(Saturday, February 24, 1962) — “The Wanderer” by Dion peaked at #2 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘The Wanderer’ by Dion peaks at #2 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 24 1962)
Nearly 800 Jewish refugees killed when Soviet sub torpedoes MV Struma in Black Sea 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 24 1942)
Video: 'The Struma- A Never Ending Sadness'
(Tuesday, February 24, 1942, morning Eastern European Time; during the Struma disaster, part of The Holocaust and World War II) — The MV Struma, a charter ship attempting to carry nearly 800 Jewish refugees from Axis-allied Romania to Mandatory Palestine, was torpedoed by a Soviet submarine today in the Black Sea; all but one of the refugees perished. Continue reading Nearly 800 Jewish refugees killed when Soviet sub torpedoes MV Struma in Black Sea 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 24 1942)
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Japanese sub fires on California oil refinery in first shelling of U.S. mainland during World War II 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 23 1942)
Video: 'California Attacked: The Shelling of Ellwood Beach - Decades TV Network'
(Monday, February 23, 1942, approximately 7:15 p.m. PWT; during the Bombardment of Ellwood in the American Theater of World War II) — The first shelling of the U.S. mainland during World War II occurred today as Japanese submarine I-17 surfaced off the coast of California and fired 25 shells at an oil refinery near Santa Barbara. Continue reading Japanese sub fires on California oil refinery in first shelling of U.S. mainland during World War II 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 23 1942)
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‘Always on Time’ by Ja Rule featuring Ashanti peaks at #1 in USA 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 23 2002)
(Saturday, February 23, 2002) — “Always on Time” by Ja Rule featuring Ashanti peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for the first of two consecutive weeks (Feb. 23/Mar. 2, 2002). Continue reading ‘Always on Time’ by Ja Rule featuring Ashanti peaks at #1 in USA 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 23 2002)
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U.S. President George Washington born at Popes Creek in Westmoreland County, Virginia 290 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 22 1732)
Video: 'George Washington: America’s First President & the Birth of a Nation | Full Documentary | Biography'
(Tuesday, February 22, 1732) — George Washington, an American soldier, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797, was born today at Popes Creek in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Continue reading U.S. President George Washington born at Popes Creek in Westmoreland County, Virginia 290 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 22 1732)
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Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong hosts U.S. President Richard Nixon in Beijing 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 21 1972)
Video: 'History: Feb 1972 President Nixon to China (4/6) 1972/2/21' (Nixon meets with Mao at 6:29)
(Monday, February 21, 1972, 2:50-3:55 p.m. China Standard Time; during the 1972 visit by Richard Nixon to China and the Cold War) — Three hours and 20 minutes after he arrived in Beijing, U.S. President Richard M. Nixon’s week-long summit conference in China quickly reached a high point today with a surprise meeting with Chairman Mao Zedong, the enshrined leader of the Communist rulers of China. Continue reading Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong hosts U.S. President Richard Nixon in Beijing 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 21 1972)
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U.S. President Richard Nixon begins historic visit to People’s Republic of China as he arrives in Beijing 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 21 1972)
Video: 'Nixon in China: The Week that Changed the World' (Feb. 21, 1972, at 1:51)
(Monday, February 21, 1972, 11:30 a.m. China Standard Time; during the 1972 visit by Richard Nixon to China and the Cold War) — President Richard Nixon and his wife, Pat, arrived in Beijing this morning to mark the end of a generation of hostility between the United States and China and to begin a new but still undefined relationship between the most powerful (the U.S.) and the most populous (China) of nations on Earth.. Continue reading U.S. President Richard Nixon begins historic visit to People’s Republic of China as he arrives in Beijing 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 21 1972)
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President Abraham Lincoln’s third son, 11-year-old Willie, dies of typhoid fever at the White House 160 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 20 1862)
Video: 'The Death of Willie Lincoln'
(Thursday, February 20, 1862, 5:00 p.m. local time; during the American Civil War) — William Wallace “Willie” Lincoln, the third son of President Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln, died today of typhoid fever at the White House in Washington, D.C. He was only 11 years old. Continue reading President Abraham Lincoln’s third son, 11-year-old Willie, dies of typhoid fever at the White House 160 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 20 1862)
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‘Abacab’ by Genesis peaks at #26 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 20 1982)
(Saturday, February 20, 1982) — “Abacab” by Genesis peaked at #26 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Abacab’ by Genesis peaks at #26 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 20 1982)
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‘Godspeed, John Glenn’: Astronaut becomes first American to orbit Earth 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 20 1962)
Video: 'Friendship 7 (Full Mission 01)'
(Tuesday, February 20, 1962, 9:47:39 a.m.-2:43:02 p.m. EST) — The United States placed an astronaut into orbit for the first time today as John Glenn, 40, was sent aloft by an Atlas LV-3B launch vehicle lifting off from Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard the Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7. Continue reading ‘Godspeed, John Glenn’: Astronaut becomes first American to orbit Earth 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 20 1962)
