Video: 'Marilyn Monroe - Some Like it Hot premiere 1959'
(Saturday, March 28, 1959, 8:30 p.m. EST) — Some Like It Hot, an American black and white romantic comedy film about two musicians on the run from gangsters who masquerade as members of an all-girl band, premiered tonight at Loew’s State Theatre at 1540 Broadway in New York City. Continue reading ‘Some Like It Hot’ premieres in New York City 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 28 1959)
Video: 'John Lennon - Bed-In Amsterdam, March 25-31 1969' (Mar. 28, 1969, at 0:00-1:48)
(Friday, March 28, 1969, 6:30-7:10 p.m. Central Europe Time; during the Vietnam War) — On the fourth day of his first-bed-in for peace with new wife, avant-garde artist Yoko Ono, in room 902 at the Amsterdam Hilton hotel, John Lennon of The Beatles performed “Don’t Let Me Down” and “Those Were The Days” tonight during an interview with Wim Noordhoek and Jan Donkers for the VPRO program Hee. Continue reading Lennon performs two songs during interview in Amsterdam 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 28 1969)
Video: 'Death of President Dwight Eisenhower NBC News Huntley Brinkley Report'
(Friday, March 28, 12:25 p.m. EST) — Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States (1953-1961), died today of congestive heart failure at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. He was 78 years old. Continue reading Former POTUS Dwight D. Eisenhower dies 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 28 1969)
Video: 'Three Mile Island, Nuclear Power Plant Accident: March 28, 1979'
(Wednesday, March 28, 1979, 4:37 a.m. EST) — America’s worst commercial nuclear accident began this morning a partial meltdown inside the Unit 2 reactor at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station (TMI-2) in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, near Harrisburg. Continue reading Partial nuclear meltdown begins at Three Mile Island 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 28 1979)
