Daily Archives: April 24, 2013

President Wilson formally opens Woolworth Building, world’s tallest, 100 years ago this hour (1913)

1910s


Video: 'New York Documentary'

(Thursday, April 24, 1913, 7:29 p.m. local time) — U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, from the White House in Washington tonight, gave the signal for the formal opening of the new 57-story Woolworth Building at 233 Broadway in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, the tallest structure in the world (at that time) with the exception of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Continue reading President Wilson formally opens Woolworth Building, world’s tallest, 100 years ago this hour (1913) →

Ringo Starr performs at Farm Aid VI in Ames 20 years ago today (1993)

1990s, Popular Music 1990s, The Beatles 1990s


Video: 'Jonell Mosser & The New Maroons - Something Wild (Live on Farm Aid VI l993)'

(Saturday, April 24, 1993) — Ex-Beatle Ringo Starr performed on the drums today with The New Maroons for Farm Aid VI, to help raise money for family farmers in the United States, at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa. Continue reading Ringo Starr performs at Farm Aid VI in Ames 20 years ago today (1993) →