Video: 'Under A Blood Red Sky'
(Sunday, June 5, 1983) — Irish rock band U2 performed a concert tonight at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado with rain and the torch-lit natural beauty of the surroundings enhancing the performance. The concert was recorded and released as an EP and a video, both called Under a Blood Red Sky. Footage was also used in the “Sunday, Bloody Sunday” video.
Video: 'The Beatles at Cavern (full documentary)' (1973 demolition at 35:31)
(Tuesday, June 5, 1973) — The Cavern Club in Liverpool, England, the venue where The Beatles started, was demolished today to allow construction of an underground railway ventilation duct, before being used as a car park. Continue reading Original Cavern Club demolished in Liverpool 40 years ago today (1973)
Video: 'The World At War: Japan 3/5' (June 5, 1943, at 7:17)
(Saturday, June 5, 1943; part of the Pacific Theater of World War II) — Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander-in-chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet and mastermind of the sneak attack on the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, was given a full state funeral today and posthumously received the title of Marshal and was awarded the Order of the Chrysanthemum, (1st Class). Continue reading State funeral held for Admiral Yamamoto, mastermind of Pearl Harbor attack, 70 years ago today (1943)
