Monthly Archives: August 2015

Gemini 5 blasts off for eight-day stay in space 50 years ago this hour (Aug 21 1965)


Video: 'Another Step Towards Moon (1965)'

(Saturday, August 21, 1965, 13:59:59 UTC)Gemini 5, carrying astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles “Pete” Conrad, blasted off today from Cape Canaveral, Florida, for a record eight-day trip in space, overcoming a few seconds of pogo (axial oscillation of the rocket) during first stage flight.

The Beatles hold a press conference in Chicago 50 years ago this afternoon (Aug 20 1965)


Video: 'BEATLES August 20, 1965 Chicago CONCERT & Press conference'

(Friday, August 20, 1965, afternoon EDT) — The Beatles held a press conference this afternoon in Chicago between two performances at Comiskey Park, the seventh and eighth of 16 concerts on the band’s ten-city 1965 North American tour.

The Beatles perform again at Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston 50 years ago this hour (Aug 19 1965)


Video: 'The Beatles 1965.08.19 Houston Coliseum Evening Show Soundboard Audio'

(Thursday, August 19, 1965, 8:00 CDT) — The Beatles performed a second show tonight at Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston, Texas, the sixth of 16 concerts on the band’s ten-city 1965 North American tour. Continue reading The Beatles perform again at Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston 50 years ago this hour (Aug 19 1965)

The Beatles perform at Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston 50 years ago this afternoon (Aug 19 1965)


Video: 'Live From The Sam Houston Coliseum Afternoon Show'

(Thursday, August 19, 1965, 4:30 p.m. CDT) — The Beatles performed the first of two shows in one day at Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston, Texas, this afternoon, the fifth of 16 concerts on the band’s ten-city 1965 North American tour.

The Beatles hold a press conference in Houston 50 years ago this afternoon (Aug 19 1965)


Video: 'Beatles in Texas / Paul is Dead'

(Thursday, August 19, 1965, 2:00 p.m. CDT) — The Beatles held a press conference this afternoon at the Sheraton-Lincoln hotel in Houston prior to their first of two performances today at Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston, Texas, the fifth and sixth of 16 concerts on the band’s ten-city 1965 North American tour.