This Day In History

July 15th

1888  The newspaper trade publication "Printers' Ink" was first sold
1904  The first Buddhist temple in the United States was established in Los Angeles, California
1922  The duck-billed platypus arrived in America direct from Australia and was exhibited at the Bronx Zoo in New York
1965  Spacecraft Mariner IV sent back close-up pictures of the planet Mars
1968  Commercial air travel began between the US and the former USSR (Russia)

1606  Artist Rembrandt Van Rijn
1939  Actor Patrick Wayne, son of actor John Wayne
1946  Singer Linda Ronstadt
1973  Actor Brian Austin Green

Top of the Chart Hits Courtesy of...

1955

• Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets

• Something's Gotta Give - The McGuire Sisters

• It's a Sin to Tell a Lie - Somethin' Smith and The Redheads

• Hummingbird - Les Paul and Mary Ford

1963

• Easier Said than Done - The Essex

• Surf City - Jan and Dean

• One Fine Day - The Chiffons

• Memphis - Lonnie Mack

1971

• It's Too Late/I Feel the Earth Move - Carole King

• Indian Reservation - Raiders

• You've Got a Friend - James Taylor

• When You're Hot, You're Hot - Jerry Reed

1979

• Bad Girls - Donna Summer

• Shine a Little Love - Electric Light Orchestra

• Gold - John Stewart

• Amanda - Waylon Jennings

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