This Day In History

June 3rd

1621  The Dutch West Indies Company received a charter for the New Netherlands (New York).
1800  John Adams becomes the first President to live in the capital of the US, The White House of Washington, DC
1856  Cullen Whipple of Providence, Rhode Island patented the screw machine.
1871  Obocock Bank in Corydon, Iowa was robbed of $15,000 by 24-year-old Jesse James and his gang.
1959  The first class graduated from the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.
1965  Edward White became the first American to walk in space on the flight of Gemini 4.
1989  The Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran died -- no tears lost.

1888  The poem, Casey at the Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer frist published.
1969  Starlog: Episode 79: The final episode of Star Trek aired.

1808  President of the rebel Confederate States of America Jefferson Davis born in Christian County, Kentucky.
1925  Actor Tony Curtis (Bernard Schwartz)
1929  Producer/Host Chuck Barris

Top of the Chart Hits Courtesy of...

1957

• Love Letters in the Sand - Pat Boone

• A Teenager's Romance - Ricky Nelson

• I Like Your Kind of Love - Andy Williams

• Four Walls - Ferlin Husky

1958

• All I Have to Do is Dream - The Everly Brothers

• Do You Want to Dance - Bobby Freeman

• Book of Love - The Monotones

• The Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley

1965

• Help Me, Rhonda - The Beach Boys

• Wooly Bully - Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs

• It's Not Unusual - Tom Jones

• Engine Engine #9 - Roger Miller

1966

• When a Man Loves a Woman - Percy Sledge

• A Groovy Kind of Love - The Mindbenders

• Paint it, Black - The Rolling Stones

• Red Rubber Ball - Cyrkle

1973

• My Love - Paul McCartney & Wings

• I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby - Barry White

• Playground in My Mind - Clint Holmes

• Satin Sheets - Jeanne Pruett

1974

• The Streak - Ray Stevens

• You Make Me Feel Brand New - The Stylistics

• The Entertainer - Marvin Hamlisch

• Pure Love - Ronnie Milsap

1981

• Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes

• Angel of the Morning - Juice Newton

• Take It on the Run - REO Speedwagon

• Elvira - The Oak Ridge Boys

1982

• Ebony & Ivory - Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder

• Did It in a Minute - Daryl Hall & John Oates

• Don't You Want Me - The Human League

• Just to Satisfy You - Waylon & Willie

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