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RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1964

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"Where Did Our Love Go" was the first single by the Supremes to go to
the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart and
remained for two weeks. It was also the first of five Supremes songs in a
row to reach number one. The Supremes’ version is ranked #475 on
Rolling Stone ‘​s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

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COVER PHOTO SHOOT ON THIS DAY IN 1967

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Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by The
Beatles and was released on June 1, 1967.

The cover of the album was designed by the pop artists Peter Blake and Jann
Haworth
from an ink drawing by McCartney. It was art-directed by Robert Fraser
and photographed by Michael Cooper. Haworth and Blake won the Grammy
Award for Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts in 1967 for their work on the cover
which is called by many as the most famous rock album cover of all time.

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On the set of the album cover photo session.

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Michael Cooper

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Sir Peter Blake

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Jann Haworth

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THE MICROCOMPUTER ON THIS DAY IN 1975

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The MITS Altair 8800 microcomputer was designed in 1974 and was sold by mail
order through advertisements in Radio-Electronics, and in other magazines. It is
widely recognized as the spark that ignited the microcomputer revolution.

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Microsoft’s Bill Gates

The first programming language for the Altair 8800 was Microsoft‘s founding
product, Altair BASIC.

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THE COVER OF POST ON THIS DAY IN 1930

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GREETINGS FROM COL. SANDERS AND KFC

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