Video: '1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games - Opening Ceremony'
(Saturday, July 28, 1984) — The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, opened tonight at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as 93,000 people looked on and cheered Rafer Johnson, an Olympic decathlon gold medalist and this year’s the final torchbearer.
(Saturday, July 28, 1984) — “Infatuation” by Rod Stewart at #6 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
(Saturday, July 28, 1984) — “Taking It All Too Hard” by Genesis at #50 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
Video: 'The Beatles Sweden Stockholm 1964-7-28.flv'
(Tuesday, July 28, 1964, 6:45 p.m./10:00 p.m. CET) — The Beatles performed two shows tonight at Johanneshovs Isstadion in Stockholm, Sweden, as part of the second European leg of their 1964 world tour. Continue reading The Beatles perform two shows in Stockholm 50 years ago tonight (July 28 1964)
Video: 'The Beatles in Sweden 1964' (July 28, 1964, TV interview at 1:55)
(Tuesday, July 28, 1964, afternoon CET) — The Beatles were interviewed on television this afternoon by Torsten Ljungstedt at Hotel Foresta in Stockholm, Sweden, where members George Harrison and John Lennon proceed to hilariously rip Lennon’s new book In His Own Write to shreds.
Video: 'The Beatles in Sweden 1964' (July 28, 1964, airport arrival at 0:00-1:55)
(Tuesday, July 28, 1964, 12:30 p.m. CET) — The Beatles arrived today at Arlanda Airport in Stockholm, where more than 3,000 fans were waiting to welcome them to Sweden.
Video: 'The Great War - S01E02 - For Such a Stupid Reason Too' (July 28, 1914, at 14:17)
(Tuesday, July 28, 1914, at approximately 11:10 a.m. local time; during World War I) — One month to the day after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were killed by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia today, effectively launching the First World War. Continue reading World War I begins as Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia 100 years ago this hour (July 28 1914)
Video: 'The Beatles swedish interviews (1963) Part 2' (July 28, 1964, at 0:00-1:56)
(Tuesday, July 28, 1964, 10:10 a.m. BST-12:30 p.m. CET) — The Beatles were interviewed today by Klas Burling during their flight from London via Copenhagen to Stockholm.
