This Day In History

July 24th

1866  Tennessee bacame the first state to be redmitted into the Union after the Civil War
1946  US detonated the atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific in its first underwater test (this is why the "new" 2-piece swimsuits were called bikinis, due to lack of material)
1974  The US Supreme Court unaminousluy ruled that US President Richard M. Nixon had to turn over subpoened White House tape recordings to the Watergate special prosecutor
1987  91-year-old Hulda Crooks climbed Mt. Fuji and became the oldest person to climb Japan's highest peak

1897  Aviator Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic ocean
1936  Comedienne Ruth Buzzi
1949  Actor Michael Richards
1951  Actress Lynda Carter

Top of the Chart Hits Courtesy of...

1962

• Roses Are Red - Bobby Vinton

• Sealed with a Kiss - Brian Hyland

• Johnny Get Angry - Joanie Sommers

• Wolverton Mountain - Claude King

1970

• Mama Told Me Not to Come - Three Dog Night

• Close to You - Carpenters

• O-o-h Child - The Five Stairsteps

• He Loves Me All the Way - Tammy Wynette

1978

• Shadow Dancing - Andy Gibb

• Miss You - The Rolling Stones

• Three Times a Lady - Commodores

• Only One Love in My Life - Ronnie Milsap

1986

• Invisible Touch - Genesis

• Danger Zone - Kenny Loggins

• Glory of Love - Peter Cetera

• Until I Met You - Judy Rodman

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