Video: 'Eisenhower en Washington y Nueva York / Eisenhower in Washington and New York' (June 18, 1945, at 0:21-1:12)
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(Monday, June 18, 1945; during World War II) — Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower received a tumultuous welcome today in Washington D.C., where he addressed a joint session of Congress. Continue reading Million people cheer Eisenhower as he returns to Washington 70 years ago today (June 18 1945)
Video: 'William Joyce - Lord Haw Haw (1945)'
(Monday, June 18, 1945; during World War II) — William Joyce (known as “Lord Haw-Haw”), an American-born Irish-British Fascist politician, was charged today in London with high treason for his English-language wartime broadcasts on German radio.
Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History - America's Enemy [5/11]' (June 18, 1965, at 44:10)
(Friday, June 18, 1965, 1965, 6:48 a.m. ICT; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Under Operation Arc Light, B-52 aircraft were used for the first time today in the Vietnam War. Flying out of Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, 27 B-52s dropped 750 and 1,000-pound bombs on a Viet Cong stronghold.
Video: 'Discovery Channel Logo 1985 - 1987'
(Monday, June 17, 1985) — The Discovery Channel, an American basic cable and satellite television channel, made its launched today in Landover, Maryland, providing documentary television programming focused primarily on popular science, technology and history.
(Saturday, June 17, 1995) — “Scream” by Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson peaked at #5 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
Video: 'How They Built the Statue of Liberty.mov' (June 17, 1885, at 13:07)
(Wednesday, June 17, 1885) — The Statue of Liberty arrived today in New York aboard the French frigate Isère in 214 crates that held the disassembled gift from the people of France.
Some 200,000 people lined the waterfront while hundreds of boats pulled into the harbor to welcome the Isère.
Video: 'The Beatles - "Act Naturally" Mono'
(Thursday June 17, 1965, 4:00-5:30 p.m. BST) — The Beatles continued production of their fifth studio album Help! this afternoon at EMI Studio 2 in London, recording “Act Naturally.”. Continue reading The Beatles track ‘Act Naturally,’ complete ‘Help!’ recording sessions 50 years ago this hour (June 17 1965)
Video: 'The Beatles - Yesterday (2014 Mono Vinyl)'
(Thursday June 17, 1965, 2:00-4:00 p.m. BST) — The Beatles continued production of their fifth studio album Help! this afternoon at EMI Studio 2 in London, recording a vocal and string quartet overdub onto the June 14, 1965, recording of “Yesterday,” a song that would become one of the most covered songs in the history of recorded music. Continue reading The Beatles complete ‘Yesterday’ 50 years ago this hour (June 17 1965)
(Monday, June 16, 1975) — Former Beatle John Lennon, fighting a 197 deportation order, filed suit today against the Justice Department, former Attorney John N. Mitchell and other officials, charging they singled him out for “improper selective prosectuion.”
Video: 'Like a Rolling Stone'
(Wednesday, June 16, 1965) — Bob Dylan recorded the song “Like A Rolling Stone” at Columbia Studio A at 799 Seventh Avenue in New York City. In 2004 and again in 2011, Rolling Stone magazine picked “Like a Rolling Stone” as number one on its list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.”
