two bounty hunters who join forces to bring an outlaw to justice, was released today in Italy.
Directed by Sergio Leone, the film starred Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonté, Luigi Pistilli, Aldo Sambrell, Klaus Kinski and Mario Brega.
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PLO leader Yasser Arafat calls for Palestinian state at UN 40 years ago this hour (Nov 13 1974)
Video: 'Yasser Arafat's Speech at the UN General Assembly Olive Branch Speech'
(Wednesday, November 13, 1974, 11:40 a.m. EST) — Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Chairman Yasser Arafat addressed the U.N. General Assembly, the first representative of a non-governmental entity to do so, calling for creation of a Palestinian state in which Muslims, Jews and Christians could live in peace. Continue reading PLO leader Yasser Arafat calls for Palestinian state at UN 40 years ago this hour (Nov 13 1974)
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First Nazi concentration camp liberated 70 years ago today (July 24 1944)
Video: 'World at War - Genocide' (July 24, 1944, at 1:34)
(Monday, July 24, 1944; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — Soviet forces liberated the Majdanek concentration camp on the outskirts of the city of Lublin in eastern Poland today, the first to be liberated from Nazi control. Continue reading First Nazi concentration camp liberated 70 years ago today (July 24 1944)
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Hitler injured in failed assassination bombing attempt 70 years ago this hour (July 20 1944)
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(Thursday, July 20, 1944, between 12:40 and 12:50 p.m. ; during World War II) — An attempt by a group of German officials to assassinate Adolf Hitler, Führer of the Third Reich, with a bomb inside his Wolf’s Lair field headquarters near Rastenburg, East Prussia, Germany (today K?trzyn, Warmia-Masuria, Poland), failed today as the explosion only wounded the Nazi leader. Continue reading Hitler injured in failed assassination bombing attempt 70 years ago this hour (July 20 1944)
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Dulles asks for action against communism 60 years ago today (Mar 4 1954)
Video: '45 85 Part 6' (Mar. 4, 1954, at 4:12)
(Thursday, March 4, 1954; during the Cold War) — Speaking before the 10th Inter-American Conference, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles warned today that “international communism” is making inroads in the Western Hemisphere and asked the nations of Latin America to condemn this danger.
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Leonard Bernstein debuts as Philharmonic conductor 70 years ago this hour (1943)
Video: 'Strauss Don Quixote op.35 - Bernstein - NYP 1943'
(Sunday, November 14, 1943, 3:00 p.m. EWT) — Leonard Bernstein, 25, made his public debut today as conductor of the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. Bernstein filled in at the last minute for Bruno Walter, who became sick prior to a nationally broadcast concert on CBS radio.
