The Righteous Brother's had the #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 #60yearsagotoday. "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" was from the album "Soul and Inspiration," the duo's 7th studio album. The single is certified gold in the United States.
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#60YearsAgoToday #theMusical #ItsABirdItsAPlaneItsSuperman debuted on #Broadway directed by #HaroldPrince with #JackCassidy & #LindaLavin in #SupportingRoles #ranFor129Performances #book by #DavidNewman & #RobertBenton who also reworked #MarioPuzo’s 1978 #SupermanTheMovie script
#60YearsAgoToday #TheClueMaster debuted in @dc.com #DetectiveComics #351 referencing #BabeRuth & #SandyKoufax to explain #hisTheory on #GamesmanshipPsychology leaves #topsyTurvy #artImagesAsCluesToHisCrimes & #AuntHarriet’s #DetectiveWork inadvertently saves #Batman’s secret ID from reveal
#60YearsAgoToday #ShadowKid debuted in @dc.com #AdventureComics #344 #GrevMallor #hereditaryShadowChampion of #30thCentury #TalokVIII met #LegionOfSuperHeroes while in #TheSuperStalagOfSpace #hisCousin #ShadowLass joins #TheSuperTeam #aYearLater while #Grev later joins #TheLegionAcademy
The last original episode of "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" was broadcast #60yearsagotoday. The show, which ran for 435 episodes over 14 seasons featured the Nelson family, playing fictionalized versions of themselves. It was the longest running live-action sitcom until 2021.
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#60YearsAgoToday oneYearBefore @marvelcomics.bsky.social #SuperHeroSatireSeries #NotBrandEchh #MerryMan #DumbBunny #AwkwardMan #TheBlimp & #WhiteFeather #TheInferiorFive #TheFreedomBrigade’s #superGoofUpChildren debuted in #ShowcaseComics #62 referencing #Superman’s #ActionComics debut #inTheForward
#60yearsagotoday, Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" was the #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100. The 2nd single from Sinatra's debut album, the song quickly climbed the charts after its Dec 1965 release. "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" is certified gold in the US.
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#60YearsAgoToday #TheEnchantress debuted in @dc.com #StrangeAdventures #comics #187 at #AFreakyOldCastle & w lots of #hipLingo #freelanceArtist #JuneMoone is confronted by #ABigRedGoblinHeadWithArms #sittingOnAThrone #BeckoningHerToSpeakHerNewAlterEgosName &she1stTransformsAs #TheSwitcherooWitcheroo
#60YearsAgoToday #TheLuckLords debuted in @dc.com #AdventureComics #343 #EvilAlienScientists who broadcast a #SuperHypnoticRay to jinx #TheLegionOfSuperHeroes into believing #allTheTragicEventsInTheTeamsPastAreDueToTheirNotAvoidingBadOmens but #TheLegionOfSuperPets help them #makeHay of #thatDevice
Jacqueline Suzanne's "Valley of the Dolls" was published #60yearsagotoday. Suzanne's 2nd published work received universally bad reviews but sold very well; the book stayed at #1 on The New York Times Best Seller list for 28 weeks. As of 2016, the book has sold 31 million copies.
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#60YearsAgoToday #ColorKid debuted in @dc.com #AdventureComics #342 #UluVakk of #30thCentury #Lupra who gained #ThePowerToChangeTheColorOfAnyObject after a #labAccident bathed him in #multidimensionalLight #rejected #LegionOfSuperHeroes applicant who is referred to #TheLegionOfSubstituteHeroes
#60YearsAgoToday #TheRoyalFlushGang debuted in @dc.com #JusticeLeagueOfAmerica #comics #43 #Ace #ProfAmosFortune & #hisBoyhoodPals as #KingQueenJackAndTen play to trump #TheWorldsGreatestSuperHeroes with #StellarationTreatedPlayingCards but fold when similarlyTreated by #SnapperCarr as an alt #Joker
#60YearsAgoToday #MajorDisaster debuted in @dc.com #GreenLantern #comics #43 #pettyCrook #PaulBooker finds GL’s sidekick’s casebook discovering #TheFlashAndGreenLantern’s secret ID’s #hiresACabalOfCriminalScientists toInvent #disasterDevices tho it’s #hisSuperVillainCareer that’s #HisBiggestDisaster
#60YearsAgoToday the #Batman #televisionSeries debuted #ABC when #WilliamDozier #LorenzoSempleJr produced #comics most #campyAndColorful #liveAction #CapedCrusader adventures #AdamWest & #BurtWard starred as #BatmanAndRobin taking on #TheRiddler at the start #1st2seasonsRunAsTwiceWeekly2PartEpisodes
#60yearsagotoday, Simon & Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence" was the #1 song on Billboard Hot 100. Written by Paul Simon, the original acoustic was released in 1964 and flopped. The song was remixed with electric instruments without the knowledge of the duo and re-released in 1965.
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#60YearsAgoToday in @dc.com #JusticeLeagueOfAmerica #comics #42 #Metamorpho #TheElementMan #wentOnRecord as #The1stSuperAdventurerToTurnDownTheOfferOfMembership into #TheJusticeLeagueOfAmerica & at the same time #AnIncomprehensibleBeing #TheUnimaginable caused a snit because #heDidntGetTheSameOffer
Jeffrey Wright was born #60yearsagotoday in Washington, DC. After graduating from college, Wright pursued acting, appearing in several off-Broadway shows before landing a role in "Angels in America." Wright has gone on to appear in nearly 60 films and dozens of television shows.
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#60YearsAgoToday #TheBreakawayBandit debuted in @dc.com #TheFlash #comics #158 #ZedabonZarr #AlienWeaponsDealer challenges #BarryAllen & has #theAbilityToDetachAndControlTheLimbsAndSegmentsOfHisBody & #twoMonthsLater #MFEnterprises introduces the character #CaptainMarvel with #theSameUnusualPowers
#60YearsAgoToday #TheWarlockOfYs debuted in @dc.com #GreenLantern #comics #42 #TheOtherSideOfTheWorld’s sole resident who bedevils #GreenLanternHalJordan & #Zatanna in #herSearchForHerFather #ZataraTheMagician & #hisWikiBio #willHaveYouSeeingSpots if notEnsorcelled #writer #GardnerFox atHisFreakiest
Twenty-two-year-old Roger LaPorte self-immolated in front of the UN #60yearsagotoday. A member of the Catholic Workers Movement and a former seminarian, LaPorte set himself on fire to protest the Vietnam War. LaPorte was one of several Americans who self-immolated in protest in 1965.
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#60YearsAgoToday #TheKey ll debuted in @dc.com #JusticeLeagueOfAmerica #comics #41 #unidentifiedRogue who formulates a series of #psychochemicals #toExpandHis10Senses & takes on #TheJLA with #hisKeyMen & #KeyBlasterRifles & #drugsTheSuperTeam #leadingThemToDisband until #Hawkgirl routs his ploy
#60YearsAgoToday #KidPsycho debuted in @dc.com #Superboy #comics #125 #BoyInAGreenCostumeAndTurban w #psychokineticPower #fromThe30thCentury whose #ParentsWereAstronauts working w #radiation resulting in his being #bornWithAnEnlargedHead & #MentalPowers wants help joining #TheLegionOfSuperHeroes
#60YearsAgoToday #Blockbuster (named by #Robin) debuted in @dc.com #DetectiveComics #345 #MarkDesmond #createsAFormulaToGiveHimselfIncreasedStrengthAndStature but also #mindlessRages #hisBrotherRoland #directsHimToSteal but when #Batman makes him recall a time that #BruceWayne rescued him #heRelents
#60YearsAgoToday #TheBalloonBuster debuted in @dc.com #AllAmericanMenOfWar #comics #112 #expertMarkman butSoSo #pilot #Wyomingite Lt #SteveSavage joins #WWI #ArmyAirCorps #soonGetsARep for #poppingZeppelins bouncesTo #OurFightingForces in 1971 #StarSpangledWar 1974 #RobertKanigher #RussHeath #Kubert
#60YearsAgoToday bumping #AdamStrange & #SpaceRanger out of the series #UltraTheMultiAlien debuted in @dc.com #MysteryInSpace #comics #103 #futureSpaceTraveler #AceArn is #zappedByRayGunsFromFourDiffferentAlienCreatures & #eachQuadrantOfHisBodyTakesOnTheirFormAndPower feature & series ends with #110
#60yearsagotoday, Otis Reading's recording of "Respect" entered the Billboard Hot 100 at #90. Featured on Reading's third album, "Respect" was a moderate crossover hit for Reading. Aretha Franklin rearranged the song and changed some of the lyrics, releasing her version in 1967.
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#60YearsAgoToday #BeastBoy II debuted in #DoomPatrol #comics #99 #GarfieldLogan contracted #Sakutia in Africa where his scientist parents #soughtToRestoreExtinctCreatures his father noted #TheWestAfricanMonkey is #immuneToTheDisease & he injects Gar w serum #turningHimGreen & w #animalMorphIngPowers
#60YearsAgoToday not seen since his 1949 final appearance in #SensationComics #Wildcat returned in #BraveAndTheBold #comics #62 when #StarmanAndBlackCanary rescueHim from #TheHuntress’ cage & he then joins the next #JusticeSociety #JusticeLeague crossover #theFollowingSummer #WildcatReturns60 #DC90
