Video: 'Castle in the Sky' trailer
(Saturday, August 2 1986) — Castle in the Sky, a Japanese animated adventure film about a young boy and a girl who, with a magic crystal, must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle, was released today in Japan.
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki, the film starred Keiko Yokozawa, Mayumi Tanaka, Kotoe Hatsui and Minori Terada.
Video: 'The Beatles, John Lennon and the More Popular Than Jesus Controversy (1966)' (boycott coverage at 0:08-5:26)
(Tuesday, August 2, 1966) — The station manager of WAQY-AM radio in Birmingham, Alabama, urged listeners today to boycott record stores and bookstores that sold music and memorabilia of The Beatles, four days after the American teen magazine Datebook reprinted John Lennon’s claim in a British newspaper that “we’re more popular than Jesus now.”
Video: 'Sons of liberty - George Washington Reads The Declaration Of Independence HD'
(Friday, August 2, 1776; during the American Revolutionary War and the American Revolution) — Delegates to the Second Continental Congress meeting today in Philadelphia began attaching their signatures to the Declaration of Independence, which had been approved July 4, 1776. Continue reading Delegates begin signing U.S. Declaration of Independence 240 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 2 1776)
Video: 'Paul McCartney on David Frost At The Phonograph, 1966'
(Monday, August 1, 1966, 8:30 p.m. BST) — Paul McCartney of The Beatles was interviewed tonight for the David Frost At The Phonograph radio show, pre-recorded “as live” in Studio B15 in London’s Broadcasting House for broadcast on Aug. 6, 1966, at noon-1:30 p.m. on the BBC Light Programme.
Video: ‘Denver, Colorado Travel Guide – Must-See Attractions’
(Tuesday, August 1, 1876) — U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signed a proclamation today admitting Colorado to the Union as the 38th state and earning it the moniker “Centennial State.”
Video: 'Texas tower shootings - KLRN live' (3 videos)
(Monday, August 1, 1966, 11:48 a.m.-1:24 p.m. CDT) — Charles Joseph Whitman, 25, went on a shooting rampage today at the University of Texas in Austin, killing 14 people and wounding 32 others from atop the University of Texas at Austin Main Building tower overlooking the campus. Continue reading Sniper opens fire from University of Texas at Austin tower, kills 14 people 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 1 1966)
Video: '1936 Berlin Olympics Opening Ceremony'
(Saturday, August 1, 1936, 4:00 p.m. CET/11:00 a.m. EDT) — Chancellor Adolf Hitler officially opened the 1936 Summer Olympics (officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad) this afternoon at the Berlin Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany, marking the first live television coverage of a sports event in world history. Continue reading Adolf Hitler opens 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 1 1936)
