50 YEARS AGO IN HISTORY
Life magazine carried pictures and a story about the second U.S. moon landing with astronauts Al Bean and Charles Conrad walking on the surface of the moon.
The British House of Commons voted 343 to 185 to abolish that country’s death penalty.
The Jackson Five made a first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show on CBS.
“Hello, Dolly” with Barbra Streisand premiered in movie theaters.
Peter, Paul and Mary saw their version of “Leaving on a Jet Plane,” written by John Denver rise to number one on the Billboard’s Hot Top 100.
And on Shelter Island . . . (more…)
