Daily Archives: March 24, 2019

Lennon, Ono arrive in Amsterdam to hold bed-in for peace 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 24 1969)

Video: 'Beatles member John Lennon and new wife Yoko Ono stage a bed-in in Amsterdam' (Mar. 24, 1969, at 0:00-0:34)

(Monday, March 24, 1969, 11:37 p.m. Central Europe Time) — Four days after their wedding in Gibraltar, John Lennon of The Beatles and his avant-garde artist wife Yoko Ono arrived at the Amsterdam Hilton hotel tonight and worked their way through a crowd of fans, journalists and photographers to room 902 where the couple would begin a week-long bed-in for peace the following day. Continue reading Lennon, Ono arrive in Amsterdam to hold bed-in for peace 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 24 1969) →

(Saturday, March 24, 1979) — “Tragedy” by the Bee Gees peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (Mar. 24/31, 1979). Continue reading ‘Tragedy’ by Bee Gees peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 24 1979) →

Video: '1989: Exxon Valdez tanker spill'

(Friday, March 24, 1989, 12:04 a.m. AKST) — Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker owned by Exxon Shipping Company, bound for Long Beach, California, struck Prince William Sound’s Bligh Reef, 1.5 miles west of Tatitlek, Alaska, this morning and spilled 10.8 million U.S. gallons (260,000 barrels) of crude oil over the next few days. Continue reading Exxon Valdez spills 260,000 barrels of oil after running aground in Alaska’s Prince William Sound 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 24 1989) →