(Saturday, March 12, 1966) — “Batman Theme” by The Marketts peaked at #17 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Batman Theme’ by The Marketts peaks at #17 in USA 60 years ago today (Mar 12 1966)
‘Batman Theme’ by Neal Hefti peaks at #35 in USA 60 years ago today (Mar 12 1966)
(Saturday, March 12, 1966) — “Batman Theme” by Neal Hefti peaked at #35 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Batman Theme’ by Neal Hefti peaks at #35 in USA 60 years ago today (Mar 12 1966)
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‘Keep On Running’ by The Spencer Davis Group peaks at #76 in USA 60 years ago today (Mar 12 1966)
(Saturday, March 12, 1966) — “Keep On Running” by The Spencer Davis Group peaked at #76 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Keep On Running’ by The Spencer Davis Group peaks at #76 in USA 60 years ago today (Mar 12 1966)
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‘Please Please Me/There’s A Place’ episode airs on ‘The Beatles’ cartoon series 60 years ago this hour (Mar 12 1966)
Video: 'The Beatles Cartoons - 25'
(Saturday, March 12, 1966, 10:30 a.m. EST) — While in Spain, the Beatles decide to go out and have a picnic, and later, the band is rehearsing for a television appearance but are having difficulty due to an ape in a cage on this morning’s episode of The Beatles, a weekly cartoon television series on ABC.
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Churchill visits FDR’s grave for first time 80 years ago today (Mar 12 1946)
(Tuesday, March 12, 1946) — Solemnly and without words, Winston Churchill walked through a century-old hemlock hedge today and into a rose garden where he placed a wreath on the grave of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the man who had shared his heaviest burdens during one the supreme periods of history (click here to watch video of Churchill’s visit to FDR’s grave at 2:18:31).
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Auschwitz concentration camp commandant Rudolf Höss arrested in northern Germany 80 years ago this hour (Mar 11 1946)
Video: 'The Rough Arrest Of The Commandant Of Auschwitz'
(Monday, March 11, 1946, approximately 11:00 p.m. Central European Time) — A ten-month manhunt for one of the world’s most wanted war criminals ended tonight when a British Field Security team burst into a farmhouse in the small village of Gottrupel, near the German town of Flensburg, close to the Danish border and dragged Rudolf Höss from his bed. Continue reading Auschwitz concentration camp commandant Rudolf Höss arrested in northern Germany 80 years ago this hour (Mar 11 1946)
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‘You’re Beautiful’ by James Blunt peaks at #1 in USA 20 years ago today (Mar 11 2006)
(Saturday, March 11, 2006) — “You’re Beautiful” by James Blunt peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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Georgia pardons Jewish businessman Leo Frank 40 years ago today (Mar 11 1986)
Video: 'The People Vs. Leo Frank'
(Tuesday, March 11, 1986) — The State of Georgia awarded a posthumous pardon today to Leo Frank, a Jewish businessman who was lynched in 1915 for the murder of 13-year-old Mary Phagan. Continue reading Georgia pardons Jewish businessman Leo Frank 40 years ago today (Mar 11 1986)
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Sukarno yields powers to army to curb unrest 60 years ago this hour (Mar 11 1966)
(Friday, March 11, 1966, at about 7:00 p.m. West Indonesia Time) — The “Transition to the New Order” took place tonight in Indonesia when President Sukarno signed a document that effectively surrendered nearly all of his powers to his Defense Minister, General Suharto, leaving Sukarno as the nominal head of state but only a figurehead.
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Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call 150 years ago this hour (Mar 10 1876)
Video: 'The First Telephone'
(Friday, March 10, 1876, around 7:00 p.m. local time) — Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant, Thomas Watson, today heard Bell say over his experimental telephone: “Mr. Watson — come here — I want to see you” from the next room of Bell’s Boston laboratory.
