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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1965 Dick McInnes stays aloft almost 12 hours in a kite

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1962 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 Elvis Presley's "Blue Hawaii," album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 20 weeks

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

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

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

1956 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 McGuire Sisters' "Sincerely" single goes to #1 and stays #1 for 10 weeks

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

1949 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 Eric Nessler of France stays aloft in a glider for 38h21m

1926 Houdini stays in a coffin under water for 1 hrs

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

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

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



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