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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 Sky King

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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 You Are There You Bet Your Life

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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 Time for Beany

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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 Toast of the Town

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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 Our Miss Brooks

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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 Red Skelton Show

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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 Father Knows Best

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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 Name That Tune

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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 Ann Sothern Show

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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 What's My Line Many Lives of Dobie Gillis

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USS Orion (AS-18) Wins Battle "E" and Engineering "E"	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 Joey Bishop Show

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USS Orion (AS-18)	1962 On This Date	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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USS Orion (AS-18) Wins Battle "E" and Engineering "E"	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 What's My Line

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USS Orion (AS-18)	1964 On This Date	Events Elsewhere
	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 My Favorite Martian Flipper

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USS Orion (AS-18)	1965 On This Date	Events Elsewhere 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 The Virginian

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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 Daniel Boone

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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 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color

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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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USS Orion (AS-18) 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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USS Orion (AS-18) 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 Sanford and Son

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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 Sanford and Son Wonderful World of Disney

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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 The Waltons

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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 Sanford and Son

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USS Orion (AS-18) Engineering Red "E" Damage Control Red "DC"	1975 On This Date	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 Six Million Dollar Man

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USS Orion (AS-18) Engineering Red "E" Damage Control Red "DC"	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 Six Million Dollar Man

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USS Orion (AS-18)	1977 On This Date	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 On This Date	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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USS Orion (AS-18) 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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USS Orion (AS-18) 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 Falcon Crest

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USS Orion (AS-18) 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 Who's the Boss?

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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 Who's the Boss?

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USS Orion (AS-18) 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 Anything But Love

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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 Alf

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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 Monday Night Football

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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 The Golden Girls

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USS Orion (AS-18) Provides support and repairs for Sixth Fleet units during Desert Shield and Desert Storm	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 Unsolved Mysteries

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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 Cheers Full House

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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 CBS Sunday Night Movie

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