Daily Archives: April 16, 2012

McCartney, Jackson record ‘The Girl is Mine’ in Los Angeles 30 years ago today (1982)

1980s, Popular Music 1980s, The Beatles 1980s


Video: McCartney, Jackson in studio Apr. 14-16, 1982 (at 1:52-1:59)

(Friday, April 16, 1982) — Ex-Beatle Paul concluded three days of sessions today with Michael Jackson at Westlake Studios in Los Angeles, where they recorded Jackson’s The Girl is Mine. Continue reading McCartney, Jackson record ‘The Girl is Mine’ in Los Angeles 30 years ago today (1982) →

President Davis approves military draft in Confederate states 150 years ago today (1862)

1860s, American Civil War

Video: April 16, 1862 (at 55:37)

(Wednesday, April 16, 1862, during the American Civil War) — President Jefferson Davis today signed into law a conscription act passed by the Confederate Congress the previous day. It mandated three years of service for all males between 18 and 35 years of age.