In 1965, The Supremes recorded “Stop! In the Name Of Love.”
In 1967, Folk singer Jesse Winchester was served draft papers for military service, then he took a stroll across the Canadian border and became a Canadian citizen.
In 1968, Doctor Benjamin Spock was indicted by a Boston federal grand jury for conspiracy to abet, aid and counsel draft dodgers.
In 1968, “Operation Entertainment”, TV Variety; debut on ABC.
In 1969, TVʹS SMOTHERS BROTHERS SHOW Guests: STEPPENWOLF (“ROCK ME”, “MAGIC CARPET RIDE”)
In 1969, Soviet interplanetary spacecraft Venus Five was launched. Five days later, Venus Six was launched. They reached Venus on May 16 and 17 respectively.
In 1970, The daytime soap opera “All My Children” debut on ABC-TV featuring a 15-year-old character Erica Kane (the illegitimate daughter of Doctor Tyler) played by 23-year-old Susan Lucci. One of the stars, Ruth Warrick, the irrepressible Phoebe, played the wife of “Citizen Kane” in the 1941 film. The initial storyline concerned itself with two families: the Tylers and the Martins of Pine Valley, New York; in 1999, after 18 years of disappointment, actress Susan Lucci, who plays Erica Kane (the illegitimate daughter of Doctor Tyler), won a best actress Daytime Emmy Award for her work on the show. The show went off the air on September 23, 2011. The Online Network rebooted the series from April 29 to September 2, 2013. As of January 2021, a reboot, titled Pine Valley, is in the works for ABCʹs prime time lineup.
In 1971, The Harlem Globetrotters lost to snap a 2,495-game winning streak by losing 100-99 to the New Jersey Reds.
In 1972, On The Edge of Night, Ron (Burt Douglas) met with Nicole (Maeve McGuire) to talk about opening his own PR firm. Vic (Ted Tinling) spotted Nicole and Ron and misconstrued their intimate lunch.
In 1972, President Richard Nixon announced the Space Shuttle program, directing NASA to produce a reusable vehicle that would boost manned space exploration while bringing down its costs. (The first shuttle launched in 1981 and the last in 2011.)
In 1973, Bruce Springsteenʹs debut album “Greetings From Asbury Park” is released.
In 1973, In a Brady Bunch episode called “Love and the Older Man”, Marcia gets a crush on her new dentist, Doctor Vogel, the new family dentist, is the subject of Marciaʹs daydreams after she meets him. She believes that her feeling is returned when she misinterprets his interest in her as a babysitter.
In 1966, "7 Women" was released in movie theaters in the U.S.A.
In 1973, "Sweet Kill" was released by New World Pictures / Curtis Lee Hanson, Tamaroc Productions; Curtis Hanson (director/screenplay); Tab Hunter, Isabel Jewell, Roberta Collins, John Aprea, Rory Guy, John Pearce, Cherie Latimer, Nadyne Turney, Linda Leider; B-Movie
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