Monthly Archives: August 2015

Wreckage of Titanic discovered in Atlantic Ocean 30 years ago this hour (Sep 1 1985)


Video: 'BBC News Report - Titanic Wreck Discovery'

(Sunday, September 1, 1985, 12:48 a.m. local time) — A U.S.-French expedition located the wreckage of the RMS Titanic, a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning of April 15, 1912, today on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean roughly 400 miles off Newfoundland. Continue reading Wreckage of Titanic discovered in Atlantic Ocean 30 years ago this hour (Sep 1 1985)

The Beatles hold a press conference at Cow Palace in San Francisco 50 years ago today (Aug 31 1965)


Video: 'The Beatles - San Francisco Cow Palace Press Conference - August 31, 1965'

(Tuesday, August 31, 1965) — The Beatles held a press conference today in Daly City, California, just outside San Francisco, between two performances at the Cow Palace, the 15th and 16th of sixteen concerts on the band’s ten-city 1965 North American tour.

The Beatles perform first of two shows at Cow Palace in San Francisco 50 years ago this hour (Aug 31 1965)


Video: 'THE BEATLES LIVE AT COW PALACE, SAN FRANCISCO,CA.1965'

(Tuesday, August 31, 1965, 4:15 p.m. PDT) — The Beatles performed the first of two shows today at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California, just outside San Francisco, the 15th of sixteen concerts on the band’s ten-city 1965 North American tour. Continue reading The Beatles perform first of two shows at Cow Palace in San Francisco 50 years ago this hour (Aug 31 1965)

FDR signs Neutrality Act of 1935 80 years ago today (Aug 31 1935)


Video: 'Senator Nye announces the Neutrality Act of 1935 in an interview in Washington DC...HD Stock Footage'

(Saturday, August 31, 1935, afternoon EDT) — The neutrality resolution providing for an embargo on shipments of arms to countries at war, and laying down other rules of conduct designed to assure the maintenance of a strictly neutral position by the United States, was signed today by President Franklin D. Roosevelt today.

The Beatles perform again at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles 50 years ago this hour (Aug 30 1965)


Video: 'The Beatles at The Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles on 29-30 August 1965'

(Monday, August 30, 1965, 8:00 p.m. PDT) — The Beatles performed again tonight at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California, the 14th of sixteen concerts on the band’s ten-city 1965 North American tour. Continue reading The Beatles perform again at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles 50 years ago this hour (Aug 30 1965)