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Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 20m

A tense superpower showdown at the United Nations, Barbra Streisand rules the pop chart, celebrity birthdays and more. Time Rewind takes you back to the events of October 25th. #history #coldwar #cuba #tv #popculture #birthday #timerewind

Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 14h

THIS DAY IN MUSIC, October 24, 1964:
🎤 “Do Wah Diddy Diddy.” by Manfred Mann, marks its second and final week as a No. 1 single. The hit is the first track on the band's debut U.S. studio album, "The Manfred Mann Album."
🖌 Album art: Ascot Records
#60s #popmusic #onthisday

Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 15h

THIS DAY IN HISTORY, Oct 24, 1901:
🌊 On her 63rd birthday, widowed schoolteacher Annie Taylor becomes the first person to take the plunge over #NiagaraFalls in a wooden barrel and survive. Taylor hoped the stunt would generate retirement money, but 19 years later, she died in poverty. #woman

Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 1d

Two high-profile musicians wage separate legal battles, plus a global call to lay down arms. We bring you those stories and more in the October 24th Time Rewind.
#history #un #peace #popculture #birthday #onthisday #timerewind

Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 2d

The U.S. military suffers a devastating blow in the Middle East and the Blue Flame sears its way into the record books. It's Time Rewind for October 23rd.
#history #military #middleeast #speed #birthday #popculture #onthisday #timerewind

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Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 2d

THIS DAY IN MUSIC, October 22, 1966:
🎤 The #FourTops begin their second and final week atop the pop chart with “Reach Out I’ll Be There,” which becomes a Motown Records classic and the band’s signature song.
🖌 Cover art: Tamla/Motown Records
#60s #60Music #Motown #onthisday #popculture

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Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 2d

THIS DAY IN HISTORY, Oct 22, 1934:
A lengthy manhunt comes to an end in an Ohio cornfield as FBI agents gun down Public Enemy No. 1 — Charles ‘Pretty Boy’ Floyd. Floyd was sought for a slew of bank robberies and the 1933 Kansas City Massacre in which 3 cops and an FBI agent were killed.
📷 FBI #crime

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Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 3d

🤔 Wondering what happened on this day, October 22nd? There’s a Time Rewind for that!
#coldwar #history #birthday #timerewind

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Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 3d

THIS DAY IN MUSIC, October 21, 2006:
🎤 #JustinTimberlake’s “SexyBack” marks its seventh and final week on top of the U.S. singles chart. The track, from Timberlake's "FutureSex/LoveSounds" album, captures a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording in 2007.
🖌 Jive Records
#popchart #grammys #2000s

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Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 3d

THIS DAY IN HISTORY, Oct 21, 1959:
🚀 Pres. Dwight Eisenhower signs an executive order transferring renowned #rocket engineer Wernher von Braun from the U.S. Army to the newly created #NASA. Von Braun developed the lethal V-2 rocket for Nazi Germany during WW2 and had been a Nazi officer.
📸 NASA

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Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 4d

💡 Thomas Edison brightens the future and movie themes dominate the music charts. Time Rewind is flipping back the pages of the calendar for October 21st. #history #popculture #onthisday #birthday #TimeRewind

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Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 4d

THIS DAY IN MUSIC, October 20, 1979:
🎸🎤 “In Through the Out Door,” Led Zeppelin’s eighth and final studio album, is in the middle of a seven-week run at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart. Among the tracks on this work is the popular "All My Love."
🖌 Album art: Swan Song Records
#70s #rock

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Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 4d

THIS DAY IN HISTORY, Oct 20, 1947:
🎙 In what is called the “Red Scare,” the House Un-American Activities Committee opens hearings to expose communists in Hollywood.
📸 Actress Lauren Bacall and husband, Humphrey Bogart, march to the U.S. Capitol to defend the First Amendment rights. AP photo

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Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 5d

💀Monster Mash is all the rage and TV goes bionic. Those stories plus celebrity birthdays as Time Rewind turns it back for October 20th. youtu.be/6n5q1jWPbp8?...
#halloween #popculture #birthday #onthisday #timerewind

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Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 6d

The Cold War boils over, tenants move in to the original World Trade Center and it’s rough idling for DeLorean. Time Rewind recalls the events of October 19th. #history #popculture #nyc #onthisday #birthday #timerewind

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Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 7d

That time Sharks and Jets first drew knives on the big screen. We’ve got your October 18th "Time Rewind."
#popculture #film #60s #birthday #retro #timerewind

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Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 7d

THIS DAY IN MUSIC, October 17, 1970:
🎹🎸🎤 “I’ll Be There,” by The Jackson 5, begins a five-week run at No. 1 on the Billboard singles chart. It is the group’s fourth consecutive chart-topper.
📷 Public domain photo
#jackson5 #mj #70s #popmusic #onthisday

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Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 7d

THIS DAY IN #HISTORY, Oct 17, 1989:
💥 A powerful 6.9 magnitude #earthquake rocks the San Francisco Bay Area, killing 63 people, injuring 3,000 others and causing more than $5B in damage.
📷 Photo by Ton Van Dyke/San Jose Mercury News
#california

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Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 8d

⛽️ OPEC puts a squeeze on the gas pump, Streisand and Redford sear the big screen and the TV game show literally takes on a different shape. It's Time Rewind for October 17th.
#energy #oil #movie #gameshow #tv #60s #70s #birthday #onthisday #history #popculture #TimeRewind

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Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 8d

📻 Today, we welcome 105.1FM WJZM to the growing #TimeRewind family. Located just west of Nashville, WJZM is middle Tennessee’s largest locally owned radio station, serving listeners from southern Kentucky to northern Alabama.
#radio #radiostation #broadcast #tennessee

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Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 8d

THIS DAY IN MUSIC, October 16, 1971:
🎤 Rod Stewart rules the Billboard Hot 100 with “Maggie May,” off his “Every Picture Tells a Story” album. What is YOUR favorite song by Sir Rod?
#RodStewart #rock #popmusic #70s #onthisday #popculture #TimeRewind

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Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 9d

💥 Something goes boom in China, cops cuff folk legend Joan Baez and Rick Dees puts the duck in disco. Plus, the Mets prove they're amazing. It's Time Rewind for October 16th.
#history #popculture #disco #rock #mlb #birthday #timerewind

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Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 10d

🎵The Great American Songbook loses a major contributor and country music honors Patsy Cline a decade after her death. Stroll back in time with Time Rewind for October 15th. #history #popculture #birthday #onthisday #timerewind

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Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 10d

🥀 THIS DAY IN MUSIC, October 14, 1990:
World-renowned Grammy and Tony-winning #composer, #conductor, pianist and teacher #LeonardBernstein ("On the Waterfront," "Candide," "West Side Story") dies in New York at the age of 72.
📷 Photo credit: Peter Hastings
#musician #rip #onthisday

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Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 10d

THIS DAY IN #HISTORY, October 14, 1964:
🏅Civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. becomes the youngest recipient of the #Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent resistance to racial prejudice in America. He donates the entire $54K prize money to furthering #civilrights causes.
📷 AP photo
#MLK

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