1996 Alan Weeks, British sports commentator, dies at 72
1996 Gerald Savory, actor playwright/TV producer (3 Weeks), dies at 86
1992 Pope John Paul II hospitalized for 3 weeks to have tumor removed
1991 Pittsburgh Steelers guard Terry Long loses his steroids appeal and is suspended without pay by NFL for 4 weeks
1991 Monica Seles ends Steffi Graf's streak of 186 weeks ranked first
1989 After a weeks delay due to earthquake, World Series game 3 is played
1987 Heart's "Alone," single goes #1 for 3 weeks
1986 "Papa Don't Preach," goes #1 for 2 weeks
1986 Madonna's "True Blue," album goes #1 for 5 weeks and her single
1986 Tennis star Jimmy Connors fined $20,000 and suspended for 10 weeks
1985 Madonna's "Like a Virgin," album goes #1 for 3 weeks
1984 Madonna's "Like a Virgin," single goes #1 for 6 weeks
1984 Baby Fae, who received a baboon's heart, dies at 3 weeks
1984 Holly Roffey, youngest heart transplant, dies at 4 weeks
1984 Prince's "Purple Rain," album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 24 weeks
1984 After 37 weeks, "Thriller" is knocked off as top album by "Footloose"
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
1981 "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes hits #1 for next 9 weeks
1981 Kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes" hits #1, stay there 9 weeks
1980 Barbra Streisand's "Guilty," album goes #1 for 3 weeks and her single "Woman In Love," goes #1 for 3 weeks
1980 Chester H Lauck, actor (2 Weeks to Live, Goin' to Town), dies at 78
1979 Pink Floyd's "The Wall" released, sells 6 million copies in 2 weeks
1978 Gig Young, kills his bride of 3 weeks and then commits suicide at 64
1978 Yanks beat Red Sox for 6th time in 2 weeks, 3-2
1978 New York Yankees now 7 out of 1st, picked up 7 games in previous 2 weeks
1978 Bee Gees' "Saturday Night Fever" album goes #1 for 24 weeks
1977 Debbie Boone's "You Light Up My Life," goes #1 and stays #1 for 10 weeks
1977 Radio Shack issues a press release introducing TRS-80 computer 25 existed, within weeks thousands were ordered
1977 Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors," album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 31 weeks
1975 David Bowie's "Fame," single goes #1 for 2 weeks
1973 Indians holding SD hamlet of Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrender
1973 Roberto Clemente elected to Hall of Fame, 11 weeks after his death
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
1969 After 88 weeks Sgt Pepper drops off the charts
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 Marion Weeks, singer/actress, dies of stroke at 81
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
1967 Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," goes #1 for 15 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 Barry Sadlers' "Ballad of the Green Berets" becomes #1 (13 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 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 Barbra Streisand's "People," album goes #1 for 5 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
1960 KYA-AM in San Francisco changes call letters to KDBQ (for 2 weeks)
1958 South Pacific soundtrack album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 31 weeks
1956 Guy Mitchell's "Singing the Blues," single goes #1 for 10 weeks
1956 Mickey Rourke, born in Schenectady, New York, actor, 9 Weeks, Wild Orchid, Homeboy
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 Perez Prado's "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" goes #1 for 10 weeks
1955 McGuire Sisters' "Sincerely" single goes to #1 and stays #1 for 10 weeks
1953 Kim Basinger, Athens, Georgia, actress, 9 Weeks, Batman
1947 Richard Northcott, producer, 9 Weeks
1941 Adrian Lyne, director, Fatal Attraction, 9 Weeks, Jacob's Ladder
1939 Barbara Luna, born in New York City, actress, 5 Weeks in a Balloon, Gentle Savage
1935 Dudley Moore, born in London, England, actor, 10, Arthur, Bedazzled, 6 Weeks
1935 Mark McManus, actor, Taggart, Nightstick, 2000 Weeks, 12th Night
1928 Babe Ruth hits HR # 42 and is 4 weeks ahead of his 1927 pace
1926 British mine strikes after 28 weeks ends
1925 Babe Ruth is finally out of bed, 5 weeks after ulcer surgery
1923 U.S.S.R. adopts experimental calendar, with 5-day "weeks"
1923 Alan Weeks, sports commentator
1914 Felix Fivet, Belgian baby, executed by German troops at 3 weeks
1902 Chester H Lauck, Allene AR, actor, Dreaming Out Loud, 2 Weeks to Live
1897 Alvin Graham Clark, dies 3 weeks after 1st use of Yerkes 40" lens
1864 Elinor Glyn, British novelist, 3 Weeks
1863 Amiel Weeks Whipple, U.S. Union gen-major, dies of injuries at 46
1816 Amiel Weeks Whipple, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1863
1752 3rd great fire in Moscow in 2 weeks; 1/3 of city destroyed
1492 Crewman on Pinta sights "land"-a few weeks early
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