This Day In History

July 29th

1914 - The first transcontinental telephone service inaugurated when two people held a conversation between New York and  San Francisco
1958  The US space agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was authorized by Congress
1981  England's Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer were married in St. Paul's Cathedral in London
1985  General Motors announced that Spring Hill, Tennessee would be the new home of the Saturn automobile

1938  Journalist Peter Jennings
1949  Marilyn Quayle Tucker of US Vice President Dan Quale

Top of the Chart Hits Courtesy of...

1957

• Teddy Bear - Elvis Presley

• Jenny Jenny - Little Richard

• C.C. Rider - Chuck Willis

• Old Cape Cod - Patti Page

1965

• Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones

• What's New Pussycat? - Tom Jones

• What the World Needs Now is Love - Jackie DeShannon

• Crying in the Chapel - Elvis Presley

1973

• Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce

• Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple

• Diamond Girl - Seals and Crofts

• You Were Always There - Donna Fargo

1981

• The One that You Love - Air Supply

• Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield

• Slow Hand - Pointer Sisters

• Feels So Right - Alabama

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