50th anniversary

More than 1,000 people crammed into San Francisco's City Hall on Valentine's Day to honor singer Tony Bennett and the 50th Anniversary of his famous song, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco." The San Francisco Chronicle reports that a symphony, children's chorus and the Gay Men's Chorus all sang the famous song to Bennett during a ceremony he ...

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In this Sept. 11, 2011 file photo, Mike Love of the Beach Boys sings for a crowd of thousands during the Colorado Remembers 911 event at Civic Center Park in Denver.

These are days of unfinished business for the Rolling Stones as they continue to mine their vault for "lost" material — a fascinating cache of unreleased tracks from the 1977-1978 "Some Girls" sessions arrives in stores next week — and gather their dark powers for their 50th anniversary next year and perhaps another tour.

Spanish actor Javier Bardem will play the villain, and Judi Dench will reprise her role as Bond's boss, M. The announcement of the title of the movie came on the 50th anniversary of the date Sean Connery was revealed as the first actor to play Ian Fleming's spy.

Fifty years ago today, the Soviet Union's Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space.

If you know anything about the history of spaceflight, you're probably already familiar with the historic journey of USSR cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who flew around the Earth in 1961, making him the first person to ever travel beyond our planet's

Coronation Street marked its 50th anniversary with a death, a birth and a wedding as it staged its first live episode in 10 years.

Coronation Street will mark its landmark 50th anniversary with an hour-long live episode - featuring death, destruction and further misery in the aftermath of the tram horror.

Flintstones, meet the Flintstones. It is the first part of the theme song to the 60s animated sitcom "The Flintstones," and Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010 was its 50th anniversary, Google reminded us that day with its latest Google Doodle.

It's no secret that we're very fond of Hello Kitty gadgets -- just like pretty much everyone else on the planet.