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Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 2h

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

Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 14h

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

Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 15h

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 · 1d

⛽️ 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 · 1d

📻 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 · 1d

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 · 2d

💥 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 · 3d

🎵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 · 3d

🥀 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 · 3d

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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Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 4d

The Soviets plant menacing missiles in Cuba and a human exceeds the speed of sound. Plus, MJ goes out on his own. It's Time Rewind for October 14th.
#aviation #coldwar #mj #birthday #history #popculture #onthisday #timerewind

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Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 4d

THIS DAY IN MUSIC, October 13, 1970:
🥀 The ashes of #rock legend #JanisJoplin are scattered at Stinson Beach in Marin County, California. The singer died of an accidental drug overdose at a Hollywood hotel nine days earlier. She was 27.
#RIP #27Club #onthisday #popculture

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Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 4d

📆 THIS DAY IN HISTORY, Oct 13, 1792: The cornerstone is laid for a presidential residence in the newly designated capital city of #Washington. The executive mansion becomes known as the #WhiteHouse beginning in 1812.
📸 John Plumbe photo courtesy Library of Congress.
#DC #president #history

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Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 5d

That time Beatlemania first broke out. It’s Time Rewind for October 13th. #history #thebeatles #mj #popculture #birthday #timerewind

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Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 6d

A major discovery on Earth and a major achievement in space. Plus, a sampling of No. 1 singles and celebrity birthdays. Time Rewind turns it back for October 12th.
#space #coldwar #history #birthday #popculture #timerewind

Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 7d

TV gets colorful in more ways than one, NASA lights the fuse on the first crewed Apollo mission, celebrity birthdays and more. It's Time Rewind for October 11th.
#tv #space #history #onthisday #popculture

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Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 8d

A band of cruise ship terrorists is captured, scandal topples a VP and Hollywood loses two icons, one of whom leaves behind an ominous warning. It's Time Rewind for October 10th. #scandal #history #onthisday #birthday #popculture #timerewind

Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 9d

One musical icon enters the world while another checks into the Heartbreak Hotel. It's Time Rewind for October 9th.
#rock #birthday #elvis #popculture #onthisday #timerewind

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Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 9d

THIS DAY IN MUSIC, Oct 8, 1977:
🎹🎤 #BillyJoel’s “The Stranger” hits the U.S. album chart. This #breakthrough work contains some of Joel’s biggest hits to date, including “Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song),” “Only The Good Die Young” and the Grammy-winning “Just The Way You Are.”
🖌 Columbia Records
#70s

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Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 9d

THIS DAY IN HISTORY, October 8, 1919: 🛩 America’s first transcontinental air race begins, featuring 63 planes, piloted by U.S. Army aviators, competing in the round-trip aerial derby between California and New York. As 15 planes departed San Francisco, 48 left Long Island.
#flight #aviation #race

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Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 10d

🔥 Mrs. O'Leary's cow stirs up trouble and a musical Mama goes it alone. Those stories and celebrity birthdays as we journey to the past with Time Rewind for October 8th. #history #fire #popculture #birthday #onthisday #retro #TimeRewind

Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 11d

That time Palestinian terrorists turned a cruise into a nightmare. Never miss an episode of Time Rewind. Subscribe TODAY! www.youtube.com/@timerewind #middleeast #history #onthisday #retro

Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 12d

💥 Americans are urged to protect themselves against a nuclear attack and Hollywood loses a treasure. Those stories, celebrity birthdays and more in your October 6th Time Rewind.

#history #popculture #coldwar #hollywood #rip #birthday #onthisday #TimeRewind

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Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 13d

A security scare for POTUS and an American completes a world tour — on foot! Time Rewind turns it back for October 5th.
🎬 Video montage edited by Naydelin Ramos.
📺 Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more. www.youtube.com/@timerewind #history #popculture #onthisday

Time Rewind @timerewind.bsky.social · 14d

🚀 The Space Race begins, a rock legend's voice falls silent and the evening news gets its first woman anchor. It's Time Rewind for October 4th.
#sputnik #russia #space #janisjoplin #rip #rock #tv #news #woman #broadcast #onthisday #birthday #history #popculture

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