This Day In History

April 1 - - April Fool's Day

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1789  US House of Representatives holds its first full meeting in New York City.
1933  Nazi Germany began its persecution of Jews with a boycott of Jewish-owned businesses.
1945  American forces launched the invasion of Okinawa.
1953  Department of Health, Education &Welfare established.
1963  Daytime Soap Opera General Hospital began on ABC-TV.

1826  Samuel Morey of New Hampshire, patents the internal combustion engine.
1960  Tiros 1, the first weather satellite launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

1873  Composer Sergei Rachmaninoff born in Novgorod Province, Russia.
1947  Lawyer, Author and grandfather to the 34th US President, Dwight David Eisenhower II

Top of the Chart Hits Courtesy of... 

1958

• Tequila - The Champs

• Are You Sincere - Andy Williams

• Lollipop - The Chordettes

• Oh Lonesome Me - Don Gibson

1967

• Happy Together - The Turtles

• Dedicated to the One I Love - The Mamas & The Papas

• Penny Lane - The Beatles

• Somethin' Stupid - Nancy & Frank Sinatra

1976

• December 1963 (Oh, What a Night) - The Four Seasons

• Dream Weaver - Gary Wright

• Right Back Where We Started From - Maxine Nightingale

• Till the Rivers All Run Dry - Don Williams

1985

• One More Night - Phil Collins

• We are the World - USA for Africa

• Crazy for You - Madonna

• Crazy - Kenny Rogers

1999

• Baby One More Time - Britney Spears

• Its All Been Done Before - Bare Naked Ladies

• Believe - Cher

• Every Morning - Sugar Ray

• Save Tonight - Eagle Eye Cherry

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