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1984 Event - Prince's "Purple Rain," album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 24 weeks

1983 Event - Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 37 weeks

1981 Event - Olivia Newton-John's "Physical," single goes #1 and stays for 10 weeks

1979 Event - "My Sharonna" by the Knack hits #1 (stays for 42 days)

1977 Event - Debbie Boone's "You Light Up My Life," goes #1 and stays #1 for 10 weeks

1977 Event - Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors," album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 31 weeks

1974 Event - Referenda in Comoros-3 islands for independence, 1 stays French

1970 Event - Beatles' "Let It Be," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 4 weeks

1970 Event - Beatles' "Long and Winding Road," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks

1970 Event - Beatles' "Let It Be," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks

1969 Event - Beatles' "Abbey Road," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 11 weeks

1969 Event - Beatles' "Get Back," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 5 weeks

1968 Event - Beatles' "Beatles-White Album," goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks

1968 Event - Beatles' "Hey Jude," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks

1968 Event - Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 8 weeks

1967 Event - Beatles' "Hello Goodbye," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks

1966 Event - Monkee's "I'm a Believer" hits #1 and stays there for 7 weeks

1966 Event - Beatles' "Revolver," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 6 weeks

1966 Event - Beatles' "Yesterday... and Today," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 5 weeks

1966 Event - Beatles' "Paperback Writer," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks

1966 Event - Beatles' "Rubber Soul," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 6 weeks

1966 Event - Beatles' "We Can Work It Out," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks

1965 Event - Beatles' "Yesterday," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 4 weeks

1965 Event - Dick McInnes stays aloft almost 12 hours in a kite

1965 Event - Beatles' "Help!," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks

1965 Event - Beatles' "Help!," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks

1965 Event - Beatles' "Beatles' "VI," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 6 weeks

1965 Event - Beatles' "Eight Days a Week," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks

1965 Event - "Beatles' '65" album goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks

1964 Event - Beatles' "I Feel Fine," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks

1964 Event - Beatles' "Hard Day's Night, A," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks

1964 Event - Beatles' "Hard Day's Night, A," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 14 weeks

1964 Event - Beatles' "Beatles' 2nd Album" goes #1 and stays #1 for for 5 weeks

1964 Event - Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 5 weeks

1964 Event - Beatles' "She Loves You," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks

1964 Event - Beatles' "Meet the Beatles!," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 11 weeks

1964 Event - Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand," 1st #1 hit, stays #1 for 7 weeks

1962 Event - Vaughn Meader's "1st Family," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 12 weeks

1962 Event - West Side Story soundtrack album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 54 weeks which is more than 20 weeks longer than any other album

1961 Event - Elvis Presley's "Blue Hawaii," album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 20 weeks

1959 Event - Tom Landry accepts coaching job with Dallas Cowboys (stays until 1988)

1958 Event - South Pacific soundtrack album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 31 weeks

1956 Event - Harry Belafonte's album "Calypso," goes to #1 and stays #1 for 31 weeks

1956 Event - Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog," single goes to #1 and stays #1 for a record 11 weeks (for a single)

1955 Event - McGuire Sisters' "Sincerely" single goes to #1 and stays #1 for 10 weeks

1953 Event - Supreme Court Justice Wm O Douglas stays executions of spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg scheduled for next day their 14th anniversary

1949 Event - Charley Lupica begins stay on 4' platform atop a 60' pole, vowing to stay until Indians clinch pennant. (They don't, and stays 117 days)

1942 Event - Eric Nessler of France stays aloft in a glider for 38h21m

1926 Event - Houdini stays in a coffin under water for 1 hours

1916 Event - General Pershing, 15,000 troops chasing Villa into Mexico, stays 10-mos

1915 Event - U.S. forces invade Haiti, stays until 1924

1902 Event - John McGraw becomes manager of New York Giants (stays for 30 years)

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