(Saturday, February 13, 1971) — “One Bad Apple” by The Osmonds peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for five consecutive weeks (Feb. 13/20/27, Mar. 6/13, 1971).
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‘Rose Garden’ by Lynn Anderson peaks at #3 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 13 1971)
(Saturday, February 13, 1971) — “Rose Garden” by Lynn Anderson peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
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‘Calcutta’ by Lawrence Welk peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 13 1961)
(Monday, February 13, 1961) — “Calcutta” by Lawrence Welk peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (Feb. 13/20, 1961).
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‘Calendar Girl’ by Neil Sedaka peaks at #4 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 13 1961)
(Monday, February 13, 1961) — “Calendar Girl” by Neil Sedaka peaked at #4 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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John Lennon begins recording his ‘Imagine’ studio album near London 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 11 1971)
Video: 'It's So Hard (Take 6)'
(Thursday, February 11, 1971) — Former Beatle John Lennon began tracking his second solo studio album today, holding his inaugural recording session at Ascot Sound Studios (ASS), a studio built by Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, on the grounds of Tittenhurst Park, their 72-acre estate 26 miles west of London.
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President-elect Abraham Lincoln bids farewell to adopted hometown of Springfield, Illinois 160 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 11 1861)
Video: 'Lincoln's Farewell Address to Springfield'
(Monday, February 11, 1861, 8:00 a.m. local time) — With the country on the brink of civil war over the issue of slavery, U.S. President-elect Abraham Lincoln departed his adopted hometown of Springfield, Illinois, today en route to his inauguration in the nation’s capital on Mar. 4, 1861.
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Apollo 14 astronauts land within a mile of target after a ‘terrific flight’ to the Moon 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 9 1971)
Video: 'Apollo 14 CBS' (72 videos; Apollo 14 splashdowns on video #50 at 10:17)
(Tuesday, February 9, 1971, 4:05 p.m. EST/21:05:00 UTC) — The Apollo 14 astronauts rode their spaceship to a safe, successful and precise splashdown in the Pacific Ocean today, marking the end of the nation’s 24th manned space flight, the sixth mission to the moon and the third to have landed men who explored that desolate world some 238,000 miles from the earth.
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‘Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)’ by C+C Music Factory featuring Martha Wash and Freedom Williams peaks at #1 in USA 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 9 1991)
(Saturday, February 9, 1991) — “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)” by C+C Music Factory featuring Martha Wash and Freedom Williams peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (Feb. 9/16, 1991).
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Satchel Paige becomes first Negro League player voted into baseball’s Hall of Fame 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 9 1971)
Video: 'Satchel Paige Biography'
(Tuesday, February 9, 1971) — Pitcher Satchel Paige became the first primarily Negro League player to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, today.
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Jefferson Davis elected provisional president of the Confederate States of America 160 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 9 1861)
Video: 'Jefferson Davis - First President of the Confederacy | Mini Bio | BIO'
(Friday, February 9, 1861) — One day after adopting a provisional constitution forming the Confederate States of America (CSA), the Confederate States Congress, meeting today in the Alabama Capitol at Montgomery, unanimously chose former U.S. Secretary of War and U.S. Senator Jefferson Davis as Provisional President and former U.S. Rep. Alexander H. Stephens as Provisional Vice President.
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