Daily Archives: September 28, 2015

40,000 attend free Grateful Dead, Jefferson Starship concert in San Francisco 40 years ago today (Sep 28 1975)


Video: 'Franklins Tower-Grateful Dead/ Golden Gate Park 1975-09-28 Lindley Meadows'

(Sunday, September 28, 1975) — 40,000 people got to see Jefferson Starship and Jerry Garcia and Friends perform for free today at Golden Gate Park’s Lindley Meadows in San Francisco; “Jerry Garcia and Friends” ended up being the Grateful Dead, who had not performed together in more than a year.

Rabin, Arafat sign accord for Palestinian self-rule 20 years ago this hour (Sep 28 1995)


Video: 'Middle East Peace Signing Ceremony'

(Tuesday, September 19, 1995, 12:23 p.m. EDT) — Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat signed an accord today at the White House ending Israel’s military occupation of West Bank cities and laying the foundation for a Palestinian state.

‘Mildred Pierce’ opens in New York City 70 years ago today (Sep 28 1945)


Video: 'Mildred Pierce' trailer

(Friday, September 28, 1945)Mildred Pierce, a drama film about a woman who turns herself into a business tycoon to win her selfish daughter a place in society, opened today at the Strand Theatre in New York City.

Directed by Michael Curtiz, the film starred Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden and Ann Blyth.