Video: 'The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby'
(Tuesday, June 7, 1966, midnight-1:30 a.m. BST) — The English rock band The Beatles continued production of their seventh studio album Revolver this morning at EMI Studio 3 in London, completing “Eleanor Rigby” with the addition of Paul McCartney’s vocal counterpoint during the final verse. Continue reading The Beatles complete recording ‘Eleanor Rigby’ 50 years ago this hour (June 7 1966)
Video: 'James Meredith Shot During the March Against Fear'
(Monday, June 6, 1966, 4:15 p.m. CST/6:15 p.m. EDT; during the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68)) — James Meredith, the African-American who desegregated the University of Mississippi in 1962, was shot in the back today as he walked along United States Highway 51 two miles south of Hernando, Mississippi. Continue reading James Meredith shot and wounded during civil rights walk into Mississippi 50 years ago this hour (June 6 1966)
Video: 'Robert F. Kennedy: Day of Affirmation Address in South Africa (aka 'Ripple of Hope') - FULL'
(Monday, June 6, 1966, evening SAST; during the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68)) — Senator Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY) addressed members of the National Union of South African Students tonight at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, on the University’s “Day of Reaffirmation of Academic and Human Freedom.”
In the speech, Kennedy talked about individual liberty, apartheid, and the need for civil rights in the United States at a time when the American civil rights movement was ongoing.
(Friday, June 6, 1856) — Former Secretary of State James Buchanan of Pennsylvania was unanimously nominated president today at the 1856 Democratic National Convention meeting at Smith and Nixon’s Hall in Cincinnati. Continue reading Democrats nominate Buchanan-Breckinridge ticket 160 years ago today (June 6 1856)
Video: '4/14/16 1816: The Year Without A Summer'
(Thursday, June 6, 1816) — A snowstorm struck the northeastern U.S. today, specifically in Albany, New York, and Dennysville, Maine, heralding what would become known as the “Year Without a Summer.”
Evidence suggests that the anomaly was predominantly a volcanic winter event caused by the massive 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora in the Dutch East Indies.
