Monthly Archives: June 2015

‘Beatles VI’ album by The Beatles released in U.S. 50 years ago today (June 14 1965)

1960s, Popular Music 1960s, The Beatles 1960s


Video: 'Kansas City - Beatles VI - The Beatles'

(Monday, June 14, 1965) — Beatles VI, the group’s sixth album on Capitol Records (excluding The Beatles’ Story) was released today in the U.S.

Beatles VI included two tracks recorded specifically for the North American market, six tracks from the Beatles for Sale British album left off the American LP Beatles ’65, “Yes It Is,” the B-side to the single “Ticket to Ride” and two other tracks from the forthcoming UK release of Help! (click here to listen to the full album).

The Beatles record ‘I’ve Just Seen a Face’ and ‘I’m Down’ 50 years ago this hour (June 14 1965)

1960s, Popular Music 1960s, The Beatles 1960s


Video: 'The Beatles - I'm Down (Anthology 2 [Disc 1])'

(Monday, June 14, 1965, 2:30-5:30 p.m. BST) — The Beatles continued production of their fifth studio album Help! this afternoon at EMI Studio 2 in London, recording “I’ve Just Seen a Face” and “I’m Down.” Continue reading The Beatles record ‘I’ve Just Seen a Face’ and ‘I’m Down’ 50 years ago this hour (June 14 1965) →

Continental Army, forerunner of the United States Army, created 240 years ago today (June 14 1775)

1770s, American Revolutionary War


Video: 'John Adams Suggests Mass. Militas Join Together to Create Continental Army'

(Wednesday, June 14, 1775; during the American Revolutionary War, part of the American Revolution) — The Second Continental Congress decided today to proceed with the establishment of a Continental Army for purposes of common defense, adopting the forces already in place outside Boston and New York.

TWA Flight 847 hijacked on flight from Athens 30 years ago this hour (June 14 1985)

1980s


Video: '1985 TWA Flight 847 Hijacking And 1986 TWA Flight 840 Bombing'

(Friday, June 14, 1985, shortly after 10:10 a.m. EEST) — Trans World Airlines Flight 847 was hijacked today by members of Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad shortly after take off from Athens with 104 Americans and 49 other people aboard.

The pilots were forced to fly to Beirut, to Algiers and then back to Beirut, where one passenger, U.S. Navy diver Robert Stethem, was shot to death and his body was thrown onto the tarmac.

The hijackers were seeking the release of 700 Shi’ite Muslims from Israeli custody.

Michael Jackson cleared after 14-week child molesting trial 10 years ago this hour (June 13 2005)

2000s, Popular Music 2000s


Video: 'June,13 2005 Court verdict: NOT GUILTY - Michael Jackson was acquitted of ALL counts!'

(Monday, June 13, 2005, 2:13 p.m. PDT) — Michael Jackson was acquitted today of all charges against him by a jury that absorbed three months of often lurid testimony about his life and relationships with young boys but rejected a teenager’s claim that Jackson plied him with liquor and sexually molested him.

‘Becky Sharp,’ first three-strip Technicolor movie, opens in New York City 80 years ago today (June 13 1935)

1930s, movies 1930s


Video: 'Becky Sharp (1935)'

(Thursday, June 13, 1935) — Becky Sharp, the first movie photographed in “three-strip” Technicolor, opened today at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

Directed by Rouben Mamoulian, the film starred Miriam Hopkins, Alan Mowbray, Frances Dee and Cedric Hardwicke.

Viet Cong win Battle of Dong Xoai in South Vietnam 50 years ago today (June 13 1965)

1960s, Cold War, Vietnam War


Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History - LBJ Goes to War [3/11]' (June 13, 1965, at 37:38)

(Sunday, June 13, 1965; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — The Battle of Dong Xoai, a major battle fought during the National Liberation Front Summer Offensive of 1965 in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, ended today with a Viet Cong victory.