Video: 'Paul Simon' (5-video playlist)
(Thursday, September 5, 1974, 11:30 p.m. EDT) — Musician Paul Simon appeared on tonight’s season 9 premiere of the late-night program The Dick Cavett Show on ABC-TV.
Daily Archives: September 5, 2014
The Beatles perform in Chicago 50 years ago this hour (Sep 5 1964)
Video: 'The Beatles Live In Chicago 1964'
(Saturday, September 5, 1964, 9:20 p.m. CDT) — The Beatles performed for 15,000 fans tonight at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago on the 13th stop of the band’s first full North American Tour.
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Anne Frank ordered to disembark at Auschwitz II-Birkenau 70 years ago this hour (Sep 6 1944)
Video: 'Anne Frank - The Whole Story (2001) 2/2' (Sept. 5-6, 1944, at 56:07)
(Wednesday, September 6, 1944, around 2:00 a.m. local time; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — 15-year-old diarist Anne Frank was among 1,019 Jews who were ordered early this morning to disembark their cattle cars, which had arrived hours earlier at Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration/extermination camp in German-occupied Poland on the last transport from Westerbork. Continue reading Anne Frank ordered to disembark at Auschwitz II-Birkenau 70 years ago this hour (Sep 6 1944)
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The Beatles hold a press conference in Chicago 50 years ago tonight (Sep 5 1964)
Video: 'The Beatles Anthology DVD 4 Part 1' (Sep. 5, 1964, at 4:22-4:25)
(Saturday, September 5, 1964, evening CDT) — The Beatles held a press conference at Stockyards Inn in Chicago this evening during the band’s 13th stop of their first full North American Tour.
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The Beatles arrive at Chicago’s Midway Airport 50 years ago this hour (Sep 5 1964)
Video: '1964 Beatles - Chicago - WGN news broadcast'
(Saturday, September 5, 1964, 4:40 p.m. CDT) — The Beatles arrived at Midway Airport in Chicago this afternoon on a flight from Milwaukee to begin the band’s 13th stop on their first full North American Tour (click here to watch more video of today’s arrival). Continue reading The Beatles arrive at Chicago’s Midway Airport 50 years ago this hour (Sep 5 1964)
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The Beatles depart Milwaukee 50 years ago this hour (Sep 5 1964)
Video: 'The Beatles play Milwaukee in 1964' (The Beatles depart at 1:10)
(Saturday, September 5, 1964, afternoon CDT) — The Beatles departed Mitchell Field in Milwaukee this afternoon on a flight to Chicago, concluding the band’s 12th stop on their first full North American Tour.
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‘Howl’s Moving Castle’ premieres at Venice Film Festival 10 years ago today (Sep 5 2004)
Video: 'Howl's Moving Castle' trailer
(Friday, September 5, 2004) — Howl’s Moving Castle, a Japanese animated fantasy film about a diligent teenage girl working in her family’s hat shop who finds her life thrown into turmoil when she is literally swept off her feet by a handsome-but-mysterious wizard, premiered today at the Venice Film Festival.
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki, the film starred Chieko Baisho, Takuya Kimura and Akihiro Miwa.
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‘The House of the Rising Sun’ by The Animals peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago today (Sep 5 1964)
(Saturday, September 5, 1964) — “The House of the Rising Sun” by The Animals peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three consecutive weeks (Sept. 5/12/19, 1964). It ranked number 122 on Rolling Stone magazine’s “500 Greatest Songs of All Time” list.
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‘How Do You Do It?’ by Gerry and the Pacemakers peaks at #9 in USA 50 years ago today (Sep 5 1964)
(Saturday, September 5, 1964) — “How Do You Do It?” by Gerry and the Pacemakers peaked at #9 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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‘Selfish One’ by Jackie Ross peaks at #11 in USA 50 years ago today (Sep 5 1964)
(Saturday, September 5, 1964) — “Selfish One” by Jackie Ross peaked at #11 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three weeks.
