Monthly Archives: February 2015

‘You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin” by The Righteous Brothers peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago today (Feb 61965)

1960s, Popular Music 1960s

(Saturday, February 6, 1965) — “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin'” by The Righteous Brothers peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (Feb. 6/13, 1965). The track ranked #34 on the list of the “500 Greatest Songs of All Time” by Rolling Stone.

FDR, Churchill and Stalin meet at Yalta 70 years ago this hour (Feb 4 1945)

1940s, U.S. Presidents, World War II


Video: '1945 Newsreel: The Yalta Conference begins' (Feb. 4, 1945, at 3:14)

(Sunday, February 4, 1945, 5:10 p.m. local time; during World War II) — U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin met today in the Livadia Palace near Yalta in Crimea for the eight-day Yalta Conference to discuss and plan the postwar world. Continue reading FDR, Churchill and Stalin meet at Yalta 70 years ago this hour (Feb 4 1945) →

Johnson adviser McGeorge Bundy arrives in Saigon 50 years ago this morning (Feb 4 1965)

1960s, Cold War, U.S. Presidents, Vietnam War


Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History - LBJ Goes to War [3/11]' (Feb. 4, 1965, at 24:22)

(Thursday, February 4, 1965, morning local time; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — National Security Adviser McGeorge Bundy, who had recently urged President Lyndon Johnson to bomb North Vietnam, arrived in Saigon this morning for a “fact” search.

Ringo Starr begins filming for ‘Lisztomania’ 40 years ago today (Feb 3 1975)

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


Video: 'Lisztomania'

(Monday February 3, 1975) — Ex-Beatle Ringo Starr began shooting his role as The Pope for the Warner Brothers film Lisztomania today at Shepperton Studios, Middlesex and on location (into March 1975). Starring Roger Daltrey of The Who, the film will premiere in New York on Oct. 10, 1975.

FDR arrives in Crimea for long jeep ride to Yalta 70 years ago this hour (Feb 3 1945)

1940s, U.S. Presidents, World War II


Video: '1945 Newsreel: The Yalta Conference begins' (Feb. 3, 1945, at 0:59)

(Saturday, February 3, 1945, 12:10 p.m. local time; during World War II) — U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt landed today at Saki airfield on the west coast of the Crimea, about 20 minutes ahead of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The two men reviewed an honor guard and then continued via jeep to Livadia Palace near Yalta, USSR, where they arrived about six hours later for a week-long conference to plan the postwar world. Continue reading FDR arrives in Crimea for long jeep ride to Yalta 70 years ago this hour (Feb 3 1945) →

Battle of Manila begins 70 years ago today (Feb 3 1945)

1940s, World War II


Video: 'The World At War: Pacific 3/5' (Feb. 1945, at 2:01)

(Saturday, February 3, 1945; during the Battle of Manila, part of the Philippines Campaign (1944–45) in the Pacific Theatre of World War II) — The Battle of Manila, the Allied campaign to liberate the capital city of the Philippines, began today as elements of the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division under Maj. Gen. Verne D. Mudge pushed into the northern outskirts of Manila and seized a vital bridge across the Tullahan River, which separated them from the city proper, and quickly captured Malacanang Palace.