‘A Dose of Rock ‘n’ Roll’ by Ringo Starr debuts at #58 in USA 50 years ago today (Oct 2 1976)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s, The Beatles 1970s

(Saturday, October 2, 1976) — “A Dose of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” the lead single from ex-Beatle Ringo Starr’s fifth studio solo album, Ringo’s Rotogravure, debuted at #58 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Continue reading ‘A Dose of Rock ‘n’ Roll’ by Ringo Starr debuts at #58 in USA 50 years ago today (Oct 2 1976) →

Five dead after gunman takes hostages at Pennsylvania Amish schoolhouse 20 years ago this hour (Oct 2 2006)

2000s


Video: 'Nickel Mines Amish School Shooting: 5 Years Later'

(Monday, October 2, 2006, c. 10:25 – c. 11:07 a.m. EDT; during the West Nickel Mines School shooting) — A heavily armed milk truck driver stormed a one-room Amish schoolhouse in rural Lancaster County today, bounding hostages and opening fire on a row of young girls, leaving five children dead and five others critically wounded before turning the gun on himself. Continue reading Five dead after gunman takes hostages at Pennsylvania Amish schoolhouse 20 years ago this hour (Oct 2 2006) →

West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes in Oregon, killing all 18 aboard 60 years ago this hour (Oct 1 1966)

1960s


Video: 'Unsolved To This Day: Oregon's Worst Air Crash | West Coast Airlines Flight 956'

(Saturday, October 1, 1966, approximiately 8:09 p.m. PDT; during West Coast Airlines Flight 956) — A West Coast Airlines Douglas DC-9 crashed into a wooded mountainside in Oregon tonight, killing all 18 people aboard in the first loss of the newly introduced jetliner. Continue reading West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes in Oregon, killing all 18 aboard 60 years ago this hour (Oct 1 1966) →

‘Black Is Black’ by Los Bravos peaks at #4 in USA 60 years ago today (Oct 1 1966)

1960s, Popular Music 1960s

(Saturday, October 1, 1966) — “Black Is Black” by Los Bravos peaked at #4 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Black Is Black’ by Los Bravos peaks at #4 in USA 60 years ago today (Oct 1 1966) →

‘Drive My Car/Tell Me What You See’ episode airs on ‘The Beatles’ cartoon series 50 years ago this hour (Oct 1 1966)

1960s, Popular Music 1960s, Television 1960s


Video: 'The Beatles Cartoon TV Series - Episode 30'

(Saturday, October 1, 1966, 10:30 a.m. EDT) — The Beatles help a young race car driver fix up his car so he can win the race; and later, the band visits Monster Pictures, Inc. in Hollywood where they run into Lon Chaney (“the man of a thousand faces”) on this morning’s episode of The Beatles, a weekly cartoon television series on ABC. Continue reading ‘Drive My Car/Tell Me What You See’ episode airs on ‘The Beatles’ cartoon series 50 years ago this hour (Oct 1 1966) →

Herman Goering among 12 top Nazis condemned to hang for World War II crimes 80 years ago this hour (Oct 1 1946)

1940s, The Holocaust, World War II


Video: '"Judgement at Nuremberg" (1946) BBC Radio'

(Tuesday, October 1, 1946, individual sentencing handed down at 3:00-3:40 p.m. CEST; during the Nuremberg trials) — One day after the verdicts were rendered in the Nuremberg Trials in Germany, twelve of Nazi Germany’s most murderous leaders were given two weeks more to live today, with hangings scheduled for Oct. 16, 1946.
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‘The Front’ drama film opens in New York City 50 years ago this hour (Sep 30 1976)

1970s, Movies 1970s, Woody Allen


Video: 'The Front' trailer

(Thursday, September 30, 1976, 12:15 p.m. EDT) — The Front, a drama film set against the Hollywood blacklist in the 1950s, opened today at the Coronet Theater in New York City. Continue reading ‘The Front’ drama film opens in New York City 50 years ago this hour (Sep 30 1976) →

Nazi masterminds found guilty as tribunal seals fate of Goering and 18 others 80 years ago this hour (Sep 30 1946)

1940s, World War II


Video: 'NUREMBERG - THE VERDICTS - (Nuremberg Trial)'

(Monday, September 30, 1946, 10:00 a.m.-4:22 p.m. CEST; during the Nuremberg trials) — Hermann Goering, Rudolf Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop and 16 other leading figures of the fallen Nazi regime were convicted today by the International Military Tribunal in one of history’s most significant war crimes judgments, leaving death by hanging or long prison terms as the likely fate of nearly all the defendants. Continue reading Nazi masterminds found guilty as tribunal seals fate of Goering and 18 others 80 years ago this hour (Sep 30 1946) →

Ex-Beatle Ringo Starr explores Copenhagen during promotional tour 50 years ago today (Sep 29 1976)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s, The Beatles 1970s


Video: 'Ringo Starr in Copenhagen 1976'

(Wednesday, September 29, 1976) — Former Beatle Ringo Starr visited Copenhagen today as part of a promotional tour for his new studio album, Ringo’s Rotogravure. Continue reading Ex-Beatle Ringo Starr explores Copenhagen during promotional tour 50 years ago today (Sep 29 1976) →