Video: 'The Beatles live at JFK Stadium August 16,1966 Philadelphia, Pa.'
(Tuesday, August 16, 1966, 8:00 p.m. EDT) — The Beatles performed tonight at John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia on the fifth stop of The Beatles’ 1966 US tour. Continue reading The Beatles perform in Philadelphia 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 16 1966)
Podcast episode: '18 Cleveland (mid-14 August 1966)' (Aug. 16, 1966, Paul interview at 16:49)
(Tuesday, August 16, 1966) — Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison of The Beatles were interviewed tonight by Ken Douglas (Paul), Bess Coleman and Jerry Leighton (Ringo) and Jim Stagg (George) while the band was in Philadelphia, the fifth stop of The Beatles’ 1966 US tour. Continue reading Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison interviewed in Philadelphia 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 16 1966)
(Saturday, August 16, 1986) — “Papa Don’t Preach” by Madonna peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (Aug. 16/23, 1986). It was Madonna’s fourth of twelve number one hits on the chart (1984-2000).
Video: ‘Then & Now… The Best of The Monkees’
(Saturday, August 16, 1986) — Four early studio albums by The Monkees re-entered Billboard‘s top albums chart today after MTV and Nickelodeon began running reruns of the 1960s TV show (a fifth album, Then & Now… The Best of The Monkees, had already charted on July 26, 1986, and was at #31 and climbing on this day’s chart; it would eventually peak at #21).
Video: 'Last Train To Clarksville (2006 Remastered Original Stereo Version)'
(Tuesday, August 16, 1966) — The Monkees released their first record today, the single “Last Train to Clarksville”/“Take a Giant Step,” just under four weeks before the debut of their TV series. Continue reading The Monkees release debut single ‘Last Train to Clarksville’/’Take a Giant Step’ 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 16 1966)
Video: 'Direct Action in Calcutta & Noakhali, 1946'
(Friday, August 16, 1946, before 10:00 a.m. IST; during Direct Action Day) — A protest in favor of creating a separate Muslim nation of “Pakistan” rather than having a Hindu-majority government in an independent British India turned into rioting today that killed more than 10,000 people in and around Calcutta.
