Video: 'Hurricane Diane / Floods (Aug 1955)'
(Friday, August 19, 1955) — Torrential rains caused by Hurricane Diane resulted in severe flooding in the northeastern U.S. today, claiming some 200 lives.
Monthly Archives: August 2015
The Beatles perform at Atlanta Stadium in Georgia 50 years ago this hour (Aug 18 1965)
Video: 'The Beatles at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium on 18 August 1965'
(Wednesday, August 18, 1965, 9:37 EDT) — The Beatles performed tonight at Atlanta Stadium (later renamed the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium) in Atlanta, Georgia, the fourth of 16 concerts on the band’s ten-city 1965 North American tour.
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‘Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing’ opens in New York City 60 years ago today (Aug 18 1955)
Video: 'Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing' trailer
(Thursday, August 18, 1955) — Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, a drama-romance film about a Eurasian doctor in Hong Kong who falls in love with a war correspondent, opened today at the Roxy theater in New York City.
Directed by Henry King, the film starred Jennifer Jones and William Holden.
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‘Never Surrender’ by Corey Hart peaks at #3 in USA 30 years ago today (Aug 17 1985)
(Saturday, August 17, 1985) — “Never Surrender” by Corey Hart peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
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‘You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)’ by Dead or Alive peaks at #11 in USA 30 years ago today (Aug 17 1985)
(Saturday, August 17, 1985) — “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)” by Dead or Alive peaked at #11 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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George Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’ novel published 70 years ago today (Aug 17 1945)
Video: 'Animal Farm Audio book'
(Friday, August 17, 1945) — The George Orwell novel Animal Farm, an allegorical satire of Soviet Communism, was first published today in London by Martin Secker & Warburg.
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Jewish businessman Leo Frank lynched in Marietta, Georgia 100 years ago this hour (Aug 17 1915)
Video: 'Murder case, Leo Frank lynching live on'
(Tuesday, August 17, 1915, at around 7:00 a.m. local time) — A mob in Cobb County, Georgia, today lynched Jewish businessman Leo Frank, 31, whose death sentence for the April 1913 murder of 13-year-old Mary Phagan had been commuted to life imprisonment.
Frank, who’d maintained his innocence, was pardoned by the state of Georgia in 1986.
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Meat packers strike at Hormel plant in Minnesota 30 years ago this hour (Aug 17 1985)
Video: 'THE AMERICAN DREAM - MEAT PACKERS STRIKE OF 1985-1986 - Discovery History Food (full documentary)'
(Saturday, August 17, 1985, 12:01 a.m. CDT) — More than 1,400 meatpackers walked off the job today at the Geo. A. Hormel and Co.’s main plant in Austin, Minnesota, in a bitter strike that would last just over a year.
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Indonesian nationalists declare independence from the Netherlands 70 years ago this hour (Aug 17 1945)
Video: 'Indonesia Declares Independence, translated- 17th August, 1945'
(Friday, August 17, 1945, 10:00 a.m.; during World War II) — Indonesian nationalists declared their independence from the Netherlands today, marking the start of the diplomatic and armed resistance of the Indonesian National Revolution against the forces of the Netherlands and pro-Dutch civilians.
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‘Someone Saved My Life Tonight’ by Elton John peaks at #4 in USA 40 years ago today (Aug 16 1975)
(Saturday, August 16, 1975) — “Someone Saved My Life Tonight” by Elton John peaked at #4 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
