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Cold War incidents involving submarines are described and documented in the book Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage by Sherry Sontag and Christopher Drew, Copyright 1998, Public Affairs, New York.

USS Orion (AS-18)
Authorized
1940
On This Date
Elsewhere
"Sitzkrieg" ends in Europe
4 April U.S. Fleet departs West Coast for maneuvers in Hawaiian Islands area.
9 April Germany invades Norway
Construction authorized 1 May
7 May President orders Pacific Fleet to remain in Hawaiian waters indefinitely
10 May Churchill replaces Chamberlain as Prime Minister
12 May Germany invades France
15 May Nylon stockings go on sale in the U.S. for the first time
26 May Evacuation of Dunkirk begins
10 June Norway surrenders. Italy declares war on Allies
14 June Paris falls.
President Roosevelt signs Naval Expansion Act
10 July Battle of Britain begins
20 August Leon Trotsky assassinated in Mexico
15 September British airmen, using new radar system, shoot down 185 German planes
27 September Japan signs Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy
7 November "Galloping Gertie," Tacoma Narrows Bridge, collapses
11-12 November British naval aircraft attack Italian fleet at Taranto
14 November German bombing raid devastates Coventry
24 November Germans seal off Jewish ghetto in Warsaw
8 December Luftwaffe ravages London in 24-hour raid
9 December British attack Italians at Sidi Barrani in Egypt 
29 December London suffers its most devastating air raid
Some Top Songs in 1940
Scatterbrain -- Frankie Masters
All the Things You Are -- Tommy Dorsey
Careless -- Glenn Miller
Indian Summer -- Tommy Dorsey
Darn That Dream -- Benny Goodman
When You Wish Upon a Star -- Glenn Miller
Woodpecker Song -- Glenn Miller
Imagination-- Glenn Miller
Make Believe Island -- Mitchell Ayres
Fools Rush In -- Glenn Miller
I'll Never Smile Again -- Tommy Dorsey
Sierra Sue -- Bing Crosby
Maybe -- Ink Spots
Practice Makes Perfect -- Bob Chester
Only Forever -- Bing Crosby
Ferry Boat Serenade -- The Andrews Sisters
Trade Winds -- Bing Crosby
We Three -- Ink Spots
There I Go -- Vaughn Monroe
Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar -- Will Bradley
Blueberry Hill -- Glenn Miller
The Breeze and I -- Jimmy Dorsey
In the Mood -- Glenn Miller
Tuxedo Junction -- Glenn Miller
Sports in 1940
Indianapolis 500: Wilbur Shaw
Kentucky Derby: Gallahadion
Stanley Cup: N.Y. Rangers 4, Toronto 2
Major League Baseball
World Series: Cincinnati 4, Detroit 3
Pro Football
Green Bay 45, College All-Stars 28
NFL Championship: Bears 40, Washington 0
College Football: Navy 14, Army 0
Rose Bowl: USC 14, Tennessee 0
Cotton Bowl: Clemson 6, Boston College 3
Orange Bowl: Georgia Tech 21, Missouri 7
Sugar Bowl: Texas A&M 14, Tulane 13
College Basketball
NCAA Championship: Indiana 60, Kansas 42
At the Movies On the Radio
"Pinocchio"
"Fantasia"
"Rebecca"
"Foreign Correspondent"
"The Grapes of Wrath"
"The Great Dictator"
"Kitty Foyle"
"The Letter"
"The Long Voyage Home"
"Our Town"
"The Philadelphia Story"
Abbott and Costello
Can You Top This?
Gene Autry's Melody Ranch
Portia Faces Life
Truth or Consequences 

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USS Orion
Construction begins
1941
On This Date
 Elsewhere
U.S. goes to war
11 March Roosevelt signs Lend-Lease Act
13 April Soviet Union signs nonaggression pact with Japan
22 March The Grand Coulee Dam went into operation
17 April Yugoslavia surrenders to Germans
10 May Rudolf Hess lands in Scotland
24 May Bismarck sinks HMS Hood in Denmark Strait
27 May Bismarck sunk by British Navy in North Atlantic
1 June Crete falls to Germans
22 June Germany invades USSR
Keel Laid at Moore Dry Dock Co.
Oakland, Calif.
31 July Japan apologizes for bombing the river gunboat Tutuila (PR-4) on 30 July at Chunking
8 September Siege of Leningrad begins
27 September First Liberty Ship, SS Patrick Henry, is launched
17 October USS Kearny (DD-432) attacked by German submarine
31 October USS Reuben James (DD-245) is first U.S. warship to be sunk by enemy action in WW II
7 December Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor
8 December U.S. declares war on Japan
10 December USS Sealion (SS-195) scuttled in Manila Bay
11 December Germany and Italy declare war on the United States
30 December Admiral C. W. Nimitz assumes command
of the Pacific Fleet
Popular Songs of 1941
Frenesi -- Artie Shaw
I Hear a Rhapsody -- Charlie Barnett
Amapola -- Jimmy Dorsey
The Wise Old Owl -- Al Donohue
My Sister and I -- Jimmy Dorsey
Intermezzo -- Guy Lombardo
Maria Elena -- Jimmy Dorsey
The Hut Sut Song -- Freddy Martin
Daddy -- Sammy Kaye
You and I -- Glenn Miller
I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire -- Horace Heidt
Tonight We Love -- Freddy Martin
Elmer's Tune -- Glenn Miller
Chattanooga Choo Choo -- Glenn Miller
Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar -- Will Bradley
Blue Champagne -- Jimmy Dorsey
Dream Valley -- Sammy Kaye
Green Eyes -- Jimmy Dorsey
In the Mood -- Glenn Miller
'Til Reveille -- Kay Kyser
We Three -- The Ink Spots
Sports in 1941
Indianapolis 500: Floyd Davis/Mauri Rose
Kentucky Derby: Whirlaway
Major League Baseball
World Series: Yankees 4, Dodgers 1
Lou Gehrig died June 2 from ALS
Pro Football
Chicago Bears 37, College All-Stars 13
NFL Championship: Bears 37, New York 9
College Football: Navy 14, Army 6
Rose Bowl: Stanford 21, Nebraska 13
Cotton Bowl: Texas A&M 13, Fordham 12
Orange Bowl: Miss. St. 14, Georgetown 7
Sugar Bowl: Boston College 19, Tennessee 13
At the Movies On the Radio
"Sergeant York"
"Buck Privates"
"How Green Was My Valley"
"Blossoms in the Dust"
"Citizen Kane"
"Here Comes Mr. Jordan"
"Hold Back the Dawn"
"The Little Foxes"
"The Maltese Falcon"
"One Foot in Heaven"
"Suspicion"
Bulldog Drummond
A Date With Judy
Duffy's Tavern
The Great Gildersleeve
The Inner Sanctum
The Life of Riley
The Adventures of the Thin Man

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USS Orion (AS-18)
Launched
1942
On This Date
 Elsewhere
Nazis come up with "Final Solution"
West Coast Japanese-Americans relocated
7 January Siege of Bataan begins in the Philippines
20 January USS S-36 (SS-141) destroyed after grounding in Makassar Strait, Indonesia. Entire crew rescued
21 January Rommel begins counter-offensive in Libya
9 February French liner Normandie catches fire in New York
15 February Singapore falls to Japanese
19 February President Roosevelt signs internment order for Japanese-Americans
20 February "Butch" O'Hare becomes first Navy flying ace
23 February Japanese subs shell oil refinery near Santa Barbara
3 March USS Perch (SS-176) lost near Soerabia, Java. 60 survivors taken prisoner, 52 survived the war
7 March USS Shark (SS-174) reported lost with all hands
21 March Flying Tigers become part of U.S. Army Air Force
26 March First Jews sent to Auschwitz
10 April Bataan Death March begins.
USS Canopus (AS-9) scuttled off Manila Bay
13 April German U-boat sunk off North Carolina
18 April Doolittle Raid launched from USS Hornet (CV-8)
4-8 May Battle of the Coral Sea
6 May Corregidor surrenders
30 May RAF launches 1,000-plane raid on Cologne
4-6 June Battle of Midway
19 June USS S-27 (SS-132) lost after grounding off Amchitka Island. Entire crew rescued
22 June Congress recognizes Pledge of Allegiance
Launched. Sponsor: Mrs. Ross L. Culp 24 June
5 July German U-boats begin attacks on Convoy PQ-17. Sink 24 of 35 ships over next few days
7 August Marines land on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
8 August German saboteurs executed in Washington
9 August  Battle of Savo Island
16 August USS Grunion (SS-216) lost with all hands near Kistka, Alaska.
USS S-39 (SS-144) destroyed after grounding on reef near Rossel Island. Entire crew rescued
19 August Dieppe Raid crushed
23 August Battle of Stalingrad begins
24 August Battle of the Eastern Solomons
11-12 October Battle of Cape Esperance
15 October Fremantle-Perth submarine base established
26 October Battle of Santa Cruz Islands
3 November Battle of El Alamein ends
12 November Liberty Ship SS Robert E. Peary is launched. Constructed in 4 days, 15 hours and 26 minutes
12-15 November Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
19 November Soviets launch counter-attack at Stalingrad
21 November Alcan Highway completed
26 November Roosevelt orders nationwide gas rationing
28 November Coconut Grove fire in Boston kills 492
30 November Battle of Tassafaronga
Popular Songs of 1942
Blues in the Night -- Woody Herman
Deep in the Heart of Texas -- Alvino Ray
Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree -- Glenn Miller
He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings -- Kay Kyser
I Don't Want to Walk Without You -- Harry James
I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo -- Glenn Miller
Jersey Bounce -- Benny Goodman
Jingle, Jangle, Jingle -- Kay Kyser
Moonlight Cocktail -- Glenn Miller
Sleepy Lagoon -- Harry James
Somebody Else Is Taking My Place -- Benny Goodman
Tangerine -- Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra
White Christmas -- Bing Crosby
The White Cliffs of Dover -- Kay Kyser
Sports in 1942
Indianapolis 500: No race
Kentucky Derby: Shut Out
Major League Baseball
World Series: Cardinals 4, Yankees 1
Pro Football
Chicago Bears 21, College All-Stars 0
NFL Championship: Washington 14, Bears 6
College Football: Navy 14, Army 0
Rose Bowl: Oregon State 20, Duke 16
Cotton Bowl: Alabama 29, Texas A&M 21
Orange Bowl: Georgia 40, Texas Christian 26
Sugar Bowl: Fordham 2, Missouri 0
At the Movies On the Radio
"Bambi"
"For Me and My Gal"
"To the Shores of Tripoli"
"Mrs. Miniver"
"The Invaders"
"Kings Row"
"The Magnificent Ambersons"
"The Pied Piper"
"The Pride of the Yankees"
"Random Harvest"
"The Talk of the Town"
"Wake Island"
"Yankee Doodle Dandy"
Mr. and Mrs. North
The Cisco Kid
Counterspy
Frank Sinatra Show
Hop Harrigan
It Pays to Be Ignorant
People Are Funny
Red Ryder
Suspense
The Whistler

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USS Orion
Commissioning and shakedown
1943
On This Date
Elsewhere
Our submarines carry the war to Japan
10 January USS Argonaut (SS-166) lost with all hands off Rabaul
14 January Casablanca Conference begins
2 February Germans surrender at Stalingrad
9 February Guadalcanal declared secure
16 February USS Amberjack (SS-219) lost with all hands off Rabaul
2-5 March Battle of the Bismarck Sea
5 March USS Grampus (SS-207) lost with all hands in Blackett Strait
10 March Rommel leaves North Africa
15 March USS Triton (SS-201) lost with all hands
3 April USS Pickerel (SS-177) lost with all hands off Honshu
19 April Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins
22 April USS Grenadier (SS-210) lost near Penang. 61 survivors taken prisoner, 57 survived the war
11 May U.S. forces land on Attu in the Aleutians
13 May Battle for North Africa ends
16 May Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends
1 June Germans shoot down civilian passenger plane flying between Lisbon and London carrying actor Leslie Howard. All aboard are killed
1 July USS Runner (SS-275) lost with all hands between Midway Island and Hokkaido
6 July Battle of Kula Gulf
10 July Allies land in Sicily
13 July Battle of Kolombangara.
Battle of Kursk ends with Russian victory
25 July Mussolini place under arrest
17 August In Sicily, Patton wins race to Messina
1 September USS Pompano (SS-181) lost with all hands off Honshu
8 September Italy surrenders
9 September USS Grayling (SS-209) lost with all hands in or near Tablas Strait, Philippines
13 September Germans free Mussolini from prison
Towed from Moore Dry Dock Co. to Hunter's Point to install propellers 21 September
28 September USS Cisco (SS-290) lost with all hands in Sulu Sea
Commissioning at Hunter's Point, San Francisco
Captain C. S. Isrig assumes Command
30 September
6 October Battle of Vella Lavella
7 October USS S-44 (SS-155) lost off Northern Kuriles. 2 survivors taken prisoner, both survived the war
Completes taking on fuel, ammunition and stores 11 October USS Wahoo (SS-238) lost with all hands in or near La Perouse Strait
Compensates her magnetic compass 12 October USS Dorado (SS-248) lost with all hands in Atlantic
Underway for photographs 13 October Italy declares war on Germany
Departs San Francisco. Fires her entire battery while enroute to San Diego 15 October
Arrives San Diego, reports to Commander Training, Pacific Fleet 17 October
Begins trial runs (shakedown) 18 October
Underway from San Diego 28 October
Arrives at Mare Island to take on fuel and stores, send men to schools, and prepare for a long Southwest Pacific cruise 30 October
1 November Marines land on Bougainville, Solomon Islands
2 November Battle of Empress Augusta Bay
16 November USS Corvina (SS-226) lost with all hands near Truk
Partial load of torpedoes taken aboard 17 November
19 November USS Sculpin (SS-191) lost near Truk. 42 survivors taken prisoner, 21 survived the war
20 November Marines land on Tarawa, Gilbert Islands
Underway from San Francisco. Passes under the Golden Gate Bridge at 1552 21 November
25 November Battle of Cape St. George
28 November Big Three meet in Teheran
Arrives Pearl Harbor, T.H. 29 November
Receives first submarine, USS Gar (SS-206) alongside for two days of repair 1 December USS Capelin (SS-289) lost with all hands off Celebes or in the Molukka Passage
Departs for Australia 10 December
Crosses Equator at Longitude 166 West 14 December
Crosses the International Dateline 18 December
Arrives, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Ties up at New Farm Wharf, takes on more torpedoes 24 December
Departs Brisbane 28 December
Popular Songs of 1943
All or Nothing at All -- Frank Sinatra With Harry James
As Time Goes By -- Rudy Vallee
Comin' In on a Wing and a Prayer -- Song Spinners
I Had the Craziest Dream -- Harry James Orchestra
I've Heard That Song Before -- Harry James
In the Blue of the Evening -- Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
It Can't Be Wrong -- Dick Haymes
Let's Get Lost -- Vaughn Monroe
Mister Five by Five -- Harry James
Moonlight Becomes You -- Bing Crosby
Paper Doll -- Mills Brothers
Pistol Packin' Mama -- Al Dexter
Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition -- Kay Kyser
Sunday, Monday, Or Always -- Bing Crosby
Taking a Chance on Love -- Benny Goodman
That Old Black Magic -- Glenn Miller Orchestra
There Are Such Things -- Tommy Dorsey
When the Lights Go On Again -- Vaughn Monroe
You'll Never Know -- Dick Haymes/The Song Spinners
Sports in 1943
Indianapolis 500: No race
Kentucky Derby: Count Fleet
Major League Baseball
World Series: Yankees 4, Cardinals 1
Pro Football
College All-Stars 27, Washington 7
NFL Championship: Bears 41, Washington 21
College Football: Navy 13, Army 0
Rose Bowl: Georgia 9, UCLA 0
Cotton Bowl: Texas 14, Georgia Tech 7
Orange Bowl: Alabama 37, Boston College 21
Sugar Bowl: Tennessee 14, Tulsa 7
At the Movies On the Radio
"Girl Crazy"
"Jitterbugs"
"Casablanca"
"For Whom the Bell Tolls"
"Heaven Can Wait"
"The Human Comedy"
"In Which We Serve"
"Madame Curie"
"The More the Merrier"
"The Ox-Bow Incident"
"Song of Bernadette"
"Watch on the Rhine"
Archie Andrews
Judy Canova Show
The Falcon
Adventures of Nero Wolfe
Nick Carter, Master Detective
Theater Guild on the Air

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USS Orion
Fremantle/Perth and Mios Woendi 
1944
On This Date
 Events Elsewhere
Allies invade France
Arrives Fremantle, Western Australia. Moors starboard side to Berth 6, North Wharf, and begins her mission of maintaining submarines in the Southwest Pacific 5 January
Transfers electric torpedoes and shop equipment to the Submarine Base torpedo shop 7 January Air Force announces first jet fighter
Some of the steam torpedoes are transferred to the USS Pelias (AS-14). USS Ray (SS-271) comes alongside for refit 12 January
16 January Eisenhower appointed Supreme Commander of Operation Overlord
1 February USS Scorpion (SS-278) lost with all hands in East China Sea
26 February USS Grayback (SS-208) lost with all hands
29 February USS Trout (SS-202) lost with all hands in the Philippine Basin
Orion ordered to leave Fremantle PDQ because a Japanese war fleet was heading toward the west coast of Australia and may have been heading for Fremantle. Left some of the crew on liberty in Perth.  8 March
En route to Albany, Western Australia 8-10 March
En route from Albany back to Fremantle in company with HMS Adelaide, USS Pelias, and USS Chanticleer (ASR-7) 14-16 March
26 March USS Tullibee (SS-284) lost just north of Palau. One survivor taken prisoner, he survived the war
12 May USS Gudgeon (SS-211) lost with all hands off Saipan
19 May Allies break through at Monte Cassino
27 May Allies invade Biak Island off north coast of New Guinea
1 June USS Herring (SS-233) lost with all hands off Matsuwa Island in the Kuriles
4 June USS S-28 (SS-133) lost with all hands after it foundered off Hawaii
6 June Allies invade Normandy
14 June USS Golet (SS-361) lost with all hands
15 June Marines invade Saipan in the Marianas.
German V-1 "Buzz Bombs" hit London
22 June G.I. Bill signed into law
27 June Allies take Cherbourg
6 July Circus fire in Hartford, Conn., kills 168, injures over 600
8 July USS Growler (SS-215) lost with all hands in the South China Sea
Commander G. L. Shane relieves Capt. Isrig 10 July
19 July Plot to kill Hitler fails
26 July USS Robalo (SS-273) lost with all hands off Palawan
1 August Warsaw revolt begins
Departs Fremantle in company with USS Corpus Christi (PF-44) and USS Isabel (PY-10) 6 August
13 August USS Flier (SS-250) lost in Balabac Strait. Eight survivors taken prisoner, all survived the war
Arrives Brisbane to take on stores, fuel and torpedoes 14 August
Departs Brisbane 19 August
24 August USS Harder (SS-257) lost with all hands near Bataan
25 August Paris is liberated by Free French troops
Arrives Schouten Islands, Mios Woendi anchorage, near Biak, to establish Advance Submarine Base Able 26 August
Smoker aboard Orion. Among honored guests are officers and crews of USS Darter (SS-227) and USS Dace (SS-247) 27 September
1 October USS Escolar (SS-294) lost with all hands
3 October USS Seawolf (SS-197) lost with all hands just north of Morotai
20 October Leyte landing, MacArthur returns to Philippines
23-26 October Battle of Leyte Gulf
24 October USS Shark (SS-314) lost with all hands between Hainan and Bashi Channel.
 USS Darter destroyed after grounding on Bombay Shoal off Palawan. Entire crew rescued by USS Dace
25 October USS Tang (SS-306) lost in the Formosa Strait. Nine survivors taken prisoner, all survived the war
7 November USS Albacore (SS-218) lost with all hands between Hokkaido and Honshu.
Roosevelt defeats Thomas Dewey to win 4th term
16 November USS Scamp (SS-277) lost with all hands near Tokyo Bay
Relieved by USS Griffin (AS-13) 9 December
Departs Mios Woendi to return to Hawaii for overhaul 10 December
16 December Battle of the Bulge begins.
Glenn Miller disappears over English Channel
Crosses International Dateline 17 December Typhoon strikes Task Force 38 in the Philippine Sea
Crosses Equator 19 December
Arrives Pearl Harbor for installation of Mark 37 gun director, Mark VI and Mark XXII fire control radar and new surface search radar. With the first tour done, she was being upgraded for the second tour -- invasion of Japan. Air conditioning installed in Optical Shop and Sick Bay.  Many of the plankowners were moved, some went to fleet schools, etc. 24 December
to 8 April
Popular Songs of 1944
Besame Mucho -- Jimmy Dorsey
Don't Fence Me In -- Bing Crosby/Andrews Sisters
G.I. Jive -- Louis Jordan
I Love You -- Bing Crosby
I'll Get By -- Harry James
I'll Walk Alone -- Dinah Shore
I'm Making Believe -- Ella Fitzgerald/The Ink Spots
It's Love, Love, Love -- Guy Lombardo
Mairzy Doats -- Merry Macs
My Heart Tells Me -- Glen Gray
Shoo Shoo Baby -- The Andrews Sisters
San Fernando Valley -- Bing Crosby
Swinging on a Star -- Bing Crosby
Sports in 1944
Indianapolis 500: No race
Kentucky Derby: Pensive
Major League Baseball
World Series: St. Louis (NL) 4, St. Louis (AL) 2
Pro Football
Chicago Bears 24, College All-Stars 21
NFL Championship: Green Bay 14, New York 7
College Football: Army 23, Navy 7
Rose Bowl: USC 29, Washington 0
Cotton Bowl: Texas 7, Randolph Field 7
Orange Bowl: Louisiana St. 19, Texas A&M 14
Sugar Bowl: Georgia Tech 20, Tulsa 18
At the Movies On the Radio
"Meet Me in St. Louis"
"Going My Way"
"Double Indemnity"
"Gaslight"
"Since You Went Away"
"Wilson"
"None But the Lonely Heart"
"Laura"
"Lifeboat"
Boston Blackie
FBI in Peace and War
The Life of Riley
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
The Roy Rogers Show
Smilin' Ed and His Buster Brown Gang

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USS Orion
Duty at Saipan, then back to the States
1945
On This Date
 Events Elsewhere
World War II ends
3 January Allies land on west coast of Burma
9 January U.S. forces invade Luzon in the Philippines
20 January FDR inaugurated for fourth term
21 January Battle of the Bulge ends
30 January Burma Road cleared
4 February USS Barbel (SS-316) lost with all hands in southern entrance to the Palawan Passage
11 February Yalta Conference ends
15 February USS Swordfish (SS-193) lost with all hands off Kyushu
16 February U.S. Paratroopers land on Corregidor
19 February Marines land on Iwo Jima
23 February Marines raise U.S. flag on Mount Suribachi
1 March USS Kete (SS-369) lost with all hands
10 March Fire bomb raid on Tokyo
25 March Germany's largest submarine, U-234, leaves Kiel to deliver a Me-262 jet fighter, drawings of the V-2 rocket and a half-ton of uranium to Japan
26 March Battle for Iwo Jima ends
28 March USS Trigger (SS-237) lost with all hands
1 April Invasion of Okinawa
Departs Pearl in company with USS Yokes (APD-69) to return to active duty 8 April USS Snook (SS-279) lost with all hands near Hainan Island
Crosses International Date Line 12 April
13 April (West)
President Roosevelt Dies. Harry S Truman becomes president.
Arrives Eniwetok Atoll, Caroline Islands. Makes voyage repairs to USS Sargo (SS-188) 16 April
Departs Eniwetok 17 April
18 April Correspondent Ernie Pyle killed on Ie Shima (Okinawa)
Arrives Guam, Marianas Islands. Anchors in Apra Harbor to unload special stores and spare parts. 20 April
Sails from Guam in company with USS SC-1362 22 April
Arrives Saipan, Marianas Islands.  23 April
Relieves USS Fulton (AS-11) and takes up duties of CTG 17.7 and as SOPA (Admin) for Tanapag Harbor, Saipan 24 April
25 April American and Soviet troops meet at the Elbe River
28 April Mussolini and mistress shot, hung up for public view
30 April Hitler commits suicide
4 May Japanese balloon bomb kills 6 in Oregon
8 May V-E Day. Germany signs unconditional surrender
16 May U-234 surrenders at Portsmouth, N.H.
Captain E. R. Hannon relieves Capt. Shane 27 May
30 May USS Lagarto (SS-371) lost with all hands off Malay coast
18 June USS Bonefish (SS-223) lost with all hands in Toyama Wan, near Suzu Misaki, off the west coast of Honshu
22 June Battle for Okinawa ends
26 June 51 nations sign U.N. Charter
16 July First A-bomb detonated near Alamagordo, N.M.
17 July Potsdam Conference opens
28 July B-25 bomber smashes into Empire State Building.
Senate ratifies U.N. Charter
29 July Japanese sub torpedoes and sinks USS Indianapolis  (CA-35) near Leyte Gulf
2 August Potsdam Conference ends
6 August USS Bullhead (SS-332) lost with all hands in west end of Lombok Strait
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
8 August Soviet Union declares war on Japan
9 August Second A-bomb dropped on Nagasaki
Soviet troops invade Manchuria
14 August
15 August (West)
At 2300, G.C.T., President Truman announced that the Japanese had surrendered unconditionally to our terms.
25 August John Birch, missionary to China and army intelligence specialist, killed by Chinese Communists, considered by many to be the first casualty of the Cold War
30 August MacArthur arrives in Japan to command occupation
Underway from Saipan to return to the United States 1 September
2 September Japan signs surrender aboard USS Missouri (BB-63) in Tokyo Bay.
Ho Chi Minh proclaims independent Vietnam
Crosses the International Date Line 7 September
Arrives Pearl Harbor, T.H. Unloads about 300 passengers and soldiers from Saipan and other forward areas. 10 September
Departs Hawaii to join the Atlantic Fleet 15 September
19 September Lord Haw Haw receives death sentence
22 September French forces return to Vietnam
Arrives Balboa, C.Z. 28 September
Underway from Balboa. Passes through the Panama Canal enroute to East Coast 30 September
24 October U.N. formally established
Participates in President Truman's Navy Day Review of the Fleet in the Hudson River 27 October
20 November Nuremberg trials begin
21 December General Patton dies in Germany
27 December Allied powers agree to divide Korea
28 December Congress officially recognizes the "Pledge of Allegiance"
Popular Songs of 1945
Accentuate the Positive -- Johnny Mercer
Candy -- Johnny Mercer & Jo Stafford
Chickery Chick -- Sammy Kaye
Dream-- Pied Pipers
I Can't Begin to Tell You -- Bing Crosby/Carmen Cavallaro
I'm Beginning to See the Light -- Harry James
It's Been a Long, Long Time -- Bing Crosby With Les Paul
It's Been a Long, Long Time -- Harry James
My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time -- Les Brown
On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe -- Johnny Mercer
Rum and Coca-Cola -- The Andrews Sisters
Sentimental Journey -- Les Brown
There, I've Said It Again -- Vaughn Monroe
Till the End of Time -- Perry Como
White Christmas -- Bing Crosby
Sports in 1945
Indianapolis 500: No race
Kentucky Derby: Hoop Jr.
Major League Baseball
World Series: Detroit 4, Chicago Cubs 3
Pro Football
Green Bay 19, College All-Stars 7
NFL Championship: Cleveland Rams 15, Washington 14
College Football: Army 32, Navy 13
Rose Bowl: USC 25, Tennessee 0
Cotton Bowl: Oklahoma State 34, TCU 0
Orange Bowl: Tulsa 26, Georgia Tech 12
Sugar Bowl: Duke 29, Alabama 26
At the Movies On the Radio
"The Bells of St. Mary's"
"Dillinger"
"The Clock"
"The Lost Weekend"
"Anchors Aweigh"
"Mildred Pierce"
"Spellbound"
"Love Letters"
"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"
"National Velvet"
Calling All Detectives
The Couple Next Door
Maisie
Queen for a Day
Adventures of Rocky Jordan
This Is Your FBI

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USS Orion
-Assigned to Submarine Squadron 6
1946
On This Date
 Events Elsewhere
10 January First meeting of the U.N. General Assembly in London
Begins duty with Subron 6 in Balboa, Canal Zone  24 January
9 February Stalin declares Communism and capitalism cannot coexist
24 February Juan Peron elected president of Argentina
5 March Winston Churchill gives "Iron Curtain" speech
1 July A-bomb tests held at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands
20 September First Cannes Film Festival held
1 October Nazi leaders sentenced at Nuremburg
15 October Hermann Goering commits suicide
16 October High ranking Nazis hanged at Nuremberg
20 December Ho Chi Minh begins war against French in Indochina
24 December First live telecast of a church service
31 December Official end of World War II
Popular Songs of 1946
Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief -- Betty Hutton
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons -- Nat King Cole
Five Minutes More --Frank Sinatra
The Gypsy -- Ink Spots
I'm a Big Girl Now -- Sammy Kaye
Oh! What It Seemed to Be -- Frankie Carle
The Old Lamplighter -- Sammy Kaye
Ole Buttermilk Sky -- Kay Kyser
Personality -- Johnny Mercer
Prisoner of Love -- Perry Como
Rumors Are Flying -- Frankie Carle
Surrender -- Perry Como
Symphony -- Freddy Martin
To Each His Own -- Eddy Howard
R&B 1946
Hey-Ba-Ba-Re-Bop -- Lionel Hampton
Choo Choo Ch-Boogie -- Louis Jordan
Stone Cold Dead in the Market--Louis Jordan/Ella Fitzgerald
The Gypsy -- Ink Spots
R. M. Blues -- Roy Milton
Buzz Me -- Louis Jordan
Drifting Blues -- Johnny Moore & His Three Blazers
Salt Pork, W.Va. -- Louis Jordan
I Know -- Jubilaires & Andy Kirk Orchestra
Ain't That Just Like a Woman -- Louis Jordan
Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule -- Louis Jordan
Route 66 -- King Cole Trio
Beware -- Louis Jordan
Reconversion Blues -- Louis Jordan
Don't Be a Baby, Baby -- Mills Brothers
That Chick's Too Young to Fry -- Louis Jordan
I've Got a Right to Cry-- Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers
Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin' -- Louis Jordan
I Know Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well -- Bull Moose Jackson
I've Got a Right to Cry -- Erskine Hawkins
Tanya -- Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers
Country Hits of 1946
New Spanish Two Step -- Bob Wills
Guitar Polka -- Al Dexter
Divorce Me C.O.D. -- Merle Travis
Roly-Poly -- Bob Wills
Sioux City Sue -- Zeke Manners
Wine, Women and Song -- Al Dexter
Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You ) -- Elton Britt
Cincinnati Lou -- Merle Travis
Sioux City Sue -- Hoosier Hot Shots
That's How Much I Love You -- Eddy Arnold
Sioux City Sue -- Dick Thomas
Honey, Do You Think It's Wrong? -- Al Dexter
I Wish I Had Never Met Sunshine -- Gene Autry
Detour -- Spade Cooley
No Vacancy -- Merle Travis
Drivin' Nails in My Coffin -- Floyd Tillman
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? -- Gene Autry
Rainbow at Midnight -- Ernest Tubb
You Can't Break My Heart -- Spade Cooley
Filipino Baby -- Ernest Tubb
Sports in 1946
Indianapolis 500: George Robson
Kentucky Derby: Assault
Major League Baseball
World Series: St. Louis (NL) 4, Boston 3
Pro Football
College All-Stars 16, L.A. Rams 0
NFL Championship: Bears, 24, New York 14
College Football: Army 21, Navy 18
Rose Bowl: Alabama 34, USC 14
Cotton Bowl: Texas 40, Missouri 27
Orange Bowl: Miami (FL) 13, Holy Cross 6
Sugar Bowl: Okla. St. 33, St. Mary’s (Colo.) 13
At the Movies On the Radio
"The Best Years of Our Lives"
"Duel in the Sun"
"Till the Clouds Roll By"
"Henry V"
"It's a Wonderful Life"
"The Razor's Edge"
"The Yearling"
"The Jolson Story"
Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
The Bickersons
Bob & Ray
The Adventures of Sam Spade
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USS Orion 1947
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
Tension builds with the Russians
3 January Congress' opening ceremonies televised for first time
 20 February Lord Louis Mountbatten named viceroy of India
Sailed for the Virgin Islands to take part in fleet exercises 2 March
12 March Congress grants aid to Turkey and Greece under Truman Doctrine to defend against Communists
Sailed for Portsmouth, N.H. 15 March
9 April Tornadoes kill 169 in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas
16 April Ship explosions destroy Texas City
31 May Communists take control of government in Hungary
Captain F. W. Laing relieves Capt. Hannon 11 June
26 July National Security Act creates Department of Defense
15 August India and Pakistan gain independence from Britain
Crossed Equator at Longitude 80 West. 500 Polliwogs became Royal Shellbacks September
18 September U.S. Air Force established
14 October Chuck Yeager breaks sound barrier in Bell X-1
2 November Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose makes its only flight
20 November Princess Elizabeth marries Philip Mountbatten
29 November U.N. votes to partition Palestine
Sailed with 300 Army, Navy and Marine Corps passengers to Callao, Peru, for a five-day visit 1 December
30 December Communists take control of Rumania
Popular Songs of 1947
The Anniversary Song -- Dinah Shore
Ballerina -- Vaughn Monroe
Chi-Baba Chi-Baba -- Perry Como
Heartaches -- Ted Weems
Huggin' and Chalkin' -- Hoagy Carmichael
Linda -- Ray Noble With Buddy Clark
Mam'selle -- Art Lund
Managua, Nicaragua -- Guy Lombardo
Near You -- Francis Craig
Open the Door, Richard -- Count Basie
Peg O' My Heart -- Harmonicats
Temptation -- Red Ingle
White Christmas -- Bing Crosby
R&B 1947
Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens -- Louis Jordan
Boogie Woogie Blue Plate -- Louis Jordan
I Want to Be Loved -- Savannah Churchill
Jack, You're Dead -- Louis Jordan
Old Maid Boogie -- Eddie Vinson Orchestra
Snatch and Grab It -- Julie Lee & Her Boy Friends
Let the Good Times Roll -- Louis Jordan
Texas and Pacific -- Louis Jordan
He's a Real Gone Guy -- Nellie Lutcher
Hurry on Down -- Nellie Lutcher
New Orleans Blues -- Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
I Want to Be Loved -- Lionel Hampton
Across the Valley From the Alamo -- Mills Brothers
Open the Door, Richard -- Louis Jordan
Open the Door, Richard -- Dusty Fletcher
Open the Door, Richard --Jack McVea
Hawk's Boogie -- Erskine Hawkins
Since I Fell for You -- Paul Gayten Trio
Ain't that Just Like a Woman -- Louis Jordan
Open the Door, Richard -- Count Basie
That's My Desire -- Frankie Laine
Country 1947
Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette) -- Tex Williams
It's a Sin -- Eddy Arnold
So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed -- Merle Travis
What Is Life Without Love -- Eddy Arnold
I'll Hold You in My Heart -- Eddy Arnold
Timtayshun -- Red Ingle and Jo Stafford
New Jolie Blonde -- Red Foley
Rainbow at Midnight -- Ernest Tubb
New Pretty Blonde -- Moon Mullican
Divorce Me C.O.D. -- Merle Travis
Sugar Moon -- Bob Wills
To My Sorrow -- Eddy Arnold
Filipino Baby -- Ernest Tubb
That's What I Like About the West -- Tex Williams
Jole Blon -- Roy Acuff
Down at the Roadside Inn -- Al Dexter
Feudin' and Fightin' -- Dorothy Shay
Never Trust a Woman -- Red Foley
Bouquet of Roses -- Eddy Arnold
Anytime -- Eddy Arnold
Just a Little Lovin' -- Eddy Arnold
Sports in 1947
Indianapolis 500: Mauri Rose
Kentucky Derby: Jet Pilot
Major League Baseball
World Series: Yankees 4, Dodgers 3
Pro Football
College All-Stars 16, Chicago Bears 0
NFL Championship: Chicago Cardinals 28, Philadelphia 21
College Football: Army 21, Navy 0
Rose Bowl: Illinois 45, UCLA 14
Cotton Bowl: Arkansas 0, Louisiana State 0
Orange Bowl: Rice 8, Tennessee 0
Sugar Bowl: Georgia 20, North Carolina 10
Pro Basketball
Championship Series: Philadelphia 4, Chicago Stags 1
At the Movies On the Radio
"Gentleman's Agreement"
"The Bishop's Wife"
"Crossfire"
"Great Expectations"
"Miracle on 34th Street"
"Life With Father"
"Kiss of Death"
The Big Story
Lassie
My Friend Irma
Adventures of Philip Marlowe
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USS Orion 1948
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
Cold War begins
30 January Mahatma Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi
23-25 February Communists seize power in Czechoslovakia
1 April Soviets block highway, river and rail traffic into Berlin
30 April Burma and Ceylon granted independence.
Organization of American States charter signed
May Submarines begin spy missions into Soviet waters
14 May Israel becomes a nation and is immediately attacked by Arab armies.
Captain J. F. Davidson relieves Capt. Laing 1 June
21 June Berlin Airlift begins
26 July Truman issues Executive Order desegregating the armed forces
15 August Republic of Korea is established south of 38th Parallel
10 September Axis Sally indicted
13 September Margaret Chase Smith becomes first woman to serve in both houses of Congress
24 October Term "Cold War" coined by Bernard Baruch
2 November Truman defeats Dewey
23 December Japanese war criminals hanged in Tokyo
27 December Indonesia becomes a nation
Popular Songs of 1948
Buttons and Bows -- Dinah Shore
I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover -- Art Mooney
Love Somebody -- Doris Day and Buddy Clark
Manana (Is Soon Enough for Me) -- Peggy Lee
Nature Boy -- Nat King Cole
Now Is the Hour -- Bing Crosby
A Tree in the Meadow -- Margaret Whiting
Woody Woodpecker -- Kay Kyser
You Call Everybody Darling -- Al Trace
You Can't Be True, Dear -- Ken Griffin
R&B 1948
Long Gone -- Sonny Thompson
Good Rockin' Tonight -- Wynonie Harris
Tomorrow Night -- Lonnie Johnson
Pretty Mama Blues -- Ivory Joe Hunter
I Can't Go Without You -- Bull Moose Jackson
Messin' Around -- Memphis Slim
My Heart Belongs to You -- Arbee Stidham
Corn Bread -- Hal Singer Sextette
Run, Joe -- Louis Jordan
Blues After Hours -- Pee Wee Crayton
Nature Boy -- King Cole
All My Love Belongs to You -- Bull Moose Jackson
Late Freight -- Sonny Thompson
Send for Me If You Need Me -- The Ravens
Am I Asking Too Much? -- Dinah Washington
Hop, Skip and Jump -- Roy Milton
King Size Papa -- Julie Lee
Long About Midnight -- Roy Brown
It's Too Soon to Know -- The Orioles
It's Too Soon to Know -- Dinah Washington
Country 1948
Bouquet of Roses -- Eddy Arnold
Anytime -- Eddy Arnold
Just a Little Lovin' -- Eddy Arnold
Texarkana Baby -- Eddy Arnold
One Has My Name -- Jimmy Wakely
Humpty Dumpty Heart -- Hank Thompson
Life Gets Tee-Jus Don't It? -- Carson Robison
Sweeter Than the Flowers -- Moon Mullican
Deck of Cards -- T. Texas Tyler
My Daddy Is Only a Picture -- Eddy Arnold
Tennessee Waltz -- Pee Wee King
Suspicion -- Tex Williams
Tennessee Saturday Night -- Red Foley
Tennessee Waltz -- Cowboy Copas
I Love You So Much It Hurts -- Jimmy Wakely
Seaman Blues -- Ernest Tubb
I'll Hold You in My Heart -- Eddy Arnold
A Heart Full of Love -- Eddy Arnold
Forever Is Ending Today -- Ernest Tubb
Blue Shadows on the Trail -- Roy Rogers/Sons of Pioneers
Cool Water -- Sons of the Pioneers
Sports in 1948
Indianapolis 500: Mauri Rose
Kentucky Derby: Citation
Major League Baseball
World Series: Cleveland 4, Boston (NL) 2
Pro Football
Chicago Cardinals 28, College All-Stars 0
NFL Championship: Philadelphia 7, Chicago Cardinals 0
College Football: Army 21, Navy 21
Rose Bowl: Michigan 49, USC 0
Cotton Bowl: SMU 13, Penn State 13
Orange Bowl: Georgia Tech 20, Kansas 14
Sugar Bowl: Texas 27, Alabama 7
Pro Basketball
Expansion: Fort Wayne Pistons, Minneapolis Lakers, Rochester Royals
Championship Series: Baltimore Bullets 4, Philadelphia Warriors 2
At the Movies On the Radio
"Mom and Dad"
"Easter Parade"
"The Pirate"
"Hamlet"
"Johnny Belinda"
"The Red Shoes"
"The Snake Pit"
"The Treasure of Sierra Madre"
"The Search"
"I Remember Mama"
"Key Largo"
Life With Luigi
Mr. Chameleon
Our Miss Brooks
Straight Arrow
Popular Shows on Television
Armchair Detective
Mabel's Fables
Masked Spooner
Pantomime Quiz
Tuesday Varieties
What's the Name of That Song

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USS Orion
Begins duty in Shit City
1949
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
Spook mission to Murmansk turns ugly 
5 January Truman calls his new administration the "Fair Deal"
7 January Cease-Fire in Palestine
4 April North Atlantic Treaty signed by 12 nations
Departs Balboa for Norfolk and two-month overhaul in Portsmouth Naval Shipyard 11 May
12 May Berlin Blockade ends
29 June U.S. occupation forces withdraw from South Korea
Captain L. D. McGregor relieves Capt. Davidson 1 July
21 July Senate approves North Atlanic Treaty (NATO)
25 August USS Cochino (SS-345) lost after battery explosion and fire in the Norwegian Sea. Crew rescued by USS Tusk (SS-426) in stormy seas but a civilian technician from Cochino and six Tusk crewmen are swept overboard and lost during rescue
29 August Soviets detonate their first atomic bomb
13 September Ladies Professional Golf Association is formed in New York City
30 September Berlin Airlift ends
1 October People's Republic of China formally proclaimed
9 December Chiang Kai-Shek takes Chinese Nationalist government to Formosa
Popular Songs of 1949
"A" You're Adorable -- Perry Como
All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth --Spike Jones
Careless Hands -- Mel Torme
Cruising Down the River -- Russ Morgan
Forever and Ever -- Russ Morgan
I Can Dream, Can't I -- Andrews Sisters
I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm -- Les Brown
A Little Bird Told Me -- Evelyn Knight
Mule Train -- Frankie Laine
My Darling, My Darling -- Jo Stafford/Gordon McRae
Powder Your Face With Sunshine -- Evelyn Knight
Riders in the Sky -- Vaughn Monroe
Slippin' Around -- Margaret Whiting/Jimmy Wakely
Some Enchanted Evening -- Perry Como
Someday -- Vaughn Monroe
That Lucky Old Sun -- Frankie Laine
You're Breaking My Heart -- Vic Damone
R&B 1949
The Hucklebuck -- Paul Williams
Trouble Blues -- Charles Brown
Saturday Night Fish Fry -- Louis Jordan & Tympany Five
Ain't Nobody's Business -- Jimmy Witherspoon
Little Girl, Don't Cry -- Bull Moose Jackson
Tell Me So -- The Orioles
Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee -- Stick McHee & Buddies
Hold Me, Baby -- Amos Milburn
Chicken Shack Boogie -- Amos Milburn
Boogie Chillin' -- John Lee Hooker
Baby, Get Lost -- Dinah Washington
Rockin' at Midnight -- Roy Brown
Wrapped Up in a Dream -- Do Ray & Me
Bewildered -- Amos Milburn
All She Wants to Do Is Rock -- Wynonie Harris
Bewildered -- Red Miller Trio
Close Your Eyes -- Herb Lance
Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee -- Wynonie Harris
The Hucklebuck -- Roy Milton
Confession Blues -- Maxine Trio
Country 1949
Lovesick Blues -- Hank Williams
Don't Rob Another Man's Castle -- Eddy Arnold
I'm throwing Rice -- Eddy Arnold
Slipping Around -- Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely
Wedding Bells -- Hank Williams
Candy Kisses -- George Morgan
Why Don't You Haul Off? -- Wayne Raney
Bouquet of Roses -- Eddy Arnold
I Love You So Much It Hurts -- Jimmy Wakely
Tennessee Saturday Night -- Red Foley
The Echo of Your Footsteps -- Eddy Arnold
One Has My Name -- Jimmy Wakely
One Kiss Too Many -- Eddy Arnold
Slipping Around -- Ernest Tubb
Tennessee Border -- Red Foley
A Heart Full of Love -- Eddy Arnold
Blues Stay Away From Me -- Delmore Brothers
I'm Bitin' My Fingernails -- Ernest Tubb and Andrews Sisters
Please Don't Let Me Love You -- George Morgan
Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello -- Ernest Tubb
Sports in 1949
Indianapolis 500: Bill Holland
Kentucky Derby: Ponder
Major League Baseball
World Series: Yankees 4, Dodgers 1
Pro Football
Philadelphia 38, College All-Stars 0
NFL Championship: Philadelphia 14, Los Angeles Rams 0
College Football: Army 38, Navy 0
Rose Bowl: Northwestern 20, California 14
Cotton Bowl: SMU 21, Oregon 13
Orange Bowl: Texas 41, Georgia 28
Sugar Bowl: Oklahoma 14, North Carolina 6
Pro Basketball
Expansion: Syracuse Nationals and Tri-Cities Blackhawks
Championship Series: Minneapolis Lakers 4, Washington Capitols 2
At the Movies On the Radio
"In the Good Old Summertime"
"All the King's Men"
"Battleground"
"The Heiress"
"A Letter to Three Wives"
"Twelve O'Clock High"
"Champion"
"Sands of Iwo Jima"
"Pinky"
"Come to the Stable"
Dragnet
Father Knows Best
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Screen Director's Playhouse
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
On Television
Fred Waring
Kukla, Fran and Ollie
Life of Riley
Texaco Star Theatre
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USS Orion (AS-18) 1950
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
12 January Secretary of State Dean Acheson, in a speech, leaves South Korea outside U.S. defense perimeter in Asia
17 January Brinks robbery in Boston
21 January Alger Hiss convicted of perjury
9 February Senator Joseph McCarthy attacks State Department for harboring Communists
9 May Truman announces military aid to French in Indochina
25 June North Korea invades South Korea
27 June Truman sends naval and air forces to assist South Korea and orders 7th Fleet to Formosa Strait
30 June Truman commits U.S. ground troops to Korea
 Captain I. C. Eddy relieves Capt. McGregor 1 July
8 July MacArthur named Supreme Commander in Korea
5 August U.S. forces are pushed back to the Pusan perimeter
15 September U.S. Marines land at Inchon
19 October Chinese units cross Yalu River into Korea
1 November Assassination attempt on President Truman by Puerto Rican nationalists
20 November UN forces reach the Yalu River
26 November Chinese forces enter the war
10 December Ralph Bunche wins Nobel Peace Prize
19 December Eisenhower named NATO Supreme Commander
Popular Songs of 1950
Goodnight, Irene -- Weavers and Gordon Jenkins
Mona Lisa -- Nat King Cole
Third Man Theme -- Anton Karas (also by Guy Lombardo)
Sam's Song -- Gary Crosby and Friend (Bing)
Play a Simple Melody -- Gary Crosby and Friend (Bing)
Music! Music! Music! -- Teresa Brewer
Chattanoogie Shoe-Shine Boy -- Red Foley
Harbor Lights -- Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra
It Isn't Fair -- Sammy Kaye and Don Cornell
If I Knew You Were Comin'  I'd've Baked a Cake 
--------------------------------------------------------- -- Eileen Barton
Bonaparte's Retreat -- Kay Starr
Tzena, Tzena, Tzena -- Weavers and Gordon Jenkins
There's No Tomorrow -- Tony Martin
The Thing -- Phil Harris
Sentimental Me -- Ames Brothers
I Wanna Be Loved -- The Andrews Sisters
Tennessee Waltz -- Patti Page
I Can Dream, Can't I -- Andrews Sisters
I'll Never Be Free -- Kay Starr and Tennessee Ernie
All My Love -- Patti Page
My Foolish Heart -- Gordon Jenkins
Rag Mop -- Ames Brothers
Bewitched -- Bill Snyder (Also by Gordon Jenkins)
Hoop-Dee-Doo -- Perry Como
Can Anyone Explain? -- Ames Brothers
My Foolish Heart -- Billy Eckstine
Dear Hearts and Gentle People -- Bing Crosby
The Cry of the Wild Goose -- Frankie Laine
Rhythm and Blues Hits in 1950
Pink Champagne -- Joe Liggins
Double Crossing Blues -- Little Esther/Mel Walker/Johnny Otis
I Need You So -- Ivory Joe Hunter
Hard Luck Blues -- Roy Brown
Cupid's Boogie -- Little Esther, Mel Walker and Johnny Otis
I Almost Lost My Mind -- Ivory Joe Hunter
Well, Oh Well -- Tiny Bradshaw
Blue Light Boogie -- Louis Jordan
For You My Love -- Larry Darnell
Mistrustin' Blues -- Little Esther, Mel Walker and Johnny Otis
Everyday I Have the Blues -- Lowell Fulson
Blue Shadows -- Lowell Fulson
Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere -- Joe Morris
Why Do Things Happen to Me? -- Roy Hawkins
Mona Lisa -- Nat King Cole
I Wanna Be Loved -- Dinah Washington
Please Send Me Someone to Love -- Percy Mayfield
I Love My Baby -- Larry Darnell
Saturday Night Fish Fry -- Louis Jordan
Cry, Cry, Cry -- Ed Wiley
Teardrops From My Eyes -- Ruth Brown
Love Don't Love Nobody -- Roy Brown
The Fat Man -- Fats Domino
My Baby's Gone -- Charles Brown
Information Blues -- Roy Milton
I'm Yours to Keep -- Herb Fisher
It Isn't Fair -- Dinah Washington
I'll Get Along Somehow -- Larry Darnell
Bad, Bad Whiskey -- Amos Milburn
Deceivin' Blues -- Little Esther, Mel Walker and Johnny Otis
Country Hits in 1950
I'm Movin' On -- Hank Snow
Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy -- Red Foley
I'll Sail My Ship Alone -- Moon Mullican
Why Don't You Love Me? -- Hank Williams
Long Gone Lonesome Blues -- Hank Williams
Goodnight Irene -- Red Foley and Ernest Tubb
Cuddle Buggin' Baby -- Eddy Arnold
(Remember Me) I'm the One -- Stuart Hamblen
Birmingham Bounce -- Red Foley
Lovebug Itch -- Eddy Arnold
Mississippi -- Red Foley
Throw Your Love My Way -- Ernest Tubb
I Love You Because -- Ernest Tubb
Cincinnati Dancing Pig -- Red Foley
I'll Never Be Free -- Tennessee Ernie and Kay Starr
Let's Go to Church -- Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely
Enclosed one Broken Heart -- Eddy Arnold
Angel With the Dirty Face -- Eddy Arnold
Why Should I Cry Over You? -- Eddy Arnold
Slipping Around -- Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely
Sports in 1950
Indianapolis 500: Johnnie Parsons
Kentucky Derby: Middleground
Major League Baseball
World Series: Yankees 4, Phillies 0
Pro Football
Expansion: Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers
College All-Stars 17, Philadelphia 7
NFL Championship: Cleveland Browns 30, Los Angeles 28
College Football: Navy 14, Army 2
Rose Bowl: Ohio State 17, California 14
Cotton Bowl: Rice 27, North Carolina 13
Orange Bowl: Santa Clara 21, Kentucky 13
Sugar Bowl: Oklahoma 35, LSU 0
Pro Basketball
Championship Series: Minneapolis Lakers 4, Syracuse 2
At the Movies On Television
"Cinderella"
"Annie Get Your Gun"
"Destination Moon"
"All About Eve"
"Born Yesterday"
"Father of the Bride"
"King Solomon's Mines"
"Sunset Boulevard"
"Harvey"
"The Third Man"
"The Asphalt Jungle"
"Broken Arrow"
"Mister 880"
Texaco Star Theatre
Fireside Theatre
Philco TV Playhouse
Your Show of Shows
Colgate Comedy Hour
Gillette Cavalcade of Stars
Lone Ranger
Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
Hopalong Cassidy
I Remember Mama
Robert Montgomery Presents
Martin Lane, Private Eye
Man Against Crime
Kraft Television Theatre
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USS Orion (AS-18) 1951
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
4 January North Korean and Chinese forces take Seoul
11 April Truman dismisses MacArthur. Gen. Matthew Ridgeway named Commander of UN Forces in Korea
14 June UNIVAC introduced
Capt. E. G. Porter Jr. relieves Capt. Eddy 23 June
20 July King Abdullah of Jordan assassinated
Receives commendation from ComSubLant for her outstanding performance during fiscal year 1951 6 August
  8 September Japanese peace treaty signed in San Francisco
Departs for refresher training following overhaul 3 October
Returns to Norfolk 18 November
Popular Songs of 1951
Too Young -- Nat King Cole
Because of You -- Tony Bennett
How High the Moon -- Les Paul and Mary Ford
Come On-a My House -- Rosemary Clooney
Be My Love -- Mario Lanza
On Top of Old Smoky -- Weavers With Terry Gilkyson
Cold, Cold Heart -- Tony Bennett
If -- Perry Como
Loveliest Night of the Year -- Mario Lanza
Tennessee Waltz -- Patti Page
Jezebel -- Frankie Laine
I Get Ideas -- Tony Martin
Mockin' Bird Hill -- Les Paul & Mary Ford
Mockin' Bird Hill -- Patti Page
My Heart Cries for You -- Guy Mitchell
(It's No) Sin -- Eddy Howard
Sound Off -- Vaughn Monroe
Sweet Violets -- Dinah Shore
World Is Waiting for the Sunrise -- Les Paul & Mary Ford
My Truly, Truly Fair -- Guy Mitchell
Sin -- Four Aces
Aba Daba Honeymoon--Debbie Reynolds/Carleton Carpenter
Rose, Rose I Love You -- Frankie Laine
Down Yonder -- Del Wood
I Apologize -- Billy Eckstine
Would I Love You -- Patti Page
You're Just in Love-- Perry Como
Undecided -- Ames Brothers
The Thing -- Phil Harris
Because of You -- Les Baxter
R&B 1951
Sixty Minute Man -- Dominoes
Black Night -- Charles Brown
Teardrops From My Eyes -- Ruth Brown
Chains of Love -- Joe Turner
Don't You Know I Love You -- Clovers
Please Send Me Someone to Love -- Percy Mayfield
I'm Waiting Just for You -- Lucky Millinder
Glory of Love -- Five Keys
Rocket 88 -- Jackie Brenston
Rockin' Blues -- Mel Walker & Johnny Otis
Bad, Bad Whiskey -- Amos Milburn
Fool, Fool, Fool -- Clovers
Lost Love -- Percy Mayfield
I'm in the Mood -- John Lee Hooker
I Got Loaded -- Peppermint Harris
Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere -- Joe Morris
Too Young -- Nat King Cole
Red's Boogie -- Piano Red
Seven Long Days -- Charles Brown
Do Something for Me -- Dominoes
Don't Take Your Love From Me -- Joe Morris
I Apologize -- Billy Eckstine
Tend to Your Business -- James Wayne
Smooth Sailing -- Ella Fitzgerald
I Will Wait -- Four Buddies
Because of You -- Tab Smith
Gee Baby -- Mel Walker & Johnny Otis
"T" 99 Blues -- Jimmy Nelson
Baby, Let Me Hold Your Hand -- Ray Charles
Flamingo -- Earl Bostic
Country 1951
Cold, Cold Heart -- Hank Williams
I Want to Be With You Always -- Lefty Frizzell
Always Late -- Lefty Frizzell
Rhumba Boogie -- Hank Snow
I Wanna Play House With You -- Eddy Arnold
There's Been a Change in Me -- Eddy Arnold
Shotgun Boogie -- Tennessee Ernie
Hey, Good Lookin' -- Hank Williams
Mom and Dad's Waltz -- Lefty Frizzell
Golden Rocket -- Hank Snow
I'm Movin' On -- Hank Snow
Kentucky Waltz -- Eddy Arnold
Slow Poke -- Pee Wee King
Let's Live a Little -- Carl Smith
I Love You a Thousand Ways -- Lefty Frizzell
Poison Love -- Johnnie and Jack
Down the Trail of Aching Hearts -- Hank Snow
Bluebird Island -- Hank Snow
Peace in the Valley-- Red Foley
Mister Moon -- Carl Smith
Sports in 1951
Indianapolis 500: Lee Wallard
Kentucky Derby: Count Turf
Major League Baseball
World Series: Yankees 4, Giants 2
Pro Football
Cleveland 33, College All-Stars 0
NFL Championship: Los Angeles 24, Cleveland 17
College Football: Navy 42, Army 7
Rose Bowl: Michigan 14, California 6
Cotton Bowl: Tennessee 20, Texas 14
Orange Bowl: Clemson 15, Miami (FL) 14
Sugar Bowl: Kentucky 13, Oklahoma 7
Pro Basketball
Tri-Cities Blackhawks move to Milwaukee, change name to Hawks
Championship Series: Rochester 4, New York 3

Muncie Central wins its third Indiana High School State Basketball Championship by defeating Evansville Reitz, 60-58

At the Movies On Television
"An American in Paris"
"Decision Before Dawn"
"A Place in the Sun"
"Quo Vadis?"
"A Streetcar Named Desire"
"The African Queen"
"Death of a Salesman"
"Detective Story"
Talent Scouts
Texaco Star Theatre
I Love Lucy
Red Skelton Show
Colgate Comedy Hour
Arthur Godfrey and Friends
Fireside Theatre
Your Show of Shows
Jack Benny Show
You Bet Your Life
Mama
Philco TV Playhouse
Amos 'N Andy
Gangbusters
Big Town

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USS Orion (AS-18) 1952
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
 Commander D. G. Baer relieves Capt. Porter 3 January
 Captain C. L. Murphy relieves Commander Baer 17 January
  6 February King George VI dies, daughter becomes Elizabeth II
  28 April Ike relieved as NATO commander to run for president 
June U.S. Navy begins laying Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS) on ocean floors to monitor Russian Submarine movements
23 July Military coup in Egypt dumps King Farouk
1 November U.S. detonates H-bomb at Eniwetok
Popular Songs of 1952
Blue Tango -- Leroy Anderson and His Orchestra
Wheel of Fortune -- Kay Starr
Cry -- Johnny Ray
You Belong to Me -- Jo Stafford
Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart -- Vera Lynn
I Went to Your Wedding -- Patti Page
Half as Much -- Rosemary Clooney
Wish You Were Here -- Eddie Fisher
Here in My Heart -- Al Martino
Delicado -- Percy Faith and His Orchestra
Kiss of Fire -- Georgia Gibbs
Any Time -- Eddie Fisher
Tell Me Why -- Four Aces
Blacksmith Blues -- Ella Mae Morse
Jambalaya -- Jo Stafford
Botch-a-Me -- Rosemary Clooney
A Guy Is a Guy -- Doris Day
Little White Cloud That Cried -- Johnnie Ray
High Noon -- Frankie Laine
I'm Yours -- Eddie Fisher
Glow-Worm -- Mills Brothers
It's in the Book -- Johnny Standley
Slow Poke -- Pee Wee King
Walkin' My Baby Back Home -- Johnnie Ray
Meet Mr. Callaghan -- Les Paul
I'm Yours -- Don Cornell
I'll Walk Alone -- Don Cornell
Tell Me Why -- Eddie Fisher
Trying -- Hilltoppers
Please, Mr. Sun -- Johnnie Ray
R&B 1952
Lawdy, Miss Clawdy -- Lloyd Price
Have Mercy Baby -- Dominoes
Five, Ten, Fifteen Hours -- Ruth Brown
Goin' Home -- Fats Domino
Night Train -- Jimmy Forrest
My Song -- Johnny Ace
One Mint Julep -- Clovers
Ting a Ling -- Clovers
Three O'clock Blues -- B. B. King
Juke -- Little Walter
No More Doggin' -- Roscoe Gordon
You Know I Love You -- B. B. King
Mary Jo -- Four Blazes
Booted -- Roscoe Gordon
Five Long Years -- Eddie Boyd
Heavenly Father -- Edna McGriff
Call Operator 210 -- Floyd Dixon
Flamingo -- Earl Bostic
Cry -- Johnnie Ray
Moody Mood for Love -- King Pleasure
Middle of the Night -- Clovers
Best Wishes -- Roy Milton
I'll Drown in My Tears -- Sonny Thompson
Wheel of Fortune-- Sunny Gale
Daddy, Daddy -- Ruth Brown
So Tired -- Roy Milton
Easy, Easy Baby -- Varetta Dillard
I'm Gonna Play the Honky Tonks -- Marie Adams
That's What You're Doing to Me -- Dominoes
Fool, Fool, Fool -- Clovers
Country 1952
Wild Side of Life -- Hank Thompson
Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way -- Carl Smith
Jambalaya-- Hank Williams
It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels -- Kitty Wells
Slow Poke -- Pee Wee King
Indian Love Call -- Slim Whitman
Wonderin' -- Webb Pierce
Don't Just Stand There -- Carl Smith
Almost -- George Morgan
Give Me More, More, More of Your Kisses -- Lefty Frizzell
Half as Much -- Hank Williams
Easy on the Eyes -- Eddy Arnold
Gold Rush Is Over -- Hank Snow
Are You Teasing Me -- Carl Smith
Full Time Job -- Eddy Arnold
Missing in Action -- Ernest Tubb
Waiting in the Lobby of Your Heart -- Hank Thompson
Too Old to Cut the Mustard -- Red Foley and Ernest Tubb
Don't Stay Away -- Lefty Frizzell
That Heart Belongs to Me -- Webb Pierce
Sports in 1952
Indianapolis 500: Troy Ruttman
Kentucky Derby: Hill Gail
Major League Baseball
World Series: Yankees 4, Dodgers 3
Pro Football
L.A. Rams 10, College All-Stars 7
NFL Championship: Detroit 17, Cleveland 7
College Football: Navy 7, Army 0
Rose Bowl: Illinois 40, Stanford 7
Cotton Bowl: Kentucky 20, Texas Christian 7
Orange Bowl: Georgia Tech 17, Baylor 14
Sugar Bowl: Maryland 28, Tennessee 13
Pro Basketball
Championship Series: Minneapolis Lakers 4, New York 3

Muncie Central wins its fourth Indiana High School State Basketball Championship by defeating Indianapolis Tech, 68-49

At the Movies On Television
"The Greatest Show on Earth"
"High Noon"
"Ivanhoe"
"Moulin Rouge"
"The Quiet Man"
"Viva Zapata"
"Come Back, Little Sheba"
"Singin' in the Rain"
I Love Lucy
Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
Arthur Godfrey and His Friends
Dragnet
Texaco Star Theatre
Buick Circus Hour
Colgate Comedy Hour
Gangbusters
You Bet Your Life
Fireside Theatre
Red Buttons Show
Jack Benny Show
Life With Luigi
Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts
Goodyear TV Playhouse
Victory at Sea

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USS Orion (AS-18) 1953
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
Departs Norfolk for Virgin Islands to take part in Operation Springboard 5 January
14 January Marshal Tito elected first president of Yugoslavia
  20 January Eisenhower inaugurated
Returns to Norfolk 19 February
  5 March Stalin dies. Malenkov becomes Soviet premier
12 March Department of Health, Education and Welfare created
26 March Salk polio vaccine announced
Captain W. R. Laugon relieves Capt. Murphy 9 April
  10 April Dag Hammarskjold began term as UN Secretary-General
23 April Army-McCarthy hearings begin
29 May Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norkay reach top of Mount Everest
9 June Tornado strikes Worcester, Mass., killing about 100
17 June Uprising begins against Communist rule in East Berlin
19 June Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed at Sing Sing
27 July Korean armistice signed at Panmunjon
19-22 August Mossadegh ousted in Iran; Shah Pahlevi returns
20 August Moscow announces hydrogen bomb explosion
12 September Khrushchev takes power in the Soviet Union
Popular Songs of 1953
Song From Moulin Rouge -- Percy Faith
Vaya Con Dios -- Les Paul and Mary Ford
Doggie in the Window -- Patti Page
I'm Walking Behind You -- Eddie Fisher
You, You, You -- Ames Brothers
Till I Waltz Again With You -- Teresa Brewer
April in Portugal -- Les Baxter
No Other Love -- Perry Como
Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes -- Perry Como
I Believe -- Frankie Laine
Oh -- Pee Wee Hunt
Ebb Tide -- Frank Chacksfield
Pretend -- Nat King Cole
Ruby -- Richard Hayman
St. George and the Dragonet -- Stan Freberg
P.S. I Love You -- Hilltoppers
Tell Me You're Mine -- Gaylords
Eh Cumpari -- Julius La Rosa
Rags to Riches -- Tony Bennett
Anna -- Silvana Mangano
Say You're Mine Again -- Perry Como
Dragnet -- Ray Anthony
Tell Me a Story -- Frankie Laine and Jimmy Boyd
Crying in the Chapel -- June Valli
Why Don't You Believe Me -- Joni James
Your Cheatin' Heart -- Joni James
Limelight (Terry's Theme) -- Frank Chacksfield
With These Hands -- Eddie Fisher
C'Est Si Bon -- Eartha Kitt
Have You Heard -- Joni James
R&B 1953
(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean -- Ruth Brown
Shake a Hand -- Faye Adams
Hound Dog -- Willie Mae Thornton
Crying in the Chapel -- Orioles
The Clock -- Johnny Ace
I Don't Know -- Willie Mabon
Good Lovin' -- Clovers
Baby, Don't Do It -- Five Royales
Help Me Somebody -- Five Royales
Please Love Me -- B. B. King
Going to the River -- Fats Domino
Crawlin' -- Clovers
Let Me Go Home, Whiskey -- Amos Milburn
I Wanna Know -- Du Droppers
I'm Mad -- Willie Mabon
Too Much Lovin' -- Five Royales
Soft -- Tiny Bradshaw
Red Top -- King Pleasure
Cross My Heart -- Johnny Ace
Don't Deceive Me -- Chuck Willis
Honey Hush -- Joe Turner
Yes, I Know -- Linda Hayes
Please Don't Leave Me -- Fats Domino
Wild, Wild Young Men -- Ruth Brown
One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer -- Amos Milburn
Woke Up This Morning -- B. B. King
Mercy, Mr. Percy -- Varetta Dillard
Dream Girl -- Jesse and Marvin
Money Honey -- Clyde McPhatter
I Found Out -- Du Droppers
Country 1953
Kaw-Liga -- Hank Williams
Your Cheating Heart -- Hank Williams
No Help Wanted -- Carlisles
Dear John Letter -- Jean Shepard and Felin Husky
Hey, Joe -- Carl Smith
Mexican Joe -- Jim Reeves
I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know -- Davis Sisters
It's Been So Long -- Webb Pierce
Take These Chains From My Heart -- Hank Williams
Fool Such as I -- Hank Snow
Eddy's Song -- Eddy Arnold
Last Waltz -- Webb Pierce
Rub-a-Dub-Dub -- Hank Thompson
I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive -- Hank Williams
Bumming Around -- T. Texas Tyler
That Hound Dog in the Window -- Homer and Jethro
Crying in the Chapel -- Rex Allen
Jambalaya -- Hank Williams
Death of Hank Williams -- Jack Cardwell
Caribbean -- Mitchell Torok
Sports in 1953
Indianapolis 500: Bill Vukovich
Kentucky Derby: Dark Star
Major League Baseball
Boston Braves move to Milwaukee
World Series: Yankees 4, Dodgers 2
Pro Football
Expansion: Baltimore Colts
Detroit 24, College All-Stars 10
NFL Championship: Detroit 17, Cleveland 16
College Football: Army 20, Navy 7
Rose Bowl: USC 7, Wisconsin 0
Cotton Bowl: Texas 16, Tennessee 0
Orange Bowl: Alabama 61, Syracuse 6
Sugar Bowl: Georgia Tech 24, Mississippi 7
Pro Basketball
Championship Series: Minneapolis Lakers 4, New York 1
At the Movies On Television
"Peter Pan"
"The Robe"
"House of Wax"
"The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms"
"From Here to Eternity"
"Julius Ceasar"
"Roman Holiday"
"Shane"
"Stalag 17"
"Mogambo"
"Lily"
"The Moon Is Blue"
"Hondo"
I Love Lucy
Dragnet
Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
You Bet Your Life
The Chevy Show (Bob Hope)
The Milton Berle Show
Arthur Godfrey and His Friends
The Ford Show
Jackie Gleason Show
Fireside Theatre
Colgate Comedy Hour
This Is Your Life
Red Buttons Show
Life of Riley
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USS Orion (AS-18) 1954
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
Navy goes nuclear
21 January First nuke, USS Nautilus (SSN-571) launched
1 March Puerto Rican nationalists fire from the spectators' gallery wounding five congressmen
7 May Dien Bien Phu, French Indochina, falls to the Vietminh 
Captain W. T. Kinsella relieves Capt. Laugon 8 May
17 May Supreme Court decision in Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education bans segregation in public schools
20 July French sign peace agreement in Indochina
Leaves Norfolk for retraining in the Caribbean 26 July
Arrives in Narragansett Bay, R.I., for further retraining 14 August
Sails for New London, Connecticut. 27 August
Returns to Rhode Island 30 August
Anchored in Narragansett Bay, Orion narrowly averts being pushed aground on Gould Island by high winds and is able to get underway and leave the harbor 31 August Hurricane Carol strikes the southern coast of New England
8 September SEATO treaty signed by eight nations in Manila
Popular Songs of 1954
Little Things Mean a Lot -- Kitty Kallen
Wanted -- Perry Como
Hey There -- Rosemary Clooney
Sh-Boom -- Crew Cuts
Make Love to Me -- Jo Stafford
Oh, My Papa -- Eddie Fisher
I Get So Lonely -- Four Knights
Three Coins in the Fountain -- Four Aces
Secret Love -- Doris Day
Hernando's Hideaway -- Archie Bleyer
Young at Heart -- Frank sinatra
This Ole House -- Rosemary Clooney
I Need You Now -- Eddie Fisher
Cross Over the Bridge -- Patti Page
Little Shoemaker -- Gaylords
That's Amore -- Dean Martin
Happy Wanderer -- Frank Weir
Answer Me, My Love -- Nat King Cole
Stranger in Paradise -- Tony Bennett
If I Give My Heart to You -- Doris Day
If You Love Me (Really Love Me) -- Kay Starr
Skokiaan -- Ralph Marterie
Hold My Hand -- Don Cornell
Changing Partners -- Patti Page
Papa Loves Mambo -- Perry Como
Shake, Rattle and Roll -- Bill Haley and His Comets
Rags to Riches -- Tony Bennett
In the Chapel in the Moonlight -- Kitty Kallen
Stranger in Paradise -- Four Aces
Here -- Tony Martin
R&B 1954
Work With Me Annie -- Midnighters
Honey Love -- Drifters
What a Dream -- Ruth Brown
You'll Never Walk Alone -- Roy Hamilton
Shake, Rattle and Roll -- Joe Turner
The Things That I Used to Do -- Guitar Slim
Hurts Me to My Heart -- Faye Adams
Annie Had a Baby -- Midnighters
Lovey Dovey -- Clovers
Sexy Ways -- Midnighters
Money Honey -- Drifters
Sh-Boom -- Chords
I Didn't Want to Do It -- Spiders
I'll Be True -- Faye Adams
Honey Hush -- Joe Turner
Just Make Love to Me -- Muddy Waters
Little Mama -- Clovers
Such a Night -- Drifters
You're Still My Baby -- Chuck Willis
Goodnight Sweetheart Goodnight -- Spaniels
Ebb Tide -- Roy Hamilton
I Don't Hurt Anymore -- Dinah Washington
Saving My Love for You -- Johnny Ace
Mambo Baby -- Ruth Brown
Hearts of Stone -- Charms
I've Got My Eyes on You -- Clovers
You're So Fine -- Little Walter
Gee -- Crows
I'm Just Your Fool -- Buddy Johnson
If I Loved You -- Roy Hamilton
Country 1954
I Don't Hurt Anymore -- Hank Snow
One By One -- Kitty Wells and Red Foley
Slowly -- Webb Pierce
Even Tho -- Webb Pierce
I Really Don't Want to Know -- Eddy Arnold
More and More -- Webb Pierce
You Better Not Do That -- Tommy Collins
There Stands the Glass -- Webb Pierce
Rose Marie -- Slim Whitman
I'll Be There -- Ray Price
Bimbo -- Jim Reeves
This Is the Thanks I Get -- Eddy Arnold
This Ole House -- Stuart Hamblen
Sparkling Brown Eyes -- Webb Pierce
Looking Back to See -- Goldie Hill and Justin Tubb
Secret Love -- Slim Whitman
Back Up Buddy -- Carl Smith
Wake Up Irene -- Hank Thompson
Release Me -- Ray Price
Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight -- Johnnie and Jack
Sports in 1954
Indianapolis 500: Bill Vukovich
Kentucky Derby: Determine
Major League Baseball
Move: St. Louis Browns to Baltimore, name changed to Orioles
World Series: Giants 4, Indians 0
Pro Football
Detroit 31, College All-Stars 6
NFL Championship: Cleveland 56, Detroit 10
College Football: Navy 27, Army 20
Rose Bowl: Michigan State 28, UCLA 20
Cotton Bowl: Rice 28, Alabama 6
Orange Bowl: Oklahoma 7, Maryland 0
Sugar Bowl: Georgia Tech 42, West Virginia 19
Pro Basketball
Championship Series: Minneapolis Lakers 4, Syracuse 3

Muncie Central loses to Milan, 32-30, in the Indiana High School State Basketball Tourney championship. This game will be the inspiration for the movie "Hoosiers" (1986)
 

At the Movies On Television
"Rear Window"
"The Caine Mutiny"
"On the Waterfront"
"A Star Is Born"
"King Richard and the Crusaders"
"The Country Girl"
"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"
"Three Coins in the Fountain"
"Magnificent Obsession"
"The High and the Mighty"
"The Barefoot Contessa"
I Love Lucy
Jackie Gleason Show
Dragnet
You Bet Your Life
Toast of the Town
Disneyland
The Chevy Show (Bob Hope)
Jack Benny Show
Martha Raye Show
George Gobel Show
Ford Theatre
December Bride
Buick-Berle Show
This Is Your Life
I've Got a Secret

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USS Orion (AS-18)
Named Outstanding Submarine Tender in the Atlantic Fleet
1955
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
8 February Bulganin replaces Malenkov as Soviet premier
ComSubLant Adminstrative Inspection. Orion awarded Navy "E" 28 April
June Greatest class in the history of Muncie Central High School graduates
Captain R. Kefauver relieves Capt. Kinsella 8 July  
17 July Disneyland opens in Anaheim
28 August Emmett Till murdered in Mississippi
19 September Coup deposes Juan Peron in Argentina
24 September President Eisenhower suffers a heart attack in Denver
5 December AFL and CIO merge.
City bus boycott begins in Montgomery, Alabama
Popular Songs of 1955
Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White -- Perez Prado
Rock Around the Clock -- Bill Haley and His Comets
Yellow Rose of Texas -- Mitch Miller
Autumn Leaves -- Roger Williams
Unchained Melody -- Les Baxter
Ballad of Davy Crockett -- Bill Hayes
Love Is a Many Splendored Thing -- Four Aces
Sincerely -- McGuire Sisters
Ain't That a Shame -- Pat Boone
Dance With Me Henry -- Georgia Gibbs
Crazy Otto Medley -- Johnny Maddox
Melody of Love -- Billy Vaughn
Sixteen Tons -- Tennessee Ernie Ford
Learnin' the Blues -- Frank Sinatra
Hearts of Stone -- Fontane Sisters
Tweedle Dee -- Georgia Gibbs
Moments to Remember -- Four Lads
Mr. Sandman -- Chordettes
Let Me Go Lover -- Joan Weber
A Blossom Fell -- Nat King Cole
Unchained Melody -- Al Hibler
Ballad of Davy Crockett -- Fess Parker
Honey Babe -- Art Mooney
Ballad of Davy Crockett -- Tennessee Ernie Ford
Ko Ko Mo -- Perry Como
Naughty Lady of Shady Lane -- Ames Brothers
Hard to Get -- Giselle MacKenzie
That's All I Want From You -- Jaye P. Morgan
Only You -- Platters
It's a Sin to Tell a Lie -- Somethin' Smith & The Redheads
R&B 1955
Pledging My Love -- Johnny Ace
Ain't That a Shame -- Fats Domino
Maybellene -- Chuck Berry
Earth Angel -- Penguins
I've Got a Woman -- Ray Charles
Wallflower -- Etta James
Only You -- Platters
My Babe -- Little Walter
Sincerely -- Moonglows
Unchained Melody -- Roy Hamilton
Hearts of Stone -- Charms
Tweedle Dee -- LaVern Baker
Every Day -- Count Basie
It's Love Baby -- Louis Brooks
Flip, Flop and Fly -- Joe Turner
Don't Be Angry -- Nappy Brown
Bo Diddley -- Bo Diddley
What'Cha Gonna Do -- Drifters
Unchained Melody -- Al Hibbler
Story Untold -- Nutmegs
Soldier Boy -- Four Fellows
I Hear You Knocking -- Smiley Lewis
A Fool for You -- Ray Charles
At My Front Door -- El Dorados
All by Myself -- Fats Domino
Country 1955
In the Jailhouse Now -- Webb Pierce
Making Believe -- Kitty Wells
I Don't Care -- Webb Pierce
Loose Talk -- Carl Smith
Satisfied Mind -- Porter Wagoner
Cattle Call -- Eddy Arnold & Hugo Winterhalter
Live Fast, Love Hard and Die Young -- Faron Young
If You Ain't Lovin' -- Faron Young
Yellow Roses -- Hank Snow
I've Been Thinking -- Eddy Arnold
More and More -- Webb Pierce
Love, Love, Love -- Webb Pierce
Satisfied Mind -- Red & Betty Foley
Ballad of Davy Crockett -- Tennessee Ernie
Just Call Me Lonesome -- Eddy Arnold
There She Goes -- Carl Smith
Are You Mine? -- Ginny Wright & Tom Tall
Satisfied Mind -- Jean Shepard
Let Me Go, Lover -- Hank Snow
All Right -- Faron Young
Sports in 1955
Indianapolis 500: Bob Sweikert
Kentucky Derby: Swaps
Major League Baseball
Philadelphia Athletics move to Kansas City
World Series: Dodgers 4, Yankees 3
Pro Football
College All-Stars 30, Cleveland 27
NFL Championship: Cleveland 38, Los Angeles 14
College Football: Army 14, Navy 6
Rose Bowl: Ohio State 20, USC 7
Cotton Bowl: Georgia Tech 14, Arkansas 6
Orange Bowl: Duke 34, Nebraska 7
Sugar Bowl: Navy 21, Mississippi 0
Pro Basketball
Milwaukee Hawks move to St. Louis
Championship Series: Syracuse 4, Fort Wayne Pistons 3
At the Movies On Television
"Lady and the Tramp"
"Mister Roberts"
"Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing"
"Picnic"
"The Rose Tattoo"
"Marty"
"Love Me or Leave Me"
"East of Eden"
"The Man With the Golden Arm"
"Bad Day at Black Rock"
"I'll Cry Tomorrow"
"Rebel Without a Cause"
$64,000 Question
I Love Lucy
Ed Sullivan Show
Disneyland
Jack Benny Show
December Bride
You Bet Your Life
Dragnet
The Millionaire
I've Got a Secret
General Electric Theatre
Private Secretary
Ford Theatre
Red Skelton Show
George Gobel Show

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USS Orion (AS-18)
Adds hashmark to Navy "E"
1956
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
Participates in Operation Springboard from St. Thomas, V.I. Visits Fort-de-France, Martinique, San Juan and Havana  2 February
to 24 March
25 February Khrushchev denounces Stalin
ComSubLant Administrative Inspection. Orion again awarded Navy "E" 11 May
USS Barbero (SSG-317), first guided missile sub in the Atlantic Fleet, joins Subron 6 20 May
21 May First aerial H-bomb tested at Bikini
23 June Nasser elected president of Egypt
28-30 June Workers uprising crushed in Poznan, Poland
29 June Interstate highway system funding authorized
25 July Andrea Doria and Stockholm collide off Nantucket
26 July Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal
Captain C. W. Nimitz Jr. relieves Capt. Kefauver 11 August
9 September Elvis appears on Ed Sullivan Show
63-foot, wooden-hulled, sound analysis boat "Dessi Belle" joins Subron 6 October
23 October Revolt begins in Hungary
29 October Israel attacks Sinai and drives toward Suez
4 November Soviets bring in tanks to crush revolt in Hungary
5 November British and French invade Egypt at Port Said
6 November British, French, and Israeli forces halt advance
15 November Hungarian Revolt ends
Conducts Advanced Underwater Weapons tests at sea with USS Pompon (SS-276), USS Torsk (SS-423), and USS Kittiwake (ASR-13). Orion fires six shots across bow of West German merchant ship to warn it away from area 19-21 November
Popular Songs of 1956
Heartbreak Hotel -- Elvis Presley
Don't Be Cruel -- Elvis Presley
Lisbon Antigua -- Nelson Riddle
My Prayer -- Platters
Wayward Wind -- Gogi Grant
Hound Dog -- Elvis Presley
Poor People of Paris -- Les Baxter
Whatever Will Be, Will Be -- Doris Day
Memories Are Made of This -- Dean Martin
Rock and Roll Waltz -- Kay Starr
Moonglow/Theme From Picnic -- Morris Stoloff
The Great Pretender -- Platters
I Almost Lost My Mind -- Pat Boone
I Want You, I Need You, I Love You -- Elvis Presley
Love Me Tender -- Elvis Presley
Hot Diggity -- Perry Como
Canadian Sunset -- Eddie Heywood and Hugo Winterhalter
Blue Suede Shoes -- Carl Perkins
Green Door -- Jim Lowe
No, Not Much -- Four Lads
Honky Tonk -- Bill Doggett
Sixteen Tons -- Tennessee Ernie Ford
Just Walking in the Rain -- Johnny Ray
Allegheny Moon -- Patti Page
I'm in Love Again -- Fats Domino
Tonight You Belong to Me -- Patience & Prudence
Be-Bop-a-Lula -- Gene Vincent
Why Do Fools Fall in Love -- Teenagers
Standing on the Corner -- Four Lads
The Flying Saucer -- Buchanan & Goodman
Moonglow/Theme From Picnic -- George Cates
Ivory Tower -- Cathy Carr
See You Later Alligator -- Bill Haley & His Comets
I'll Be Home -- Pat Boone
On the Street Where You Live -- Vic Damone
Magic Touch -- Platters
Born to Be With You -- Chordettes
Band of Gold -- Don Cherry
More -- Perry Como
Singing the Blues -- Guy Mitchell
Blueberry Hill -- Fats Domino
The Fool -- Sanford Clark
Happy Whistler -- Don Robertson
True Love -- Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly
Long Tall Sally -- Little Richard
Sweet Old Fashioned Girl -- Teresa Brewer
Transfusion -- Nervous Norvus
It Only Hurts for a Little While -- Ames Brothers
A Tear Fell -- Teresa Brewer
Rock Island Line -- Lonnie Donegan
R&B 1956
Honky Tonk -- Bill Doggett
I'm in Love Again -- Fats Domino
Long Tall Sally -- Little Richard
Fever -- Little Willie John
The Great Pretender -- Platters
Why Do Fools Fall in Love -- Teenagers
I Want You to Be My Girl -- Teenagers
My Prayer -- Platters
Blue Suede Shoes -- Carl Perkins
Let the Good Times Roll -- Shirley & Lee
Rip It Up -- Little Richard
Tutti-Frutti -- Little Richard
Drown in My Own Tears -- Ray Charles
Don't Be Cruel -- Elvis Presley
Treasure of Love -- Clyde McPhatter
Eddie My Love -- Teen Queens
Please, Please, Please -- James Brown
Speedo -- Cadillacs
Heartbreak Hotel -- Elvis Presley
It's Too Late -- Chuck Willis
Hound Dog -- Elvis Presley
In the Still of the Night -- Five Satins
Seven Days -- Clyde McPhatter
The Magic Touch -- Platters
Blueberry Hill -- Fats Domino
Corrine Corrina -- Joe Turner
My Blue Heaven -- Fats Domino
Stranded in the Jungle -- Cadets
Need Your Love So Bad -- Little Willie John
Slippin' and Slidin' -- Little Richard
Bo Weevil -- Fats Domino
A Casual Look -- Six Teens
The Flying Saucer -- Buchanan & Goodman
Hallelujah I Love Her So -- Ray Charles
Devil or Angel -- Clovers
I Want You, I Need You, I Love You -- Elvis Presley
Ivory Tower -- Otis Williams & His Charms
Ain't That Lovin' You Baby -- Jimmy Reed
Love, Love, Love -- Clovers
Canadian Sunset -- Eddie Heywood & Hugo Winterhalter
Love Me Tender -- Elvis Presley
Bad Luck -- B. B. King
Hands Off -- Jay McShann & Priscilla Bowman
So-Long -- Fats Domino
Poor Me -- Fats Domino
Whatcha Gonna Do When Your Baby Leaves You -- Chuck Willis
Jivin' Around -- Ernie Freeman
Little Girl of Mine -- Cleftones
Up on the Mountain -- Magnificents
Pleadin' for Love -- Larry Birdsong
Country 1956
Crazy Arms -- Ray Price
Heartbreak Hotel -- Elvis Presley
I Walk the Line -- Johnny Cash
Blue Suede Shoes -- Carl Perkins
Searching -- Kitty Wells
I Want You, I Need You, I Love You -- Elvis Presley
Don't Be Cruel -- Elvis Presley
Why Baby Why -- Red Sovine & Webb Pierce
I Forgot to Remember to Forget -- Elvis Presley
Singing the Blues -- Marty Robbins
Hound Dog -- Elvis Presley
You and Me -- Red Foley & Kitty Wells
Sweet Dreams -- Faron Young
So Doggone Lonesome -- Johnny Cash
Sixteen Tons -- Tennessee Ernie
Love Love Love -- Webb Pierce
I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby -- Louvin Brothers
I Take the Chance -- Jim Ed & Maxine Brown
Blackboard of My Heart -- Hank Thompson
Be-Bop-a-Lula -- Gene Vincent
Sports in 1956
Indianapolis 500: Pat Flaherty
Kentucky Derby: Needles
Major League Baseball
World Series: Yankees 4, Dodgers 3
Pro Football
Cleveland 26, College All-Stars 0
NFL Championship: New York 47, Chicago Bears 7
College Football: Navy 7, Army 7
Rose Bowl: Michigan State 17, UCLA 14
Cotton Bowl: Mississippi 14, TCU 13
Orange Bowl: Oklahoma 20, Maryland 6
Sugar Bowl: Georgia Tech 7, Pittsburgh 0
Pro Basketball
Championship Series: Philadelphia Warriors 4, Fort Wayne Pistons 1
At the Movies On Television
"The Ten Commandments"
"Around the World in 80 Days"
"And God Created Woman"
"Friendly Persuasion"
"Giant"
"The King and I"
"Lust for Life"
"Richard III"
"Anastasia"
"Baby Doll"
"The Rainmaker"
"The Bad Seed"
"Bus Stop"
"The Bold and the Brave"
"Written on the Wind"
"War and Peace"
I Love Lucy
Ed Sullivan Show
General Electric Theatre
$64,000 Question
December Bride
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
I've Got a Secret
Gunsmoke
Perry Como Show
Jack Benny Show
Dragnet
Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
The Millionaire
Disneyland
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USS Orion (AS-18) 1957
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
"Vacation" in Port Everglades, Fla. 25 January
to 4 February
25 March European Common Market founded
Captain R. H. Bowers relieves Capt. Nimitz 25 July
19-21 August USS Gudgeon (SS-567) held down by Russian sub chasers near Vladivostok naval base. Forced to surface, she is then allowed to leave
4 September Arkansas Gov. Faubus calls out National Guard to prevent black students from entering Central High School in Little Rock.
Ford Motor Company begins selling Edsels
24 September Troops sent to Little Rock to quell mob and protect school integration
4 October Russians launch Sputnik I
Popular Songs of 1957
All Shook Up -- Elvis Presley
Love Letters in the Sand -- Pat Boone
Little Darlin' -- Diamonds
Young Love -- Tab Hunter
So Rare -- Jimmy Dorsey
Don't Forbid Me -- Pat Boone
Singing the Blues -- Guy Mitchell
Young Love -- Sonny James
Too Much -- Elvis Presley
Round and Round -- Perry Como
Bye Bye Love -- Everly Brothers
Tammy -- Debbie Reynolds
Party Doll -- Buddy Knox
Teddy Bear/Loving You -- Elvis Presley
Banana Boat (Day-O) -- Harry Belafonte
Jailhouse Rock -- Elvis Presley
White Sport Coat -- Marty Robbins
Come Go With Me -- Dell Vikings
Wake Up Little Suzie -- Everly Brothers
You Send Me -- Sam Cooke
Searchin' -- Coasters
School Day -- Chuck Berry
Gone -- Ferlin Husky
Diana -- Paul Anka
A Teenager's Romance -- Ricky Nelson
Banana Boat Song -- Tarriers
Honeycomb -- Jimmie Rodgers
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On -- Jerry Lee Lewis
Dark Moon -- Gale Storm
That'll Be the Day -- Crickets
Butterfly -- Charlie Gracie
Moonlight Gambler -- Frankie Laine
Teen-Age Crush -- Tommy Sands
It's Not for Me to Say -- Johnny Mathis
Silhouettes -- Rays
Butterfly -- Andy Williams
Marianne -- Terry Gilkyson & The Easy Riders
I'm Walkin' -- Fats Domino
Chances Are -- Johnny Mathis
Send for Me -- Nat King Cole
Rainbow -- Russ Hamilton
Be-Bop Baby -- Ricky Nelson
Short Fat Fannie -- Larry Williams
Green Door -- Jim Lowe
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down -- Billy Williams
Blueberry Hill -- Fats Domino
Old Cape Cod -- Patti Page
Mr. Lee -- Bobbettes
Whispering Bells -- Dell Vikings
Blue Monday -- Fats Domino
R&B 1957
Jailhouse Rock -- Elvis Presley
Searchin' / Young Blood -- Coasters
You Send Me -- Sam Cooke
Wake Up Little Suzie -- Everly Brothers
All Shook Up -- Elvis Presley
Blue Monday -- Fats Domino
Honeycomb -- Jimmie Rodgers
Diana -- Paul Anka
Silhouettes -- Rays
Come Go With Me -- Dell Vikings
I'm Walkin' -- Fats Domino
Love Is Strange -- Mickey & Sylvia
Send for Me -- Nat King Cole
Short Fat Fannie -- Larry Williams
School Day -- Chuck Berry
Little Darlin' -- Diamonds
That'll Be the Day -- Crickets
Lucille -- Little Richard
Whole Lot of Shakin' Goin' On -- Jerry Lee Lewis
Blueberry Hill -- Fats Domino
Happy, Happy Birthday Baby -- Tune Weavers
C. C. Rider -- Chuck Willis
Mr. Lee -- Bobbettes
Teddy Bear/Loving You -- Elvis Presley
Since I Met You Baby -- Ivory Joe Hunter
So Rare -- Jimmy Dorsey
Jim Dandy -- LaVern Baker
Honky Tonk -- Bill Doggett
Little Bitty Pretty One -- Thurston Harris
Be-Bop Baby -- Ricky Nelson
Valley of Tears -- Fats Domino
Just Because -- Lloyd Price
Over the Mountain, Across the Sea -- Johnnie & Joe
Jenny Jenny/Miss Ann -- Little Richard
Farther Up the Road -- Bobbie "Blue" Bland
Without Love -- Clyde McPhatter
Keep a Knockin' -- Little Richard
Party Doll -- Buddy Knox
It Hurts to Be in Love -- Annie Laurie
Bye Bye Love -- Everly Brothers
Star Dust -- Billy Ward & His Dominoes
Love Letters in the Sand -- Pat Boone
Singing the Blues -- Guy Mitchell
A Thousand Miles Away -- Heartbeats
Next Time You See Me -- Little Junior Parker
Honest I Do -- Jimmy Reed
Too Much -- Elvis Presley
Raunchy -- Bill Justis
Young Love -- Tab Hunter
Whispering Bells -- Dell Vikings
Ain't Got No Home -- Clarence "Frogman" Henry
Country 1957
Gone -- Ferlin Husky
Fraulein -- Bobby Helms
Bye Bye Love -- Everly Brothers
A White Sport Coat -- Marty Robbins
Young Love -- Sonny James
Four Walls -- Jim Reeves
There You Go / Train of Love -- Johnny Cash
Wake Up Little Suzie -- Everly Brothers
Gonna Find Me a Bluebird -- Marvin Rainwater
Jailhouse Rock -- Elvis Presley
Singing the Blues -- Marty Robbins
Whole Lot of Shakin' Goin On -- Jerry Lee Lewis
Teddy Bear / Loving You -- Elvis Presley
Honky Tonk Song -- Webb Pierce
My Special Angel -- Bobby Helms
All Shook Up -- Elvis Presley
My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You -- Ray Price
Walkin' After Midnight -- Patsy Cline
Geisha Girl -- Hank Locklin
I'm Tired -- Webb Pierce
Sports in 1957
Indianapolis 500: Sam Hanks
Kentucky Derby: Iron Liege
Major League Baseball
World Series: Milwaukee 4, Yankees 3
Pro Football
N.Y. Giants 22, College All-Stars 12
NFL Championship: Detroit 59, Cleveland 14
College Football: Navy 14, Army 0
Rose Bowl: Iowa 35, Oregon State 19
Cotton Bowl: Texas Christian 28, Syracuse 27
Orange Bowl: Colorado 27, Clemson 21
Sugar Bowl: Baylor, 13, Tennessee 7
Pro Basketball
Fort Wayne Pistons move to Detroit
Rochester Royals move to Cincinnati
Championship Series: Boston 4, St. Louis 3
At the Movies On Television
"The Bridge on the River Kwai"
"Peyton Place"
"Jailhouse Rock"
"I Was a Teenage Werewolf"
"Sayonara"
"Twelve Angry Men"
"Witness for the Prosecution"
"A Hatful of Rain"
"Wild Is the Wind"
"The Three Faces of Eve"
"Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison"
"Raintree County"
"A Farewell to Arms"
"Tammy and the Bachelor"
Gunsmoke
Danny Thomas Show
Tales of Wells Fargo
Have Gun, Will Travel
I've Got a Secret
Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
General Electric Theatre
The Restless Gun
December Bride
You Bet Your Life
Perry Como Show
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Cheyenne
The Ford Show
Red Skelton Show
Gale Storm Show
The Millionaire
The Lineup
This Is Your Life
$64,000 Question
Zane Grey Theatre
Lassie
Wagon Train
Sugarfoot
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USS Orion (AS-18) 1958
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
The Army joins Elvis
31 January First U.S. satellite, Explorer I, put into orbit
27 March Bulganin resigns. Khrushchev becomes Soviet premier
30 May USS Stickleback (SS-415) lost off Hawaii after collision with USS Silverstein (DE-534). Crew taken off prior to sinking
15 July Marines sent into Lebanon
29 July NASA created
Capt. C. D. Brown relieves Capt. Bowers 1 August
Departs for Yorktown, Va., to embark personnel and equipment of GNU-51 for transfer to Roosevelt Roads, P.R. Provides upkeep and services to SubDiv 63 units in San Juan 4-29 September
Recreational visit to New York City 4-9 December
21 December De Gaulle elected president of Fifth Republic
Popular Songs of 1958
Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare) -- Domenico Modugno
All I Have to Do Is Dream -- Everly Brothers
Don't/I Beg of You -- Elvis Presley
Witch Doctor -- David Seville
Patricia -- Perez Prado
Sail Along Silvery Moon -- Billy Vaughn
Catch a Falling Star/Magic Moments -- Perry Como
Tequila -- The Champs
It's All in the Game -- Tommy Edwards
Return to Me -- Dean Martin
It's Only Make Believe -- Conway Twitty
Purple People Eater -- Sheb Wooley
Bird Dog/Devoted to You -- Everly Brothers
Get a Job -- Silhouettes
Little Star -- Elegants
Twilight Time -- Platters
Stood Up/ Waitin' in School -- Ricky Nelson
He's Got the Whole World -- Laurie London
Secretly -- Jimmy Rodgers
At the Hop -- Danny & The Juniors
Yakkety Yak -- Coasters
Wear My Ring Around Your Neck -- Elvis Presley
Rockin' Robin -- Bobby Day
Poor Little Fool -- Ricky Nelson
Wonderful Time Up There -- Pat Boone
Just a Dream -- Jimmy Clanton
Sugartime -- McGuire Sisters
Tom Dooley -- Kingston Trio
Sweet Little Sixteen -- Chuck Berry
Topsy (Part II) -- Cozy Cole
Looking Back -- Nat King Cole
Book of Love -- Monotones
Tea for Two Cha Cha -- Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
Tears on My Pillow -- Little Anthony & The Imperials
Short Shorts -- Royal Teens
Great Balls of Fire -- Jerry Lee Lewis
Lollipop -- Chordettes
Splish Splash -- Bobby Darin
Who's Sorry Now -- Connie Francis
Endless Sleep -- Jody Reynolds
Do You Want to Dance -- Bobby Freeman
When -- Kalin Twins
To Know Him Is to Love Him -- Teddy Bears
April Love -- Pat Boone
Rebel 'Rouser -- Duane Eddy
Oh, Julie -- Crescendos
The Stroll -- Diamonds
Hard Headed Woman -- Elvis Presley
Peggy Sue -- Buddy Holly
Oh, Lonesome Me -- Don Gibson
R&B 1958
What Am I Living For / Hang Up My Rock & Roll Shoes
-----------------------------------------------------------------  -- Chuck Willis
Rockin' Robin -- Bobby Day
Don't/I Beg of You -- Elvis Presley
Looking Back -- Nat King Cole
All I Have to Do Is Dream -- Everly Brothers
It's All in the Game -- Tommy Edwards
Just a Dream -- Jimmy Clanton
Yakkety Yak -- Coasters
Witch Doctor -- David Seville
Little Star -- Elegants
Tequila -- Champs
Win Your Love for Me -- Sam Cooke
Bird Dog -- Everly Brothers
Twilight Time -- Platters
My True Love / Leroy -- Jack Scott
At the Hop -- Danny & The Juniors
Get a Job -- Silhouettes
Poor Little Fool -- Ricky Nelson
Tears on My Pillow -- Little Anthony & The Imperials
Patricia -- Perez Prado
Topsy (Part II) -- Cozy Cole
Sweet Little Sixteen -- Chuck Berry
For Your Love -- Ed Townsend
Willie and the Hand Jive -- Johnny Otis Show
Talk to Me, Talk to Me -- Little Willie John
Johnny B. Goode -- Chuck Berry
Maybe -- ChaTntels
Oh Julie -- Crescendos
He's Got the Whole World -- Laurie London
Don't Let Go -- Roy Hamilton
Short Shorts -- Royal Teens
Book Of Love -- Monotones
Jennie Lee -- Jan & Arnie
Splish Splash -- Bobby Darin
Peggy Sue -- Buddy Holly
Do You Want to Dance -- Bobby Freeman
Hard Headed Woman -- Elvis Presley
Wear My Ring Around Your Neck -- Elvis Presley
The Stroll -- Diamonds
Secretly-- Jimmie Rodgers
Endless Sleep -- Jody Reynolds
Lollipop -- Chordettes
A Lover's Question -- Clyde McPhatter
Raunchy -- Ernie Freeman
Don't You Just Know It -- Huey Smith
To Be Loved -- Jackie Wilson
Big Man -- Four Preps
Who's Sorry Now -- Connie Francis
I'm Gonna Get My Baby -- Jimmy Reed
Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare) -- Domenico Modugno
Country 1958
Oh, Lonesome Me / I Can't Stop Loving You -- Don Gibson
Just Married / Stairway of Love -- Marty Robbins
Guess Things Happen That Way -- Johnny Cash
City Lights / Invitation to the Blues -- Ray Price
Don't / I Beg of You -- Elvis Presley
The Ways of a Woman in Love -- Johnny Cash
Ballad of a Teenage Queen -- Johnny Cash
Send Me the Pillow You Dream On -- Hank Locklin
Blue, Blue Day -- Don Gibson
Alone With You -- Faron Young
Blue Boy -- Jim Reeves
Bird Dog / Devoted to You -- Everly Brothers
All I Have to Do Is Dream -- Everly Brothers
The Story of My Life -- Marty Robbins
I Can't Stop Loving You -- Kitty Wells
Geisha Girl -- Hank Locklin
Hard Headed Woman / Don't Ask Me Why -- Elvis Presley
It's a Little More Like Heaven -- Hank Locklin
Great Balls of Fire -- Jerry Lee Lewis
Secretly -- Jimmie Rodgers
Sports in 1958
Indianapolis 500: Jimmy Bryan
Kentucky Derby: Tim Tam
Major League Baseball
Brooklyn Dodgers move to Los Angeles,
New York Giants to San Francisco
World Series: Yankees 4, Milwaukee 3
Pro Football
College All-Stars 35, Detroit 19
NFL Championship: Baltimore 23, New York 17
College Football: Army 22, Navy 6
Rose Bowl: Ohio State 10, Oregon 7
Cotton Bowl: Navy 20, Rice 7
Orange Bowl: Oklahoma 48, Duke 21
Sugar Bowl: Mississippi 39, Texas 7
Pro Basketball
Championship Series: St. Louis 4, Boston 2
At the Movies On Television
"Vertigo"
"Touch of Evil"
"Gigi"
"Auntie Mame"
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
"The Defiant Ones"
"Separate Tables"
"The Old Man and the Sea"
"I Want to Live"
"Some Came Running"
"The Big Country"
"The Brothers Karamazov"
"Teacher's Pet"
"The Inn of the Sixth Happiness"
Gunsmoke
Wagon Train
Have Gun, Will Travel
The Rifleman
Danny Thomas Show
Maverick
Tales of Wells Fargo
The Real McCoys
I've Got a Secret
Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
The Price Is Right
Red Skelton Show
Zane Grey Theatre
Father Know Best
The Texan
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Peter Gunn
Cheyenne
Perry Mason
The Ford Show
Sugarfoot
Ann Sothern Show
Perry Como Show
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
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USS Orion (AS-18) 1959
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
1 January Batista flees Cuba. Castro takes power
3 January Alaska becomes 49th state
7 January U.S. recognizes Castro's new government
Recreational visit to Port Everglades 2-9 February
9 April First astronauts are introduced
25 April St. Lawrence Seaway opens
May USS Grenadier (SS-525) chases Russian Zulu Class sub until it is forced to surface near Iceland
Visits San Juan in company with USS Kittiwake and submarines from Subron 6 15 May to
1 June
Dependents' Cruise in Chesapeake Bay 30 July
 Capt. J. D. Mason relieves Capt. Brown 11 August
21 August Hawaii becomes 50th state
15-27 September Krushchev visits the U.S.
21 October German rocket scientist Von Braun joins NASA
Popular Songs of 1959
Battle of New Orleans -- Johnny Horton
Mack the Knife -- Bobby Darin
Personality -- Lloyd Price
Venus -- Frankie Avalon
Lonely Boy -- Paul Anka
Dream Lover -- Bobby Darin
The Three Bells -- Browns
Come Softly to Me -- Fleetwoods
Kansas City -- Wilbert Harrison
Mr. Blue-- Fleetwoods
Sleep Walk -- Santo & Johnny
Put Your Head on My Shoulder -- Paul Anka
Stagger Lee -- Lloyd Price
Donna -- Ritchie Valens
Pink Shoelaces -- Dodie Stevens
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes -- Platters
Charlie Brown -- Coasters
Quiet Village -- Martin Denny
My Heart Is an Open Book -- Carl Dobkins Jr.
('Til) I Kissed You -- Everly Brothers
Sea of Love -- Phil Phillips
The Happy Organ -- Dave "Baby"  Cortez
I'm Gonna Get Married -- Lloyd Price
Sorry, I Ran All the Way Home -- Impalas
A Teenager in Love -- Dion & The Belmonts
16 Candles -- Crests
It's Just a Matter of Time -- Brook Benton
Lipstick on Your Collar -- Connie Francis
There Goes My Baby -- Drifters
A Big Hunk O' Love -- Elvis Presley
Red River Rock -- Johnny & The Hurricanes
Waterloo -- Stonewall Jackson*
Lavender Blue -- Sammy Turner
A Fool Such as I -- Elvis Presley
Guitar Boogie Shuffle -- Virtues
Teen Beat -- Sandy Nelson
Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb) -- Edward Byrnes
Tragedy -- Thomas Wayne
My Happiness -- Connie Francis
Tallahassee Lassie -- Freddy Cannon
Tiger -- Fabian
Never Be Anyone Else But You -- Ricky Nelson
Don't You Know -- Della Reese
I Need Your Love Tonight -- Elvis Presley
What a Diff'rence a Day Makes -- Dinah Washington
All American Boy -- Bill Parsons
Primrose Lane -- Jerry Wallace
Alvin's Harmonica -- David Seville & The Chipmunks
Lonely Street -- Andy Williams
What'd I Say -- Ray Charles
R&B 1959
Stagger Lee -- Lloyd Price
It's Just a Matter of Time -- Brook Benton
Kansas City -- Wilbert Harrison
Lonely Teardrops -- Jackie Wilson
Personality -- Lloyd Price
I Cried a Tear -- LaVern Baker
Try Me -- James Brown
There Goes My Baby -- Drifters
What'd I Say -- Ray Charles
Thank You Pretty Baby -- Brook Benton
There Is Something on Your Mind -- Big Jay McNeely
You're So Fine -- Falcons
I Loves You Porgy -- Nina Simone
So Fine -- Fiestas
The Right Time -- Ray Charles
I'm Gonna Get Married -- Lloyd Price
Charlie Brown -- Coasters
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes -- Platters
Poison Ivy -- Coasters
16 Candles -- Crests
I Want to Walk You Home -- Fats Domino
That's Why -- Jackie Wilson
Battle of New Orleans -- Johnny Horton
Nobody But You -- Dee Clark
Pretty Girls Everywhere -- Eugene Church
A Lover's Question -- Clyde McPhatter
Everybody Likes to Cha Cha Cha -- Sam Cooke
Sea of Love -- Phil Phillips
What a Diff'rence a Day Makes -- Dinah Washington
I Only Have Eyes for You -- Flamingos
Endlessly -- Brook Benton
Red River Rock -- Johnny & The Hurricanes
Dream Lover -- Bobby Darin
I Waited Too Long -- LaVern Baker
Say Man -- Bo Diddley
Lonely Boy -- Paul Anka
Almost Grown -- Chuck Berry
Sleep Walk -- Santo & Johnny
So Close -- Brook Benton
Hey Little Girl -- Dee Clark
I'll Be Satisfied -- Jackie Wilson
You Better Know It -- Jackie Wilson
Come to Me -- Marv Johnson
Teardrops on Your Letters -- Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
Since I Don't Have You -- Skyliners
The Happy Organ -- Dave "Baby" Cortez
Don't You Know -- Della Reese
Broken-Hearted Melody -- Sarah Vaughn
Where Were You on Our Wedding Day -- Lloyd Price
I'm Ready -- Fats Domino
Country 1959
Battle of New Orleans-- Johnny Horton
The Three Bells -- The Browns
Heartaches By the Number -- Ray Price
Waterloo -- Stonewall Jackson*
Don't Take Your Guns to Town -- Johnny Cash
White Lightning -- George Jones
Country Girl -- Faron Young
I Ain't Never -- Webb Pierce
When It's Springtime in Alaska -- Johnny Horton
Billy Bayou -- Jim Reeves
Home -- Jim Reeves
Big Midnight Special -- Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper
I'm in Love Again -- George Morgan
Country Music Is Here to Stay -- Simon Crum
Come Walk With Me -- Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper
Who Cares -- Don Gibson
Life to Go -- Stonewall Jackson*
I Got Stripes -- Johnny Cash
Tennessee Stud -- Eddy Arnold
Black Land Farmer -- Frankie Miller
*Stonewall Jackson served in Subron 6 in the early '50s aboard the USS Kittiwake (ASR-13)
Sports in 1959
Indianapolis 500: Rodger Ward
Kentucky Derby: Tomy Lee
Major League Baseball
World Series: L.A. Dodgers 4, White Sox 2
Pro Football
Baltimore 29, College All-Stars 0
NFL Championship: Baltimore 31, New York 16
College Football: Navy 43, Army 12
Rose Bowl: Iowa 38, California 12
Cotton Bowl: Texas Christian 0, Air Force 0
Orange Bowl: Oklahoma 21, Syracuse 6
Sugar Bowl: LSU 7, Clemson 0
Pro Basketball
Championship Series: Boston 4, Minneapolis 0
At the Movies On Television
"Ben-Hur"
"Sleeping Beauty"
"Some Like It Hot"
"Anatomy of a Murder"
"The Diary of Anne Frank"
"The Nun's Story"
"Room at the Top"
"The Last Angry Man"
"Pillow Talk"
"Suddenly, Last Summer"
"The Young Philadelphians"
"Imitation of Life"
Gunsmoke
Wagon Train
Have Gun, Will Travel
Danny Thomas Show
Red Skelton Show
Father Knows Best
77 Sunset Strip
The Price Is Right
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Perry Mason
The Real McCoys
Ed Sullivan Show
Bing Crosby Show
The Rifleman
The Ford Show
The Lawman
Dennis the Menace
Cheyenne
Rawhide
Maverick
Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Mr. Lucky
Zane Grey Theatre
General Electric Theatre
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USS Orion (AS-18) 1960
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
Kennedy and Nixon debate on TV
16 February USS Triton (SSN-586) begins submerged trip around the world
24 April USS Triton completes submerged circumnavigation
1 May U-2 spy plane shot down over Soviet Union
16 May Paris summit meeting cancelled over U-2 incident
23 May Adolf Eichmann captured by Israelis in Argentina
30 June Belgian Congo given independence
13 July Democrats nominate John Kennedy for president
Captain L. S. Eubanks relieves Capt. Mason 20 July
  7 August Cuba begins confiscating U.S. property
19 August U-2 pilot Powers sentenced to 10 years
Enters Philadelphia Naval Shipyard for FRAM II overhaul and conversion to nuclear support 6 September
17 October TV quiz show scandal erupts
8 November Kennedy wins by narrow margin over Nixon
Popular Songs of 1960
Theme From a Summer Place -- Percy Faith
He'll Have to Go -- Jim Reeves
Cathy's Clown -- Everly Brothers
Running Bear -- Johnny Preston
Teen Angel -- Mark Dinning
It's Now or Never -- Elvis Presley
Handy Man -- Jimmy Jones
I'm Sorry -- Brenda Lee
Stuck on You -- Elvis Presley
The Twist -- Chubby Checker
Everybody's Somebody's Fool -- Connie Francis
Wild One -- Bobby Rydell
Greenfields -- Brothers Four
What in the World's Come Over You -- Jack Scott
El Paso -- Marty Robbins
Alley-Oop -- Hollywood Argyles
My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own -- Connie Francis
Sweet Nothin's -- Brenda Lee
Itsy Bitsy . . . Yellow Polka Dot Bikini -- Brian Hyland
Only the Lonely -- Roy Orbison
Where or When -- Dion & The Belmonts
Sixteen Reasons -- Connie Stevens
Puppy Love -- Paul Anka
Why -- Frankie Avalon
Walk, Don't Run -- Ventures
Save the Last Dance for Me -- Drifters
Baby (You've Got What It Takes) -- B. Benton/D. Washington
Sink the Bismarck -- Johnny Horton
Chain Gang -- Sam Cooke
Let It Be Me -- Everly Brothers
Good Timin' -- Jimmy Jones
Beyond the Sea -- Bobby Darin
Go, Jimmy, Go -- Jimmy Clanton
Night -- Jackie Wilson
Burning Bridges -- Jack Scott
The Big Hurt -- Toni Fisher
Because They're Young -- Duane Eddy
Lonely Blue Boy -- Conway Twitty
Pretty Blue Eyes -- Steve Lawrence
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans -- Freddy Cannon
Paper Roses -- Anita Bryant
Mr. Custer -- Larry Verne
I Want to Be Wanted -- Brenda Lee
Mule Skinner Blues -- Fendermen
Cradle of Love -- Johnny Preston
You Got What It Takes -- Marv Johnson
Please Help Me, I'm Falling -- Hank Locklin
Love You So -- Ron Holden
Finger Poppin' Time -- Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
Harbor Lights -- Platters
R&B in 1960
Kiddio -- Brook Benton
Baby (You've Got What It Takes) -- B. Benton/D. Washington
A Fool in Love -- Ike & Tina Turner
The Twist -- Chubby Checker
Chain Gang -- Sam Cooke
Money -- Barrett Strong
Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go -- Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
Finger Poppin' Time -- Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
A Woman, A Lover, A Friend -- Jackie Wilson
Save the Last Dance for Me -- Drifters
Doggin' Around -- Jackie Wilson
Georgia on My Mind -- Ray Charles
This Bitter Earth -- Dinah Washington
Fannie Mae -- Buster Brown
He Will Break Your Heart -- Jerry Butler
A Rockin' Good Way -- Brook Benton & Dinah Washington
My Dearest Darling -- Etta James
White Silver Sands -- Bill Black's Combo
There's Something on Your Mind -- Bobby Marchan
All I could Do Was Cry -- Etta James
Sticks and Stones -- Ray Charles
Just a Little Bit -- Roscoe Gordon
I Love the Way You Love -- Marv Johnson
Handy Man -- Jimmy Jones
Theme From a Summer Place -- Percy Faith
Wonderful World -- Sam Cooke
Smokie (Part II) -- Bill Black's Combo
Lady Luck -- Lloyd Price
Alley-Oop -- Hollywood Argyles
You Got What It Takes -- Marv Johnson
Walking to New Orleans -- Fats Domino
Question -- Lloyd Price
This Magic Moment -- Drifters
I'm Sorry -- Brenda Lee
Sweet Sixteen -- B. B. King
Stay -- Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs
The Twist -- Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
Everybody's Somebody's Fool -- Connie Francis
Talk That Talk -- Jackie Wilson
I Want to Know -- Sugar Pie DeSanto
Madison Time -- Ray Bryant
I'll Take Care of You -- Bobby Bland
Heartbreak (It's Hurtin' Me) -- Jon Thomas
Running Bear -- Johnny Preston
Cathy's Clown -- Everly Brothers
Partin' Time -- B. B. King
If I Can't Have You -- Etta & Harvey
Big Boy Pete -- Olympics
It's Now or Never -- Elvis Presley
Think -- James Brown
Country in 1960
He'll Have to Go -- Jim Reeves
Please Help Me, I'm Falling -- Hank Locklin
Alabam' -- Cowboy Copas
El Paso -- Marty Robbins
One More Time -- Ray Price
Just One Time -- Don Gibson
Above and Beyond -- Buck Owens
The Same Old Me -- Ray Price
Another -- Roy Drusky
On the Wings of a Dove -- Ferlin Husky
I Can't Help You (I'm Falling Too) -- Skeeter Davis
Anymore -- Roy Drusky
I'm Getting Better -- Jim Reeves
No Love Have I -- Webb Pierce
Excuse Me (IThink I Have a Heartache) -- Buck Owens
Wishful Thinking -- Wynn Stewart
You're the Only Good Thing -- George Morgan
Riverboat -- Faron Young
Amigo's Guitar -- Kitty Wells
Heart to Heart Talk -- Bob Wills & Tommy Duncan
Sports in 1960
Indianapolis 500: Jim Rathmann
Kentucky Derby: Venetian Way
Major League Baseball
World Series: Pirates 4, Yankees 3
Pro Football
Expansion: NFL adds Dallas Cowboys
Chicago Cardinals move to St. Louis
Baltimore 32, College All-Stars 7
NFL Championship: Philadelphia 17, Green Bay 13
AFL Championship: Houston 24, L.A. Chargers 16
College Football: Navy 17, Army 12
Rose Bowl: Washington 44, Wisconsin 8
Cotton Bowl: Syracuse 23, Texas 0
Orange Bowl: Georgia 14, Missouri 0
Sugar Bowl: Mississippi 21, LSU 0
Pro Basketball
Minneapolis Lakers move to Los Angeles
Championship Series: Boston 4, St. Louis Hawks 3

Muncie Central is upset by East Chicago Washington, 75-59, in the championship game of the Indiana High School State Basketball Tourney

At the Movies On Television
"Let's Make Love"
"Swiss Family Robinson"
"Psycho"
"G.I. Blues"
"Macumba Love"
"The Alamo"
"The Apartment"
"Elmer Gantry"
"Sons and Lovers"
"The Sundowners"
"The Entertainer"
"Inherit the Wind"
"Butterfield 8"
"Sunrise at Campobello"
"Never on Sunday"
"Spartacus"
"Murder, Inc."
"Exodus"
"The Dark at the Top of the Stairs"
Gunsmoke
Wagon Train
Have Gun, Will Travel
Andy Griffith Show
The Real McCoys
Rawhide
Candid Camera
The Untouchables
The Price Is Right
Jack Benny Show
Dennis the Menace
Danny Thomas Show
My Three Sons
77 Sunset Strip
Ed Sullivan Show
Perry Mason
Bonanza
The Flintstones
Red Skelton Show
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Celebrity Talent Scouts
General Electric Theatre
Checkmate
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1961
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
3 January U.S. breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba
20 January John F. Kennedy inaugurated
FRAM II overhaul completed. Rear 5" guns removed, upper decks extended aft, helicopter deck added 25 February
Underway training at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Visits Kingston, Jamaica March
Question: When were the front guns removed and 12 April Moscow announces putting first man in orbit
deck added above the captain's/commodore's cabins? 17 April Bay of Pigs invasion crushed
5 May First U.S. manned rocket flight made by Alan Shepard 
Week-long visit to Fort Lauderdale May
Serves first nuclear submarine, USS Shark (SSN-591) June
 Captain A. A. Bergner relieves Capt. Eubanks. Capt. Eubanks returns two weeks later as Commander Submarine Squadron 6 7 July
  13 August East Germans close border in Berlin
15 August East Germans begin constructing Berlin Wall
18 September UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold killed in plane crash
22 September Peace Corps established
11 December First large force of military advisers sent to Vietnam
15 December Adolf Eichmann sentenced to death in Tel Aviv
Popular Songs of 1961
Tossin' and Turnin'-- Bobby Lewis
I Fall to Pieces -- Patsy Cline
Michael -- Highwaymen
Crying -- Roy Orbison
Runaway -- Del Shannon
My True Story -- Jive Five
Pony Time -- Chubby Checker
Wheels -- String-a-Longs
Raindrops -- Dee Clark
Wooden Heart -- Joe Dowell
Calcutta -- Lawrence Welk
Take Good Care of My Baby -- Bobby Vee
Running Scared -- Roy Orbison
Dedicated to the One I Love -- Shirelles
Last Night -- Mar-Keys
Will You Love Me Tomorrow -- Shirelles
Exodus -- Ferrante & Teicher
Where the Boys Are -- Connie Francis
Hit the Road Jack -- Ray Charles
Sad Movies (Make Me Cry) -- Sue Thompson
Mother-in-Law -- Ernie K-Doe
Bristol Stomp -- Dovells
Travelin' Man -- Ricky Nelson
Shop Around -- Miracles
Boll Weevil Song -- Brook Benton
A Hundred Pounds of Clay -- Gene McDaniels
The Mountain's High -- Dick and Deedee
Don't Worry -- Marty Robbins
On the Rebound -- Floyd Cramer
Portrait of My Love -- Steve Lawrence
Quarter to Three -- U.S. Bonds
Who Put the Bomp -- Barry Mann
Calendar Girl -- Neil Sedaka
I Like It Like That -- Chris Kenner
Apache -- Jorgen Ingmann
Don't Bet Money Honey -- Linda Scott
Without You -- Johnny Tillotson
Wings of a Dove -- Ferlin Husky
Little Sister -- Elvis Presley
Blue Moon -- Marcels
Daddy's Home -- Shep & The Limelites
This Time -- Troy Shondell
I Don't Know Why, But I Do -- Clarence Henry
Asia Minor -- Kokomo
Hello Walls -- Faron Young
Runaround Sue -- Dion
Yellow Bird -- Arthur Lyman
Hurt -- Timi Yuro
Hello Mary Lou -- Ricky Nelson
There's a Moon Out Tonight -- Capris
R&B in 1961
Tossin' and Turnin' -- Bobby Lewis
It's Gonna Work Out Fine -- Ike & Tina Turner
Don't Cry No More -- Bobby Bland
Hide Away -- Freddy King
Shop Around -- Miracles
My true Story -- Jive Five
I Like It Like That -- Chris Kenner
Stand By Me -- Ben E. King
Mother-in-Law -- Ernie K-Doe
All in My Mind -- Maxine Brown
I Pity the Fool -- Bobby Bland
Every Beat of My Heart -- Pips
Baby, You're Right -- James Brown
Last Night -- Mar-Keys
For My Baby -- Brook Benton
The Boll Weevil Song -- Brook Benton
Hit the Road Jack -- Ray Charles
I Don't Mind -- James Brown
Ya Ya -- Lee Dorsey
Will You Love Me Tomorrow -- Shirelles
One Mint Julep -- Ray Charles
Blue Moon -- Marcels
Quarter to Three -- U.S. Bonds
At Last -- Etta James
Raindrops -- Dee Clark
Pony Time -- Chubby Checker
Bright Lights, Big City -- Jimmy Reed
Daddy's Home -- Shep & The Limelites
Think Twice -- Brook Benton
Please Mr. Postman -- Marvelettes
I Don't Want to Cry -- Chuck Jackson
Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes) -- Carla Thomas
You Can Have Her -- Roy Hamilton
A Little Bit of Soap -- Jarmels
Trust in Me -- Etta James
Runaround Sue -- Dion
Driving Wheel -- Little Junior Parker
Let the Four Winds Blow -- Fats Domino
Mama Said -- Shirelles
Exodus -- Eddie Harris
Lonesome Whistle Blues -- Freddy King
Take My Love -- Little Willie John
The Switch-a-Roo -- Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
Bristol Stomp -- Dovells
Look in My Eyes -- Chantels
Dedicated to the One I Love -- Shirelles
San-Ho-Zay -- Freddy King
Don't Cry Baby -- Etta James
Find Another Girl -- Jerry Butler
That's What Girls Are Made For -- Spinners
Country in 1961
I Fall to Pieces -- Patsy Cline
Foolin' Around -- Buck Owens
Window Up Above -- George Jones
Tender Years -- George Jones
Three Hearts in a Tangle -- Roy Drusky
Hello Walls -- Faron Young
Don't Worry -- Marty Robbins
Heartbreak U.S.A. -- Kitty Wells
Sea of Heartbreak -- Don Gibson
On the Wings of a Dove -- Ferlin Husky
Sweet Lips -- Webb Pierce
I'll Just Have Another Cup of Coffee -- Claude Gray
I Missed Me -- Jim Reeves
Hillbilly Heaven -- Tex Ritter
Heart Over Mind -- Ray Price
Under the Influence of Love -- Buck Owens
North to Alaska -- Johnny Horton
Walk on By -- Leroy Van Dyke
My Ears Should Burn -- Claude Gray
Beggar to a King -- Hank Snow
Sports in 1961
Indianapolis 500: A. J. Foyt
Kentucky Derby: Carry Back
Major League Baseball
Washington Senators move to Bloomington, Minn., name changed to Minnesota Twins
AL Expansion: Los Angeles Angels and Washington Senators
World Series: Yankees 4, Cincinnati 1
Pro Football
Expansion: NFL adds Minnesota Vikings
Los Angeles Chargers move to San Diego
Philadelphia 28, College All-Stars 14
NFL Championship: Green Bay 37, New York 0
AFL Championship: Houston 10, San Diego Chargers 3
College Football: Navy 13, Army 7
Rose Bowl: Washington 17, Minnesota 7
Cotton Bowl: Duke 7, Arkansas 6
Orange Bowl: Missouri 21, Navy 14
Sugar Bowl: Mississippi 14, Rice 6
Pro Basketball
Expansion: Chicago Packers
Championship Series: Boston 4, St. Louis Hawks 1
At the Movies On Television
"101 Dalmations"
"West Side Story"
"El Cid"
"Fanny"
"The Guns of Navarone"
"The Hustler"
"Judgment at Nuremberg"
"The Mark"
"Breakfast at Tiffany's"
"Splendor in the Grass"
"Pocketful of Miracles"
"The Children's Hour"
"La Dolce Vita"
Wagon Train
Bonanza
Gunsmoke
Hazel
Perry Mason
Red Skelton Show
Andy Griffith Show
Danny Thomas Show
Dr. Kildare
Candid Camera
My Three Sons
Garry Moore Show
Rawhide
The Real McCoys
Lassie
Sing Along With Mitch
Dennis the Menace
Ben Casey
Ed Sullivan Show
Car 54, Where Are You
The Flintstones
Many Lives of Dobie Gillis
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
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Events Elsewhere
Mariner 2 launched to probe Venus
Three-week cruise to Bermuda January
31 January Organization of American States expels Cuba
10 February Soviet spy Rudolph Abel swapped for U-2 pilot Powers
  20 February John Glenn became first American to orbit earth
  31 May Adolf Eichmann hanged in Israel
  3 July France transfers sovereignty to Republic of Algeria
11 July Telstar delivers first live telecast from Europe
Captain J. J. Vandergrift Jr. relieves Capt. Bergner 6 August  
  22-28 October Cuban missile crisis
23 October U.S. begins quarantine of Cuba
30 November U Thant elected U.N. Secretary-General
Popular Songs of 1962
Stranger on the Shore -- Mr. Acker Bilk
I Can't Stop Loving You -- Ray Charles
Mashed Potato Time -- Dee Dee Sharp
Roses Are Red -- Bobby Vinton
The Stripper -- David Rose
Johnny Angel -- Shelley Fabares
Loco-Motion -- Little Eva
Let Me In -- Sensations
The Twist -- Chubby Checker
Soldier Boy -- Shirelles
Hey! Baby -- Bruce Channel
The Wanderer -- Dion
Duke of Earl -- Gene Chandler
Palisades Park -- Freddy Cannon
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do -- Neil Sedaka
Wolverton Mountain -- Claude King
Slow Twistin' -- Chubby Checker
It Keeps Right on a-Hurtin' -- Johnny Tillotson
The One Who Really Loves You -- Mary Wells
Good Luck Charm -- Elvis Presley
Midnight in Moscow -- Kenny Ball
Sheila -- Tommy Roe
Twistin' the Night Away -- Sam Cooke
The Wah-Watusi -- Orlons
Peppermint Twist -- Joey Dee & The Starlighters
Break It to Me Gently -- Brenda Lee
Playboy -- Marvelettes
Ramblin' Rose -- Nat King Cole
Sealed With a Kiss -- Brian Hyland
She Cried -- Jay & The Americans
Don't Break the Heart That Loves You -- Connie Francis
Dear Lady Twist -- Gary (U.S.) Bonds
Norman -- Sue Thompson
Love Letters -- Ketty Lester
Party Lights -- Claudine Clark
Cotton Fields -- Highwaymen
Alley Cat -- Bent Fabric
Twist and Shout -- Isley Brothers
Theme From Dr. Kildare -- Richard Chamberlain
Tuff -- Ace Cannon
Lover, Please -- Clyde McPhatter
I Know -- Barbara George
Young World -- Ricky Nelson
Baby, It's You -- Shirelles
Speedy Gonzales -- Pat Boone
A Little Bitty Tear -- Burl Ives
Crying in the Rain -- Everly Brothers
Al Di La -- Emilio Pericoli
Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out) -- Ernie Maresca
What's Your Name -- Don & Juan
R&B in 1962
Soul Twist -- King Curtis
I Can't Stop Loving You -- Ray Charles
Twist and Shout -- Isley Brothers
Bring It on Home to Me -- Sam Cooke
Lost Someone -- James Brown
Mashed Potato Time -- Dee Dee Clark
Any Day Now -- Chuck Jackson
Snap Your Fingers -- Joe Henderson
Party Lights -- Claudine Clark
You'll Lose a Good Thing -- Barbara Lynn
Duke of Earl -- Gene Chandler
Twistin' the Night Away -- Sam Cooke
Something's Got a Hold on Me -- Etta James
I Know -- Barbara George
Soldier Boy -- Shirelles
I Need Your Loving -- Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford
Night Train -- James Brown
The One Who Really Loves You -- Mary Wells
The Twist -- Chubby Checker
Don't Play That Song -- Ben E. King
Love Letters -- Ketty Lester
Letter Full of Tears -- Gladys Knight & The Pips
Green Onions -- Booker T. & The M.G.'s
The Loco-Motion -- Little Eva
Sherry -- Four Seasons
Playboy -- Marvelettes
Jamie -- Eddie Holland
You Beat Me to the Punch -- Mary Wells
The Wah-Watusi -- Orlons
Turn on Your Love Light -- Bobby Bland
Annie Get Your Yo-Yo -- Little Junior Parker
Baby It's You -- Shirelles
Slow Twistin' -- Chubby Checker
I'm Blue -- Ikettes
Do You Love Me -- Contours
Roses Are Red -- Bobby Vinton
Cuttin' In -- Johnny (Guitar) Watson
Having a Party -- Sam Cooke
Let Me In -- Sensations
Hey! Baby -- Bruce Channel
I Found a Love -- Falcons
Poor Fool -- Ike & Tina Turner
Lie to Me -- Brook Benton
Beechwood 4-5789 -- Marvelettes
Unchain My Heart -- Ray Charles
Rinky Dink -- Dave (Baby) Cortez
Cry to Me -- Solomon Burke
Dear Lady Twist -- Gary (U.S.) Bonds
Ain't That Loving You -- Bobby Bland
It Keeps Right on a-Hurtin' -- Johnny Tillotson
Country in 1962
Wolverton Mountain -- Claude King
Misery Loves Company -- Porter Wagoner
She Thinks I Still Care -- George Jones
Charlie's Shoes -- Billy Walker
Adios Amigo -- Jim Reeves
A Wound Time Can't Erase -- Stonewall Jackson
She's Got You -- Patsy Cline
Walk on By -- Leroy Van Dyke
Trouble's Back in Town -- Wilburn Brothers
Losing Your Love -- Jim Reeves
A Little Heartache -- Eddy Arnold
Lonesome Number One -- Don Gibson
The Comeback -- Faron Young
That's My Pa -- Sheb Wooley
A Little Bitty Tear -- Burl Ives
Devil Woman -- Marty Robbins
Mama Sang a Song -- Bill Anderson
Alla My Love -- Webb Pierce
Everybody But Me -- Ernest Ashworth
I Can Mend Your Broken Heart -- Don Gibson
Sports in 1962
Indianapolis 500: Rodger Ward
Kentucky Derby: Decidedly
Major League Baseball
NL Expansion: Houston Colt 45s and New York Mets
World Series: Yankees 4, S.F. Giants 3
Pro Football
Green Bay 42, College All-Stars 20
NFL Championship: Green Bay 16, New York 10
AFL Championship: Dallas 20, Houston 17 (OT)
College Football: Navy 34, Army 13
Rose Bowl: Minnesota 21, UCLA 3
Cotton Bowl: Texas 12, Mississippi 7
Orange Bowl: LSU 25, Colorado 7
Sugar Bowl: Alabama 10, Arkansas 3
Pro Basketball
Chicago Packers change name to Zephyrs
Philadelphia Warriors move to San Francisco
Championship Series: Boston 4, L.A. Lakers 3
At the Movies On Television
"Dr. No"
"Girls! Girls! Girls!"
"Kid Galahad"
"The Premature Burial"
"Lawrence of Arabia"
"The Longest Day"
"The Music Man"
"Mutiny on the Bounty"
"To Kill a Mocking Bird"
"Birdman of Alcatraz"
"Days of Wine and Roses"
"The Miracle Worker"
"What Ever Happened to Baby Jane"
"The Manchurian Candidate"
"Sweet Bird of Youth"
Beverly Hillbillies
Candid Camera
Red Skelton Show
Bonanza
The Lucy Show
Andy Griffith Show
Ben Casey
Danny Thomas Show
Dick Van Dyke Show
Gunsmoke
Dr. Kildare
Jack Benny Show
What's My Line
Ed Sullivan Show
Hazel
I've Got a Secret
Jackie Gleason Show
The Defenders
Garry Moore Show
To Tell the Truth
Lassie
Rawhide
Perry Mason
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
Wagon Train

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1963
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
25 January East Coast and Gulf Coast longshoremen end 34-day strike 
31 March New York newspaper strike ends
21 March Alcatraz emptied of last inmates
  10 April USS Thresher (SSN-593) lost with all hands during sea trials near the Isle of Shoals
30 April New Hampshire starts first state lottery since 1894
6 May 1,000 marchers protesting segregation arrested in Birmingham
12 May President Kennedy orders federal troops to bases near Birmingham
15 May Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper begins 22-orbit flight in Faith 7
11 June Gov. Wallace stands "in the schoolhouse door" to prevent integration at the University of Alabama
  16 June Russians put first woman in space
17 June Supreme Court rules against requiring recitation of Lord's Prayer or Bible verses in public schools
21 June Cardinal Montini becomes Pope Paul VI
8 August Great Train Robbery in Buckinghamshire, England, nets $7.3 million
21 August President Diem orders martial law throughout South Vietnam
28 August Martin Luther King gives "I Have a Dream" speech
Captain J. I. Schocken relieves Capt. Vandergrift 30 August "Hot Line" opened between Washington and Moscow
1 September 100,000 Japanese demonstrate against proposed visit of U.S. nuclear submarine
14 September Fischer quintuplets born in Aberdeen, S.D.
15 September Birmingham church bombing kills four young girls
12 October U.S. convoy released after being detained by Russians for 52 hours on the East German Autobahn
1 November South Vietnamese President Diem ousted by coup
6 November U.S. convoy released after being held up by Russians for 41 hours at the West German border
  22 November President Kennedy shot. Lee Harvey Oswald arrested
24 November Jack Ruby kills Oswald
29 November President Johnson establishes Warren Commission
21 December Fighting breaks out between Greeks and Turks in Cyprus
Popular Songs of 1963
Surfin' U.S.A. -- Beach Boys
The End of the World -- Skeeter Davis
Rhythm of the Rain -- Cascades
He's So Fine -- Chiffons
Blue Velvet -- Bobby Vinton
Hey Paula -- Paul & Paula
Fingertips (Part II) -- Little Stevie Wonder
Can't Get Used to Losing You -- Andy Williams
My Boyfriend's Back -- Angels
Sukiyaki -- Kyu Sakamoto
So Much in Love -- Tymes
Puff (The Magic Dragon) -- Peter, Paul & Mary
Blowin' in the Wind -- Peter, Paul & Mary
Wipe Out -- Safaris
I Love You Because -- Al Martino
Wild Weekend -- Rebels
You're the Reason I'm Living -- Bobby Darin
Walk Like a Man -- Four Seasons
Mockingbird -- Inez Foxx
I Will Follow Him -- Little Peggy March
Pipeline -- Chantays
Surf City -- Jan & Dean
It's My Party -- Lesley Gore
Blame It on the Bossa Nova -- Eydie Gorme
You Can't Sit Down -- Dovells
Heat Wave -- Martha & The Vandellas
Denise -- Randy & The Rainbows
Walk Right In -- Rooftop Singers
If You Wanna Be Happy -- Jimmy Soul
If I Had a Hammer -- Trini Lopez
Easier Said Than Done -- Essex
Ruby Baby -- Dion
Our Day Will Come -- Ruby & The Romantics
Hello Stranger -- Barbara Lewis
Be My Baby -- Ronettes
South Street -- Orlons
Days of Wine and Roses -- Henry Mancini
The Monkey Time -- Major Lance
Candy Girl -- Four Seasons
Sugar Shack -- Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs
Still -- Bill Anderson
Blue on Blue -- Bobby Vinton
Cry Baby -- Garnett Mimms & The Enchanters
Two Faces Have I -- Lou Christie
Busted-- Ray Charles
Da Doo Ron Ron -- Crystals
Foolish Little Girl -- Shirelles
Memphis -- Lonnie Mack
In Dreams -- Roy Orbison
More -- Kai Winding
R&B in 1963
Part Time Love -- Little Johnny Taylor
Mockingbird -- Inez Foxx
Baby Workout -- Jackie Wilson
Fingertips (Part II)-- Little Stevie Wonder
Heat Wave -- Martha & The Vandellas
Pride and Joy -- Marvin Gaye
The Love of My Man -- Theola Kilgore
Cry Baby -- Garnett Mimms & The Enchanters
You've Really Got a Hold on Me -- Miracles
Hello Stranger -- Barbara Lewis
Just One Look -- Doris Troy
The Monkey Time -- Major Lance
That's the Way Love Is -- Bobby Bland
Our Day Will Come -- Ruby & The Romantics
He's So Fine -- Chiffons
If You Wanna Be Happy -- Jimmy Soul
Two Lovers -- Mary Wells
Easier Said Than Done-- Essex
Mickey's Monkey -- Miracles
Walk Like a Man -- Four Seasons
Hey Paula -- Paul & Paula
I Will Follow Him -- Little Peggy March
South Street -- Orlons
Ruby Baby -- Dion
Call on Me -- Bobby Bland
It's My Party -- Lesley Gore
Sugar Shack -- Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs
Hotel Happiness -- Brook Benton
Another Saturday Night -- Sam Cooke
My Boyfriend's Back-- Angels
Busted -- Ray Charles
Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby) -- Cookies
Frankie and Johnnie -- Sam Cooke
Mama Didn't Lie -- Jan Bradley
It's Too Late -- Wilson Pickett
Surf City -- Jan & Dean
Send Me Some Lovin' -- Sam Cooke
If You Need Me -- Solomon Burke
Walk Right In -- Rooftop Singers
So Much in Love -- Tymes
Sally, Go 'Round the Roses -- Jaynetts
Pushover -- Etta James
Rhythm of the Rain -- Cascades
Prisoner of Love -- James Brown
The End of the World -- Skeeter Davis
Don't Make Me Over -- Dionne Warwick
You Are My Sunshine -- Ray Charles
Be My Baby -- Ronettes
Loop De Loop -- Johnny Thunder
Come and Get these Memories -- Martha & The Vandellas
Tell Him -- Exciters
Country Songs of 1963
Still -- Bill Anderson
Act Naturally -- Buck Owens
Ring of Fire -- Johnny Cash
We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds -- G. Jones & M. Montgomery
Lonesome 7-7203 -- Hawkshaw Hawkins
Talk Back Trembling Lips -- Ernest Ashworth
Abilene -- George Hamilton IV
Don't Let Me Cross Over -- Carl Butler
Six Days on the Road -- Dave Dudley
You Comb Her Hair -- George Jones
The End of the World -- Skeeter Davis
Is This Me? -- Jim Reeves
Second-Hand Rose -- Roy Drusky
Ballad of Jed Clampett -- Flatt & Scruggs
Guilty -- Jim Reeves
Make the World Go Away -- Ray Price
From a Jack to a King -- Ned Miller
The Yellow Bandana -- Faron Young
Detroit City -- Bobby Bare
Not What I Had in Mind -- George Jones
Sports in 1963
Indianapolis 500: Parnelli Jones
Kentucky Derby: Chateaugay
Major League Baseball
World Series: L.A. Dodgers 4, Yankees 0
Pro Football
New York Titans renamed Jets
Dallas Texans move to Kansas City, change name to Chiefs
College All-Stars 20, Green Bay 17
NFL Championship: Chicago 14, New York 10
AFL Championship: San Diego 51, Boston Patriots 10
College Football: Navy 21, Army 15
Rose Bowl: USC 42, Wisconsin 37
Cotton Bowl: Louisiana State 13, Texas 0
Orange Bowl: Alabama 17, Oklahoma 0
Sugar Bowl: Mississippi 17, Arkansas 3
Pro Basketball
Chicago Zephyrs move to Baltimore, change name to Bullets.
Syracuse Nationals to Philadelphia, change name to 76ers
Championship Series: Boston 4, L.A. Lakers 2

Muncie Central wins its fifth Indiana High School State Basketball Championship by defeating South Bend Central, 65-61

At the Movies On Television
"Cleopatra"
"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"
"From Russia With Love"
It Happened at the World's Fair"
"Fun in Acapulco"
"Tom Jones"
"America, America"
"How the West Was Won"
"Lilies of the Field"
"Hud"
"The L-Shaped Room"
"This Sporting Life"
"Irma La Douce"
Love With the Proper Stranger"
"Twilight of Honor"
"Captain Newman, M.D."
"The Cardinal"
Beverly Hillbillies
Bonanza
Dick Van Dyke Show
Petticoat Junction
Andy Griffith Show
The Lucy Show
Candid Camera
Ed Sullivan Show
Danny Thomas Show
My Favorite Martian
Red Skelton Show
I've Got a Secret
Lassie
Jack Benny Show
Jackie Gleason Show
The Virginian
Patty Duke Show
Dr. Kildare
Gunsmoke
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
Hazel
McHale's Navy
To Tell the Truth
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9-13 January Student protests in Canal Zone leads to rioting
10 January Panama severs diplomatic relations with U.S.
23 January 24th Amendment, outlawing poll tax, becomes law
6 February Cuba shuts off water supply to Gitmo
12 March Jimmy Hoffa sentenced to eight year for jury tampering
14 March Jack Ruby convicted of killing Lee Harvey Oswald
27 March Major earthquake strikes Anchorage, Alaska
3 April Diplomatic relations re-established with Panama
19 May U.S. announces Moscow embassy bugged
27 May India's Prime Minister Nehru dies
19 June Sen. Edward Kennedy, Indiana Sen. Birch Bayh and Mrs. Bayh injured in light plane crash
21 June Three young civil rights workers disappear in Mississippi
2 July President Johnson signs Civil Rights Bill
31 July Ranger 7 photographs moon
2 August USS Maddox (DD-731) and USS Turner Joy (DD-951) attacked by North Vietnamese torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin
5 August Bodies of missing civil rights workers found near Philadelphia, Miss.
7 August Congress approves Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Captain T. R. McCants relieves Capt. Schocken 21 August
25 September UAW calls nationwide strike against General Motors
27 September Warren Commission releases report
15 October Khrushchev dumped in Soviet Union
16 October Red China explodes its first A-bomb
20 October Former President Herbert Hoover dies in New York
25 October UAW strike against General Motors ends
29 October Star of India and other jewels stolen from Museum of Natural History in New York City
1 November Communist guerillas attack U.S. air base at Bienhoa north of Saigon
3 November LBJ defeats Barry Goldwater in presidential election
12 November USS Seadragon is first nuke to visit Japan
24 December USAF begins air strikes in Laos
Pop Charts Invaded by Foreigners in 1964
I Want to Hold Your Hand -- Beatles
She Loves You -- Beatles
Hello, Dolly! -- Louis Armstrong
Oh, Pretty Woman -- Roy Orbison
I Get Around -- Beach Boys
Everybody Loves Somebody -- Dean Martin
My Guy -- Mary Wells
We'll Sing in the Sunshine -- Gale Garnett
Last Kiss -- J. Frank Wilson & The Cavaliers
Where Did Our Love Go -- Supremes
People -- Barbra Streisand
Java -- Al Hirt
A Hard Day's Night -- Beatles
Love Me Do -- Beatles
Do Wah Diddy Diddy -- Manfred Mann
Please Please Me -- Beatles
Dancing in the Street -- Martha & The Vandellas
Little Children -- Billy J. Kramer
Love Me With All Your Heart -- Ray Charles Singers
Under the Boardwalk -- Drifters
Chapel of Love -- Dixie Cups
Suspicion -- Terry Stafford
Glad All Over -- Dave Clark Five
Rag Doll -- Four Seasons
Dawn (Go Away) -- Four Seasons
Bread and Butter -- Newbeats
It Hurts to Be in Love -- Gene Pitney
Dead Man's Curve -- Jan & Dean
Come a Little Bit Closer -- Jay & The Americans
A World Without Love -- Peter & Gordon
Have I the Right? -- Honeycombs
Don't Let the Rain Come Down -- Serendipity Singers
Baby Love -- Supremes
Let It Be Me -- Betty Everett & Jerry Butler
Wishin' and Hopin' -- Dusty Springfield
You Don't Own Me -- Lesley Gore
Walk on By -- Dionne Warwick
House of the Rising Sun -- Animals
G.T.O. -- Ronny & The Daytonas
Twist and Shout -- Beatles
Memphis -- Johnny Rivers
White on White -- Danny Williams
Hey Little Cobra -- Rip Chords
Shoop Shoop Song -- Betty Everett
Bits and Pieces -- Dave Clark Five
My Boy Lollipop -- Millie Small
Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um -- Major Lance
The Little Old Lady (From Pasadena) -- Jan & Dean
Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying -- Gerry & Pacemakers
A Summer Song -- Chad Stuart & Jeremy Clyde
R&B in 1964
My Guy -- Mary Wells
Under the Boardwalk -- Drifters
Walk on By -- Dionne Warwick
Louie Louie -- Kingsmen
The Shoop Shoop Song -- Betty Everett
Baby Love -- Supremes
The Way You Do the Things You Do -- Temptations
Hi-Heel Sneakers -- Tommy Tucker
Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um -- Major Lance
Let It Be Me -- Betty Everett & Jerry Butler
Chapel of Love -- Dixie Cups
Steal Away -- Jimmy Hughes
Funny -- Joe Hinton
Where Did Our Love Go -- Supremes
Out of Sight -- James Brown
Dancing in the Street -- Martha & The Vandellas
Baby I Need Your Loving -- Four Tops
Walking the Dog -- Rufus Thomas
Oh No Not My Baby -- Maxine Brown
Can I Get a Witness -- Marvin Gaye
Keep on Pushing -- Impressions
What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am) -- Tams
Need to Belong -- Jerry Butler
You're a wonderful One -- Marvin Gaye
Talking About My Baby -- Impressions
Nadine -- Chuck Berry
You Must Believe Me -- Impressions
Once Upon a Time -- Marvin Gaye & Mary Wells
Little Red Rooster -- Sam Cooke
Every Little Bit Hurts -- Brenda Holloway
(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet -- Reflections
What's the Matter With You Baby -- M. Gaye & Mary Wells
Just Be True -- Gene Chandler
Busted -- Ray Charles
Reach Out for Me -- Dionne Warwick
Good News -- Sam Cooke
Oh Baby Don't You Weep -- James Brown
You're No Good -- Betty Everett
I Wish You Love -- Gloria Lynne
Quicksand -- Martha & The Vandellas
Hello, Dolly -- Louis Armstrong
C'mon and Swim -- Bobby Freeman
Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye) -- Solomon Burke
I'm So Proud -- Impressions
Amen -- Impressions
Mercy, Mercy -- Don Covay & The Goodtimers
Ain't Nothing You Can Do -- Bobby Bland
Cry Baby -- Garnett Mims & The Enchanters
I Wanna Love Him So Bad -- Jelly Beans
Rhythm -- Major Lance
Good Ole American Shit-Kickin' Hillbilly Music in 1964
I Guess I'm Crazy -- Jim Reeves
My Heart Skips a Beat -- Buck Owens
I Don't Care -- Buck Owens
Once a Day -- Connie Smith
Understand Your Man -- Johnny Cash
Dang Me -- Roger Miller
Saginaw, Michigan -- Lefty Frizzell
Together Again -- Buck Owens
B.J. the D.J. -- Stonewall Jackson
You're the Only World I Know -- Sonny James
Burning Memories -- Ray Price
Memory Number One -- Webb Pierce
Cross the Brazos at Waco -- Billy Walker
The Race Is On -- George Jones
Wine, Women and Song -- Loretta Lynn
Cowboy in the Continental Suit -- Marty Robbins
Ballad of Ira Hayes -- Johnny Cash
Four Strong Winds -- Bobby Bare
Chug a Lug -- Roger Miller
Don't Be Angry -- Stonewall Jackson
Password -- Kitty Wells
Millers Cave -- Bobby Bare
Second Fiddle -- Jean Sheppard
Long Gone Lonesome Blues -- Hank Williams Jr.
Here Comes My Baby -- Dottie West
Let's Go All the Way -- Norma Jean
Sports in 1964
Indianapolis 500: A. J. Foyt
Kentucky Derby: Northern Dancer
America's Cup: U.S. Constellation defeats British Sovereign
Major League Baseball
World Series: Cardinals 4, Yankees 3
Pro Football
Chicago Bears 28, College All-Stars 17
NFL Championship: Cleveland 27, Baltimore 0
AFL Championship: Buffalo 20, San Diego 7
College Football: Army 11, Navy 8
Rose Bowl: Illinois 17, Washington 7
Cotton Bowl: Texas 28, Navy 6
Orange Bowl: Nebraska 13, Auburn 7
Sugar Bowl: Alabama 12, Mississippi 7
Pro Basketball
Championship Series: Boston 4, S.F. Warriors 1
Boxing
Cassius Clay wins heavyweight title from Sonny Liston
At the Movies On Television
"Mary Poppins"
"My Fair Lady"
Goldfinger"
"Viva Las Vegas"
"A Fistful of Dollars"
"Roustabout"
"Dr. Strangelove"
"Zorba the Greek"
"Becket"
"The Pumpkin Eater"
"Marriage Italian Style"
"The Unsinkable Molly Brown"
"Seven Days in May"
"The Night of the Iguana"
"Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte"
Bonanza
Bewitched
Gomer Pyle, USMC
Andy Griffith Show
The Fugitive
Red Skelton Hour
Dick Van Dyke Show
The Lucy Show
Peyton Place
Combat
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
Beverly Hillbillies
My Three Sons
Branded
Petticoat Junction
Ed Sullivan Show
Lassie
The Munsters
Gilligan's Island
Jackie Gleason Show
The Virginian
The Addams Family
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LBJ begins his "Guns and Butter" economic policies
4 January LBJ outlines his "Great Society" in State of the Union address
8 January Star of India, world's largest sapphire, is returned
24 January Winston Churchill dies in London
1 February Voter registration march in Selma, Alabama
21 February Malcolm X shot to death at a Harlem rally
8 March First combat troops arrive in Vietnam
21-26 March Selma to Montgomery civil rights march
28 April Marines sent to Dominican Republic
2 May Early Bird communication satellite relays live television between North America and Europe for first time
8 May U.S. planes make first strike on North Vietnamese air bases
18 June B-52's from Guam carry out first mass heavy bomber attack in Vietnam
1 July Medicare begins
July  USS Medregal (SS-480) collides with Greek freighter in the Gulf of Tonkin
23 July President Johnson signs bill to eliminate silver from dimes and quarters
11-16 August Watts riots in Los Angeles
18 August First major ground battle involving U.S. troops as Marines attack Viet Cong guerrillas near Chulai
9 September Department of Housing and Urban Affairs created
11 September U.S. First Cavalry Division lands at port of Quinhon, South Vietnam
1 October Suharto crushes coup in Indonesia
28 October Gateway arch completed in St. Louis
9 November Eight northeastern states and two Canadian provinces blacked out by massive power failure
15 December Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 complete first successful rendezvous in space
Popular Songs of 1965
Wooly Bully -- Sam the Sham & The Pharoahs
I Can't Help Myself -- Four Tops
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction -- Rolling Stones
You Were on My Mind -- We Five
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' -- Righteous Brothers
Downtown -- Petula Clark
Help! -- Beatles
Can't You Hear My Heartbeat -- Herman's Hermits
Crying in the Chapel -- Elvis Presley
My Girl -- Temptations
Help Me Rhonda -- Beach Boys
King of the Road -- Roger Miller
The Birds and the Bees -- Jewel Akens
Hold Me, thrill Me, Kiss Me -- Mel Carter
Shotgun -- Junior Walker & The All Stars
I Got You Babe -- Sonny & Cher
This Diamond Ring -- Gary Lewis & The Playboys
The "In" Crowd -- Ramsey Lewis Trio
Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter -- Herman's Hermits
Stop! In the Name of Love -- Supremes
Unchained Melody -- Righteous Brothers
Silhouettes -- Herman's Hermits
I'll Never Find Another You -- Seekers
Cara Mia -- Jay & The Americans
Mr.Tambourine Man -- Byrds
Cast Your Fate to the Wind -- Sounds Orchestral
Yes, I'm Ready -- Barbara Mason
What's New Pussycat? -- Tom Jones
Eve of Destruction -- Barry McGuire
Hang on Sloopy -- McCoys
Ticket to Ride -- Beatles
Red Roses for a Blue Lady -- Bert Kaempfert & Orchestra
Papa's Got a Brand New Bag -- James Brown
Game of Love -- Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders
The Name Game -- Shirley Ellis
I Know a Place -- Petula Clark
Back in My Arms Again -- Supremes
Baby I'm Yours -- Barbara Lewis
The Jolly Green Giant -- Kingsmen
Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte -- Patti Page
Like a Rolling Stone -- Bob Dylan
I'm Telling You Now -- Freddie & The Dreamers
Ferry Across the Mersey -- Gerry & The Pacemakers
Just Once in My Life -- Righteous Brothers
Seventh Son -- Johnny Rivers
A Walk in the Black Forest -- Horst Jankowski
I'm Henry VIII, I Am -- Herman's Hermits
For Your Love -- Yardbirds
California Girls -- Beach Boys
Go Now -- Moody Blues
R&B in 1965
I Can't Help Myself -- Four Tops
In the Midnight Hour -- Wilson Pickett
Shotgun -- Junior Walker & The All Stars
I Do Love You -- Billy Stewart
Yes, I'm Ready -- Barbara Mason
Papa's Got a Brand New Bag -- James Brown
The Tracks of My Tears -- Miracles
We're Gonna Make It -- Little Milton
Tonight's the Night -- Solomon Burke
I'll Be Doggone -- Marvin Gaye
Nothing Can Stop Me -- Gene Chandler
Don't Mess Up a Good Thing -- Fontella Bass/B. McClure
My Girl -- Temptations
Stop! In the Name of Love -- Supremes
Oo Wee Baby, I Love You -- Fred Hughes
Nowhere to Run -- Martha & The Vandellas
Since I Lost My Baby -- Temptations
It's a Man Down There-- G.L. Crockett
Ooo Baby Baby -- Miracles
Baby I'm Yours -- Barbara Lewis
It's the Same Old Song -- Four Tops
Got to Get You Off My Mind -- Solomon Burke
Back in My Arms Again -- Supremes
Agent Double-O-Soul -- Edwin Starr
It's Growing -- Temptations
The "In" Crowd -- Ramsey Lewis Trio
Shake -- Sam Cooke
Sitting in the Park -- Billy Stewart
Twine Time -- Alvin Cash & The Crawlers
You're Gonna Make Me Cry -- O.V. Wright
I Want To (Do Everything for You) -- Joe Tex
Ride Your Pony -- Lee Dorsey
Shake and Fingerpop -- Junior Walker & The All Stars
People Get Ready -- Impressions
I Can't Work No Longer -- Billy Walker & The Chanters
Mr. Pitiful -- Otis Redding
Unchained Melody -- Righteous Brothers
Teasin' You -- Willie Tee
I've Been Loving You Too Long -- Otis Redding
Who's Cheating Who -- Little Milton
Ask the Lonely -- Four Tops
Hurt So Bad -- Little Anthony & The Imperials
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' -- Righteous Brothers
When I'm Gone -- Brenda Holloway
Boo-Ga-Loo -- Tom & Jerrio
Something You Got -- Chuck Jackson & Maxine Brown
I Do -- Marvelows
A Change Is Gonna Come -- Sam Cooke
The Entertainer -- Tony Clarke
The Boy From New York City -- Ad Libs
Country in 1965
Make the World Go Away -- Eddy Arnold
I've Got a Tiger by the Tail -- Buck Owens
King of the Road -- Roger Miller
Before You Go -- Buck Owens
Behind the Tear -- Sonny James
The Bridge Washed Out -- Warner Mack
The First Thing Every Morning -- Jimmy Dean
Yes, Mr. Peters -- Roy Drusky and Priscilla Mitchell
Is It Really Over -- Jim Reeves
May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose --Jimmy Dickens
Buckaroo -- Buck Owens
Hello Vietnam -- Johnny Wright
What's He Doing in My World -- Eddy Arnold
This Is It -- Jim Reeves
Girl on the Billboard -- Del Reeves
Ribbon of Darkness -- Marty Robbins
Sittin' in an All-Nite Cafe -- Warner Mack
Queen of the House -- Jody Miller
Orange Blossom Special -- Johnny Cash
Ode to the Little Brown Shack Out Back -- Billy Edd Wheeler
Sports in 1965
Indianapolis 500: Jim Clark
Kentucky Derby: Lucky Debonair
Major League Baseball
Houston Colt 45s change name to Astros
L. A. Angels renamed California Angels
World Series: L.A. Dodgers 4, Minnesota 3
Pro Football
Cleveland 24, College All-Stars 16
NFL Championship: Green Bay 23, Cleveland 12
AFL Championship: Buffalo 23, San Diego 0
College Football: Navy 7, Army 7
Rose Bowl: Michigan 34, Oregon State 7
Cotton Bowl: Arkansas 10, Nebraska 7
Orange Bowl: Texas 21, Alabama 17
Sugar Bowl: LSU 13, Syracuse 10
Pro Basketball
Championship Series: Boston 4, L.A. Lakers 1
At the Movies On Television
"The Sound of Music"
"Doctor Zhivago"
"Thunderball"
"Girl Happy"
"Ship of Fools"
"A Thousand Clowns"
"Cat Ballou"
"Spy Who Came in From the Cold"
Othello"
"The Pawnbroker"
The Flight of the Phoenix"
"A Patch of Blue"
"The Collector"
"Darling"
"Inside Daisy Clover"
Bonanza
Gomer Pyle, USMC
The Lucy Show
Red Skelton Hour
Batman
Andy Griffith Show
Bewitched
Beverly Hillbillies
Hogan's Heroes
Green Acres
Get Smart
Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Daktari
My Three Sons
Dick Van Dyke Show
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
Ed Sullivan Show
Lawrence Welk Show
I've Got a Secret
Petticoat Junction
Gilligan's Island
Wild, Wild West
Jackie Gleason Show
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USS Orion (AS-18) 1966
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
Departed Norfolk for San Juan to participate in Operation Springboard 3 January
Captain W. L. Siple relieves Captain McCants 12 January
17 January Four H-bombs lost over Spain after mid-air collision. Three are recovered near Palomares
March USS Barbel (SS-580) collides with freighter near Hainan Island in the Gulf of Tonkin
3 March President Johnson signs GI Bill for veterans who served after January 31, 1955
7 April Navy recovers fourth H-bomb from floor of Mediterranean
21 April First artificial heart implanted at Houston hospital
23 April U.S. jets have first encounter with new MiG-21
4-18 July Riots occur in Omaha, Chicago and Cleveland. Other racial violence in Brooklyn, San Francisco, Philadelphia, South Bend, Jacksonville, Des Moines and Baltimore
8 July Machinists strike United, TWA, National, Eastern and Northwest airlines
14 July Eight student nurses killed in Chicago dormitory
1 August Texas Tower sniper kills 14 in Austin
6 August Luci Johnson, daughter of President and Mrs. Johnson, marries Patrick Nugent
Operational exercises enroute to Halifax, Nova Scotia 10 August Treasury Department announces it will discontinue printing $2 bills
September More rioting in Dayton, Cicero, Atlanta, San Francisco and St. Louis
15 October Department of Transportation, 12th Cabinet post, is created
Operational exercises and recreational visit to New York City 28 October
8 November Ronald Reagan elected governor of California
Popular Songs of 1966
California Dreamin' -- Mama's & The Papa's
96 Tears -- ? and The Mysterians
What Becomes of the Brokenhearted -- Jimmy Ruffin
Last Train to Clarksville -- Monkees
Reach Out, I'll Be There -- Four Tops
These Boots Are Made for Walkin' -- Nancy Sinatra
Cherish -- Association
Strangers in the Night -- Frank Sinatra
Kicks-- Paul Revere & The Raiders
Ballad of the Green Berets -- S/Sgt. Barry Sadler
Good Lovin' -- Young Rascals
(You're My) Soul and Inspiration -- Righteous Brothers
You Can't Hurry Love -- Supremes
Sunny -- Bobby Hebb
See You in September -- Happenings
Li'l Red Riding Hood -- Sam the Sham & The Pharoahs
Lightnin' Strikes -- Lou Christie
Poor Side of Town -- Johnny Rivers
Working in the Coal Mine -- Lee Dorsey
A Groovy Kind of Love -- Mindbenders
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me -- Dusty Springfield
Sunshine Superman -- Donovan
Born a Woman -- Sandy Posey
Monday, Monday -- Mama's & The Papa's
Red Rubber Ball -- Cyrkle
Born Free -- Roger Williams
Walk Away Renee -- Left Banke
Cool Jerk -- Capitols
B-A-B-Y -- Carla Thomas
Hanky Panky -- Tommy James & The Shondells
When a Man Loves a Woman -- Percy Sledge
Time Won't Let Me -- Outsiders
Bus Stop -- Hollies
Paint It, Black -- Rolling Stones
Summer in the City -- Lovin' Spoonful
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry -- B.J. Thomas & Triumphs
My Love -- Petula Clark
Daydream -- Lovin' Spoonful
Ain't Too Proud to Beg -- Temptations
Wild Thing -- Troggs
Elusive Butterfly -- Bob Lind
I Am a Rock -- Simon & Garfunkel
Dirty Water -- Standells
Hooray for Hazel -- Tommy Roe
Crying Time -- Ray Charles
Sweet Pea -- Tommy Roe
Secret Agent Man -- Johnny Rivers
Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?--Lovin' Spoonful
We Can Work It Out -- Beatles
Homeward Bound -- Simon & Garfunkel
R&B in 1966
Hold On! I'm Comin' -- Sam & Dave
Cool Jerk -- Capitols
Baby Scratch My Back -- Slim Harpo
Ain't Too Proud to Beg -- Temptations
Barefootin' -- Robert Parker
634-5789 -- Wilson Pickett
Up Tight -- Stevie Wonder
When a Man Loves a Woman -- Percy sledge
What Becomes of the Brokenhearted -- Jimmy Ruffin
Beauty Is Only Skin Deep -- Temptations
Love Makes the World Go Round -- Deon Jackson
Knock on Wood -- Eddie Floyd
Love Is a Hurtin' Thing -- Lou Rawls
Open the Door to Your Heart -- Darrell Banks
Don't Mess With Bill -- Marvelettes
I Love You 1000 Times -- Platters
Sunny -- Bobby Hebb
Wade in the Water -- Ramsey Lewis
(I'm a) Road Runner -- Junior Walker & The All Stars
Going to a Go-Go -- Miracles
Reach Out, I'll Be There -- Four Tops
Let's Go Get Stoned -- Ray Charles
The Duck -- Jackie Lee
You Can't Hurry Love -- Supremes
B-A-B-Y -- Carla Thomas
Get Ready -- Temptations
How Sweet It Is -- Junior Walker & The All Stars
I'm Too Far Gone (to Turn Around) -- Bobby Bland
Searching for My Love -- Bobby Moore & Rhythm Aces
Blowin' in the Wind -- Stevie Wonder
I'll Love You Forever -- Holidays
She Blew a Good Thing -- Poets
My Baby Loves Me -- Martha & The Vandellas
Let Me Be Good to You -- Carla Thomas
It's a Man's Man's Man's World -- James Brown
This Old Heart of Mine -- Isley Brothers
A Sweet Woman Like You -- Joe Tex
I Want to Be With You -- Dee Dee Warwick
You Don't Know like I Know -- Sam & Dave
Land of 1000 Dances -- Wilson Pickett
Darling Baby -- Elgins
Wang Dang Doodle -- Ko Ko Taylor
But It's Alright -- J.J. Jackson
The Love You Save -- Joe Tex
Crying Time -- Ray Charles
Satisfaction -- Otis Redding
Neighbor, Neighbor -- Jimmy Hughes
Warm and Tender Love -- Percy Sledge
I'm Your Puppet -- James & Bobby Purify
One More Heartache -- Marvin Gaye
Country in 1966
Almost Persuaded -- David Houston
Waitin' in Your Welfare Line -- Buck Owens
I Love You Drops -- Bill Anderson
You Ain't woman Enough -- Loretta Lynn
Think of Me -- Buck Owens
Tippy Toeing -- Harden Trio
Take Good Care of Her -- Sonny James
Don't Touch Me -- Jeannie Seely
Distant Drums -- Jim Reeves
Would You Hold It Against Me -- Dottie West
A Milion and One -- Billy Walker
Swingin' Doors -- Merle Haggard
I Want to Go With You -- Eddy Arnold
Blue Side of Lonesome -- Jim Reeves
Room in Your Heart -- Sonny James
The Streets of Baltimore -- Bobby Bare
The One on the Right Is on the Left -- Johnny Cash
Giddyup Go -- Red Sovine
Evil on Your Mind -- Jan Howard
Snowflake -- Jim Reeves
Open Up Your Heart -- Buck Owens
I Get the Fever -- Bill Anderson
Somebody Like Me -- Eddy Arnold
There Goes My Everything -- Jack Greene
Sports in 1966
Indianapolis 500: Graham Hill
Kentucky Derby: Kauai King
Major League Baseball
Milwaukee Braves move to Atlanta
California Angels to Anaheim
World Series: Baltimore 4, L.A. Dodgers 0
Pro Football
Expansion: NFL adds Atlanta Falcons
Green Bay 38, College All-Stars 0
NFL Championship: Green Bay 34, Dallas 27
AFL Championship: Kansas City 31, Buffalo 7
College Football: Army 20, Navy 7
Rose Bowl: UCLA 14, Michigan State 12
Cotton Bowl: Louisiana State 14, Arkansas 7
Orange Bowl: Alabama 39, Nebraska 28
Sugar Bowl: Missouri 20, Florida 18
Pro Basketball
Expansion: Chicago Bulls
Championship Series: Boston 4, L.A. Lakers 3
At the Movies On Television
"The Wild Angels"
"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"
"Paradise, Hawaiian Style"
"A Man for All Seasons"
"Alfie"
"The Russians Are Coming"
"The Sand Pebbles"
"Who' Afraid of Virginia Woolf"
"Georgy Girl"
"The Fortune Cookie"
"Hawaii"
Bonanza
Red Skelton Hour
Andy Griffith Show
The Lucy Show
Jackie Gleason Show
Green Acres
Daktari
Bewitched
Beverly Hillbillies
Gomer Pyle, USMC
The Virginian
Lawrence Welk Show
Ed Sullivan Show
Dean Martin Show
Family Affair
Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Friday Night Movies
Hogan's Heroes
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
Saturday Night at the Movies
Dragnet
Get Smart
Petticoat Junction
Rat Patrol
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USS Orion (AS-18) 1967
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
3 January Jack Ruby dies of lung cancer
Captain J. C. Bellah relieves Capt. Siple 15 January
27 January Grissom, White and Chaffee die in launch pad fire
Overhaul at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard 15 February
to 27 March
21 April Stalin's daughter granted political asylum
March Navy turncoat John Walker offers to sell Soviets cryptographic keylists and maintenance manuals
Underway for sea trials 12 May
5-11 June Six-Day War between Israel and Arab forces
8 June American intelligence ship USS Liberty (AGTR-5) attacked by Israeli aircraft and torpedo boats
Cruise to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for extensive drills and operations 1 July
17 June Red China announced explosion of hydrogen bomb
23 July Race riots in Detroit, New York City, Rochester, NY, Birmingham and New Britain, Conn.
8 October Cuban revolutionary Che Guevera executed in Bolivia
21 October Anti-war protestors march on Washington
3 December First successful human heart transplant performed
December USS George C. Marshall (SSBN-654) clipped by Soviet sub in the Mediterranean
Popular Songs of 1967
To Sir With Love -- Lulu
The Letter -- Box Tops
Ode to Billie Joe -- Bobbie Gentry
Windy -- Association
I'm a Believer -- Monkees
Light My Fire -- Doors
Somethin' Stupid -- Nancy & Frank Sinatra
Happy Together -- Turtles
Groovin' -- Young Rascals
Can't Take My Eyes Off You -- Frankie Valli
Little Bit o' Soul -- Music Explosion
I Think We're Alone Now -- Tommy James & The Shondells
Respect -- Aretha Franklin
I Was Made to Love Her -- Stevie Wonder
Come Back when You Grow Up -- Bobby Vee & Strangers
Kind of a Drag -- Buckinghams
Sweet Soul Music -- Arthur Conley
Expressway to Your Heart -- Soul Survivor
Soul Man -- Sam & Dave
Never My Love -- Association
Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie -- Jay & The Techniques
Come on Down to My Boat -- Every Mother's Son
Incense and Peppermints -- Strawberry Alarm Clock
Ruby Tuesday -- Rolling Stones
It Must Be Him -- Vikki Carr
Love Is Here and Now You're Gone -- Supremes
For What It's Worth -- Buffalo Springfield
Gimme Little Sign -- Brenton Wood 
The Happening -- Supremes
All You Need Is Love -- Beatles
Release Me -- Engelbert Humperdinck
Your Precious Love -- Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Somebody to Love -- Jefferson Airplane
Get on Up -- Esquires
Brown Eyed Girl -- Van Morrison
Jimmy Mack -- Martha & The Vandellas
I Got Rhythm -- Happenings
A Whiter Shade of Pale -- Procol Harum
Don't You Care -- Buckinghams
Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye -- Casinoes
Reflections -- Diana Ross & The Supremes
On a Carousel -- Hollies
Please Love Me Forever -- Bobby Vinton
Alfie -- Dionne Warwick
Silence Is Golden -- Tremeloes
My Cup Runneth Over -- Ed Ames
Up, Up and Away -- 5th Dimension
San Francisco -- Scott McKenzie
The Rain, the Park and Other Things -- Cowsills
There's a Kind of Hush -- Herman's Hermits
R&B in 1967
Respect -- Aretha Franklin
Soul Man -- Sam & Dave
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Want to Love You-- Aretha Franklin
Make Me Yours -- Bettye Swann
I Was Made to Love Her -- Stevie Wonder
Cold Sweat -- James Brown
Are You Lonely for Me -- Freddy Scott
Tell It Like It Is -- Aaron Neville
Sweet Soul Music -- Arthur Conley
Higher and Higher -- Jackie Wilson
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy -- Cannonball Adderly
Baby I Love You -- Aretha Franklin
Jimmy Mack -- Martha & The Vandellas
Soul Finger -- Bar-Kays
Get on Up -- Esquires
The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game -- Marvelettes
Love Is Here and Now You're Gone -- Diana Ross/Supremes
Stand By Me -- Spyder Turner
Hip Hug-Her -- Booker T. & The M.G.'s
Expressway to Your Heart -- Soul Survivor
Your Precious Love -- Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
When Something Is Wrong With My Baby -- Sam & Dave
Funky Broadway -- Wilson Pickett
Tramp -- Otis & Carla
Hypnotized -- Linda Jones
More Love -- Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
(I Wanna) Testify-- Parliaments
All I Need -- Temptations
Funky Broadway -- Dyke & The Blazers
Ain't No Mountain High Enough -- Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell
You're My Everything -- Temptations
Nothing Takes the Place of You -- Toussaint McCall
Here We Go Again -- Ray Charles
Close Your Eyes -- Peaches & Herb
I Heard It Through the Grapevine -- Gladys Knight/Pips
A Natural Woman -- Aretha Franklin
Everybody Needs Love -- Gladys Knight & The Pips
Dead End Street -- Lou Rawls
Feel So Bad -- Little Milton
The Whole World Is a Stage -- Fantastic Four
Dry Your Eyes -- Brenda & The Tabulations
Tramp -- Lowell Fulsom
Eight Men, Four Women -- O.V. Wright
Your Unchanging Love -- Marvin Gaye
Bernadette -- Four Tops
With This Ring -- Platters
For Your Precious Love -- Oscar Toney, Jr.
Baby Please Come Back Home -- J.J. Barnes
Why Not Tonight -- Jimmy Hughes
Standing in the Shadows of Love -- Four Tops
Country in 1967
All the Time -- Jack Greene
Walk Through This World With Me -- George Jones
It's Such a Pretty World Today -- Wynn Stewart
I'll Never Find Another You -- Sonny James
Where Does the Good Times Go -- Buck Owens
I Don't Wanna Play House -- Tammy Wynette
Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad -- Tammy Wynette
There Goes My Everything -- Jack Greene
It's the Little Things -- Sonny James
My Elusive Dreams -- David Houston/Tammy Wynette
Need You -- Sonny James
Don't Come Home A'Drinkin' -- Loretta Lynn
The Fugitive -- Merle Haggard
I Won't Come in While He's Still There -- Jim Reeves
Sam's Place -- Buck Owens
With One Exception -- David Houston
Lonely Again -- Eddy Arnold
Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got?) -- Leon Ashley
Turn the World Around -- Eddy Arnold
Cold, Hard Facts of Life -- Porter Wagoner
Branded Man -- Merle Haggard
Pop a Top -- Jim Ed Brown
Your Tender Loving Care -- Buck Owens
Tonight Carmen -- Marty Robbins
You Mean the World to Me -- David Houston
For Loving You -- Bill Anderson/Jan Howard
Sports in 1967
Indianapolis 500: A. J. Foyt
Kentucky Derby: Proud Clarion
Major League Baseball
World Series: St. Louis 4, Boston 3
Pro Football
NFL adds New Orleans Saints
Super Bowl I: Green Bay 35, Kansas City 10
Green Bay 27, College All-Stars 0
College Football: Navy 19, Army 14
Rose Bowl: Purdue 14, USC 13
Cotton Bowl: Georgia 24, Southern Methodist 9
Orange Bowl: Florida 27, Georgia Tech 12
Sugar Bowl: Alabama 34, Nebraska 7
Pro Basketball
American Basketball Association begins play
NBA Expansion: San Diego Rockets and Seattle SuperSonics
NBA Championship Series: Philadelphia 76ers 4, S.F. Warriors 2
At the Movies On Television
"The Jungle Book"
"The Graduate"
"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"
"You Only Live Twice"
"I Am Curious"
"Easy Come, Easy Go"
"Double Trouble"
"In the Heat of the Night"
"Bonnie and Clyde"
"Doctor Doolittle"
"Cool Hand Luke"
"Wait Until Dark"
"The Dirty Dozen"
"Thoroughly Modern Millie"
"Barefoot in the Park"
"In Cold Blood"
Andy Griffith Show
The Lucy Show
Gomer Pyle, USMC
Gunsmoke
Family Affair
Bonanza
Red Skelton Show
Dean Martin Show
Jackie Gleason Show
Saturday Night at the Movies
Bewitched
Beverly Hillbillies
Ed Sullivan Show
The Virginian
Friday Night Movie
Green Acres
Lawrence Welk Show
Smother Brothers Comedy Hour
Gentle Ben
Tuesday Night at the Movies
Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In
The F.B.I.
Thursday Night Movie
My Three Sons
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USS Orion (AS-18) 1968
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
Sailed south for a week in Fort Lauderdale 13 January
23 January North Koreans seize USS Pueblo (AGER-2) to get its cryptographic communications machines
(See March 1967)
 31 Jan. - 22 Feb. Tet Offensive in Vietnam
16 March My Lai massacre carried out in Vietnam
31 March President Johnson announces he will not seek nomination
4 April Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. shot and killed in Memphis
April USS Scorpion (SSN-589) is involved in game of "Chicken" with Russian destroyer in the Mediterranean
11 April Soviet Golf Class K-129 lost with all hands in the Pacific 750 miles northwest of Hawaii
28 April USS Scorpion is diverted from route home to check out Soviet fleet exercises in the Atlantic
Mid-May MK-46 battery (used to power Mark 37 torpedoes) explodes in laboratory during vibration test
16 May French students take over the Sarbonne in Paris
21 May USS Scorpion, with 14 Mark 37 torpedoes aboard,  resumes her course to Norfolk
22 May USS Scorpion (SSN-589) lost with all hands west of the Azores
5 June Robert F. Kennedy shot in Los Angeles hotel
8 June James Earl Ray arrested in London
August USS Halibut (SSGN-587) locates Russian K-129. Touches off Project Jennifer
20 August Russians crush liberal regime in Czechoslovakia
Dependents' Cruise down Chesapeake Bay 10 September
Won her fourth Green Communication "C" 30 September
11 October Apollo 7 begins 11-day orbit
29 October USS Scorpion's wreckage found
15 November RMS Queen Elizabeth ends last voyage
21-27 December Apollo 8 makes 10 moon orbits and returns
Popular Songs of 1968
Hey Jude -- Beatles
I Heard It Through the Grapevine -- Marvin Gaye
Love Is Blue -- Paul Mauriat
Honey -- Bobby Goldsboro
Love Child -- Diana Ross & The Supremes
(Sittin' on the) Dock of the Bay -- Otis Redding
People Got to Be Free -- Rascals
This Guy's in Love With You -- Herb Alpert
Judy in Disguise -- John Fred & Playboy Band
Woman, Woman -- Union Gap
Mrs. Robinson -- Simon & Garfunkel
Tighten Up -- Archie Bell & The Drells
Hello, I Love You -- Doors
Harper Valley P.T.A. -- Jeannie C. Riley
Young Girl -- Gary Puckett & Union Gap
Those Were the Days -- Mary Hopkins
Wichita Lineman -- Glen Campbell
Cry Like a Baby -- Box Tops
For Once in My Life -- Stevie Wonder
Little Green Apples -- O. C. Smith
Sunshine of Your Love -- Cream
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly -- Hugo Montenegro
R&B in 1968
Say It Loud -- I'm Black and I'm Proud -- James Brown
Slip Away -- Clarence Carter
(Sittin' on the) Dock of the Bay -- Otis Redding
Grazing in the Grass -- Hugh Masakela
You're All I Need to get By -- Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Stay in My Corner -- Dells
We're a Winner -- Impressions
I Wish It Would Rain -- Temptations
Tighten Up -- Archie Bell & The Drells
Lover's Holiday -- Peggy Scott & JoJo Benson
Since You've Been Gone -- Aretha Franklin
Think -- Aretha Franklin
Chain of Fools -- Aretha Franklin
Cowboys to Girls -- Intruders
Dance to the Music -- Sly & The Family Stone
Never Give You Up -- Jerry Butler
The Horse -- Cliff Nobles & Co.
Girl Watcher -- O'Kaysions
Love Makes a Woman -- Barbara Acklin
La La Means I Love You -- Delfonics
Country in 1968
Folsom Prison Blues -- Johnny Cash
Skip a Rope -- Henson Cargill
Mama Tried -- Merle Haggard
World of Our Own -- Sonny James
I Wanna Live -- Glen Campbell
Stand By Your Man -- Tammy Wynette
Wichita Lineman -- Glen Campbell
Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line -- Waylon Jennings
Heaven Says Hello -- Sonny James
Honey -- Bobby Goldsboro
Harper Valley PTA -- Jeannie C. Riley
Wild Weekend -- Bill Anderson
Fist City -- Loretta Lynn
Legend of Bonnie and Clyde -- Merle Haggard
Image of Me -- Conway Twitty
Take Me to Your World -- Tammy Wynette
Already It's Heaven -- David Houston
Next in Line -- Conway Twitty
With Pen in Hand -- Johnny Darrell
Sing Me Back Home -- Merle Haggard
Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye -- Eddy Arnold
You've Just Stepped In -- Loretta Lynn
I Walk Alone -- Marty Robbins
Born to Be With You -- Sonny James
How Long Will My Baby Be Gone -- Buck Owens
You Are My Treasure -- Jack Greene
Have a Little Faith -- David Houston
D-I-V-O-R-C-E -- Tammy Wynette
Sports in 1968
Indianapolis 500: Bobby Unser
Kentucky Derby: Forward Pass
Major League Baseball
Kansas City Athletics move to Oakland, change name to A's
World Series: Detroit 4, St. Louis 3
Pro Football
Super Bowl II: Green Bay 33, Oakland 14
Green Bay 34, College All-Stars 17
College Football: Army 21, Navy 14
Rose Bowl: USC 14, Indiana 3
Cotton Bowl: Texas A&M 20, Alabama 16 
Orange Bowl: Oklahoma 26, Tennessee 24
Sugar Bowl: LSU 20, Wyoming 13
Pro Basketball
NBA Expansion: Milwaukee Bucks and Phoenix Suns
NBA’s St. Louis Hawks move to Atlanta
NBA Championship Series: Boston 4, L.A. Lakers 2
ABA Championship Series: Pittsburgh Pipers 4, New Orleans Bucs 3
At the Movies On Television
"Funny Girl"
"2001: A Space Odyssey"
"Romeo and Juliet"
"Planet of the Apes"
"Star!"
"Speedway"
"Oliver!"
"The Lion in Winter"
"Rachel, Rachel"
"The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter"
"The Fixer"
"The Subject Was Roses"
"The Producers"
Rosemary's Baby"
Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In
Gomer Pyle, USMC
Bonanza
Mayberry, R.F.D.
Family Affair
Gunsmoke
Julia
Dean Martin Show
Here's Lucy
Beverly Hillbillies
Mission: Impossible
Bewitched
Red Skelton Hour
My three Sons
Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Ironside
The Virginian
The F.B.I.
Green Acres
Dragnet
Daniel Boone
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
Ed Sullivan Show
Carol Burnett Show
Jackie Gleason Show

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Battle Efficiency "E"
1969
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
20 January Richard M. Nixon inaugurated
28 March Eisenhower dies
20 May Battle for "Hamburger Hill" ends in Vietnam
8 June U.S. troop withdrawal from Vietnam begins
18 July Mary Jo Kopechne dies in Chappaquiddik incident
20 July Neil Armstrong walks on the moon
Captain W. C. Nicklas relieves Capt. Bellah 22 July
8 August Sharon Tate, four others, murdered in Hollywood Hills
15 August In upstate New York, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair opens
17 August Hurricane Camille hits Gulf Coast killing 248 
Departs Norfolk for two weeks in Fort Lauderdale 22 September
23 September
to 9 November
USS Lapon (SSN-661) trails Soviet Yankee Class boomer for 47 days getting sound bites for SOSUS
November USS Gato (SSN-615) scraped when Soviet Hotel Class sub "Hiroshima" passes over it in the Barents Sea. (This particular sub was nicknamed "Hiroshima" because "it was a nuclear disaster just waiting to happen.")
17 December Air Force closes Project "Blue Book" on UFOs
Popular Songs of 1969
Sugar Sugar -- Archies
Aquarius / Let the Sun Shine In -- 5th dimension
Honky Tonk Women -- Rolling Stones
Everyday People -- Sly & The Family Stone
Crimson and Clover -- Tommy James & The Shondells
Get Back -- Beatles
In the Year 2525 -- Zager & Evans
Dizzy -- Tommy Roe
I Can't Get Next to You -- Temptations
Come Together / Something -- Beatles
Leaving on a Jet Plane -- Peter, Paul & Mary
Wedding Bell Blues -- 5th Dimension
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye -- Steam
Theme From Romeo & Juliet -- Henry Mancini
Hair -- Cowsills
Crystal Blue Persuasion -- Tommy James & Shondells
Suspicious Minds -- Elvis Presley
Down on the Corner -- C.C.R.
Hot Fun in the Summertime -- Sly & The Family Stone
I'll Never Fall in Love Again -- Tom Jones
Build Me Up Buttercup -- Foundations
R&B in 1969
What Does It Take to Win Your Love -- Jr. Walker & All Stars
I Can't Get Next to You -- Temptations
Mother Popcorn, Part I -- James Brown
Too Busy Thinking About My Baby -- Marvin Gaye
It's Your Thing -- Isley Brothers
Only the Strong Survive -- Jerry Butler
Chokin' Kind -- Joe Simon
Hot Fun in the Summertime -- Sly & The Family Stone
Jealous Kind of Fellow -- Garland Green
Grazing in the Grass -- Friends of Distinction
Share Your Love With Me -- Aretha Franklin
Runaway Child, Running Wild -- Temptations
Choice of Colors -- Impressions
That's the Way Love Is -- Marvin Gaye
Your Good Thing (Is About to End) -- Lou Rawls
Oh, What a Night -- Dells
Can I Change My Mind -- Tyrone Davis
Everyday People -- Sly & The Family Stone
Baby, I'm for Real -- Originals
Color Him Father -- Winstons
Country in 1969
A Boy Named Sue -- Johnny Cash
My Life -- Bill Anderson
Daddy Sang Bass -- Johnny Cash
I'll Share My World With You -- George Jones
Hungry Eyes -- Merle Haggard
Statue of a Fool -- Jack Greene
(Margie's at) The Lincoln Park Inn -- Bobby Bare
Only the Lonely -- Sonny James
I Love You More Today -- Conway Twitty
Darling, You Know I Wouldn't Lie -- Conway Twitty
The Ways to Love a Man -- Tammy Wynette
All I Have to Offer You (Is Me) -- Charley Pride
My Woman's Good to Me -- David Houston
Rings of Gold -- Dottie West & Don Gibson
Goodtime Charlie -- Del Reeves
Kaw-Liga -- Charley Pride
Games People Play -- Freddy Weller
One Has My Name -- Jerry Lee Lewis
Since I Met You Baby -- Sonny James
Who's Gonna Mow My Grass -- Buck Owens
Johnny B. Goode -- Buck Owens
Until My Dreams Come True -- Jack Greene
To Make Love Sweeter for You -- Jerry Lee Lewis
Woman of the World -- Loretta Lynn
Galveston -- Glen Campbell
Singing My Song -- Tammy Wynette
Running Bear -- Sonny James
Workin' Man Blues -- Merle Haggard
Tall Dark Stranger -- Buck Owens
To See My Angel Cry -- Conway Twitty
Okie From Muskogee -- Merle Haggard
(I'm So) Afraid of Losing You Again -- Charley Pride
Sports in 1969
Indianapolis 500: Mario Andretti
Kentucky Derby: Majestic Prince
Major League Baseball
Expansion: Kansas City Royals and Seattle Pilots join the AL; Montreal Expos and San Diego Padres join the NL
World Series: N.Y. Mets 4, Baltimore 1
Pro Football
Super Bowl III: N.Y. Jets 16, Baltimore 7
N.Y. Jets 26, College All-Stars 24
College Football: Army 27, Navy 0
Rose Bowl: Ohio State 27, USC 16
Cotton Bowl: Texas 36, Tennessee 13
Orange Bowl: Penn State 15, Kansas 14
Sugar Bowl: Arkansas 16, Georgia 2
Pro Basketball
NBA Championship Series: Boston 4, L.A. Lakers 3
ABA Championship Series: Oakland Oaks 4, Indiana Pacers 1
At the Movies On Television
"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"
On Her Majesty's Secret Service"
"Alice's Restaurant"
"Marooned"
"Che!"
"De Sade"
"Midnight Cowboy"
"Anne of the Thousand Days"
"Hello, Dolly!"
"Z"
"True Grit"
"Goodbye, Mr. Chips"
"Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"
"They Shoot Horses, Don't They?"
"The Sterile Cuckoo"
"The Reivers"
"Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice"
"Easy Rider"
Rowan and Martin" Laugh-In
Gunsmoke
Bonanza
Mayberry R.F.D.
Family Affair
Here's Lucy
Red Skelton Hour
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
Doris Day Show
Bill Cosby Show
Jim Nabors Hour
Carol Burnett Show
Dean Martin Show
My three Sons
Ironside
Johnny Cash Show
Beverly Hillbillies
Hawaii Five-O
Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Hee Haw
Movie of the Week
Mod Squad
Saturday Night Movie
Bewitched

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USS Orion (AS-18) 1970
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
5 January United Mine Workers' Joseph Yablonski, his wife and daughter found shot to death
15 January Qaddafi becomes premier of Libya
21 February North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao forces recapture the Plain of Jars
March USS Sturgeon (SSN-637) scraped when Soviet sub passes over it in the Barents Sea
25 March 8-day postal strike ends
11 April Apollo 13 launched
12 April Soviet November Class K-8 sinks in the Bay of Biscay
13 April Apollo 13 oxygen tank explodes
17 April Apollo 13 splashes down safely in the Pacific
30 April U.S. troops sent into Cambodia to destroy enemy sanctuaries and supplies
2 May National Guard ordered to Kent State University after ROTC building is burned
4 May Four students killed during demonstrations at Kent State University
9 May UAW President Walter Reuther dies in plane crash
22 May Leonard Woodcock elected head of UAW
22 June President Nixon signs bill lowering voting age to 18
  24 June Senate repeals Gulf of Tonkin resolution.
USS Tautog (SSN-639) collides with Soviet Echo II Class Black Lila (K-108) near Petropavlovsk.
24-26 June Israeli and Syrian forces clash in Golan Heights
30 June American troops withdraw from Cambodia
Dependents' Cruise 10 July
28-31 July Riots erupt in several U.S. cities
12 August Independent United States Postal Service replaces U.S. Post Office
17 August Explosion damages Federal Office Building in Minneapolis
24 August 1 killed, 4 injured when bomb destroys Army Mathematics Research Center on University of Wisconsin campus
6 September Palestinians hijack 4 jet airliners
7 September One of the hijacked planes is blown up in Cairo
12 September The other 3 planes are blown up by Palestinian commandos
15 September UAW begins strike against General Motors
28 September Egypt's President Nasser dies of a heart attack; Anwar Sadat named interim president
Captain J. J. Nuss relieves Capt. Nicklas 6 October
Assigned to Subron 4 in Charleston, S.C. 15 October
9 November Charles de Gaulle dies of a heart attack
20 November UAW's 67-day strike against GM ends
Popular Songs of 1970
Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head -- B.J. Thomas
I'll Be There -- Jackson 5
Bridge Over Troubled Water -- Simon & Garfunkel
I Think I Love You -- Partridge Family
(They Long to Be) Close to You -- Carpenters
My Sweet Lord -- George Harrison
Let It Be -- Beatles
American Woman/No Sugar Tonight -- Guess Who
War -- Edwin Starr
I Want You Back -- Jackson 5
Tears of a Clown -- Smokey Robinson & Miracles
We've Only Just Begun -- Carpenters
Band of Gold -- Freda Payne
Ain't No Mountain High Enough -- Diana Ross
Mama Told Me -- Three Dog Night
Make It With You -- Bread
ABC --Jackson 5
Spirit in the Sky -- Norman Greenbaum
Everything Is Beautiful -- Ray Stevens
Candida -- Dawn
Rhythm and Blues Hits in 1970
I'll Be There -- Jackson 5
Love on a Two Way Street -- Moments
Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) -- Stevie Wonder
The Love You Save -- Jackson 5
Thank You -- Sly & The Family Stone
Rainy Day in Georgia -- Brook Benton
Ball of Confusion -- Temptations
Turn Back the Hands of Time -- Tyrone Davis
Cole, Cooke and Redding / Sugar, Sugar -- Wilson Pickett
Express Yourself -- Charles Wright
Steal Away -- Johnnie Taylor
Psychedelic Shack -- Temptations
It's a Shame -- Spinners
Call Me -- Aretha Franklin
Patches -- Clarence Carter
Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) -- Delfonics
Groovy Situation -- Gene Chandler
ABC -- Jackson 5
I Want You Back -- Jackson 5
Don't Play That Song -- Aretha Franklin
Country Hits in 1970
Hello Darlin' -- Conway Twitty
For the Good Times -- Ray Price
Tennessee Birdwalk -- Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan
Don't Keep Me Hangin' On -- Sonny James
Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone? -- Charley Pride
Coal Miner's Daughter -- Loretta Lynn
Wonder Could I Live There Anymore -- Charley Pride
It's Just a Matter of Time -- Sonny James
My Love -- Sonny James
Fightin' Side of Me -- Merle Haggard & The Strangers
End-lessly -- Sonny James
He Loves Me All the Way -- Tammy Wynette
My Woman, My Woman, My Wife -- Marty Robbins
There Must Be More to Love Than This -- Jerry Lee Lewis
All for the Love of Sunshine -- Hank Williams Jr.
Sunday Morning Coming Down -- Johnny Cash
When a Man Loves a Woman -- Billy Walker
Pool Shark -- Dave Dudley
A Week in a County Jail -- Tom T. Hall
I Do My Swinging at Home -- David Houston
She's a Little Bit Country -- George Hamilton IV
Heart Over Mind -- Mel Tillis
Sports in 1970
Indianapolis 500: Al Unser
Kentucky Derby: Dust Commander
Major League Baseball
Seattle Pilots move to Milwaukee, change name to Brewers
World Series: Baltimore 4, Cincinnati 1
College Football: Navy 11, Army 7
Rose Bowl: USC 10, Michigan 3
Cotton Bowl: Texas 21, Notre Dame 17
Orange Bowl: Penn State 10, Missouri 3
Sugar Bowl: Mississippi 27, Arkansas 22
College Basketball
NCAA Championship: UCLA 80, Jacksonville 69
At the Movies On Television
"Love Story"
"Airport"
"M*A*S*H"
"Chariots of the Gods?"
"Joe"
"Anne and Eve"
Woodstock"
"Beyond the Valley of the Dolls"
"Chisum"
"Myra Breckinridge"
"Patton"
"Five Easy Pieces"
"I Never Sang for My Father"
"The Great White Hope"
"Ryan's Daughter"
"Diary of a Mad Housewife"
"Little Big Man"
"Women in Love"
ABC Movie of the Week
Bonanza
The F.B.I.
Flip Wilson Show
Gunsmoke
Hawaii 5-O
Here's Lucy
Ironside
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Medical Center

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Engineering "E" and Communications "C"
1 October 1970 to 1 October 1971
1971
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
1 January Cigarette advertising banned on radio and TV
25 January Charles Manson, 3 followers, convicted in Sharon Tate murders
31 January Apollo 14 lifts off
5 February Apollo 14 astronauts walk on Moon
9 February Southern California declared disaster area after earthquake.
Apollo 14 splashes down in the Pacific
1 March Bomb damages Senate wing of U.S. Capitol
29 March 1st Lt. Calley found guilty in My Lai Massacre and is given life sentence
6 April Richard Daley wins 5th term as mayor of Chicago
17 April U.S. table tennis team concludes 7-day visit to Red China
20 April Supreme Court ruled that busing may be ordered to achieve desegregation
1 May Amtrak begins operations
18 May President Nixon orders railroad workers back to work after 41-hour national rail strike
30 May Mariner 9 launched to explore Mars
Visited Miami 21-27 June
30 June Soviets lose three cosmonauts during reentry.
26th Amendment, lowering voting age to 18, is ratified
26 July Apollo 15 launched
31 July Astronauts explore Moon in battery-powered vehicle
15 August President Nixon announces 90-day wage freeze
9 September Prisoners in Attica, NY, seize 32 guards and take over prison
13 September 43 killed as state troopers, sheriff's deputies and prison guards storm prison
Visited Port Everglades 17-24 September
28 September Cardinal Mindszenty, confined in Hungary since 1949, arrives in Rome
25 October UN General Assembly votes to expel Chinese Nationalists and admit Red China
November USS Halibut (SSGN-587) plants taps on Russian underwater phone lines in the Sea of Okhotsk
13 November Mariner 9 goes into orbit around Mars
24 November Plane hijacker parachutes out over Washington State
Popular Songs of 1971
Joy to the World -- Three Dog Night
Maggie Mae -- Rod Stewart
It's Too Late / I Feel the Earth Move -- Carole King
Knock Three Times -- Dawn
Brand New Key -- Melanie
Indian Reservation -- Raiders
One Bad Apple -- Osmonds
Go Away Little Girl -- Donny Osmond
Just My Imagination -- Temptations
Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves -- Cher
Take Me Home Country Roads -- John Denver
Family Affair -- Sly & The Family Stone
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart -- Bee Gees
Me and Bobby McGee -- Janis Joplin
You've Got a Friend -- James Taylor
Uncle Albert -- Paul & Linda McCartney
Groove Me -- King Floyd
Theme From Shaft -- Isaac Hayes
Mr. Big Stuff -- Jean Knight
Superstar -- Carpenters
Rhythm and Blues Hits in 1971
Mr. Big Stuff -- Jean Knight
What's Going On -- Marvin Gaye
Want Ads -- Honey Cone
Tired of Being Alone -- Al Green
Spanish Harlem -- Aretha Franklin
Just My Imagination -- Temptations
Bridge Over Troubled Water -- Aretha Franklin
Thin Line Between Love and Hate -- Persuaders
Never Say Goodbye -- Jackson 5
Make It Funky, Part 1 -- James Brown
Groove Me -- King Floyd
Trapped By a Thing Called Love -- Denise La Salle
Don't Knock My Love -- Wilson Pickett
Stick-Up -- Honey Cone
(Do the) Push and Pull, Part 1 -- Rufus Thomas
Mercy Mercy Me (the Ecology) -- Marvin Gaye
Smiling Faces Sometimes -- Undisputed Truth
She's Not Just Another Woman -- 8th Day
Watcha See Is Watcha Get -- Dramatics
The Love We Had (Stays in Mind) -- Dells
Country Hits in 1971
Rose Garden -- Lynn Anderson
Easy Loving -- Freddie Hart
I Won't Mention It Again -- Ray Price
Help Me Make It Through the Night -- Sammi Smith
Year That Clayton Delaney Died -- Tom T. Hall
When You're Hot, You're Hot -- Jerry Reed
Empty Arms -- Sonny James
I'm Just Me -- Charley Pride
How Can I Unlove You -- Lynn Anderson
Good Lovin' (Makes It Right) -- Tammy Wynette
How Much More Can She Stand -- Conway Twitty
You're My Man -- Lynn Anderson
I'd Rather Love You -- Charley Pride
After the Fire Is Gone -- Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn
Quits -- Bill Anderson
I'd Rather Be Sorry -- Ray Price
Just One Time -- Connie Smith
Ruby (Are You Mad) -- Buck Owens
We Sure Can Love Each Other -- Tammy Wynette
Bright Lights, Big City-- Sonny James
Sports in 1971
Indianapolis 500: Al Unser
Kentucky Derby: Canonero II
Major League Baseball
World Series: Pittsburgh 4, Baltimore 3
Pro Football
Boston Patriots change name to New England Patriots
Super Bowl V: Baltimore 16, Dallas 13
Baltimore 24, College All-Stars 17
College Football: Army 24, Navy 23
Rose Bowl: Stanford 27, Ohio State 17
Cotton Bowl: Notre Dame 24, Texas 11
Orange Bowl: Nebraska 17, Louisiana State 12
Sugar Bowl: Tennessee 34, Air Force 13
Pro Basketball
San Diego Rockets move to Houston (NBA)
San Francisco Warriors to Oakland, change name to Golden State Warriors
NBA Championship Series: Milwaukee 4, Baltimore Bullets 0
ABA Championship Series: Utah Stars 4, Kentucky Colonels 3
At the Movies On Television
"Diamonds Are Forever"
"Carnal Knowledge"
"Willard"
"The French Connection"
"A Clockwork Orange"
"Fiddler on the Roof"
"The Last Picture Show"
"Mary, Queen of Scots"
"Sunday, Bloody Sunday"
"The Hospital"
"Klute"
"Kotch"
"Sometimes a Great Notion"
ABC Movie of the Week
Adam-12
All in the Family
Flip Wilson Show
Funny Face
Gunsmoke
Mannix
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Mary Tyler Moore Show
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USS Orion (AS-18) 1972
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
5 January Nixon gives go-ahead to develop space shuttle
9 January Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth destroyed by fire
10 January Israelis raid Palestinian commandos in Lebanon
Cruised to Port Everglades 10-15 January
24 January World War II Japanese soldier found hiding on Guam
  20 February President Nixon begins 8-day visit to Red China
28 February UN Security Council demands Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon
2 March Pioneer 10 launched to explore Jupiter
30 March North Vietnamese launch Eastertide Offensive
4 April Nixon orders more B-52 bombers dispatched to Vietnam
15 April U.S. renews bombing North Vietnam near Haiphong
16-27 April Apollo 16 makes trip to the moon
2 May J. Edgar Hoover dies
Visited Port Everglades 9-16 May
10 May Martial law imposed in South Vietnam
  15 May Gov. George Wallace paralyzed by bullet.
U.S. returns Okinawa to Japan
 Captain G. A. Barunas relieves Capt. Nuss 20 May
22 May Nixon arrives in Moscow
1 June Nixon returns from visit to Soviet Union.
Iraq nationalizes western-owned Iraq Petroleum Co.
17 June Watergate scandal begins when 5 are arrested for breaking into Democratic National Headquarters
21 June Israeli armored force and aircraft strike into southern Lebanon
29 June Supreme Court rules death penalty unconstitutional under present statutes
18 July Pres. Sadat orders withdrawal of Soviet military adviser from Egypt
11 August Last U.S. ground combat unit in Vietnam is deactivated
23 August 1,100 anti-war activists arrested as Republicans nominate Nixon and Agnew for re-election
26 August Olympic Games open in Munich, West Germany
1 September Bobby Fischer is first American to win World's Chess Championship
5 September Arab terrorists attack Israeli quarters in Olympic Village, kill 2 athletes and take 9 hostage. The hostages, 5 terrorists and a German policeman are killed in airport shootout
8 September Israeli Air Force attacks Arab guerilla bases and naval installations in Syria and Lebanon
24 October U.S. halts bombing north of the 20th Parallel in North Vietnam
29 October Palestinian guerillas hijack West German airliner over Turkey to gain release of 3 suspects in Olympics raid
2 November American Indians seize control of U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs building in Washington, DC
7 November Nixon defeats George McGovern to win 2nd term
Overhaul in Charleston Naval Shipyard December
18 December U.S. resumes bombing north of 20th Parallel
26 December Former President Truman dies in Kansas City
30 December Nixon orders halt to bombing north of 20th Parallel
Popular Songs of 1972
First Time Ever I Saw Your Face -- Roberta Flack
American Pie -- Don McLean
Alone Again (Naturally) -- Gilbert O'Sullivan
Without You -- Nilsson
I Can See Clearly Now -- Johnny Nash
I Gotcha -- Joe Tex
The Candy Man -- Sammy Davis, Jr.
I Am Woman -- Helen Reddy
Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me -- Mac Davis
Lean on Me -- Bill Withers
Horse With No Name -- America
Me and Mrs Jones -- Billy Paul
Brandy -- Looking Glass
Nights in White Satin -- Moody Blues
Let's Stay Together -- Al Green
I'll Take You There -- Staple Singers
Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast -- Wayne Newton
Oh Girl -- Chi-lites
Heart of Gold -- Neil Young
I Don't Want to Be Right -- Luther Ingram
Rhythm and Blues Hits in 1972
Let's Stay Together-- Al Green
I'll Take You There-- Staple Singers
I Don't Want to Be Right -- Luther Ingram
In the Rain -- Dramatics
Oh Girl -- Chi-lites
Back Stabbers -- O'Jays
That's the Way I Feel About 'Cha -- Bobby Womack
Everybody Plays the Fool -- Main Ingredients
Do the Funky Penguin -- Rufus Thomas
I Gotcha -- Joe Tex
You Said a Bad Word -- Joe Tex
Clean Up Woman -- Betty Wright
Lean on Me -- Bill Withers
Outa-Space -- Billy Preston
Goodfoot Part I -- James Brown
Woman's Gotta Have It -- Bobby Womack
Day Dreaming -- Aretha Franklin
Power of Love -- Joe Simon
Look What You Done for Me -- Al Green
Freddie's Dead -- Curtis Mayfield
Country Hits in 1972
My Hang Up Is You -- Freddie Hart
The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A. -- Donna Fargo
It's Four in the Morning -- Faron Young
It's Gonna Take a Little Bit Longer -- Charley Pride
If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry -- Jerry Wallace
Carolyn -- Merle Haggard & The Strangers
Kiss an Angel Good Morning -- Charley Pride
Chantilly Lace / Think About It Darlin' -- Jerry Lee Lewis
One's on the Way -- Loretta Lynn
Woman (Sensuous Woman) -- Don Gibson
I Ain't Never -- Mel Tillis
Eleven Roses -- Hank Williams Jr.
Bless Your Heart -- Freddie Hart
I Can't Stop Loving You -- Conway Twitty
Funny Face -- Donna Fargo
When the Snow Is on the Roses -- Sonny James
(Lost Her Love) On Our Last Date -- Conway Twitty
Made in Japan -- Buck Owens & His Buckaroos
I'm Gonna Knock at Your Door -- Billy "Crash" Craddock
Good Hearted Woman -- Waylon Jennings
Sports in 1972
Indianapolis 500: Mark Donohue
Kentucky Derby: Riva Ridge
Major League Baseball
Washington Senators move to Arlington, Texas, change name to Rangers
World Series: Oakland 4, Cincinnati 3
Pro Football
Super Bowl VI: Dallas 24, Miami 3
Dallas 20, College All-Stars 7
College Football: Army 23, Navy 15
Rose Bowl: Stanford 13, Michigan 12
Cotton Bowl: Penn State 30, Texas 6
Orange Bowl: Nebraska 38, Alabama 6
Sugar Bowl: Oklahoma 14, Penn State 0
Pro Basketball
NBA's Cincinnati Royals move to Kansas City/Omaha, change name to Kings
NBA Championship Series: L.A. Lakers 4, New York 1
ABA Championship Series: Indiana Pacers 4, N.Y. Nets 2
At the Movies On Television
"The Godfather"
"The Poseidon Adventure"
"Malcolm X"
"Cabaret"
"Lady Sings the Blues"
"Deliverance"
"The Emigrants"
"Sounder"
"Sleuth"
"The Heartbreak Kid"
"Pete 'n' Tillie"
All in the Family
Bridget Loves Bernie
Gunsmoke
Hawaii 5-O
Ironside
Mary Tyler Moore Show
Maude
NBC Sunday mystery Movie
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USS Orion (AS-18) 1973
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
Underway to Guantanamo Bay for refresher training 8 January
22 January Supreme Court legalizes abortion (Roe vs. Wade)
27 January Vietnam Peace Accord signed.
Military draft ends in U.S.
27 February American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee
USS Orion is the first submarine support facility in the Atlantic Fleet to get the new MK48 Mod I Warshot torpedo March
8 May AIM occupation of Wounded Knee ends
14 May Skylab launched into orbit
17 May Televised Watergate hearings begin
14 July U.S. bombing of Cambodia ends
24 July Supreme Court orders Nixon to turn over tape recordings
  6 October Egypt and Syria attack Israel to start Yom Kippur War
  10 October Vice President Spiro T. Agnew resigns
17 October OPEC begins oil embargo against nations who supported Israel in Yom Kippur War
11 November Egypt and Israel sign cease-fire
21 November Gap found in Watergate tapes
6 December Gerald Ford becomes first unelected vice president
Popular Songs of 1973
Tie a Yellow Ribbon -- Tony Orlando & Dawn
Let's Get It On -- Marvin Gaye
Why Me -- Kris Kristofferson
My Love -- Paul McCartney & Wings
Crocodile Rock -- Elton John
The Most Beautiful Girl -- Charlie Rich
Keep on Truckin' -- Eddie Kendricks
Bad, Bad Leroy Brown -- Jim Croce
Midnight Train to Georgia -- Gladys Knight & Pips
You're So Vain -- Carly Simon
Touch Me in the Morning -- Diana Ross
Top of the World -- Carpenters
Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia -- Vicki Lawrence
Killing Me Softly With His Song -- Roberta Flack
Will It Go Round in Circles -- Billy Preston
Half Breed -- Cher
Brother Louie -- Stories
Playground in My Mind -- Clint Holmes
Delta Dawn -- Helen Reddy
Little Willie -- Sweet
Rhythm and Blues Hits in 1973
Let's Get It On -- Marvin Gaye
Superstition -- Stevie Wonder
Neither One of Us -- Gladys Knight & The Pips
Me and Mrs Jones -- Billy Paul
Why Can't We Live together -- Timmy Thomas
One of a Kind (Love Affair) -- Spinners
Love Train -- O'Jays
Doing It to Death -- Fred Wesley & The JB's
Midnight Train to Georgia -- Gladys Knight & The Pips
Loves Jones -- Brighter Side of Darkness
I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More -- Barry White
Could It Be I'm Falling in Love -- Spinners
Masterpiece -- Temptations
Natural High -- Bloodstone
Pillow Talk -- Sylvia
That Lady -- Isley Brothers
Give Your Baby a Standing Ovation -- Dells
Keep on Truckin' -- Eddie Kendricks
If You Want Me to Stay -- Sly & The Family Stone
The World Is a Ghetto -- War
Country Hits in 1973
You've Never Been This Far Before -- Conway Twitty
Behind Closed Doors -- Charlie Rich
Satin Sheets -- Jeanne Pruett
Teddy Bear Song -- Barbara Fairchild
Amanda -- Don Williams
You're the Best Thing That's Ever Happened to Me--R. Price
Why Me -- Kris Kristofferson
Everybody's Had the Blues -- Merle Haggard
She Needs Someone to Hold Her -- Conway Twitty
The Lord Knows I'm Drinking -- Cal Smith
What's Your Mama's Name -- Tanya Tucker
She' Got to Be a Saint -- Ray Price
Love Is the Foundation-- Loretta Lynn
Kids Say the Darndest Things -- Tammy Wynette
Rated X -- Loretta Lynn
Trip to Heaven -- Freddie Hart
Don't Fight the Feelings of Love -- Charley Pride
Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine -- Tom T. Hall
Come Live With Me -- Roy Clark
You Always Come Back (to Hurting Me) -- Johnny Rodriguez
Sports in 1973
Indianapolis 500: Gordon Johncock
Kentucky Derby: Secretariat (Triple Crown winner this year)
Major League Baseball
World Series: Oakland 4, N.Y. Mets 3
Pro Football
Super Bowl VII: Miami 14, Washington 7
Miami 14, College All-Stars 3
College Football: Navy 51, Army 0
Rose Bowl: USC 42, Ohio State 17
Cotton Bowl: Texas 17, Alabama 13
Orange Bowl: Nebraska 40, Notre Dame 6
Sugar Bowl: Oklahoma 40, Auburn 22
Pro Basketball
Baltimore Bullets move to Landover, Md., change name to Capital Bullets (NBA)
NBA Championship Series: New York 4, L.A. Lakers 1
ABA Championship Series: Indiana Pacers 4, Kentucky Colonels 3
At the Movies On Television
"The Sting"
"American Graffiti"
"The Exorcist"
"Last Tango in Paris"
"The Last Detail"
"Serpico"
"Cinderella Liberty"
"The Way We Were"
"The Paper Chase"
"Bang the Drum Slowly"
"Paper Moon"
All in the Family
Cannon
Hawaii 5-O
Kojak
Mary Tyler Moore Show
M*A*S*H
Maude
Sanford and Son
Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
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USS Orion (AS-18) 1974
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
2 January President Nixon signs bill requiring states to adopt 55-mph speed limit or lose federal highway funds
15 January Experts report 18-minute gap on a Watergate tape
3 February Red China launches new Cultural Revolution
5 February Patricia Hearst kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army
7 February Caribbean island of Grenada becomes independent nation
1 March 7 former Nixon aides indicted by federal grand jury in Watergate case
7 March Six indicted in connection with 1971 office break-in of Dr. Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist
18 March Arab oil nations, except Libya and Syria, end oil embargo
29 March Federal grand jury indicts 8 former Ohio National Guardsmen on civil right violations in May 1970 shootings at Kent State
10 April Israel's Premier Golda Meir resigns
11 April Arab terrorists kill 18 in raid on Qiryat Shemona
12 April Israelis raid several villages in southern Lebanon
4 May World's Fair, Expo '74, opens in Spokane, WA
May USS Pintado (SSN-672) collides with Russian Yankee Class sub in approaches to Petropavlovsk
4 July Glomar Explorer begins attempt to raise sunken Russian submarine K-129 (See 11 April 1968)
15 July Cypriot troops overthrow government of Archbishop Makarios
20 July Turkish forces invade Cyprus
8 August President Nixon resigns
9 August Gerald Ford becomes 38th president
Captain J. F. Drain relieves Capt. Barunas 23 August
8 September President Ford pardons Nixon
3 November USS James Madison (SSBN-627) collides with Soviet attack sub in the North Sea near Holy Loch sub base
8 November Former Lt. Calley receives parole
7 December Archbishop Makarios returns to Cyprus to resume control of the government
10 December Rep. Wilbur Mills resigns committee chairmanship over Fanne Fox scandal
19 December Nelson Rockefeller sworn in as vice president
Popular Songs of 1974
The Way We Were -- Barbra Streisand
Seasons in the Sun -- Terry Jacks
Bennie and the Jets -- Elton John
The Joker -- Steve Miller Band
Love's Theme -- Love Unlimited Orchestra
You Make Me Feel Brand New -- Stylistics
Show and Tell -- Al Wilson
Then Came You -- Dionne Warwick & The Spinners
The Streak -- Ray Stevens
Until You Come Back to Me -- Aretha Franklin
TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) -- MFSB
Spiders and Snakes -- Jim Stafford
The Loco-Motion -- Grand Funk
You Haven't Done Nothin' -- Stevie Wonder
Come and Get Your Love -- Redbone
Hooked on a Feeling -- Blue Swede
Band on the Run -- Paul McCartney and Wings
Sunshine on My Shoulders -- John Denver
Angie Baby -- Helen Reddy
Annie's Song -- John Denver
Billy, Don't Be a Hero -- Bo Donaldson/The Heywoods
Cat's in the Cradle -- Harry Chapin
Country Bumpkin -- Cal Smith
Dark Lady -- Cher
Free Wheelin' -- Bachman-Turner-Overdrive
I Can Help -- Billy Swan
I Honestly Love You -- Olivia Newton-John
I Shot the Sheriff -- Eric Clapton
Kung Fu Fighting -- Carl Douglas
The Night Chicago Died -- Paper Lace
Nothing From Nothing -- Billy Preston
Rock Me Gently -- Andy Kim
Sundown -- Gordon Lightfoot
Whatever Gets You Through the Night -- John Lennon
You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet -- Bachman-Turner-Overdrive
You're Sixteen -- Ringo Starr
Rhythm and Blues Hits in 1974
Feel Like Makin' Love -- Roberta Flack
Boogie Down -- Eddie Kendricks
Jungle Boogie -- Kool & The Gang
Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me -- Gladys Knight/Pips
Lookin' for Love -- Bobby Womack
Rock Your Baby -- George McCrae
The Payback -- James Brown
Mighty Love, Part 1 -- Spinners
Dancing Machine -- Jackson 5
Sexy Mama -- Moments
Put Your Hands Together -- O'Jays
Rock the Boat -- The Hues Corporation
I'm in Love -- Aretha Franklin
Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe -- Barry White
Trying to Hold on to My Woman -- Lamont Dozier
Outside Woman -- Bloodstone
Be Thankful for What You Got -- William DeVaughn
Tell Me Something Good -- Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan
Livin' for You -- Al Green
Country Hits in 1974
There Won't Be Anymore -- Charlie Rich
If We Make It Through December -- Merle Haggard
I Love -- Tom T. Hall
The Grand Tour -- George Jones
Rub It In -- Billy "Crash" Craddock
Jolene -- Dolly Parton
Marie Laveau / The Mermaid -- Bobby Bare
A Very Special Love -- Charlie Rich
If You Love Me (Let Me Know) -- Olivia Newton-John
Another Lonely Song -- Tammy Wynette
Midnight, Me and the Blues -- Mel Tillis
World of Make Believe -- Bill Anderson
Would You Lay With Me (in a Field of Stone)--Tanya Tucker
I Wouldn't Want to Live If You Didn't Love Me--Don Williams
There's a Honky Tonk "Angel" -- Conway Twitty
No Charge -- Melba Montgomery
I'm Still Loving You -- Joe Stampley
Is It Wrong (for Loving You) -- Sonny James
You Can't Be a Beacon -- Donna Fargo
(Jeannie Marie) You Were a Lady -- Tommy Overstreet
Sports in 1974
Indianapolis 500: Johnny Rutherford
Kentucky Derby: Cannonade
Major League Baseball
Hank Aaron sets new home run record at 715
World Series: Oakland 4, L.A. Dodgers 1
Pro Football
Super Bowl VIII: Miami 24, Minnesota 7
Players strike -- no All-Star game
College Football: Navy 19, Army 0
Rose Bowl: Ohio State 42, USC 21
Cotton Bowl: Nebraska 19, Texas 3
Orange Bowl: Penn State, 16, LSU 9
Sugar Bowl: Notre Dame 24, Alabama 23
Pro Basketball
Capital Bullets change name to Washington Bullets (NBA)
Expansion: New Orleans Jazz (NBA)
NBA Championship Series: Boston 4, Milwaukee 3
ABA Championship Series: N.Y. Nets 4, Utah Stars 1
Golf
Hale Irwin wins U.S. Open
Tennis
Jimmy Connors and Billie Jean King win titles in U.S. Open at Forest Hills
Boxing
Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a unanimous 12-round decision
George Foreman knocks out Ken Norton in 2nd round to retain heavyweight title
Muhammad Ali regains heavyweight title by knocking out George Foreman in 8th round of fight held in Zaire
At the Movies On Television
"The Godfather, Part II"
"Chinatown"
"The Converstion"
"Lenny"
"The Towering Inferno"
"Harry and Tonto"
" Murder on the Orient Express"
"Thunderbolt and Lightfoot"
"Blazing Saddles"
"Claudine"
All in the Family
Chico and The Man
Good Times
Hawaii 5-O
The Jeffersons
M*A*S*H
Maude
Rhoda
The Waltons
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1975
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Events Elsewhere
24 January Bomb explodes in historic Fraunces Tavern in New York City, 4 dead, 53 injured.
7 February U.S. unemployment reaches 33-year high
2 March Shah Pahlavi dissolves Iran's two-party system
5 April Chiang Kai-shek dies in Taipei
23 April President Ford announces end of involvement in Vietnam
16 April Cambodian government surrenders to Khmer Rouge rebels
30 April Saigon falls to North Vietnamese, South Vietnam surrenders
12 April Cambodians seize U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez in the Gulf of Siam
15 May U.S. Navy and Marines rescue 39 Mayaguez crewmen
5 June Egypt's President Sadat reopens Suez Canal
17 June Marianas Islands residents vote for U.S. citizenship
24 June Eastern Airlines jetliner crashes at Kennedy Airport killing 113
17 July Apollo 18 links up with Soyuz 19 in space
31 July Jimmy Hoffa reported missing in Detroit
20 August Viking 1 launched to probe Mars
27 August Defendants in Kent State shooting are exonerated
5 September Manson "family" member Lynette Fromme arrested as she points a gun at President Ford in Sacramento
8 September Boston begins busing to achieve school integration
18 September Patty Hearst is captured
22 September  Sara Jane Moore shoots at President Ford in San Francisco
27 September OPEC agrees to 10% increase in price of crude oil
Cruised to Fort Lauderdale to attend that city's 100th Birthday celebration 10-14 October
20 November Francisco Franco dies in Spain, Juan Carlos proclaimed king
17 December Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme gets life sentence for Sept. 5 attempt to shoot President Ford
21 December Arab terrorists raid OPEC meeting
29 December Bomb explodes at La Guardia Airport killing 11, injuring more than 75
31 December Postal rate increase takes effect
Popular Songs of 1975
Rhinestone Cowboy -- Glen Campbell
Philadelphia Freedom -- Elton John
Love Will Keep Us Together -- Captain & Tennille
Feelings -- Morris Albert
I'm Sorry -- John Denver
Before the Next Teardrop Falls -- Freddie Fender
One of These Nights -- The Eagles
Shining Star -- Earth, Wind & Fire
That's the Way (I Like It) -- KC & The Sunshine Band
Fly, Robin, Fly -- The Silver Convention
Fame -- David Bowie
Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song-- B. J. Thomas
Lady Marmalade -- Labelle
Lovin' You -- Minnie Riperton
Jive Talkin' -- The Bee Gees
Island Girl -- Elton John
Thank God I'm a Country Boy -- John Denver
Best of My Love -- The Eagles
Sky High -- Jigsaw
Black Water -- The Doobie Brothers
Bad Blood -- Neil Sedaka
Fallin' in Love -- Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds
Have You ever Been Mellow -- Olivie Newton-John
He Don't Love You -- Tony Orlando and Dawn
He Will Break Your Heart -- Tony Orlando and Dawn
Laughter in the Rain -- Neil Sedaka
Let's Do It Again -- The Staple Singers
Listen to What the Man Said -- Paul McCartney/Wings
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds -- Elton John
Mandy -- Barry Manilow
My Eyes Adored You -- Frankie Valli
Please Mr. Postman -- The Carpenters
Sister Golden Hair -- America
You're No Good -- Linda Ronstadt
Rhythm and Blues Hits in 1975
Fight the Power, Part 1 -- Isley Brothers
Fire -- The Ohio Players
Get Down Tonight -- KC and The Sunshine Band
Love Won't Let Me Wait -- Major Harris
I Belong to You -- Love Unlimited
Look at Me (I'm in Love) -- Moments
The Hustle -- Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony
Rockin' Chair -- Gwen McCrae
Pick Up the Pieces -- The Average White Band
Shining Star -- Earth, Wind & Fire
Your Love -- Graham Central Station
Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor) -- Joe Simon
Baby That's Backatcha -- Smokey Robinson
L-O-V-E (Love) -- Al Green
This Will Be -- Natalie Cole
Give the People What They Want -- O'Jays
Boogie on Reggae Woman -- Stevie Wonder
I Feel a Song in My Heart -- Gladys Knight & The Pips
You're the First, the Last, My Everything -- Barry White
Sooner or Later -- Impressions
Country Hits in 1975
Rhinestone Cowboy -- Glen Campbell
Reconsider Me -- Narvel Felts
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain -- Willie Nelson
Love in the Hot Afternoon -- Gene Watson
Wasted Days and Wasted Nights -- Freddy Fender
Feelin's -- Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty
It's Time to Pay the Fiddler -- Cal Smith
You're My Best Friend -- Don Williams
Wrong Road Again -- Crystal Gayle
Lizzie and the Rainman -- Tanya Tucker
I Can Help -- Billy Swan
Daydreams About Night Things -- Ronnie Milsap
Before the Next Teardrop Falls -- Freddy Fender
Window Up Above -- Mickey Gilley
Tryin' to Beat the Morning Home -- T. G. Sheppard
Devil in the Bottle -- T. G. Sheppard
I'm Not Lisa -- Jessi Colter
Touch the Hand -- Conway Twitty
I Can't Help It (I'm Still in Love With You) -- Linda Ronstadt
(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song -- B. J. Thomas
Just Get Up and Close the Door -- Johnny Rodriguez
Sports in 1975
Indianapolis 500: Bobby Unser
Kentucky Derby: Foolish Pleasure
Major League Baseball
World Series: Cincinnati 4, Boston 3
Pro Football
Super Bowl IX: Pittsburgh 16, Minnesota 6
Pittsburgh 21, College All-Stars 14
College Football: Navy 30, Army 6
Rose Bowl: USC 18, Ohio State 17
Cotton Bowl: Penn State 41, Baylor 20
Orange Bowl: Notre Dame 13, Alabama 11
Sugar Bowl: Nebraska 13, Florida 10
Pro Basketball
KC-Omaha Kings become the Kansas City Kings (NBA)
NBA Championship Series: Golden State Warriors 4, Washington Bullets 0
ABA Championship Series: N.Y. Nets 4, Denver Nuggets 2
Hockey
Philadelphia Flyers repeat as Stanley Cup champions
Tennis
Arthur Ashe defeats Jimmy Connors to win at Wimbledon
Boxing
Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in Manila to retain heavyweight title
At the Movies On Television
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
"Barry Lyndon"
"Dog Day Afternoon"
"Jaws"
"Nashville"
"The Sunshine Boys"
"The Man in the Glass Booth"
"Give 'Em Hell, Harry"
"Tommy"
"Hedda"
"The Day of the Locust"
"Shampoo"
"Farewell, My Lovely"
ABC Movie of the Week
All in the Family
The Bionic Woman
Laverne and Shirley
Maude
Phyllis
Rhoda
Rich Man, Poor Man
Sanford and Son
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1976
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
Country goes nuts over CB radios
8 January Chinese prime minister Chou En-lai dies
22 January Agreement ending 9-month civil war in Lebanon announced
9 March 15 miners die in mine explosion near Whitesburg, Ky.
11 March Second explosion in same mine kills 11
20 March Patty Hearst convicted of her part in a San Francisco bank holdup
25 March Muslim offensive in Lebanon forces President Franjieh to vacate presidential palace
9 April Syrian troops move into Lebanon
24 May Concorde begins trans-Atlantic passenger service to Washington
5 June Corner of Teton Dam collapses; 9 dead, 30 missing, 40,000 forced to evacuate homes
16 June U.S. ambassador to Lebanon abducted and killed
Captain G. M. Henson relieves Capt. Drain 19 June
20 June U.S. Navy evacuates Americans and foreign nationals from Beirut
27 June Air France plane hijacked by pro-Palestinian guerillas
2 July North and South Vietnam officially reunited
3 July Israelis rescue 103 hostages from hijacked airliner at Entebbe airport
4 July Nation celebrates Bicentennial.
17 July Montreal Olympics open
20 July Viking I lands on Mars
4 August Mysterious disease strikes American Legion convention in Philadelphia
7 August U.S. and Iran sign arms pact
19 August Republican convention in Kansas City nominates President Ford
2 September Viking II lander touches down on Mars
9 September Chairman Mao dies in Peking
17 September Space shuttle unveiled
4 October Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz resigns after telling racist joke
2 November Jimmy Carter elected president
17 December OPEC announces crude oil price increase
20 December Chicago Mayor Richard Daley dies of a heart attack
Popular Songs of 1976
Tonight's the Night -- Rod Stewart
Play That Funky Music -- Wild Cherry
A Fifth of Beethoven-- Walter Murphy/Big Apple Band
Silly Love Songs -- Paul McCartney & Wings
Love Machine, Part 1 -- The Miracles
I Write the Songs -- Barry Manilow
Disco Duck -- Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots
Kiss and Say Goodbye -- The Manhattans
December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) -- The 4 Seasons
Love Is Alive -- Gary Wright
If You Leave Me Now -- Chicago
The Rubberband Man -- Spinners
Shake Your Booty -- KC and The Sunshine Band
Disco Lady -- Johnnie Taylor
I'd Really Love to See You Tonight--England Dan/J.F. Coley
Don't Go Breaking My Heart -- Elton John & Kiki Dee
Sara Smile -- Daryl Hall & John Oates
Love So Right -- Bee Gees
Misty Blue -- Dorothy Moore
Boogie Fever -- The Sylvers
Afternoon Delight -- The Starland Vocal Band
Convoy -- C. W. McCall
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover -- Paul Simon
Let Your Love Flow -- Bellamy Brothers
Love Hangover -- Diana Ross
Love Rollercoaster -- The Ohio Players
Rock'n Me -- The Steve Miller Band
Saturday Night -- The Bay City Rollers
Theme From "Mahogany" -- Diana Ross
Theme From "S.W.A.T." -- Rhythm Heritage
Welcome Back -- John Sebastian
You should Be Dancing -- The Bee Gees
Rhythm and Blues Hits in 1976
Disco Lady -- Johnnie Taylor
Something He Can Feel -- Aretha Franklin
Kiss and Say Goodbye -- Manhattans
Shake Your Booty -- K.C. & The Sunshine Band
You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine -- Lou Rawls
Getaway -- Earth, Wind & Fire
Misty Blue -- Dorothy Moore
Sing a Song -- Earth, Wind & Fire
Sweet Thing -- Rufus featuring Chaka Khan
Boogie Fever -- Sylvers
Wake Up Everybody -- Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes
Play That Funky Music -- Wild Cherry
Young Hearts Run Free -- Candi Staton
Turning Point -- Tyrone Davis
Sophisticated Lady -- Natalie Cole
Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel -- Tavares
Who'd She Coo -- Ohio Players
I Love Music -- O'Jays
Get Up Offa That Thing -- James Brown
Livin' for the Weekend / Stairway to Heaven -- O'Jays
Country Hits in 1976
Convoy -- C. W. McCall
Good Hearted Woman -- Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
The Door Is Always Open -- Dave & Sugar
I'll Get Over You -- Crystal Gayle
Teddy Bear -- Red Sovine
El Paso City -- Marty Robbins
(I'm a) Stand By My Woman Man -- Ronnie Milsap
I Don't Want to Have to Marry You -- Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius
One Piece at a Time -- Johnny Cash
Stranger -- Johnny Duncan
Broken Lady -- Larry Gatlin
All These Things -- Joe Stampley
Faster Horses -- Tom T. Hall
Till the Rivers All Run Dry -- Don Williams
The Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time -- Mickey Gilley
Golden Ring -- George Jones & Tammy Wynette
Drinking My Baby (Off My Mind) -- Eddie Rabbitt
If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time -- Willie Nelson
Say It Again -- Don Williams
Sometimes -- Bill Anderson & Mary Lou Turner
Sports in 1976
Indianapolis 500: Johnny Rutherford
Kentucky Derby: Bold Forbes
Major League Baseball
World Series: Cincinnati 4, N.Y. Yankees 0
Pro Football
NFL adds Seattle Seahawks and Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Super Bowl X: Pittsburgh 21, Dallas 17
Pittsburgh 24, College All-Stars 0
College Football: Navy 38, Army 10
Rose Bowl: UCLA 23, Ohio State 10
Cotton Bowl: Arkansas 31, Georgia 10
Orange Bowl: Oklahoma 14, Michigan 6
Sugar Bowl: Alabama 13, Penn State 6
Pro Basketball
ABA folds. Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, New York Nets, San Antonio Spurs join NBA
Championship Series: Boston 4, Phoenix 2
Golf
Ray Floyd wins Masters Tournament
Hockey
Montreal Canadiens capture Stanley Cup
Tennis
Jimmy Connors and Chris Evert win titles at forest Hills
At the Movies On Television
"Rocky"
"All the President's Men"
"Bound for Glory"
"Network"
"Taxi Driver"
"Carrie"
"Marathon Man"
"Voyage of the Damned"
"Face to Face"
ABC Monday Night Movie
ABC Sunday Night Movie
Barretta
The Big Event
Charlie's Angels
Happy Days
Laverne and Shirley
M*A*S*H
One Day at a Time
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USS Orion (AS-18) 1977
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Events Elsewhere
17 January Convicted murderer Gary Gilmore executed in Utah
19 January Tokyo Rose pardoned by President Ford
20 January Jimmy Carter sworn in as 39th president
21 January President Carter pardons Vietnam draft evaders
2 February Carter signs emergency natural gas bill
Insurv Inspection by Sub-Board of Inspection and Survey finds Orion fit for further service 21-25 March
27 March 581 die when two 747s collide on runway in Canary Islands
12 April Fighting between Christian Militia, Palestinians and Lebanese Muslims ceases
28 May 160 die in nightclub fire in Southgate, Ky.
16 June Brezhnev becomes president of Supreme Soviet
20 June Trans-Alaskan pipeline opens
30 June SEATO is formally dissolved
13-14 July Power failure cripples New York City
4 August U.S. Department of Energy is created
10 August David Berkowitz arrested in "Son of Sam" murders
12 August Space Shuttle Enterprise completes first solo test flight
16 August Elvis Presley dies
7 September U.S. and Panama sign canal treaties
26 September Cease-fire declared along Israel-Lebanon border
14 October Bing Crosby dies in Madrid
9 November Israeli jets attack guerilla strongholds in southern Lebanon
19 November Egypt's Sadat visits Jerusalem to seek permanent peace settlement
5 December Egypt severs diplomatic relations with Syria, Iraq, Libya, Algeria and Southern Yemen
25 December Charlie Chaplin dies in Switzerland
Popular Songs of 1977
You Light Up My Life -- Debby Boone
I Just Want to Be Your Everything -- Andy Gibb
How Deep Is Your Love -- The Bee Gees
Best of My Love -- The Emotions
Love Theme From "A Star Is Born" -- Barbra Streisand
Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue -- Crystal Gayle
I Like Dreamin'--  Kenny Nolan
Don't Leave Me This Way -- Thelma Houston
Angel in Your Arms -- Hot
Boogie Nights -- Heatwave
I'm Your Boogie Man -- KC & The Sunshine Band
You Make Me Feel Like Dancin' -- Leo Sayer
Torn Between Two Lovers -- Mary MacGregor
Undercover Angel -- Alan O'Day
Hotel California -- The Eagles
Higher and Higher -- Rita Coolidge
Dancing Queen -- Abba
Car Wash -- Rose Royce
That's Rock 'n' Roll -- Shaun Cassidy
Fly Like an Eagle -- Steve Miller Band
Rhythm and Blues Hits in 1977
Float On -- Floaters
I've Got Love on My Mind -- Natalie Cole
Got to Give It Up -- Marvin Gaye
I Wish -- Stevie Wonder
Best of My Love -- Emotions
Dazz -- Brick
Trying to Love Two -- William Bell
It's Ecstacy When You Lay Down Next to Me -- Barry White
Strawberry Letter 23 -- Brothers Johnson
Slide -- Slave
Good Thing Man -- Frank Lucas
Don't Leave Me This Way -- Thelma Houston
Car Wash -- Rose Royce
Easy -- Commodores
Sunshine -- Enchantment
Free -- Deniece Williams
Ain't Gonna Bump No More -- Joe Tex
Gloria -- Enchantment
I Believe You -- Dorothy Malone
Sometimes -- Facts of Life
Country Hits in 1977
Luckenbach, Texas -- Waylon Jennings
Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue -- Crystal Gayle
Lucille -- Kenny Rogers
Heaven's Just a Sin Away -- Kendalls
It Was Almost Like a Song -- Ronnie Milsap
Rolling With the Flow -- Charlie Rich
She's Pulling Me Back Again -- Mickey Gilley
Southern Nights -- Glen Campbell
Way Down / Pledging My Love -- Elvis Presley
She's Got Me -- Loretta Lynn
Near You -- George Jones & Tammy Wynette
Some Broken Hearts Never Mend -- Don Williams
Play Guitar Play -- Conway Twitty
It Couldn't Have Been Better -- Johnny Duncan w/Janie Fricke
That Was Yesterday -- Donna Fargo
I'll Be Leavin' Alone -- Charley Pride
Daytime Friends -- Kenny Rogers
Paper Rosie -- Gene Watson
Thinkin' of a Rendezvous -- Johnny Duncan w/Janie Fricke
I've Already Loved You in My Mind -- Conway Twitty
Sports in 1977
Indianapolis 500: A. J. Foyt
Kentucky Derby: Seattle Slew
America's Cup: U.S. yacht Courageous defeats the Australia
Major League Baseball
AL Expansion: Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays
World Series: Yankees 4, Dodgers 2
Pro Football
Super Bowl XI: Oakland 32, Minnesota 14
College Football: Army 17, Navy 14
Rose Bowl: USC 14, Michigan 6
Cotton Bowl: Houston 30, Maryland 21
Orange Bowl: Ohio State 27, Colorado 10
Sugar Bowl: Pittsburgh 27, Georgia 3
Pro Basketball
NY Nets move to New Jersey, change name to New Jersey Nets
Championship Series: Portland 4, Philadelphia 76ers 2
Tennis
Guillermo Vilas and Chris Evert win titles in U.S. Open
At the Movies On Television
"Annie Hall"
"The Goodbye Girl"
"Julia"
"Star Wars"
"The Turning Point"
"Saturday Night Fever"
"Close encounters of the Third Kind"
"Looking for Mr. Goodbar"
Alice
All in the Family
Charlie's Angels
Happy Days
Laverne and Shirley
Little House on the Prairie
M*A*S*H
One Day at a Time
Three's Company
60 Minutes

January 23-30 -- Record TV audience tunes in to Roots
August 19 -- Groucho Marx dies at age 86


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USS Orion (AS-18) 1978
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Events Elsewhere
6 January NASA chooses 35 new astronauts including 6 women, 3 blacks, 1 Oriental
13 January Hubert Humphrey dies
24 January Soviet satellite breaks up over Canada
6 February New England paralyzed by major snowstorm
15 February Bomb explodes in Alaskan oil pipeline
18 February 6 killed, 125 injured in anti-government riots in Iran
14 March Israel invades southern Lebanon to wipe out Palestinian terrorist bases
22 March Karl Wallenda falls to his death from high wire strung between two hotels in San Juan
6 April President Carter signs bill raising mandatory retirement age to 70
18 April Senate votes to turn canal over to Panama by year 2000
19 May U.S. Postal Service increases rates
26 May Legalized casino gambling begins in Atlantic City
1 June Electronic bugs found in U.S. Embassy in Moscow
13 June Israel withdraws from southern Lebanon
26 June Bomb explodes in the Palace of Versailles near Paris
28 June Supreme Court agrees that Allan Bakke was victim of "reverse discrimination"
1 July 200 killed, 500 wounded as fighting erupts between Christian Militia and Arab peacekeeping force in Beirut
25 July First "test tube" baby born in Lancashire, England
6 August Pope Paul VI dies of a heart attack
20 August Anti-government riots in Iran; 430 die in theater fire started by Muslim extremists
26 August Cardinal Albino Luciani becomes Pope John Paul I
Capt. S. S. Skorupski relieves Capt. Henson 30 August
8 September Shah declares martial law in Tehran and 11 other cities
17 September Camp David agreement between Egypt and Israel
25 September 150 killed as Pacific Southwest Airlines jetliner collides with small plane over San Diego
29 September Pope John Paul I dies of heart attack
16 October Pope John Paul II becomes first non-Italian pope in 456 years
6 November Shah puts Iran under military rule
13 November Mexico announces discovery of new oil basin
18 November Jim Jones and followers commit mass suicide after Rep. Leo Ryan and 4 others are shot to death at Jonestown, Guyana, airport
27 November Mayor of San Francisco George Moscone shot to death in City Hall
8 December Golda Meir dies in Jerusalem
17 December OPEC announces 14.5% increase in crude oil price
Popular Songs of 1978
Night Fever -- The Bee Gees
Stayin' Alive -- The Bee Gees
Shadow Dancing -- Andy Gibb
I Go Crazy -- Paul Davis
(Love Is) Thicker Than Water -- Andy Gibb
Kiss You All Over -- Exile
Baby Come Back -- Player
Boogie Oogie Oogie -- A Taste of Honey
Hot Child in the City -- Nick Gilder
I Love the Nightlife -- Alicia Bridges
Emotion -- Samantha Sang
Lay Down Sally -- Eric Clapton
MacArthur Park -- Donna Summer
You're the One That I Want--O. Newton-John / John Travolta
Just the Way You Are -- Billy Joel
You Needed Me -- Anne Murray
Three Times a Lady -- The Commodores
Grease -- Frankie Valli
We Are the Champions -- Queen
If I Can't Have You -- Yvonne Elliman
Rhythm and Blues Hits in 1978
Serpentine Fire -- Earth, Wind & Fire
Use Ta Be My Girl -- O'Jays
Too Much, Too Little, Too Late--J. Mathis/Deniece Williams
Flashlight -- Parliament
One Nation Under Groove -- Funkadelic
Our Love -- Natalie Cole
Boogie Oogie Oogie -- A Taste of Honey
You and I -- Rick James
Close the Door -- Teddy Pendergrass
Ffun -- Con Funk Shun
The Closer I Get to You-- Roberta Flack w/Donny Hathaway
Get Off -- Foxy
Take Me to the Next Phase -- Isley Brothers
Which Way Is Up -- Stargard
Three Times a Lady -- Commodores
Stuff Like That -- Quincy Jones
Bootzilla -- Bootsy's Rubber Band
It's You That I Need -- Enchantment
Dance With Me -- Peter Brown
Holding On -- L.T.D.
Country Hits in 1978
Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys -- Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
Here You Come Again -- Dolly Parton
Only One Love in My Life -- Ronnie Milsap
I've Always Been Crazy -- Waylon Jennings
Heartbreaker -- Dolly Parton
Take This Job and Shove It -- Johnny Paycheck
Don't Break the Heart That Loves You -- Margo Smith
Every Time Two Fools Collide -- K. Rogers & Dottie West
Do You Know You Are My Sunshine -- Statler Brothers
Someone Loves You Honey -- Charley Pride
Talking in Your Sleep -- Crystal Gayle
Out of My Head and Back in My Bed -- Loretta Lynn
It's All Wrong, But It's Alright/Two Doors Down -- D. Parton
What a Difference You Made in My Life -- Ronnie Milsap
Georgia on My Mind -- Willie Nelson
She Can Put Her Shoes Under My Bed -- Johnny Duncan
It Only Hurts for a Little While -- Margo Smith
Hearts on Fire -- Eddie Rabbitt
Love or Something Like It -- Kenny Rogers
Middle Age Crazy-- Jerry Lee Lewis
Sports in 1978
Indianapolis 500: Al Unser
Kentucky Derby: Affirmed (wins Triple Crown)
Bill Rogers wins Boston Marathon
Major League Baseball
World Series: Yankees 4, Dodgers 2
Pro Football
Super Bowl XII: Dallas 27, Denver 10
College Football: Navy 28, Army 0
Rose Bowl: Washington 27, Michigan 20
Cotton Bowl: Notre Dame 38, Texas 10
Orange Bowl: Arkansas 31, Oklahoma 0
Sugar Bowl: Alabama 35, Ohio State 6
Pro Basketball
Buffalo Braves move to San Diego, change name to Clippers
Championship Series: Washington Bullets 4, Seattle 3
Hockey
Montreal Canadiens win Stanley Cup for 3rd straight year
Golf
Gary Player wins Masters
Tennis
Bjorn Borg and Martina Navratilova win titles at Wimbledon
Chris Evert and Jimmy Connors win U.S. Open
Boxing
Muhammad Ali loses heavyweight title to Leon Spinks in a split decision but gets it back with a unanimous decision in the rematch

Muncie Central wins its sixth Indiana High School State Basketball Championship by defeating Terre Haute South, 65-64, in overtime

At the Movies On Television
"The Deer Hunter"
"Coming Home"
"Heaven Can Wait"
"Midnight Express"
"An Unmarried woman"
"The Buddy Holly Story"
"The Boys From Brazil"
"California Suite"
All in the Family
Angie
Happy Days
Laverne and Shirley
M*A*S*H
Mork and Mindy
The Ropers
60 Minutes
Taxi
Three's Company

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USS Orion (AS-18) 1979
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
1 January U.S. and China open diplomatic relations
16 January Shah leaves Iran for "vacation"
26 January Nelson Rockefeller dies of heart attack in New York
1 February Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran.
President Carter commutes sentence of Patty Hearst
3 February 6 UN peacekeepers killed in southern Lebanon by Palestinian guerrillas
5 March Voyager I sends closeup views of Jupiter
13 March Maurice Bishop seizes power in Grenada and suspends constitution
26 March Egypt and Israel sign Camp David Accords
28 March Three-Mile Island nuclear power plant accident
3 April Jane M. Byrne elected Mayor of Chicago
11 April Idi Amin overthrown in Uganda
18 April LA court denies claim in "palimony" suit
4 May Margaret Thatcher becomes first woman prime Minister of Great Britain
9 May California institutes gasoline rationing in 9 counties
18 May Karen Silkwood estate wins negligence lawsuit against Kerr-McGee Corp.
25 May 272 die when American Airlines DC-10 loses an engine and crashes after takeoff from Chicago
27 May Israel begins withdrawal from Sinai
6 June FAA grounds DC-10s due to flaw in engine mounts
11 June John Wayne dies at age 72
28 June OPEC agrees on price increase for crude oil
Begins overhaul in Charleston Naval Shipyard to prepare for overseas duty July
11 July Skylab crashes into Australia and Indian Ocean
18 July Price of gold rises to more than $300 an ounce
31 July Chrysler Corp. announces $207.1-million loss
27 August Lord Louis Mountbatten, British World War II hero, killed by blast on fishing boat off the Irish coast.
1 September Pioneer II takes first close look at Saturn
7 September Hurricane David moves inland after striking East Coast
1 October U.S. ends control of Canal Zone
17 October Department of Education becomes 13th cabinet-level agency
22 October Shah arrives in New York
3 November Anti-Klan rally sparks gun battle in Greensboro, NC, 4 killed, 10 injured
4 November Iranian militants seize the U.S. Embassy in Teheran
6 November Iran's provisional government dissolves; Ayatollah Khomeini takes power
20 November Carter orders second naval task force into Indian Ocean
3 December 11 crushed to death at The Who concert in Cincinnati.
Puerto Rican nationalists kill 2 U.S. sailors and injure 10 others in bus ambush outside San Juan
19 December Congress approves $1.5-billion loan guarantee to Chrysler Corp.
26 December Gold price soars past $500 per ounce
27 December Soviet Union invades Afghanistan
Popular Songs of 1979
My Sharona -- The Knack
Le Freak -- Chic
Y.M.C.A. -- Village People
Hot Stuff -- Donna Summer
I Will Survive -- Gloria Gaynor
Bad Girls -- Donna Summer
Do Ya Think I'm Sexy -- Rod Stewart
Reunited -- Peaches and Herb
Sad Eyes -- Robert John
Pop Musik -- M
Ring My Bell -- Anita Ward
Rise -- Herb Alpert
Still -- The Commodores
I'll Never Love This Way Again -- Dionne Warwick
Escape (The Pina Colada Song) -- Rupert Holmes
Tragedy -- The Bee Gees
Too Much Heaven -- The Bee Gees
Fire -- Pointer Sisters
Babe -- Styx
Good Times -- Chic
Rhythm and Blues Hits in 1979
Good Times -- Chic
Ring My Bell -- Anita Ward
Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough -- Michael Jackson
Bustin' Loose -- Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers
Le Freak -- Chic
Aqua Boogie -- Parliament
Reunited -- Peaches & Herb
I Got My Mind Made Up -- Instant Funk
I'm Every Woman -- Chaka Khan
Disco Nights -- G.Q.
One Nation Under Groove -- Funkadelic
Shake Your Body -- The Jacksons
Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now -- McFadden & Whitehead
Turn Off the Lights -- Teddy Pendergrass
Got to Be Real -- Cheryl Lynn
Bad Girls -- Donna Summer
What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin' -- Stephanie Mills
Why Leave Us Alone -- Five Special
Do You Wanna Go Party -- K.C. & The Sunshine Band
You're Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else -- Jones Girls
Country Hits in 1979
I Just Fall in Love Again -- Anne Murray
If I Said You Had a Beautiful Bady Would You Hold It Against Me -- Bellamy Brothers
Amanda -- Waylon Jennings
Every Which Way But Loose -- Eddie Rabbitt
Golden Tears -- Dave & Sugar
You Decorated My Life -- Kenny Rogers
She Believes in Me -- Kenny Rogers
The Gambler -- Kenny Rogers
You're the Only One -- Dolly Parton
Sleeping Single in a Double Bed -- Barbara Mandrell
All the Gold in California -- Gatlin Brothers
Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For -- Crystal Gayle
Last Cheater's Waltz -- T.G. Sheppard
Nobody Likes Sad Songs -- Ronnie Milsap
Just Good Ol' Boys-- Moe Bandy & Joe Stampley
Where Do I Put Her Memory -- Charley Pride
All I Ever Need Is You -- Kenny Rogers & Dottie West
Backside of Thirty -- John Conlee
Suspicions -- Eddie Rabbitt
(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right -- Barbara Mandrell
I May Never Get to Heaven -- Conway Twitty
Sports in 1979
Indianapolis 500: Rick Mears
Kentucky Derby: Spectacular Bid
Major League Baseball
World Series: Pittsburgh 4, Baltimore 3
Pro Football
Super Bowl XIII: Pittsburgh 35, Dallas 31
College Football: Navy 31, Army 7
Rose Bowl: USC 17, Michigan 10
Cotton Bowl: Notre Dame 35, Houston 34
Orange Bowl: Oklahoma 31, Nebraska 24
Sugar Bowl: Alabama 14, Penn State 7
Pro Basketball
New Orleans Jazz move to Salt Lake City, change name to Utah Jazz
Championship Series: Seattle 4, Washington Bullets 1
Hockey
Stanley Cup goes to Montreal Canadiens
Tennis
John McEnroe and Tracy Austin win U.S. Open titles

Muncie Central wins its seventh Indiana High School State Basketball Championship by defeating Anderson, 64-60

At the Movies On Television
"Kramer vs. Kramer"
"All That Jazz"
"Apocalypse Now"
"Breaking Away"
" Norma Rae"
"The China Syndrome"
". . . And Justice for All"
"Being There"
"The Rose"
"The Black Stallion"
"Manhattan"
Alice
Dallas
Dukes of Hazzard
Flo
M*A*S*H
One Day at a Time
60 Minutes
That's Incredible
Three's Company
Dec. 8 -- Grease becomes longest-running show on Broadway

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USS Orion (AS-18) 1980
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
10 January Former president of AFL-CIO, George Meany, dies in Washington
2 February Inmates seize New Mexico State Penitentiary
3 February 33 killed, 89 injured as authorities recapture prison.
Public officials implicated in "Abscam" sting 
Yard period ends March
14 March Polish airliner crashes in Warsaw killing 87 including 22 members and officials of U.S. amateur boxing team
27 March Mount St. Helens begins to erupt.
123 die as oil platform collapses in North Sea
2 April President Carter signs Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax law. Prime lending rate hits 20%
  7 April Ayatollah Khomeini refuses to intervene in hostage crisis; U.S. breaks diplomatic ties with Iran
12 April U.S. Olympic Committee votes to boycott Moscow Olympics
24 April Hostage rescue mission in Iran fails
Completes refresher training in Guantanamo Bay During May
9 May Sunshine Skyway Bridge collapses at St. Petersburg, FL., after being struck by freighter Summit Venture
18 May Giant eruption on Mount St. Helens kills at least 22 and leaves 77 missing
21 May State of emergency declared at Love Canal in Niagara Falls, NY
USS Orion reports to Commander, Refit and Training Group, La Maddalena, and Commander Submarine Group Eight for operations from La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy 22 June
Captain R. N. Charles relieves Capt. Skorupski 27 June
1 July Interstate trucking industry deregulated
19 July Moscow Olympics open despite boycott
24 July Senate subcommittee investigates Billy Carter's Libyan connections
27 July Shah Pahlavi of Iran dies
24 August Polish strikers demand political reforms and independent unions
3 September Polish government gives in to striking workers
22 September Border dispute between Iran and Iraq erupts into open warfare
4 November Ronald Reagan elected president
21 November 87 die in MGM Grand Hotel fire in Las Vegas.
8 December John Lennon shot and killed in New York City
19 December Prime lending rate reaches 21.5%
Popular Songs of 1980
Call Me -- Blondie
Lady -- Kenny Rogers
Another One Bites the Dust -- Queen
Upside Down -- Diana Ross
Another Brick in the Wall -- Pink Floyd
Do That to Me One More Time -- Captain & Tennille
Rock With You -- Michael Jackson
Woman in Love -- Barbra Streisand
Crazy Little Thing Called Love -- Queen
Magic -- Olivia Newton-John
Starting Over -- John Lennon
Coming Up -- Paul McCartney & Wings
It's Still Rock & Roll to Me -- Billy Joel
Funkytown -- Lipps Inc.
Cruisin' -- Smokey Robinson
All Out of Love -- Air Supply
Little Jeannie -- Elton John
The Rose -- Bette Midler
Ride Like the Wind-- Christopher Cross
More Than I Could Say -- Leo Sayer
Rhythm and Blues Hits in 1980
Let's Get Serious -- Jermaine Jackson
Rock With You -- Michael Jackson
Take Your Time -- The S.O.S. Band
The Second Time Around -- Shalamar
And the Beat Goes On -- The Whispers
One in a Million You -- Larry Graham
Do You Love What You Feel -- Rufus / Chaka Khan
Don't Say Goodnight -- Isley Brothers
I Wanna Be Your Lover -- Prince
Ladies Night -- Kool & The Gang
Cruisin' -- Smokey Robinson
Special Lady -- Ray, Goodman & Brown
Stomp -- The Brothers Johnson
Shining Star -- Manhattans
Funkytown -- Lipps Inc.
Knee Deep -- Funkadelic
Give Me the Night -- George Benson
Sweet Sensation -- Stephanie Mills
Upside Down -- Diana Ross
All Night Thing -- The Invisible Man's Band
Country Hits in 1980
My Heart / Silent Night (After the Fight) -- Ronnie Milsap
One Day at a Time -- Cristy Lane
He Stopped Loving Her Today -- George Jones
Dancin' Cowboys -- Bellamy Brothers
Tennessee River -- Alabama
Bar Room Buddies -- Merle Haggard & Clint Eastwood
True Love Ways -- Mickey Gilley
Coward of the County -- Kenny Rogers
Cowboys and Clowns -- Ronnie Milsap
Stand By Me -- Mickey Gilley
Trying to Love Two Women -- Oak Ridge Boys
I'll Be Coming Back for More -- T.G. Sheppard
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys -- Willie Nelson
Lookin' for Love -- Johnny Lee
Why Don't You Spend the Night -- Ronnie Milsap
Love Me Over Again -- Don Williams
A Lesson in Leavin' -- Dottie West
Drivin' My Life Away -- Eddie Rabbitt
I Ain't Living Long Like This -- Waylon Jennings
Happy Birthday Darlin' -- Oak Ridge Boys
Could I Have This Dance -- Anne Murray
I Believe in You -- Don Williams
If You Change Your Mind -- Crystal Gayle
Lady -- Kenny Rogers
On the Road Again -- Willie Nelson
Smoky Mountain Rain -- Ronnie Milsap
Theme From Dukes of Hazzard -- Waylon Jennings
Why Lady Why -- Alabama
Sports in 1980
Indianapolis 500: Johnny Rutherford
Kentucky Derby: Genuine Risk
America's Cup: Freedom (U.S.) defeats Australia
Major League Baseball
World Series: Philadelphia 4, Kansas City 2
Pro Football
Super Bowl XIV: Pittsburgh 31, L.A. Rams 19
College Football: Navy 33, Army 6
Rose Bowl: USC 17, Ohio State 16
Cotton Bowl: Houston 17, Nebraska 14
Orange Bowl: Oklahoma 24, Florida State 7
Sugar Bowl: Alabama 24, Arkansas 9
Pro Basketball
Expansion: Dallas Mavericks
Championship Series: L.A. Lakers 4, Philadelphia 76ers 2
Hockey
N.Y. Islanders win Stanley Cup
Tennis
Bjorn Borg and Evonne Goolagong Cawley win Wimbledon titles
John McEnroe and Chris Evert Lloyd win U.S. Open
Boxing
Sugar Ray Leonard regains WBC welterweight title
At the Movies On Television
"Ordinary People"
"Coal Miner's Daughter"
"The Elephant Man"
"Raging Bull"
"The Great Santini"
"Tribute"
"The Stunt Man"
"Resurrection"
"Private Benjamin"
"Gloria"
"Melvin and Howard"
"Inside Moves"
"Tess"
Dallas
The Dukes of Hazzard
60 Minutes
M*A*S*H
The Love Boat
The Jeffersons
Alice
House Calls
Three's Company
Little House on the Prairie
83 million TV viewers tune in to find out "who shot JR"

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 USS Orion (AS-18) 1981
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
  20 January Ronald Reagan becomes 40th president. Iran frees 52 held hostage for 444 days
31 January Polish government and Solidarity leader Lech Walesa agree on 40-hour, 5-day work week
8 February 8 killed, 200 injured in Las Vegas Hilton fire
27 February Chrysler Corp. posts $1.7-billion deficit and is granted additional $400 million in loan guarantees
22 March 1st class postage increases from 15 to 18 cents
27 March Carol Burnett wins $1.6-million lawsuit against National Enquirer
  30 March President Reagan, James Brady, a Secret Service agent and a DC policeman are shot by John Hinckley Jr.
12 April Former heavyweight boxing champ Joe Louis dies in Las Vegas
14 April Space shuttle Columbia lands safely after 36-orbit mission
  13 May Pope John Paul II wounded by gunman in St. Peter's Square 
26 May Jet crash during night landing aboard USS Nimitz kills 14, injures 48
7 June Israeli planes destroy nuclear reactor near Baghdad
8 June United Mine Workers end 72-day strike in eastern coal mines
12 June Major League Baseball players strike over free-agent compensation
17 July Two suspended walkways collapse in Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel killing at least 111
22 July Chrysler Corp. announces $11.6-million earnings for second quarter
  29 July Prince Charles marries Lady Diana Spencer
3 August 13,000 U.S. air traffic controllers go on strike
5 August FAA begins firing striking controllers
9 August Baseball players return to work
19 August Two U.S. Navy F-14s shoot down two Libyan fighters after being fired at off the Libyan coast
16 September Polish Communist Party denounces Solidarity
6 October Egypt's President Sadat assassinated in Cairo
1 November First-class postage stamp now costs 20 cents
6 November Sweden releases Soviet submarine that had run aground in its territorial waters 11 days earlier
10 December Americans urged to leave Libya
13 December Poland declares martial law and suspends operation of Solidarity
17 December Red Brigade terrorists kidnap NATO official Brig. Gen. James Dozier
26 December Saudi Arabia and Iraq end 60-year-old border dispute
Popular Songs of 1981
Physical -- Olivia Newton-John
Bette Davis Eyes -- Kim Carnes
Endless Love -- Diana Ross & Lionel Richie Jr.
Jessie's Girl -- Rick Springfield
Waiting for a Girl Like You -- Foreigner
Celebration -- Kool & The Gang
Queen of Hearts -- Juice Newton
Keep on Loving You -- REO Speedwagon
9 to 5 -- Dolly Parton
Arthur's Theme -- Christopher Cross
I Love a Rainy Night -- Eddie Rabbitt
Greatest American Hero -- Joey Scarbury
Elvira -- Oak Ridge Boys
Start Me Up -- Rolling Stones
The Tide Is High -- Blondie
Woman -- John Lennon
Being With You -- Smokey Robinson
Kiss on My List -- Hall & Oates
Slow Hand -- Pointer Sisters
Love on the Rocks -- Neil Diamond
Rhythm and Blues Hits in 1981
Endless Love -- Diana Ross & Lionel Richie Jr.
Master Blaster -- Stevie Wonder
Give It to Me Baby -- Rick James
Don't Stop the Music -- Yarbrough & Peoples
Being With You -- Smokey Robinson
Double Dutch Bus -- Frankie Smith
Celebration -- Kool & The Gang
Sukiyaki -- A Taste of Honey
What Cha Gonna Do for Me -- Chaka Khan
Fantastic Voyage -- Lakeside
A Woman Needs Love -- Ray Parker & Raydio
Burn Rubber -- Gap Band
How 'Bout Us -- Champaign
It's a Love Thing -- The Whispers
Watching You -- Slave
Just the Two of Us -- Grover Washington Jr.
Two Hearts -- Stephanie Mills
Freaky Dancin' -- Cameo
She's a Bad Mama Jama -- Carl Carlton
Magic Man -- Robert Winters & Fall
Country Hits in 1981
Elvira -- Oak Ridge Boys
Fire and Smoke -- Earl Thomas Conley
No Gettin' Over Me -- Ronnie Milsap
Seven Year Ache -- Rosanne Cash
Never Been So Loved (In All My Life) -- Charley Pride
I Don't Need You -- Kenny Rogers
Party Time -- T.G. Sheppard
But You Know I Love You -- Dolly Parton
Midnight Hauler / Scratch My Back -- Razzy Bailey
Friends -- Razzy Bailey
Feels So Right -- Alabama
Too Many Lovers -- Crystal Gayle
Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground -- Willie Nelson
I Love a Rainy Night -- Eddie Rabbitt
It's a lovely, Lovely World -- Gail Davies
Older Women -- Ronnie McDowell
I Keep Coming Back -- Razzy Bailey
Who's Cheating Who -- Charly McClain
Blessed Are the Believers -- Anne Murray
You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma -- David Frizzell & Shelly West
Don't Wait on Me -- Statler Brothers
Step By Step -- Eddie rabbitt
All My Rowdy Friends -- Hank Williams Jr.
My Baby Thinks He's a Train -- Rosanne Cash
Still Doin' Time -- George Jones
Sports in 1981
Indianapolis 500: Bobby Unser
Kentucky Derby: Pleasant Colony
Major League Baseball
World Series: Dodgers 4, Yankees 2
Pro Football
Super Bowl XV: Oakland 27, Philadelphia 10
College Football: Navy 3, Army 3
Rose Bowl: Michigan 23, Washington 6
Cotton Bowl: Alabama 30, Baylor 2
Orange Bowl: Oklahoma 18, Florida State 17
Sugar Bowl: Georgia 17, Notre Dame 10
Pro Basketball
Championship Series: Boston 4, Houston 2
Hockey
N.Y. Islanders take Stanley Cup
Tennis
John McEnroe and Chris Evert Lloyd win at Wimbledon
McEnroe and Tracy Austin take U.S. Open titles
Boxing
Sugar Ray Leonard wins undisputed welterweight crown
At the Movies On Television
"Chariots of Fire"
"Atlantic City"
"On Golden Pond"
"Raiders of the Lost Ark"
"Reds"
"Arthur"
"Absence of Malice"
"Only When I Laugh"
"The French Lieutenant's Woman"
"Ragtime"
Dallas
60 Minutes
The Jeffersons
Three's Company
Alice
The Dukes of Hazzard
Too Close for Comfort
ABC Monday Night Movie
M*A*S*H
One Day at a Time

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Engineering Red "E"
Defense Communications Agency Europe Commendation
1982
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
2 April Argentina invades Falkland Islands
  14 June Falkland Islands War ends
21 June John Hinckley found not guilty by reason of insanity
Captain D. B. Branch Jr. relieves Capt. Charles 30 July
  20 August Marines sent into Lebanon as peacekeepers
10 September Marines pulled out of Lebanon
  14 September Princess Grace of Monaco dies
16 September Palestinian refugees massacred in Beirut
29 September Marines return to Lebanon.
First Tylenol poisoning victim dies in Chicago
10 November Vietnam Veterans Memorial dedicated
12 November Andropov takes power in Soviet Union
Popular Songs of 1982
Eye of the Tiger -- Survivor
Centerfold -- J. Geils Band
I Love Rock & Roll -- Joan Jett & Blackhearts
Ebony and Ivory -- Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
Hurts So Good -- John Cougar
Don't You Want Me -- Human League
Abracadabra -- Steve Miller Band
Gloria -- Laura Branigan
Maneater -- Hall & Oates
Jack and Diane -- John Cougar
Hard to Say I'm Sorry-- Chicago
Harden My Heart -- Quarterflash
Mickey -- Toni Basil
Rosanna -- Toto
Up Where We Belong -- Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes
Chariots of Fire-- Vangelis
I Can't Go for That -- Hall & Oates
Who Can It Be Now? -- Men at Work
Eye in the Sky -- Alan Parson Project
Tainted Love -- Soft Cell
Rhythm and Blues Hits in 1982
That Girl -- Stevie Wonder
Let's Groove -- Earth, Wind & Fire
Let It Whip -- Dazz Band
Love Come Down -- Evelyn King
Jump to It -- Aretha Franklin
And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going -- Jennifer Holliday
Early in the Morning -- The Gap Band
Call Me -- Skyy
If It Ain't One Thing It's Another -- Richard "Dimples" Fields
I Really Don't Need No Light -- Jeffrey Osborne
Forget Me Nots -- Patrice Rushen
It's Gonna Take a Miracle -- Deniece Williams
Dance Floor -- Zapp
Street Corner -- Ashford & Simpson
We Go a Long Way Back -- Bloodstone
Turn Your Love Around -- George Benson
The Other Woman -- Ray Parker Jr.
Let the Felling Flow -- Peabo Bryson
One Hundred Ways -- Quincy Jones / James Ingram
Take My Heart -- Kool & The Gang
Country Hits in 1982
Always on My Mind -- Willie Nelson
Nobody -- Sylvia
What's Forever For -- Michael Murphey
You and I -- Eddie Rabbitt & Crystal Gayle
Crying My Heart Out Over You -- Ricky Skaggs
I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Your Home -- David Frissell
Love in the First Degree -- Alabama
Just to Satisfy You -- Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
Wild and Blue -- John Anderson
She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft) -- Jerry Reed
If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger -- George Strait
A Country Boy Can Survive -- Hank Williams Jr.
She Left Love All Over Me -- Razzy Bailey
'Til You're Gone -- Barbara Mandrell
Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good -- Don Williams
Big City -- Merle Haggard
You're the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had -- Ed Bruce
Fool Hearted Memory -- George Strait
I'm Not That Lonely Yet -- Reba McEntire
The Clown -- Conway Twitty
Love Will Turn You Around -- Kenny Rogers
Dancing Your Memory Away -- Charly McClain
Slow Hand -- Conway Twitty
War Is Hell -- T.G. Sheppard
Sports in 1982
Indianapolis 500: Gordon Johncock
Kentucky Derby: Gato Del Sol
Major League Baseball
Minnesota Twins move to Minneapolis
World Series: St. Louis 4, Milwaukee 3
Pro Football
Oakland Raiders move to Los Angeles
Super Bowl XVI: San Francisco 26, Cincinnati 21
College Football: Navy 24, Army 7
Rose Bowl: Washington 28, Iowa 0
Cotton Bowl: Texas 14, Alabama 12
Orange Bowl:Clemson 22, Nebraska 15
Sugar Bowl: Pittsburgh 24, Georgia 20
Pro Basketball
Championship Series: L.A. Lakers 4, Philadelphia 76ers 2
At the Movies On Television
"Gandhi"
"E.T. -- The Extra-Terrestrial"
"Missing"
"Tootsie"
"The VerdIct"
"My Favorite Year"
"Sophie's Choice"
"Victor/Victoria"
"Frances"
"An Officer and a Gentleman"
"The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas"
"The World According to Garp"
"Das Boot"
60 Minutes
Dallas
M*A*S*H
Magnum, P.I.
Dynasty
Three's Company
Simon & Simon
Falcon Crest
The Love Boat
The A-Team

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 USS Orion (AS-18) 1983
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
  19 January "Butcher of Lyon," Klaus Barbie arrested in Bolivia
23 March Reagan calls for "Star Wars" program
  18 April U.S. Embassy in Beirut bombed
  18 June Sally Ride becomes first U.S. woman in space
24 June Soviet Charlie Class K-429 lost in North Pacific
Receives Meritorious Unit Commendation for period 25 June 1980 to 30 July 1982 29 June
18 August Hurricane Alicia hits Texas coast killing 22 and causing $1 billion worth of damage.
  31 August Soviets shoot down Korean Air Lines Flight 007
23 October Bomb destroys Marine barracks in Beirut, 241 killed
25 October Operation Urgent Fury begins. Marines invade Grenada
31 October USS McCloy and USS Philadelphia (SSN-690) tangle with Russian Victor III class sub between the Carolinas and Bermuda
Popular Songs of 1983
Every Breath You Take -- The Police
Flashdance . . . What a Feeling -- Irene Cara
Billie Jean -- Michael Jackson
Say Say Say -- Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
Total Eclipse of the Heart -- Bonnie Tyler
Beat It -- Michael Jackson
All Night Long -- Lionel Ritchie
Down Under -- Men at Work
Islands in the Stream -- Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
Shame on the Moon -- Bob Seger
Baby Come to Me -- Patti Austin & James Ingram
You and I -- Eddie Rabbitt & Crystal Gayle
Do You Really Want to Hurt Me -- Culture Club
Sweet Dreams -- Eurythmics
Maniac -- Michael Sembello
She Works Hard for the Money -- Donna Summer
Uptown Girl -- Billy Joel
Making Love Out of Nothing at All -- Air Supply
Let's Dance -- David Bowie
Africa -- Toto
Rhythm and Blues Hits in 1983
Sexual Healing -- Marvin Gaye
Billie Jean -- Michael Jackson
Juicy Fruit -- Mtume
Cold Blooded -- Rick James
Atomic Dog -- George Clinton
The Girl Is Mine -- Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney
She Works Hard for the Money -- Donna Summer
Save the Overtime for Me -- Gladys Knight & The Pips
Outstanding -- The Gap Band
I Like It -- DeBarge
Baby Come to Me -- Patti Austin & James Ingram
Try Again -- Chamgaign
You Are -- Lionel Ritchie
Beat It -- Michael Jackson
Flashdance . . . What a Feeling -- Irene Cara
Betcha She Don't Love You -- Evelyn King
Just Be Good to Me -- S.O.S. Band
Between the Sheets-- Isley Brothers
Got to Be There -- Chaka Khan
Get It Right -- Aretha Franklin
Country Hits in 1983
Islands in the Stream-- Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
Jose Cuervo -- Shelly West
You're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation -- Ronnie McDowell
Whatever Happened to Old-Fashioned Love -- B.J. Thomas
He's a Heartache -- Janie Fricke
A Fire I Can't Put Out -- George Strait
Pancho and Lefty -- Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard
You're the First Time I've Thought About Leaving -- Reba McEntyre
I'm Only in It for the Love -- John Conlee
Swingin' -- John Anderson
Night Games -- Charley Pride
I Always Get Lucky With You -- George Jones
Your Love's on the Line -- Earl Thomas Conley
I Wouldn't Change You If I Could -- Ricky Skaggs
Hey Bartender -- Johnny Lee
Fakin' Love -- T.G. Sheppard & Karen Brooks
Lost in a Feeling -- Conway Twitty
Common Man -- John Conlee
New Look From an Old Lover -- B.J. Thomas
You Take Me for Granted -- Merle Haggard
Fool for Your Love-- Mickey Gilley
Holding Her and Loving You -- Earl Thomas Conley
Houston -- Ronnie Milsap
A Little Good News -- Anne Murray
Tell Me a Lie -- Janie Fricke
Sports in 1983
Indianapolis 500: Tom Sneva
Kentucky Derby: Sunny’s Halo
Major League Baseball
World Series: Baltimore 4, Philadelphia 1
Pro Football
Super Bowl XVII: Washington 27, Miami 17
College Football: Navy 42, Army 13
Rose Bowl: UCLA 24, Michigan 14
Cotton Bowl: SMU 7, Pittsburgh 3
Orange Bowl: Nebraska 21, LSU 20
Sugar Bowl: Penn State 27, Georgia 23
Pro Basketball
Championship Series: Philadelphia 76ers 4, L.A. Lakers 0
At the Movies On Television
"Terms of Endearment"
"The Big Chill"
"The Dresser"
"The Right Stuff"
"Tender Mercies"
"Educating Rita"
"Reuben, Reuben"
"Testament"
"Silkwood"
"To Be or Not to Be"
"Cross Creek"
"The Year of Living Dangerously"
"Yentl"
"Fanny and Alexander"
Dallas
60 Minutes
Dynasty
The A-Team
Simon & Simon
Magnum, P.I.
Falcon Crest
Kate and Allie
Hotel
Cagney and Lacey

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Engineering "E" and Deck Seamanship "D"
Nominated for NEY Food Service Award
1984
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
George Orwell's vision of "Big Brother" comes a step closer
  26 February Marines leave Lebanon
  8 May Soviets announce boycott of Los Angeles Olympics
11 July Department of Transportation blackmails auto makers into lobbying for state seat belt laws by promising to rescind rules requiring auto makers to install air bags
  12 July Geraldine Ferraro is first woman to be nominated for vice president 
Captain R. V. Morgan relieves Capt. Branch 24 July  
31 October Indira Gandhi assassinated
19 December Britain agrees to return Hong Kong to China in 1997
22 December Four wounded by Bernhard Goetz in subway shooting
Popular Songs of 1984
When Doves Cry -- Prince
What's Love Got to Do With It -- Tina Turner
Jump -- Van Halen
Karma Chameleon -- Culture Club
Against All Odds -- Phil Collins
Hello -- Lionel Ritchie
Footloose -- Kenny Loggins
Owner of a Lonely Heart-- Yes
Like a Virgin -- Madonna
Ghostbusters -- Ray Parker Jr.
Wake Me Up Before You Go Go -- Wham
I Just Called to Say I Love You -- Stevie Wonder
Missing You -- John Waite
I Feel for You -- Chaka Khan
Out of Touch -- Hall & Oates
Let's Hear It for the Boy -- Deniece Williams
Caribbean Queen -- Billy Ocean
Talking in Your Sleep -- The Romantics
Girls Just Want to Have Fun -- Cyndi Lauper
Dancing in the Dark -- Bruce Springsteen
Rhythm and Blues Hits in 1984
When Doves Cry -- Prince & The Revolution
If Only You Knew -- Patti LaBelle
What's Love Got to Do With It -- Tina Turner
She's Strange -- Cameo
Time Will Reveal -- DeBarge
Caribbean Queen -- Billy Ocean
Hello -- Lionel Ritchie
Joanna -- Kool & The Gang
Let the Music Play -- Shannon
Don't Look Any Further -- Dennis Edwards
Let's Hear It for the Boy -- Deniece Williams
Somebody's Watching Me -- Rockwell
You, Me and He -- Mtume
Ghostbusters -- Ray Parker Jr.
Lovelite -- O'Bryan
Encore -- Cheryl Lynn
Don't Waste Your Time -- Yarbrough & Peoples
All Night Long -- Lionel Ritchie
Say Say Say -- Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
Taxi -- J. Blackfoot
Country Hits in 1984
To All the Girls I've Loved Before -- J. Isglesias / W. Nelson
I Can Tell By the Way You Dance -- Vern Gosdin
Mama He's Crazy -- The Judds
I Don't Want to Be a Memory -- Exile
Why Not Me -- The Judds
Elizabeth -- The Statlers
You're Gettin' to Me Again -- Jim Glaser
I've Been Around Enough to Know -- John Schneider
I Got Mexico -- Eddy Raven
Let's Fall to Pieces Together -- George Strait
Just Another Woman in Love -- Anne Murray
Angel in Disguise -- Earl thomas Conley
I Don't Know a Thing About Love -- Conway Twitty
Long Hard Road -- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile -- David Allan Coe
That's the Thing About Love -- Don Williams
If You're Gonna Play in Texas -- Alabama
Still Losing You -- Ronnie Milsap
Woke Up in Love -- Exile
Somebody's Needin' Somebody -- Conway Twitty
Tennessee Homesick Blues -- Dolly Parton
Uncle Pen -- Ricky Skaggs
Chance of Lovin' You -- Earl Thomas Conley
Nobody Loves You Like I Do -- Anne Murray & Dave Loggins
You Could've Heard a Heartbreak -- Johnny Lee
You're Heart's Not in It -- Janie Fricke
Sports in 1984
Indianapolis 500: Rick Mears
Kentucky Derby: Swale
Major League Baseball
World Series: Detroit 4, San Diego 1
Pro Football
Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis
Super Bowl XVIII: L.A. Raiders 38, Washington 9
College Football: Army 28, Navy 11
Rose Bowl: UCLA 45, Illinois 9
Cotton Bowl: Georgian 10, Texas 9
Orange Bowl: Miami (FL) 31, Nebraska 30
Sugar Bowl: Auburn 9, Michigan 7
Pro Basketball
Move: San Diego Clippers to Los Angeles
Championship Series: Boston 4, L.A. Lakers 3
At the Movies On Television
"Amadeus"
"The Killing Fields"
"A Passage to India"
"Places in the Heart"
"A Soldier's Story"
"Starman"
"Under the Volcano"
"Country"
"The Bostonians"
"The River"
"The Karate Kid"
"Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes"
"The Natural"
"Swing Shift"
"The Pope of Greenwich Village"
"Broadway Danny Rose"
Dynasty
Dallas
The Cosby Show
60 Minutes
Family Ties
The A-Team
Simon & Simon
Murder, She Wrote
Knots Landing
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Damage Control Red "DC"
Finalist for NEY Award Competition
Wins Golden Anchor Award for Retention
1985
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
Good year for bagging spies
  11 March Gorbachev is chosen to succeed the late President Chernenko in the Soviet Union
16 March AP Correspondent Terry Anderson abducted in Beirut
23 April Coca-Cola Co. announced formula change for Coke
20 May Navy Warrant Officer John Walker arrested for spying
  1 September Wreck of RMS Titanic found
10 October Achille Lauro hijacking ends 
25 November Ronald Pelton, former NSA cryptologist, arrested for tipping off Russians about Okhotsk phone taps (See Nov. 1971)
Popular Songs of 1985
Careless Whisper -- Wham
Separate Lives -- Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin
I Want to Know What Love Is -- Foreigner
Money for Nothing -- Dire Straights
We are the World -- USA for Africa
Broken Wings -- Mr. Mister
Everybody Wants to Rule the World -- Tears for Fears
We Built This City -- Starship
Power of Love -- Huey Lewis & The News
Crazy for You -- Madonna
Easy Lover -- Philip Bailey With Phil Collins
Everytime You Go Away -- Paul Young
Can't Fight This Feeling -- REO Speedwagon
Sea of Love -- Honeydrippers
Take on Me -- A-Ha
Party All the Time -- Eddie Murphy
Don't You (Forget About Me) -- Simple Minds
The Heat Is On -- Glen Frey
I Miss You -- Klymaxx
Shout -- Tears for Fears
Rhythm and Blues Hits in 1985
Rock Me Tonight -- Freddie Jackson
You Give Good Love -- Whitney Houston
Missing You -- Diana Ross
Nightshift -- Commodores
Saving All My Love for You -- Whitney Houston
In My House -- Mary Jane Girls
Freeway of Love -- Aretha Franklin
Solid -- Ashford & Simpson
Oh Sheila -- Ready for the World
Gotta Get You Home Tonight -- Eugene Wilde
(No Matter How High I Get) I'll Still Be Lookin' Up to You -- Wilton Felder With Bobby Womack
Hangin' on a String -- Loose Ends
Cherish -- Kool & The Gang
Mr. Telephone Man -- New Edition
Fresh -- Kool & The Gang
Misled -- Kool & The Gang
You Are my Lady -- Freddie Jackson
Rhythm of the Night -- DeBarge
Operator -- Midnight Star
Treat Her Like a Lady -- Temptations
Country Hits in 1985
Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night) -- Ronnie Milsap
Dixie Road -- Lee Greenwood
Real Love -- Dolly Parton With Kenny Rogers
Radio Heart -- Charly McClain
Highwayman -- Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson
She's Single Again -- Janie Fricke
I'm for Love -- Hank Williams Jr.
Modern Day Romance -- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Fallin' in Love -- Sylvia
Forgiving You Was Easy -- Willie Nelson
I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me -- Rosanne Cash
Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On -- Mel McDaniel
She's a Miracle -- Exile
Meet Me in Montana -- Marie Osmond With Dan Seals
Love Is Alive -- The Judds
Drinkin' and Dreamin' -- Waylon Jennings
Little Things -- Oak Ridge Boys
Seven Spanish Angels -- Ray Charles With Willie Nelson
Honor Bound -- Earl Thomas Conley
She Keeps the Home Fires Burning -- Ronnie Milsap
Sports in 1985
Indianapolis 500: Danny Sullivan
Kentucky Derby: Spend a Buck
Major League Baseball
World Series: Kansas City 4, St. Louis 3
Pro Football
Super Bowl XIX: San Francisco 38, Miami 16
College Football: Navy 17, Army 7
Rose Bowl: USC 20, Ohio State 17
Cotton Bowl: Boston College 45, Houston 28
Orange Bowl: Washington 28, Oklahoma 17
Sugar Bowl: Nebraska 28, LSU 10
Pro Basketball
Move: Kansas City Kings to Sacramento
Championship Series: L.A. Lakers 4, Boston 2
At the Movies On Television
"Out of Africa"
"The Color Purple"
"Kiss of the Spider Woman"
"Prizzi's Honor"
"Witness"
"Murphy's Romance"
"Runaway Train"
"The Trip to Bountiful"
"Agnes of God"
"cocoon"
"Jagged Edge"
"Twice in a Lifetime"
The Cosby Show
Family Ties
Murder, She Wrote
60 Minutes
Cheers
Dallas
Dynasty
The Golden Girls
Miami Vice
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 USS Orion (AS-18) 1986
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
28 January Space Shuttle Challenger explodes after liftoff
25 February President Marcos flees the Philippines
  14 April U.S. Planes bomb Libya
26 April Explosion wrecks Chernobyl nuclear power plant
Captain D. R. Ferrier relieves Capt. R. V. Morgan 6 June
  11 June Supreme Court affirms right to abortion
6 October Soviet Yankee Class boomer K-219 lost 680 miles northeast of Bermuda after explosion and fire in missile tube. Four dead, rest of crew rescued
October USS Augusta (SSN-710) bumps into Soviet Delta I Class sub in Atlantic
25 November Iran-Contra connection exposed 
Popular Songs of 1986
That's What Friends Are For -- Dionne & Friends
Say You, Say Me -- Lionel Ritchie
Walk Like an Egyptian -- Bangles
On My Own -- Patti LeBelle & Michael McDonald
How Will I Know -- Whitney Houston
You Give Love a Bad Name -- Bon Jovi
Greatest Love of All -- Whitney Houston
Friends and Lovers -- Gloria Loring & Carl Anderson
Kyrie -- Mr. Mister
Next Time I Fall -- Peter Cetera & Amy Grant
Burning Heart -- Survivor
Secret Love -- Atlantic Starr
Stuck With You -- Huey Lewis & The News
Rock Me Amadeus -- Falco
When I Think of You -- Janet Jackson
West End Girls -- Pet Shop Boys
Addicted to Love -- Robert Palmer
Glory of Love -- Peter Cetera
Human -- Human League
Higher Love -- Steve Winwood
Rhythm and Blues Hits in 1986
On My Own -- Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald
Do Me Baby -- Melissa Morgan
Secret Lovers -- Atlantic Starr
That's What Friends Are For -- Dionne & Friends
Nasty -- Janet Jackson
Kiss -- Prince & The Revolution
Rumors -- Timex Social Club
There'll Be Sad Songs (to Make You Cry) -- Billy Ocean
I Have Learned to Respect the Power of Love -- Stephanie Mills
I Can't Wait -- Nu Shooz
Say You, Say Me -- Lionel Ritchie
Your Smile -- Rene & Angela
What Have You Done for Me Lately -- Janet Jackson
All Cried Out -- Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam With Full Force
Don't Say No Tonight -- Eugene Wilde
The Rain -- Oran "Juice" Jones
Word Up -- Cameo
Closer Than Close -- Jean Carne
Sweet Love -- Anita Baker
The Finest -- The S.O.S. Band
Country Hits in 1986
Never Be You -- Rosanne Cash
Too Much on My Heart-- Statler Brothers
I Don't Mind the Thorns (If You're the Rose) -- Lee Greenwood
Have Mercy -- The Judds
I'll Never Stop Loving You -- Gary Morris
Morning Desire -- Kenny Rogers
You Can Dream of Me -- Steve Wariner
Whoever's in New England -- Reba McEntire
Until I Met You -- Judy Rodman
Diggin' Up Bones -- Randy Travis
On the Other Hand -- Randy Travis
Bop -- Dan Seals
Just Another Love -- Tanya Tucker
Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold) -- Dan Seals
Strong Heart -- T.G. Sheppard
One Love at a Time -- Tanya Tucker
There's No Stopping Your Heart -- Marie Osmond
Lonely Alone -- Forester Sisters
I Could Get Used to You -- Exile
What's a Memory Like You (Doing in a Love Like This -- John Schneider
Nobody Falls Like a Fool-- Earl Thomas Conley
Sports in 1986
Indianapolis 500: Bobby Rahal
Kentucky Derby: Ferdinand
Major League Baseball
World Series: N.Y. Mets, 4, Boston 3
Pro Football
Super Bowl XX: Chicago 46, New England 10
College Football: Army 27, Navy 7
Rose Bowl: UCLA 45, Iowa 28
Cotton Bowl: Texas A&M 36, Auburn 16
Orange Bowl: Oklahoma 25, Penn State 10
Sugar Bowl: Tennessee 35, Miami (Fla.) 7
Pro Basketball
Championship Series: Boston 4, Houston 2
At the Movies On Television
"Platoon"
"Children of a Lesser God"
"Hannah and Her Sisters"
"The Mission"
"A Room Witha View"
"The Color of Money"
"Round Midnight"
"Mona Lisa"
"Salvador"
"Crimes of the Heart"
"Peggy Sue Got Married"
"Aliens"
"Hoosiers"
"Blue Velvet"
The Cosby Show
Family Ties
Cheers
Murder, She Wrote
The Golden Girls
60 Minutes
Night Court
Growing Pains
Moonlighting
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Deck Seamanship "D"
1987
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
8 May Gary Hart drops out of presidential race
  11 May Klaus Barbie, "Butcher of Lyons," goes on trial
  28 May West German teenager lands plane in Red Square
  10 July French sink Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior in Auckland Harbor
  17 August Rudolf Hess found hanged in Spandau Prison
Popular Songs of 1987
Faith -- George Michael
Livin' on a Prayer -- Bon Jovi
Alone -- Heart
Here I Go Again -- Whitesnake
C'est La Vie -- Robbie Nevil
Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now -- Starship
La Bamba -- Los Lobos
Shake You Down -- Gregory Abbott
Heaven Is a Place on Earth -- Belinda Carlisle
(I've Had) The Time of My Life -- Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
With or Without You -- U2
At This Moment -- Billy Vera & Beaters
Only in Your Dreams -- Debbie Gibson
Don't Dream It's Over -- Crowded House
The Lady in Red -- Chris DeBurgh
Heart and Soul -- T'Pau
Always -- Atlantic Starr
Keep Your Hands to Yourself -- Georgia Satellites
I think We're Alone Now -- Tiffany
I Wanna Dance With Somebody -- Whitney Houston
Rhythm and Blues Hits in 1987
Stop to Love -- Luther Vandross
Always -- Atlantic Starr
As We Lay -- Shirley Murdock
Victory -- Kool & The Gang
Control -- Janet Jackson
Casanova -- Levert
Love You Down -- Ready for the World
Looking for a New Love -- Jody Watley
Just to See Her -- Smokey Robinson
Love Is a House -- Force M.D.'s
Girlfriend -- Bobby Brown
I Feel Good All Over -- Stephanie Mills
Have You Ever Loved Somebody -- Freddie Jackson
Falling -- Melba Moore
Don't Disturb This Groove -- The System
Candy -- Cameo
Happy -- Surface
There's Nothing Better Than Love -- Luther Vandross With Gregory Hines
Jimmy Lee -- Aretha Franklin
Diamonds -- Herb Alpert Featuring Janet Jackson
Country Hits in 1987
Give Me Wings -- Michael Johnson
Half Past Forever -- T.G. Sheppard
What Am I Gonna Do About You -- Reba McEntire
Fishin' in the Dark -- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
The Moon Is Still Over Her Shoulder -- Michael Johnson
Cry Myself to Sleep -- The Judds
You Again -- Forester Sisters
Somebody Lied -- Ricky Van Shelton
The Way We Make a Broken Heart -- Rosanne Cash
It Takes a Little Rain -- Oak Ridge Boys
Hell and High Water -- T. Graham Brown
You Still Move Me -- Dan Seals
This Crazy Love -- Oak Ridge Boys
Forever and Ever, Amen -- Randy Travis
Mornin' Ride -- Lee Greenwood
Fallin' for You for Years -- Conway Twitty
One Promise Too Late -- Reba McEntire
Can't Stop My Heart From Loving You -- The O'Kanes
Love Me Like You Used To -- Tanya Tucker
Don't Go to Strangers -- T. Graham Brown
Sports in 1987
Indianapolis 500: Al Unser Sr.
Kentucky Derby: Alysheba
Major League Baseball
Oakland A's renamed Athletics
World Series: Minnesota 4, St. Louis 3
Pro Football
Super Bowl XXI: N.Y. Giants 39, Denver 20
College Football: Army 17, Navy 3
Rose Bowl: Arizona State 22, Michigan 15
Cotton Bowl: Ohio State 28, Texas A&M 12
Orange Bowl: Oklahoma 42, Arkansas 8
Sugar Bowl: Nebraska 30, LSU 15
Pro Basketball
Championship Series: L.A. Lakers 4, Boston 2
At the Movies On Television
"The Last Emporer"
"Broadcast News"
"Fatal Attraction"
"Hope and Glory"
"Moonstruck"
"Wall Street"
"Dark Eyes"
"Ironweed"
"Good Morning, Vietnam"
"Anna"
"The Untouchables"
"Street Smart"
"Cry Freedom"
"Throw Momma From the Train"
"The Whales of August"
"My Life as a Dog"
The Cosby Show
Roseanne
A Different World
Cheers
60 Minutes
The Golden Girls
Who't the Boss?
Murder, She Wrote
Empty Nest
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 USS Orion (AS-18) 1988
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
  16 March North and Poindexter indicted in Iran-Contra affair
  15 May Soviets begin withdrawal from Afghanistan
Returns to Charleston Naval Shipyard for refitting and modernization July
Captain E. L. Morgan relieves Capt. Ferrier 5 November  
22 November B-2 stealth bomber shown to public
21 December Pan Am Flight 103 explodes over Lockerbie, Scotland
Popular Songs of 1988
Look Away -- Chicago
Need You Tonight -- INXS
Roll With It -- Steve Winwood
Every Rose Has Its Thorn -- Poison
Got My Mind Set on You -- George Harrison
So Emotional -- Whitney Houston
Seasons Change -- Expose
Baby, I Love Your Way -- Will to Power
Could've Been -- Tiffany
Never Gonna Give You Up -- Rick Astley
Sweet Child O' Mine -- Guns 'n' Roses
Get Outa My Dreams, Get Into My Car -- Billy Ocean
The Flame -- Cheap Trick
Giving You the Best That I Got -- Anita Baker
Waiting for a Star to Fall -- Boy Meets Girl
Hands to Heaven -- Breathe
How Can I Fall -- Breathe
Anything for You -- Gloria Estefan
Wishing Well -- Terence Trent D'Arby
Hungry Eyes -- Eric Carmen
Rhythm and Blues Hits in 1988
I Want Her -- Keith Sweat
Girlfriend -- Pebbles
Just Got Paid -- Johnny Kenp
I Want to Be Your Man -- Roger
Two Occasions -- The Deele
Love Changes -- Kashif & Melissa Morgan
Nite and Day -- Al B. Surel
My Forever Love -- LeVert
Joy -- Teddy Pendergrass
Love Overboard -- Gladys Knight & The Pips
If You Can Do It, I Can Too! -- Melissa Morgan
Nice 'n' Slow -- Freddie Jackson
Wishing Well -- Terence Trent D'Arby
Make It Last Forever -- Keith Sweat & Jacci McGhee
Da'Butt (From the Film "School Daze") -- E.U.
Off on Your Own Girl -- Al B. Sure!
The Way You Make Me Feel -- Michael Jackson
To Prove My Love -- Michael Cooper
Mamacita -- Troop
Mercedes Boy -- Pebbles
Country Hits in 1988
Don't Close Your Eyes -- Keith Whitley
If You Change Your Mind -- Rosanne Cash
Set 'em Up Joe -- Vern Gosdin
Strong Enough to Bend -- Tanya Tucker
Bluest Eyes in Texas -- Restless Heart
It's Such a Small World -- Rodney Crowell & Rosanne Cash
I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried -- Rodney Crowell
If It Don't Come Easy -- Tanya Tucker
I'm Gonna Get You -- Eddy Raven
Joe Knows How to Live -- Eddy Raven
Addicted -- Dan Seals
Darlene -- T. Graham Brown
We Believe in Happy Endings -- Earl Thomas Conley With Emmylou Harris
I Wanna Dance With You -- Eddie Rabbitt
Too Gone Too Long -- Randy Travis
I Should Be With You -- Steve Wariner
A Little Bit Love -- Patty Loveless
I'll Always Come Back -- K.T. Oslin
Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses -- Kathy Mattea
Streets of Bakersfield -- Dwight Yoakum & Buck Owens
I Told You So -- Randy Travis
I'll Leave This World Loving You -- Ricky Van Shelton
When You Say Nothing at All -- Keith Whitley
Sports in 1988
Indianapolis 500: Rick Mears
Kentucky Derby: Winning Colors
Major League Baseball
World Series: L.A. Dodgers 4, Oakland 1
Pro Football
St. Louis Cardinals move to Phoenix
Super Bowl XXII: Washington 42, Denver 10
College Football: Army 20, Navy 15
Rose Bowl: Michigan State 20, USC 17
Cotton Bowl: Texas A&M 35, Notre Dame 10
Orange Bowl: Miami (FL) 20, Oklahoma 14
Sugar Bowl: Auburn 16, Syracuse 16
Pro Basketball
Expansion: Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat
Championship Series: L.A. Lakers 4, Detroit Pistons 3

Muncie Central wins its eighth Indiana High School State Basketball Championship by defeating Concord, 76-53

At the Movies On Television
"Rain Man"
"The Accidental Tourist"
"Dangerous Liaisons"
Mississippi Burning"
"Working Girl"
"Big"
"Stand and Deliver"
"Pelle the Conqueror"
"The Accused"
"A Cry in the Dark"
"Gorillas in the Mist"
"A Fish Called Wanda"
"Little Dorritt"
"Tucker: the Man and His Dream"
"Running on Empty"
"Married to the Mob"
The Cosby Show
A Different World
Cheers
The Golden Girls
Growing Pains
Who's the Boss?
Night Court
60 Minutes
Murder, She Wrote
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 USS Orion (AS-18) 1989
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
7 January Japan's Emperor Hirohito dies in Tokyo
  15 February Soviets complete withdrawal from Afghanistan
  24 March Exxon Valdez runs aground in Alaska
7 April Soviet Mike Class Komsomolets (K-278) lost in Barents Sea north of Norway
  19 April USS Iowa (BB-61) gun turret explodes
21 April Chinese students protest in Tiananmen Square
  17 October Major earthquake shakes San Francisco area
24 October Rev. Jim Bakker sentenced for fraud
9 November East Germans open Berlin Wall
17 December Operation Just Cause begins in Panama 
Popular Songs of 1989
Another Day in Paradise -- Phil Collins
Miss You Much -- Janet Jackson
Bust a Move -- Young M.C.
Don't Know Much -- Linds Ronstadt & Aaron Nevelle
Straight Up -- Paula Abdul
Back to Life -- Soul to Soul
Wind Beneath My Wings -- Bette Midler
We Didn't Start the Fire -- Billy Joel
Blame It on the Rain -- Milli Vanilli
Love Shack -- B52's
Lost in Your Eyes -- Debbie Gibson
Right Here Waiting -- Richard Marx
Forever Your Girl -- Paula Abdul
Cold Hearted -- Paula Abdul
She Drives Me Crazy -- Fine Young Cannibals
Once Bitten Twice Shy -- Great White
Girl You Know It's True -- Milli Vanilli
I'll Be There for You -- Bon Jovi
I'll Be Loving You -- New Kids on the Block
You Got It -- New Kids on the Block
Rhythm and Blues Hits in 1989
Superwoman -- Karyn White
Keep on Movin' -- Soul II Soul Featuring Caron Wheeler
So Good -- Al Jarreau
Shower Me With Your Love -- Surface
Don't Make Me Over -- Sybil
Something in the Way -- Stephanie Mills
Baby Come to Me -- Regina Belle
Love Saw It -- Karyn White
Wild Thing -- Tone Loc
Start of a Romance -- Skyy
Back to Life -- Soul II Soul Featuring Caron Wheeler
Me, Myself and I -- De La Soul
Dreamin' -- Vanessa Williams
Congratulations -- Vesta
Closer Than Friends -- Surface
Remember the First Time -- Eric Gamble
Spend the Night -- The Isley Brothers
Can U Read My Lips -- Z'Looke
My Fantasy -- Teddy Riley Featuring Guy
It's No Crime -- Babyface
Country Hits in 1989
Better Man -- Clint Black
Killin' Time -- Clint Black
She's Got a Single Thing in Mind -- Conway Twitty
Lovin' Only Me -- Ricky Skaggs
I Got Dreams -- Steve Wariner
Above and Beyond -- Rodney Crowell
I'm No Stranger to the Rain -- Keith Whitley
Let Me Tell You About Love -- The Judds
What's Going on in Your World -- George Strait
Nothing I Can Do About It Now -- Willie Nelson
Love Out Loud -- Earl Thomas Conley
Living Proof -- Ricky Van Shelton
High Cotton -- Alabama
I Wonder Do You Think of Me -- Rosanne Cash
Cathy's Clown -- Reba McEntire
I Don't Want to Spoil the Party -- Rosanne Cash
Where Did I Go Wrong -- Steve Wariner
In a Letter to You -- Eddy Raven
Sunday in the South -- Shanandoah
Are You Ever Gonna Love Me -- Holly Dunn
Sports in 1989
Indianapolis 500: Emerson Fittipaldi
Kentucky Derby: Sunday Silence
Major League Baseball
World Series: Oakland 4, S.F. Giants 0
Pro Football
Super Bowl XXIII: San Francisco 20, Cincinnati 16
College Football: Navy 19, Army 17
Rose Bowl: Michigan 22, USC 14
Cotton Bowl: UCLA 17, Arkansas 3
Orange Bowl: Miami (FL) 23, Nebraska 3
Sugar Bowl: Florida State 13, Auburn 7
Pro Basketball
Expansion: Minnesota Timberwolves and Orlando Magic
Championship Series: Detroit Pistons 4, L.A. Lakers 0
At the Movies On Television
"Driving Miss Daisy"
"Born on the Fourth of July"
"Dead Poets Society"
"Field of Dreams"
"My Left Foot"
"Henry V"
"Shirley Valentine"
"Music Box"
"The Fabulous Baker Boys"
"Glory"
"Do the Right Thing"
"A Dry White Season"
"Crimes and Misdemeanors"
"Enemies, a Love Story"
"Steel Magnolias"
"Parenthood"
The Cosby Show
Roseanne
Cheers
A Different World
America's Funniest Home Videos
The Golden Girls
60 Minutes
The Wonder Years
Empty Nest
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USS Orion (AS-18) 1990
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
3 January Noriega surrenders to U.S. forces in Panama
18 January DC Mayor Barry caught smoking crack
  25 April Hubble Telescope placed in orbit
  2 August Iraq invades Kuwait
1 December  English Channel tunnel segments linked
9 December Lech Walesa elected president of Poland
Popular Songs of 1990
Love Takes Time -- Mariah Carey
Vision of Love -- Mariah Carey
Because I Love You -- Stevie B
Nothing Compares -- Sinead O'Conner
Hold On -- Wilson Philips
It Must Have Been Love -- Roxette
From a Distance -- Bette Midler
Poison -- Bell Biv De Voe
Close to You -- Maxi Priest
Black Velvet -- Alannah Miles
Vogue -- Madonna
How Am I Supposed to Live Without You -- Michael Bolton
Hold On -- En Vogue
Pump Up the Jam -- Technotronic/f Felly
Cradle of Love -- Billy Idol
Do Me -- Bell Biv De Voe
Opposites Attract -- Paula Abdul
I Don't Have the Heart -- James Ingram
Sending All My Love -- Linear
Love and Affection -- Nelson
Rhythm and Blues Hits in 1990
Hold On -- En Vogue
Make It Like It Is -- Regina Belle
Real Love -- Skyy
Feels Good -- Tony! Toni! Tone!
Visions of Love -- Mariah Carey
All Around the World -- Lisa Stanfield
I'll Be Good to You -- Quincy Jones Featuring Ray Charles & Chaka Khan
My, My, My -- Johnny Gill
Ready or Not -- After 7
Poison -- Bell Biv Devoe
Spread My Wings -- Troop
Everybody Everybody -- Black Box
Tender Lover -- Babyface
Love Under New Management -- Miki Howard
Lies -- En Vogue
Make You Sweat -- Keith Sweat
Rub You the Right Way -- Johnny Gill
Crazy -- The Boys
Why You Get Funky on Me -- Today
Let's Get It On -- By All Means
Country Hits in 1990
Nobody's Home -- Clint Black
Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart -- Randy Travis
On Second Thought -- Eddie Rabbitt
Love Without End, Amen -- George Strait
Walkin' Away -- Clint Black
I've Cried My Last Tear for You -- Ricky Van Shelton
No Matter How High -- Oak Ridge Boys
Help Me Hold On -- Travis Tritt
Chains -- Patty Loveless
Here in the Real World -- Alan Jackson
Southern Star -- Alabama
Love on Arrival -- Dan Seals
The Dance -- Garth Brooks
Five Minutes -- Lorrie Morgan
I'm Over You -- Keith Whitley
Seein' My Father in Me -- Paul Overstreet
My Arms Stay Open All Night -- Tanya Tucker
Jukebox in My Mind -- Alabama
Statue of a Fool -- Ricky Van Shelton
Not Counting You -- Garth Brooks
Sports in 1990
Indianapolis 500: Arie Luyendyk
Kentucky Derby: Unbridled
Major League Baseball
World Series: Cincinnati 4, Oakland 0
Pro Football
Super Bowl XXIV: San Francisco 55, Denver 10
College Football: Army 30, Navy 20
Rose Bowl: USC 17, Michigan 10
Cotton Bowl: Tennessee 31, Arkansas 27
Orange Bowl: Notre Dame 21, Colorado 6
Sugar Bowl: Miami (Fla.) 33, Alabama 25
Pro Basketball
Championship Series: Detroit 4, Portland 1
At the Movies On Television
"Home Alone"
"Ghost"
"Dances With Wolves"
"Pretty Woman"
"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"
"The Hunt for Red October"
"Total Recall"
"Die Hard 2: Die Harder"
"Dick Tracy"
"Kindergarten Cop"
Cheers
60 Minutes
Roseanne
A Different World
The Cosby Show
Murphy Brown
Empty Nest
America's Most Funniest Home Videos
Monday Night Football
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1991
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
Transportation Act threatens states with loss of highway funding if they don't pass seat belt laws.
  12 January Congress authorizes offensive action against Iraq
16 January Air operations open Persian Gulf War
17 January Iraq launches SCUD missiles against Israel and Saudia Arabia
February Iraqi troops torch 650 Kuwait oil wells
Captain T. W. Hack relieves Capt. E. L. Morgan 14 February
  24 February Persian Gulf War ground offensive starts
  28 February President Bush declares cease-fire
3 March Video camera captures Rodney King arrest 
11 April Persian Gulf War official cease fire
  18 August Gorbachev arrested in Soviet hardliner coup attempt
  21 August Hardliner coup collapses 
28 September DC Mayor Barry sentenced on drug charges
  15 October Clarence Thomas confirmed to Supreme Court
8 December USSR dissolved, Commonwealth of Independent States formed
25 December Gorbachev resigns as Soviet president
Popular Songs of 1991
(Everything I Do) I Do It for You -- Bryan Adams
I Wanna Sex You Up -- Color Me Badd
Rush Rush -- Paula Abdul
Baby Baby -- Amy Grant
Gonna Make You Sweat -- C & C Music Factory
One More Try -- Timmy T
Unbelievable -- EMF
The First Time -- Surface
More Than Words -- Extreme
I Like the Way -- Hi-Five
Motownphilly -- Boyz II Men
Someday -- Mariah Carey
High Enough -- Damn Yankees
All the Man I Need -- Whitney Houston
Right Here, Right Now -- Jesus Jones
I Adore Mi Amor -- Color Me Badd
Love Will Never Do -- Janet Jackson
Good Vibrations -- Merky Mark & The Funky Bunch
Justify My Love -- Madonna
Emotions -- Mariah Carey
Rhythm and Blues Hits in 1991
Written All Over Your Face -- Rude Boys
Love Makes Things Happen -- Pebbles
Gonna Make You Sweat -- C & C Music Factory
I Like the Way (The Kissing Game) -- Hi-Five
Can You Stop the Rain -- Peabo Bryson
How Can I Ease the Pain -- Lisa Fischer
Let the Beat Hit 'Em -- Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
The First Time -- Surface
I Can't Wait Another Minute -- Hi-Five
Something in My Heart -- Michel'le
It Never Rains (In Southern California) -- Tony! Toni! Tone!
Addictive Love -- BeBe & CeCe Winans
Love Me Down -- Freddie Jackson
Baby I'm Ready -- LeVert
Do Me Again -- Freddie Jackson
You Don't Have to Worry -- En Vogue
Only Human -- Jeffrey Osborne
All the Man I Need -- Whitney Houston
I'll Give All My Love to You -- Keith Sweat
Wrap My Body Tight -- Johnny Gill
Country Hits in 1991
Don't Rock the Jukebox-- Alan Jackson
I've Come to Expect It From You -- George Strait
Forever's as Far as I'll Go -- Alabama
The Thunder Rolls -- Garth Brooks
In a Different Light -- Doug Stone
Brother Jukebox -- Mark Chesnull
You Know Me Better Than That -- George Strait
Down Home -- Alabama
Unanswered Prayers -- Garth Brooks
If I Know Me -- George Strait
I'd Love You All Over Again -- Alan Jackson
Daddy's Come Around -- Paul Overstreet
Walk on Faith -- Mike Reid
Loving Blind -- Clint Black
Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House -- Garth Brooks
Meet in the Middle -- Diamond Rio
Rumor Has It -- Reba McEntire
She's in Love With the Boy -- Trisha Yearwood
I Am a Simple Man -- Ricky Van Shelton
Here We Are -- Alabama
Sports in 1991
Indianapolis 500: Rick Mears
Kentucky Derby: Strike the Gold
Major League Baseball
World Series: Minnesota 4, Atlanta 3
Pro Football
Super Bowl XXV: N.Y. Giants 20, Buffalo 19
College Football: Navy 24, Army 3
Rose Bowl: Washington 46, Iowa 34
Cotton Bowl: Miami (FL) 46, Texas 3
Orange Bowl: Colorado 10, Notre Dame 9
Sugar Bowl: Tennessee 23, Virginia 22
Pro Basketball
Championship Series: Chicago 4, L.A. Lakers 1
At the Movies On Television
"Terminator 2:Judgment Day"
"Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves"
"Beauty and the Beast"
"Silence of the Lambs"
"City Slickers"
"Hook"
"The Addams Family"
"Sleeping With the Enemy"
"Father of the Bride"
"The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear"
60 Minutes
Roseanne
Murphy Brown
Cheers
Home Improvement
Designing Women
Coach
Full House
Murder, She Wrote
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USS Orion (AS-18) 1992
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
  13 January Jeffrey Dahmer pleads guilty but insane
1 February Bush and Yeltsin declare end of Cold War
11 February USS Baton Rouge (SSN-689) collides with Russian Sierra Class Barracuda near Murmansk
  17 February Dahmer receives 15 life sentences
  21 February Trade sanctions against China lifted
  9 April Manuel Noriega convicted on drug charges
  29 April Riots break out in Los Angeles after four police officers acquitted in Rodney King beating
Made port calls at Cartagena, Spain (2 days), Alexandria, Egypt (1 night, emergency pullout the next morning due to bad weather), and Corfu, Greece (3 days) May
23 June "Teflon Don" John Gotti sentenced to life
Made 3-day port call at Naples, Italy July
  10 July Court clears Exxon Valdez captain
  21-31 August Standoff at Ruby Ridge
Made 3-day port call at Villafranche, France September
24 November  U.S. forces leave the Philippines
17 December  NAFTA signed
24 December President Bush pardons 6 Reagan aides involved in Iran-Contra affair
Popular Songs of 1992
End of the Road -- Boyz II Men
Baby Got Back -- Sir Mix-a-Lot
Jump -- Kris Kross
Save the Best for Last -- Vanessa Williams
Baby-Baby-Baby -- TLC
Tears in Heaven -- Eric Clapton
My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It) -- En Vogue
Under the Bridge -- Red Hot Chili Peppers
All for Love -- Color Me Badd
Just Another Day -- John Secada
I Love Your Smile -- Shanice
To Be With You -- Mr. Big
I'm Too Sexy -- Right Said Fred
Black or White -- Michael Jackson
Achy Breaky Heart -- Billy Ray Cyrus
I'll Be There -- Mariah Carey
November Rain -- Guns 'n' Roses
Life Is a Highway -- Tom Cochrane
Remember the Time -- Michael Jackson
Finally -- CeCe Peniston
Rhythm and Blues Hits in 1992
Come and Talk to Me -- Jodeci
Honey Love -- R. Kelly & Public Announcement
You Remind Me -- Mary J. Blige
End of the Road -- Boyz II Men
Tell Me What You Want Me to Do -- Tevin Campbell
Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes) -- Mint Condition
Baby-Baby-Baby -- TLC
Somebody Loves You Baby-- Patti LaBelle
Tennessee -- Arrested Development
Stay -- Jodeci
All Woman -- Lisa Stansfield
I Love Your Smile -- Shanice
People Everyday -- Arrested Development
Keep It Comin' -- Keith Sweat
Why Me Baby -- Keith Sweat
Uhh Ahh -- Boyz II Men
Don't Be Afraid -- Aaron Hall
Remember the Time -- Michael Jackson
Slow Dance -- R. Kelly & Public Announcement
Here I Go Again -- Glenn Jones
Country Hits in 1992
I Saw the Light -- Wynonna
Achy breaky Heart -- Billy Ray Cyrus
Is There Life Out There -- Reba McEntire
What She's Doing Now -- Garth Brooks
We Tell Ourselves -- Clint Black
Dallas -- Alan Jackson
Boot Scootin' Boogie -- Brooks & Dunn
I Still Believe in You -- Vince Gill
Neon Moon -- Brooks & Dunn
Some Girls Do -- Sawyer Brown
I'll think of Something -- Mark Chesnutt
Love's Got a Hold on You -- Alan Jackson
Better Class of Losers -- Randy Travis
A Jukebox With a Country Song -- Doug Stone
I Feel Lucky -- Mary Chapin Carpenter
Straight Tequila Night -- John Anderson
Born Country -- Alabama
She Is His Only Need-- Wynonna
Take a Little Trip -- Alabama
Past the Point of Rescue -- Hal Ketchum
Sports in 1992
Indianapolis 500: Al Unser Jr.
Kentucky Derby: Lil E. Tee
Major League Baseball
World Series: Toronto 4, Atlanta 2
Pro Football
Super Bowl XXVI: Washington 37, Buffalo 24
College Football: Army 25, Navy 24
Rose Bowl: Washington 34, Michigan 14
Cotton Bowl: Florida State 10, Texas A&M 2
Orange Bowl: Miami (FL) 22, Nebraska 0
Sugar Bowl: Notre Dame 39, Florida 28
Pro Basketball
Championship Series: Chicago 4, Portland 2
At the Movies On Television
"Home Alone 2"
"Batman Returns"
"Lethal Weapon 3"
"Sister Act"
"Aladdin"
"Wayne's World"
"A League of Their Own"
"Basic Instinct"
"The Bodyguard"
"Unforgiven"
"The Crying Game"
"A Few Good Men"
"Howards End"
"Scent of a Woman"
60 Minutes
Roseanne
Home Improvement
Murphy Brown
Murder, She Wrote
Coach
Monday Night Football
CBS Sunday Movie
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USS Orion (AS-18) 1993
On This Date
Events Elsewhere
26 February World Trade Center in New York City damaged by bomb. 6 killed, more than 1,000 injured
28 February ATF raid on Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, starts 7-week standoff
20 March USS Grayling (SSN-646) Collides with Russian Delta III Class missile sub in the Barents Sea
Relieved by USS Simon Lake (AS-33) April
  19 April Branch Davidian compound gutted by fire
Made port call at Gibralter 23-24 April
Made port call at Bermuda 10-12 May
 Returns to Norfolk to prepare for decommissioning May
Decommissioning ceremonies held 3 September
13 September Israel and PLO sign accord granting limited Palestinian autonomy
USS Orion (AS-18) is decommissioned 30 September
Popular Songs of 1993
I Will Always Love You -- Whitney Houston
Whoomp! There It Is -- Tag Team
Can't Help Falling in Love -- UB40
That's the Way Love Goes -- Janet Jackson
Freak Me -- Silk
Weak -- SWV
If I Ever Fall in Love -- Sjai
Dreamlover -- Mariah Carey
Rump Shaker -- Wreckx-N-Effect
Informer -- Snow
Nuthin' but a G Thang -- Dr. Dre
In the Still of the Nite -- Boyz II Men
Don't Walk Away -- Jade
Knockin' Da Boots -- H-Town
Lately -- Jadeci
Dazzey Duks -- Duice
Show Me Love -- Robin S.
A Whole New World -- Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle
If -- Janet Jackson
I'm So Into It -- SWV
Rhythm and Blues Hits in 1993
I Will Always Love You -- Whitney Houston
Knockin' Da Boots -- H-Town
That's the Way Love Goes -- Janet Jackson
Freak Me -- Silk
If I Ever Fall in Love -- Shai
Weak -- SWV
I'm So Into You -- SWV
Don't Walk Away -- Jade
Whoomp! There It Is -- Tag Team
Rump Shaker -- Wreckx-N-Effect
Nuthin' but a G Thang -- Dr. Dre
Lately -- Jodeci
Something's Goin On -- UNV
So Alone -- Men At Large
Another Sad Love Song -- Toni Braxton
Just Kickin' It -- Xscape
Right Here / Downtown -- SWV
Cry No More -- II D Extreme
Hey Mr. D.J. -- Zhane
Dreamlover -- Mariah Carey
Country Hits in 1993
Chattahoochee -- Alan Jackson
What's It All About -- Clay Walker
Can't Break It to My Heart -- Tracy Lawrence
Thank God for You -- Sawyer Brown
One More Last Chance -- Vince Gill
Easy Come, Easy Go -- George Strait
Ain't Going Down (Til the Sun comes Up) -- Garth Brooks
It Sure Is Monday -- Mark Chesnutt
I Love the Way You Love Me -- John Michael Montgomery
Why Didn't I Think of That -- Doug Stone
In the Heart of a Woman -- Billy Ray Cyrus
Blame It on Your Heart -- Patty Loveless
Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die) -- Joe Diffie
Alibis -- Tracy Lawrence
Ain't That Lonely Yet -- Dwight Yoakam
Holdin' Heaven -- Tracy Byrd
A Thousand Miles From Nowhere -- Dwight Yoakam
Money in the Bank -- John Anderson
A Bad Goodbye -- Clint Black With Wynonna
No Time to Kill -- Clint Black
Sports in 1993
Indianapolis 500: Emerson Fittipaldi
Kentucky Derby: Sea Hero
Major League Baseball
NL Expansion: Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins
World Series: Toronto 4, Philadelphia 2
Pro Football
Super Bowl XXVII: Dallas 52, Buffalo 17
College Football: Army 16, Navy 14
Rose Bowl: Michigan 38, Washington 31
Cotton Bowl: Notre Dame 28, Texas A&M 3
Orange Bowl: Florida State 27, Nebraska 14
Sugar Bowl: Alabama 34, Miami (Fla.) 13
Pro Basketball
Championship Series: Chicago 4, Phoenix 2
Hockey
Montreal Canadiens win Stanley Cup
At the Movies On Television
"Jurassic Park"
"The Fugitive"
"The Firm"
"Sleepless in Seattle"
"Mrs. Doubtfire"
"Indecent Proposal"
"In the Line of Fire"
"Cliffhanger"
"A Few Good Men"
"Schindler's List"
"What's Eating Gilbert Grape"
60 Minutes
Home Improvement
Seinfeld
Roseanne
Grace Under Fire
Coach
Monday Night Football
Murphy Brown
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