Daily Archives: November 22, 2017

Sarah McLachlan appears on ‘Saturday Night Live’ 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 22 1997)


Video: 'Sarah McLachlan - Sweet Surrender (SNL 1997)'

(Saturday, November 22, 1997, 11:30 p.m.-1:00 a.m. EST) — Canadian singer and songwriter Sarah McLachlan performed tonight on NBC-TV’s Saturday Night Live performing “Sweet Surrender” and appearing on the Weekend Update segment (click here to watch that). Continue reading Sarah McLachlan appears on ‘Saturday Night Live’ 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 22 1997)

INXS lead singer Michael Hutchence found dead 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 22 1997)


Video: 'MICHAEL HUTCHENCE (INXS) E TRUE HOLLYWOOD STORY, 1997 [354]'

(Saturday, November 22, 1997, 11:50 a.m. AEDT)Michael Hutchence, the lead singer of the Australian rock group INXS, was found dead today, having hung himself with a belt in his hotel room in the Ritz Carlton in Double Bay, a suburb of Sydney. Continue reading INXS lead singer Michael Hutchence found dead 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 22 1997)

‘The Producers’ opens in Pittsburgh 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 22 1967)


Video: 'The Producers' trailer

(Wednesday, November 22, 1967, 2:35 p.m. EST)The Producers, an American satirical comedy film about a Broadway producer who decides to get rich by creating the biggest flop of his career, opened today at Manor Theater in Pittsburgh, about four months before it opened in New York City. Continue reading ‘The Producers’ opens in Pittsburgh 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 22 1967)

Harrison begins recording first solo Beatle album 50 years ago #OTD #OnThisDay (Nov 22 1967)


Video: 'Wonderwall Music (Remastered)' (22 videos)

(Wednesday, November 22, 1967) — George Harrison began recording Wonderwall Music, the soundtrack to the film Wonderwall and the first solo album by a member of The Beatles, today at EMI Studios (now Abbey Road Studios) in London for release on May 17, 1968 (the film) and Nov. 1, 1968 (the album). Continue reading Harrison begins recording first solo Beatle album 50 years ago #OTD #OnThisDay (Nov 22 1967)

UN adopts ‘evenhanded’ framework for Mideast peace 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 22 1967)


Video: 'Resolution 242'

(Wednesday, November 22, 1967; during the Arab–Israeli conflict) — The UN Security Council unanimously adopted today United Nations Security Council Resolution 242, which called for Israel to withdraw from territories it had captured the previous June, and implicitly called on adversaries to recognize Israel’s right to exist. Continue reading UN adopts ‘evenhanded’ framework for Mideast peace 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 22 1967)