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58 of music's most famous faces. All cardboard.

The Beatles propped up history's most iconic album cover with hand-cut cardboard cutouts. June 1st, 1967 — fifty-nine years ago today.

On this day, June 1.

#Beatles #SgtPepper

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Banned by the BBC — and it still hit #2.

May 31st, 1977: the Sex Pistols' "God Save the Queen" climbed the UK charts during the Queen's Silver Jubilee with zero radio play. The week it outsold everything, the official chart left its #2 spot as a blank line.

#OnThisDay

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A Kentucky waterfall flooded every radio station on Earth.

May 30, 1992: an unknown country singer hits No. 1, sets off a global line-dancing craze, and lands the first Platinum country debut in nine years.

On this day, May 30.

#OnThisDay #AchyBreakyHeart #MusicHistory

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In 1979, a federal judge was assassinated outside his San Antonio home. The trigger man was a famous Hollywood actor's father — and his arrest set off one of the biggest manhunts in FBI history.

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10 years ago today, a gorilla broke the internet.

May 28, 2016 — Cincinnati Zoo. Ten minutes that the world still can't agree on.

If you remember exactly where you were — reply below.

#Harambe #OnThisDay