Source: Good News Network
40 years ago today, Grease hit big screens with John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John dancing and singing their way into American culture. A love story between Danny and Sandy set during the 1950s, the film became a fan favorite at the box office and fourth highest-grossing live-action musical of all time.
Three songs from the soundtrack became top five hits on the Billboard chart. WATCH a list of things only adults notice in Grease… (1978)MORE Good News on this Day:
- Abraham Lincoln delivered his House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois (1858)
- The University Tests Act allowed students to enter the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge without religious tests (1871)
- The celebration of Bloomsday, in honor of Leopold Bloom, the hero of James Joyce’s Ulysses was established (1904)
- Thousands of jubilant Soviet women gathered in Red Square, Moscow, to celebrate, as Valentina Tereshkova, a former textile worker, became the first woman in space — and the fifth Russian cosmonaut to go into Earth’s orbit (1963)
- Bob Dylan recorded “Like A Rolling Stone” with session musicians Mike Bloomfield and rookie Al Kooper, whose improvised riffs on the organ became one of rock’s most recognizable sounds. Rolling Stone magazine ranked it the greatest song in rock history–revolutionary at the time for being six minutes long. (1965)
- The Blues Brothers film starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd premiered, featured Aretha Franklin as a restaurant owner…
The post Good News in History, June 16 appeared first on FeedBox.