(Saturday, July 17, 1982) — “Tainted Love” by Soft Cell peaked at #8 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Tainted Love’ by Soft Cell peaks at #8 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 17 1982)
‘Only the Lonely’ by The Motels peaks at #9 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 17 1982)
(Saturday, July 17, 1982) — “Only the Lonely” by The Motels peaked at #9 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for four weeks. Continue reading ‘Only the Lonely’ by The Motels peaks at #9 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 17 1982)
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‘Going To A Go-Go’ by The Rolling Stones peaks at #25 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 17 1982)
(Saturday, July 17, 1982) — “Going To A Go-Go” by The Rolling Stones peaked at #25 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three weeks. Continue reading ‘Going To A Go-Go’ by The Rolling Stones peaks at #25 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 17 1982)
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‘Full Circle’ studio album by The Doors released 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 17 1972)
Video: 'Full Circle' (9 videos)
(Monday, July 17, 1972) — Full Circle, the eighth studio album by The Doors, the band’s second LP after Jim Morrison’s death on July 3, 1971, with keyboardist Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger sharing lead vocals and John Densmore on drums, was released today. Continue reading ‘Full Circle’ studio album by The Doors released 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 17 1972)
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Top Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler begins two-day visit at Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 17 1942)
Video: 'The 100 Deadliest Days of the Holocaust Begin... - WAH 039 - July 1942, Pt .2' (Himmler at Auschwitz, July 17-18, 1942, at 2:28)
(Friday, July 17, 1942, late afternoon Central European Summer Time; part of The Holocaust, during World War II) — Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler, Germany’s Minister of the Interior, began a two-day visit to the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp today in Nazi-occupied Poland, his second and final visit to the facility that would witness the murders of 1.3 million people, about 90 percent of them Jewish, through 1945. Continue reading Top Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler begins two-day visit at Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 17 1942)
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Bill Clinton accepts Democratic presidential nomination in New York 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 16 1992)
Video: 'Democratic National Convention 1992 BILL CLINTON FULL SPEECH'
(Thursday, July 16, 1992, 10:25 p.m. EDT; during the 1992 Democratic National Convention) — Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas accepted the Democratic presidential nomination tonight at Madison Square Garden in New York City with a frontal assault on President George H.W. Bush, urging American voters to add the Republican incumbent to the employment lines because he hadn’t “changed a thing — except from bad to worse.” Continue reading Bill Clinton accepts Democratic presidential nomination in New York 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 16 1992)
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Woody Allen’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy’ film premieres in Los Angeles 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 15 1982)
Video: 'A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy' trailer
(Thursday, July 15, 1982, evening PDT) — A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy, an American sex comedy film about a wacky inventor and his wife who invite two other couples for a weekend party at a romantic summer house in the 1900s countryside, premiered tonight at the Mann Regent theater in Los Angeles. Continue reading Woody Allen’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy’ film premieres in Los Angeles 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 15 1982)
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American who fought with Taliban in Afghanistan pleads guilty to avoid life term 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 15 2002)
Video: 'An American In The Taliban | Flashback | NBC News' (July 15, 2002, at 2:38)
(Monday, July 15, 2002, morning EDT; during Operation Enduring Freedom, part of the War on terror and War in Afghanistan) — John Walker Lindh, a 21-year-old American traitor who was captured as an enemy combatant during the United States’ invasion of Afghanistan, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, to two felonies in a surprise deal with prosecutors sparing him life in prison. Continue reading American who fought with Taliban in Afghanistan pleads guilty to avoid life term 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 15 2002)
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‘Too Late to Turn Back Now’ by Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose peaks at #2 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 15 1972)
(Saturday, July 15, 1972) — “Too Late to Turn Back Now” by Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose peaked at #2 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Too Late to Turn Back Now’ by Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose peaks at #2 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 15 1972)
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‘Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to Be a Long, Long Time)’ by Elton John peaks at #6 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 15 1972)
(Saturday, July 15, 1972) — “Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to Be a Long, Long Time)” by Elton John peaked at #6 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to Be a Long, Long Time)’ by Elton John peaks at #6 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 15 1972)
