(Saturday, October 21, 1967) — “How Can I Be Sure” by The Young Rascals peaked at #4 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘How Can I Be Sure’ by The Young Rascals peaks at #4 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 21 1967)
‘Get on Up’ by The Esquires peaks at #11 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 21 1967)
(Saturday, October 21, 1967) — “Get on Up” by The Esquires peaked at #11 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three weeks. Continue reading ‘Get on Up’ by The Esquires peaks at #11 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 21 1967)
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‘Wait / I’m Only Sleeping’ episode airs on ‘The Beatles’ cartoon series finale 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 21 1967)
Video: 'The Beatles Cartoons Episode 39'
(Saturday, October 21, 1967, 12:00 noon-12:30 p.m. EDT) — The Beatles try to get the Prince of Krapotkin back to the castle before his Princess can marry someone else; later, John falls asleep while reading a story about the King Arthur legend to some children on this morning’s final episode of The Beatles, a weekly cartoon television series on ABC. Continue reading ‘Wait / I’m Only Sleeping’ episode airs on ‘The Beatles’ cartoon series finale 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 21 1967)
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‘Jailhouse Rock’ by Elvis Presley peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 21 1957)
Video: 'ELVIS PRESLEY - JAILHOUSE ROCK - REMASTERED [take 6] IN STEREO'
(Monday, October 21, 1957) — “Jailhouse Rock” by Elvis Presley peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for seven non-consecutive weeks (Oct. 21/28, Nov. 4/11/18/25, Dec. 16, 1957. Continue reading ‘Jailhouse Rock’ by Elvis Presley peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 21 1957)
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‘Chances Are’ by Johnny Mathis peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 21 1957)
(Monday, October 21, 1957) — “Chances Are” by Johnny Mathis peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Most Played by Jockeys chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Chances Are’ by Johnny Mathis peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 21 1957)
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Lynyrd Skynyrd’s tour plane crashes 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 20 1977)
Video: 'Story of Lynyrd Skynyrd' (Oct. 20, 1977, at 18:26)
(Thursday, October 20, 1977, 6:55 p.m. CDT) — A Convair CV-240 chartered by the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd ran out of fuel and crashed tonight in Gillsburg, Mississippi, near the end of its flight from Greenville, South Carolina, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Continue reading Lynyrd Skynyrd’s tour plane crashes 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 20 1977)
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‘Bigfoot’ filmed near Bluff Creek, California 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 20 1967)
Video: 'Patterson Gimlin Bigfoot film 1967, the best stabilization of all 5 parts of the film.'
(Friday, October 20, 1967, sometime between 1:15 p.m. and 1:40 p.m. PDT) — Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin filmed an unidentified animal today near Bluff Creek, California, which has been claimed to be “Bigfoot” or “Sasquatch.”
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The Beatles complete ‘The Fool on the Hill’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 20 1967)
Video: 'The Beatles - The Fool On The Hill (02, 1967, Stereo Remastered 2009)'
(Friday, October 20, 1967, 7:00 p.m.-3:45 a.m. BST) — The Beatles completed Paul McCartney’s “The Fool on the Hill” song tonight at EMI Studio 3 in London, overdubbing flutes for Magical Mystery Tour, the band’s next television film and record project. Continue reading The Beatles complete ‘The Fool on the Hill’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 20 1967)
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Congress investigates Communists in Hollywood 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 20 1947)
Video: 'Hollywood 'Red' Probe, HUAC Hearings Begin 1947/10/20'
(Monday, October 20, 1947, 10:30 a.m. EST; during the Second Red Scare and the Cold War) — The House Un-American Activities Committee opened hearings today in Washington, D.C., into alleged Communist influence and infiltration in the U.S. motion picture industry. Continue reading Congress investigates Communists in Hollywood 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 20 1947)
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Seven found guilty in ‘Mississippi Burning’ trial 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 20 1967)
Image: Neshoba County Sheriff Lawrence A. Rainey, right, and deputy Cecil Price, center, pass a Meridian policeman en route to court on Oct. 11, 1967.
(Friday, October 20, 1967, 9:12 a.m. CDT; during the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68)) — A federal jury of white Mississippians convicted Mississippi Deputy Sheriff Cecil R. Price and six other defendants today in Meridian, Mississippi, for participating in a Ku Klux Klan conspiracy to murder three young civil rights workers in 1964 in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Continue reading Seven found guilty in ‘Mississippi Burning’ trial 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 20 1967)
