Video: Jordan speaks, July 13, 1992
(Monday, July 13, 1992) — Former U.S. Rep. Barbara Jordan of Texas delivered the final keynote address of the first night of the 1992 Democratic National Convention. Jordan spoke on “Change: From What, to What?” and advocated an agenda of change for the Democratic Party in policies governing education, civil rights, health care, the environment and other political issues.
Video: July 13, 1992 (20-song playlist)
(Monday, July 13, 1992) — Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band (including Joe Walsh, Nils Lofgren, Todd Rundgren, Dave Edmunds, Burton Cummings, Timothy B. Schmit, Zak Starkey and Timmy Cappello) performed tonight at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland, on the tenth of 17 stops on a European tour. Continue reading Starr, All-Starr band perform in Montreux, Switzerland 20 years ago tonight (1992)
Audio: 'I Want to Tell You'
(Monday, July 13, 2002) — Live in Japan, a live album of George Harrison’s December 1991 tour of Japan, was released today in the UK (and released July 14 in the U.S.). Continue reading ‘Live in Japan’ by George Harrison released 20 years ago today (1992)
Video: 'Democrats and Republicans in Convention, 1972--Part 2'
(Thursday, July 13, 1972) — U.S. Sen. George McGovern of South Dakota was nominated for president tonight at the party’s convention in Miami Beach, defeating Sen. Henry M. Jackson of Washington 1,729-525. A protracted vice presidential nominating process delayed McGovern’s acceptance speech into early the next morning.
Audio: July 13, 1972 (first 19 of 20-song playlist)
(Thursday, July 13, 1972) — Paul McCartney and his group Wings performed today at Théâtre Antique Arles, France, the third of 25-stops of the Wings Over Europe Tour, McCartney’s first tour of Continental Europe since The Beatles made a three-city swing through Germany in June 1966.
Video: 'Anne Frank: The Whole Story Part 6' (July 13, 1942, at 6:31)
(Monday, July 13, 1942, part of The Holocaust during World War II) — Anne Frank’s family was joined in hiding today by the van Pels family: Hermann, Auguste, and 16-year-old Peter. The Franks (Otto, Edith, Margot and Anne) had gone into hiding on July 6 in rooms above and behind the premises of her father’s business on the Prinsengracht, a street along one of Amsterdam’s canals, where some of his most trusted employees would help the two Jewish families escape Nazi persecution.
