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"I'll be there," said Michael Jackson

WCFL (Chicago) Top 40 hit survey, October 5, 1970

 

#1, I'll be There, Jackson Five.

 

Quite some newcomers--Fire and Rain by James Taylor, The Tears of a Clown by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, and It's a Shame by The Spinners.

 

This day in history from

encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/onthisday.aspx

 

1434: The Florentine banker Cosimo de' Medici returns from exile to Florence, becoming its effective ruler. The oligarchy is overthrown, and his rival the political leader Palla Strozzi is banished.

 

1793: The revolutionary government in France abolishes Christianity.

 

1796: Spain declares war on Britain.

 

1877: Nez Perce Chief Joseph surrenders to the U.S. Army with the words “I will fight no more forever.”

 

1921: The WJZ radio station in Newark, New Jersey, broadcasts the first radio play-by-play coverage of the World Series, between the New York Giants and the New York Yankees.

 

1947: Harry S. Truman makes the first televised presidential address.

 

2001: Slugger Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants sets the single-season record for home runs with his 71st and 72nd. Bonds hits number 73 two days later in the season's final game.

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