Video: 'Murder Man' trailer
(Friday, July 12, 1935) — The Murder Man, a crime-drama film about a hard-drinking reporter who specializes in murder cases and then becomes a suspect in one himself, was released today in the U.S.
Directed by Tim Whelan, the film starred Spencer Tracy, Virginia Bruce, Lionel Atwill, Harvey Stephens, Robert Barrat and James Stewart in his first feature film.
Video: 'First Air Force Academy Class 1955 Lowry Air Force Base Colorado'
(Monday, July 11, 1955; during the Cold War) — 306 young men, awkwardly earnest in their new khaki uniforms with blue caps and blue shoulder boards, swore today to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic,” becoming the first cadets at the new Air Force Academy at Lowry Air Force Base in Colorado.
Video: 'The Story of Jazz'
(Sunday, July 11, 1915) — The Chicago Sunday Tribune ran an article today titled, “Blues Is Jazz and Jazz Is Blues” in what’s believed to be one of the earliest, if not the earliest, uses of the word “jazz” as a musical term by a newspaper.
Video: 'Hugh Grant interview Tonight Show 1995'
(Monday, July 10, 1995, 11:35 p.m. EDT) — Less than two weeks after being arrested in a parked car near Sunset Boulevard with a prostitute, British actor Hugh Grant appeared tonight on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and was asked, “What the hell were you thinking?”
Video: 'Old Coke Returns in New Orleans 7/11/85 WWL-TV'
(Wednesday, July 10, 1985) — In one of the most stunning about-faces in the history of marketing, the Coca-Cola Company yielded to thousands of irate consumers and said today it would resume selling old-formula Coke that it scrapped three months ago, while continuing to sell New Coke.
(Saturday, July 10, 1965) — “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” by The Rolling Stones peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for four consecutive weeks (July 10/17/24/31, 1965).
It was the group’s first of eight number one hits on the chart (1965-1978).
In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine placed “Satisfaction” in the second spot on its list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.”
Video: 'Kansas City - Beatles VI - The Beatles'
(Saturday, July 10, 1965) — Beatles VI, by The Beatles peaked at #1 on Billboard‘s 200 album chart. (click here to listen to the full album). It was the group’s fifth of an all-time record 19 number one albums on the chart (1964-2000).
(Saturday, July 10, 1965) — “Wonderful World” by Herman’s Hermits peaked at #4 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
Video: 'The Boat and the Bomb (2005) - full length version'
(Wednesday, July 10, 1985, 11:38 p.m. NZST) — The Greenpeace protest ship Rainbow Warrior was sunk tonight with explosives in Auckland, New Zealand, by the “action” branch of the French foreign intelligence services.
Video: 'Grateful Dead Final Concert 7-9-1995'
(Sunday, July 9, 1995, evening) — Jerry Garcia performed for the final time as frontman of the Grateful Dead during a concert tonight at Chicago’s Soldier Field; Garcia died a month later of a heart attack at age 53 (click here to watch video of the second set).
