Daily Archives: August 17, 2019

Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits Mississippi coast 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 17 1969)

1960s


Video: 'WWL-TV 4 Eyewitness News - Hurricane Camille Coverage (8-17-1969)'

(Sunday, August 17, 1969, approximately 11:30 p.m. CDT) — Hurricane Camille, the second most intense tropical cyclone on record to strike the United States, with sustained winds of 175 mph, made landfall tonight near Waveland, Mississippi, as one of only three Category 5 hurricanes ever to make landfall in the U.S. Continue reading Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits Mississippi coast 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 17 1969) →

Steppenwolf performs on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 17 1969)

1960s, Popular Music 1960s, Television 1960s


Video: 'STEPPENWOLF "Born To Be Wild" on The Ed Sullivan Show'

(Sunday, August 17, 1969, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT) — Steppenwolf performed “Born To Be Wild” on tonight’s edition of the CBS-TV variety show The Ed Sullivan Show live from the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City. Continue reading Steppenwolf performs on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 17 1969) →

Joe Cocker opens final day of ‘Woodstock Music and Art Fair’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 17 1969)

1960s, Movies 1960s, Popular Music 1960s


Video: 'Complete Woodstock Video/audio footage' (116 clips; Aug. 17-18, 1969, represented in clips 79-116)

(Sunday, August 17, 1969, 2:00 p.m.-Monday, August 18, 1969, 11:10 a.m. EDT; during Woodstock) — 10 acts, including Jimi Hendrix, performed today on the final day of The “Woodstock Music & Art Fair,” a music festival billed as “An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music” at Max Yasgur’s 600-acre dairy farm in Sullivan County, New York, near the town of Bethel in the Catskill Mountains. Continue reading Joe Cocker opens final day of ‘Woodstock Music and Art Fair’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 17 1969) →

‘Monty Python’s Life of Brian’ opens in Midtown Manhattan 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 17 1979)

1970s, Movies 1970s, The Beatles 1970s


Video: 'Monty Python's Life of Brian' trailer

(Friday, August 17, 1979, 12:30 EDT) — Monty Python’s Life of Brian, a British comedy film about a young Jewish man who is born on the same day as — and next door to — Jesus Christ, and is subsequently mistaken for the Messiah, opened today at Cinema 1 theater in Manhattan in New York City. Continue reading ‘Monty Python’s Life of Brian’ opens in Midtown Manhattan 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 17 1979) →