Headlines & Tidbits from the 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s & 80s
World News & the American Experience:
1962 – Dr Watson (US) & Drs Crick & Wilkins (Britain) won Nobel Prize for Medicine for work in determining structure of DNA.
1964 – Martin Luther King Jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize.
1969 – On Vietnam Moratorium Day millions across the country protested the war.
1982 – President Reagan proclaimed War Against Drugs.
Movies & TV:
1950 – The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show made its debut on CBS-TV.
1951 – “I Love Lucy” premiered on CBS-TV.
1955 – The “Grand Ole Opry” debuted live on ABC-TV.
1956 – “Love Me Tender” with Elvis Presley premiered.
1973 – The show “Tomorrow” with Tom Snyder premiered on NBC-TV.
Music & Radio:
1939 – “The Right to Happiness” was broadcast on NBC radio for the first time. The show lasted 21 years.
1943 – “Perry Mason” was broadcast on CBS radio for the first time.
1957 – The Everly Brothers’ “Wake Up Little Susie” reached #1.
1958 – Warren Covington conducted the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra in the #7 hit tune, “Tea for Two Cha Cha.” It was the last big band hit to climb the charts.
1968 – Janis Joplin with Big Brother and the Holding Company had their album “Cheap Thrills” go to #1 and stay there for 8 weeks.
1971 – Donnie Osmond received a gold record for his cover of the Steve Lawrence hit, “Go Away Little Girl.”
1972 – Chuck Berry’s “My Ding-a-ling,” was #1.
1973 – The Rolling Stones’ “Goat’s Head Soup” was the number one album in the U.S.
1976 – Stevie Wonder’s album, “Songs in the Key of Life” soared to #1 and stayed there for 14 weeks.
1979 – Michael Jackson went to #1 with “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough.”
The Arts:
1962 – “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” opened on Broadway.
1967 – “Hair” premiered on Broadway.
1971 – “Jesus Christ Superstar” opened on Broadway.
Celebrity Headlines:
1944 – The “Columbus Day Riot” took place in New York’s Times Square. 25,000 Teenage Bobbysoxers thronged the Paramount Theatre trying to see Frank Sinatra and ended up causing a major traffic jam, as they would not leave the streets.
1963 – The Term “Beatlemania” is coined after Beatles appear at the London Palladium.
1974 – Ed Sullivan, TV host, died at 73.
1977 – Bing Crosby suffered a fatal heart attack while playing golf at a course near Madrid, Spain.
1978 – Sid Vicious was charged for the murder of girlfriend Nancy Spungen.
Automobile News:
1957 – Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra did a special on ABC-TV to introduce the Edsel, the Ford Motor Company’s newest automobile.
Famous Birthdays:
1918 – Rita Hayworth, actress
1938 – Robert “Evel” Knievel, motorcyclist
1941 – Paul Simon, singer and musician
1942 – Penny Marshall, actress
1946 – Suzanne Somers
1959 – Marie Osmond, singer, actress
1962 – Jerry Rice, NFL wide receiver
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