Going way back to this week in
~ 1961 ~
Nielsen Ratings #1 TV Show
The theme song really brings back memories. I can remember watching on our little black and white TV, just to see the horses.
Billboard #1 Hit
Runaway - Del Shannon
Always liked this one. It really captures the sound of pre-Beatles pop music.
Events of significance
April 10 - A radar signal, transmitted from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to Venus, gave the first definite measurement of its distance from Earth (26,372,600 miles (42,442,600 km)). This single determination was sufficient to fix the scale of the solar system with an unprecedented accuracy."
April 17 - Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the Central Intelligence Agency called CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro.
April 29 - The television program ABC's Wide World of Sports, hosted by Jim McKay, made its debut at 2:00 p.m. EST. The innovative program used videotaped highlights of sports not often seen on TV.
Wow, didn't realize WWOS had been around that long!
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