Daily Archives: June 1, 2016

Paul McCartney & Wings perform in Chicago again 40 years ago tonight (June 1 1976)


Video: 'Paul McCartney Live At Chicago Stadium, Chicago, USA (Tuesday 1st June 1976)'

(Tuesday, June 1, 1976) — Former Beatle Paul McCartney and his band Wings performed the second of three shows tonight at Chicago Stadium in Chicago on the 14th stop of the 21-city, 31-show Wings Over America leg of his band’s Wings Over The World tour.

Senate confirms first Jew to U.S. Supreme Court 100 years ago this hour (June 1 1916)


Video: 'Justice Louis D. Brandeis, The People's Attorney'

(Thursday, June 1, 1916, 5:00 p.m. local time)Louis Brandeis, the first Jewish American to serve on the nation’s highest bench, took his seat today as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court after the Senate officially confirmed his nomination by a vote of 47 to 22.

The Beatles complete recording ‘Yellow Submarine’ 50 years ago this hour (June 1 1966)


Video: 'The Beatles - Yellow Submarine (06, 1966, Stereo Remastered 2009)'

(Wednesday, June 1, 1966, 2:30 p.m.-2:30 a.m. BST) — The English rock band The Beatles continued production of their seventh studio album Revolver this afternoon at EMI Studio 2 in London with the addition of sound effects and backing vocals on Paul McCartney’s “Yellow Submarine.”