Ringo Starr appears on Holland’s ‘Voor de vuist weg’ 50 years ago this hour (Oct 5 1976)

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


Video: 'Ringo Starr at Voor de Vuist Weg, Holland, 1976 (NEW Rare Pristine TV Master Tape)'

(Tuesday, October 5, 1976, aired at 8:25-9:35 p.m. Central European Time) — Former Beatle Ringo made a 15-minute live appearance on the AVRO NED2 program Voor de vuist weg today at Algemene Omroepvereniging AVRO in Hilversum, the Netherlands, hosted by Williem Duys, to promote his new album Ringo’s Rotogravure. Continue reading Ringo Starr appears on Holland’s ‘Voor de vuist weg’ 50 years ago this hour (Oct 5 1976) →

Plane shot down over southern Nicaragua, exposing Iran–Contra affair 40 years ago this hour (Oct 5 1986)

1980s, Cold War, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'The Eugene Hasenfus Story'

(Sunday, October 5, 1986, approximately 12:45 p.m. CST) — In an incident that helped expose the Iran-Contra affair, a plane secretly ferrying supplies to Nicaraguan Contra rebels was shot down over southern Nicaragua today by Sandinista forces. Continue reading Plane shot down over southern Nicaragua, exposing Iran–Contra affair 40 years ago this hour (Oct 5 1986) →

Tim Kaine and Mike Pence clash sharply over their running mates in VP debate 10 years ago this hour (Oct 4 2016)

2010s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Kaine vs. Pence: The 2016 vice presidential debate'

(Tuesday, October 4, 2016, 9:00–10:30 p.m. EDT; during the 2016 United States presidential election campaign) — Senator Tim Kaine and Gov. Mike Pence repeatedly threw each other on the defensive over their running mates’ policies and character at the vice-presidential debate on tonight at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia, with Pence making little effort to directly rebut the near-constant attacks on Donald Trump’s fitness for the presidency.

‘Love Comes Quickly’ by Pet Shop Boys peaks at #62 in USA 40 years ago today (Oct 4 1986)

1980s, Popular Music 1980s

(Saturday, October 4, 1986) — “Love Comes Quickly” by Pet Shop Boys peaked at #62 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Love Comes Quickly’ by Pet Shop Boys peaks at #62 in USA 40 years ago today (Oct 4 1986) →

Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz quits under fire for racist remark 50 years ago this hour (Oct 4 1976)

1970s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'SYND 5 10 76 AGRICULTURE SECRETARY EARL BUTZ ANNOUNCES HIS RESIGNATION'

(Monday, October 4, 1976, Butz spoke at about 1:00 p.m. EDT/Ford spoke at 1:35 p.m. EDT) — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz resigned today with an apology for the “gross indiscretion” of an obscene joke he’d made that was derogatory to blacks which had generated a growing clamor and threatened to damage President Gerald Ford’s election campaign. Continue reading Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz quits under fire for racist remark 50 years ago this hour (Oct 4 1976) →

‘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) →