(Saturday, July 22, 2000) — “Bent” by Matchbox Twenty peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Bent’ by Matchbox Twenty peaks at #1 in USA 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 22 2000)
‘She Ain’t Worth It’ by Glenn Medeiros featuring Bobby Brown peaks at #1 in USA 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 21 1990)
(Saturday, July 21, 1990) — “She Ain’t Worth It” by Glenn Medeiros featuring Bobby Brown peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (July 21/28, 1990). Continue reading ‘She Ain’t Worth It’ by Glenn Medeiros featuring Bobby Brown peaks at #1 in USA 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 21 1990)
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‘Absolutely Live’ album by The Doors released 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 20 1970)
Video: 'THE DOORS - ABSOLUTELY LIVE (1970) FULL ALBUM' (21 videos)
(Monday, July 20, 1970) — Absolutely Live, the first live album by the American rock band The Doors, was released today. Continue reading ‘Absolutely Live’ album by The Doors released 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 20 1970)
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Sirimavo Bandaranaike becomes first elected female head of government 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 20 1960)
Video: 'SIRIMAVO BANDARANAIKE, WORLD'S FIRST FEMALE PRIME MINISTER (SRI LANKA'S IRON LADY)'
(Wednesday, July 20, 1960) — Sirimavo Bandaranaike became the world’s first elected female head of government today after her Sri Lanka Freedom Party won a majority in elections in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Continue reading Sirimavo Bandaranaike becomes first elected female head of government 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 20 1960)
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‘Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)’ by Glenn Miller peaks at #1 in USA 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 20 1940)
(Saturday, July 20, 1940) — “Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)” by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra (vocal refrain by Ray Eberle) peaked at #1 on today’s Your Hit Parade weekly music chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)’ by Glenn Miller peaks at #1 in USA 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 20 1940)
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Nixon welcomes Bush, Reagan and Ford at library dedication 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 19 1990)
Video: 'CBS Evening News July 19, 1990 Part 1' (Nixon library at 2:27)
(Thursday, July 19, 1990, pre-ceremony introductions underway by 10:18 a.m. PDT, Bush spoke at 10:55 a.m. PDT) — Almost 16 years after he resigned the presidency in disgrace, Richard M. Nixon was hailed today as a statesman and a peacemaker as he presided over the dedication of the $21 million Nixon Library and Birthplace (since re-designated the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum) in Yorba Linda, California (click here to watch today’s complete ceremony). Continue reading Nixon welcomes Bush, Reagan and Ford at library dedication 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 19 1990)
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‘It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me’ by Billy Joel peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 19 1980)
(Saturday, July 19, 1980) — “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me” by Billy Joel peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (July 19/26, 1980). Continue reading ‘It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me’ by Billy Joel peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 19 1980)
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‘Little Jeannie’ by Elton John peaks at #3 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 19 1980)
(Saturday, July 19, 1980) — “Little Jeannie” by Elton John peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for four weeks. Continue reading ‘Little Jeannie’ by Elton John peaks at #3 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 19 1980)
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Moscow Summer Olympics begin despite U.S. boycott over Soviet invasion of Afghanistan 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 19 1980)
Video: 'The 1980 Moscow Olympics Boycott | Flashback | NBC News'
(Saturday, July 19, 1980, 4:00 p.m. Moscow Standard Time; during the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott) — Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev opened the XXII Olympic Games today at Central Lenin Stadium in a ceremony ringed in by tens of thousands of uniformed soldiers and policemen and marred by the boycott by the United States and scores of other countries protesting Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan. Continue reading Moscow Summer Olympics begin despite U.S. boycott over Soviet invasion of Afghanistan 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 19 1980)
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FDR accepts nomination for unprecedented third term 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 19 1940)
Video: 'DNC (July 19th 1940)'
(Friday, July 19, 1940, 12:14 a.m. EDT; during the 1940 Democratic National Convention) — From the White House in Washington, D.C., President Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York accepted the Democratic presidential nomination tonight in a radio address to delegates attending the 1940 Democratic National Convention at Chicago Stadium (where it was July 18, 1940, 11:14 p.m. CDT), becoming the first president in the history of the United States to gain or accept a third-term nomination for the high office.
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