Video: 'Rod Serling "American Masters" Documentary'
(Saturday, June 28, 1975) — Screenwriter, producer and actor Rod Serling, creator of The Twilight Zone, died today at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York. A heavy smoker most of his life, Serling was 50.
(Saturday, June 28, 1975) — “I’ll Play for You” by Seals and Crofts peaked at #18 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
Video: 'The Beatles - Live At Rome, June 27 1965 (Evening Show)'
(Sunday, June 27, 1965, 9:30 p.m. CEST) — The Beatles performed the second of four shows (over two consecutive days) tonight at Teatro Adriano in Rome, Italy, the band’s tenth concert of their 1965 European Tour. Continue reading The Beatles perform again at Teatro Adriano in Rome 50 years ago this hour (June 27 1965)
Video: 'Asian Economic Conference'
(Friday, June 27, 1995) — Insisting he is no protectionist, U.S. President Bill Clinton defended his threat of Japanese trade sanctions today at the Pacific Rim Economic Conference in Portland, Oregon, as necessary to pray open foreign markets and protect jobs at home.
Video: 'ROUTE 66 1985'
(Thursday, June 27, 1985) — The legendary Route 66, which originally stretched from Chicago to Santa Monica, California, passed into history today as officials decertified the road.
Video: 'Race with the Devil' trailer
(Friday, June 27, 1975) — Race with the Devil, an occult thriller and action film about two vacationing couples who witness a satanic sacrifice and suddenly find their lives threatened, opened today in U.S. theaters.
Directed by Jack Starrett, the film starred Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Loretta Swit, Lara Parker and R.G. Armstrong.
Video: 'The Beatles - Live At Rome, June 27 1965 (Afternoon Show)'
(Sunday, June 27, 1965, 4:30 p.m. CEST) — The Beatles performed the first of four shows (over two consecutive days) today at Teatro Adriano in Rome, Italy, the band’s ninth concert of their 1965 European Tour.
Video: 'Japan 1995' (21 videos)
(Friday, June 27, 1995, 7:00 p.m. JST) — Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band performed tonight at Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan, with John Entwistle, Randy Bachman, Mark Farner, Felix Cavaliere, Billy Preston, Zak Starkey and Mark Rivera.
Video: 'The Gold Rush (1925) - Charlie Chaplin - funny classic video'
(Monday, June 26, 1925, evening) — The Gold Rush, a silent film about a lost soul in the Yukon who seeks love and wealth, premiered today at Grauman’s Egyptian Theater in Los Angeles.
Directed by Charlie Chaplin, the film starred Chaplin, Mack Swain and Tom Murray.
Video: 'UN Charter signed in San Francisco Conference and US President Harry S. Truman ad...HD Stock Footage'
(Wednesday, June 26, 1945, 5:28 p.m. PDT; on the Western Front and Eastern Front during World War II) — The United Nations Conference ended this afternoon with a demand by President Truman to translate the lofty words of the new world Charter into worthy deeds ringing in the ears of the delegates from fifty nations who signed it today. Continue reading President Truman closes UN Conference with plea to translate charter into deeds 70 years ago this hour (June 26 1945)
