Video: 'BOAC Flight 911 Top # 5 Facts'
(Saturday, March 5, 1966, at about 2:15 p.m. JST) — BOAC Flight 911, a Boeing 707, crashed into Japan’s Mount Fuji today after breaking up in severe turbulence; all 124 people on board were killed.
Most of the passengers were executives and dealers of the Thermo King Corp. of Bloomington, Minnesota, as well as some of their spouses.
Video: 'Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman promo clip'
(Saturday, March 4, 1976, 11:00 p.m. EST in New York) — Mary makes Coach Fedders some chicken soup for his cold, with disastrous results on tonight’s episode of the syndicated soap opera parody series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.
In 2009, TV Guide ranked this episode number 97 on its “100 Greatest Episodes of All Time” list.
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(Monday, March 4, 1996) — The three surviving members of The Beatles — Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr — turned down a $225 million offer today to tour North America, Europe and Japan.
(Friday, March 4, 1966) — Yesterday, an extended play (EP) by The Beatles, was released today in Britain only, featuring four tracks previously released on the group’s Help! album (British version).
(Friday, March 4, 1966) — In an interview with Maureen Cleave printed today in the London Evening Standard, John Lennon of The Beatles was quoted as saying: Continue reading ‘We’re more popular than Jesus’ declares Beatle John Lennon 50 years ago today (Mar 4 1966)
