Daily Archives: March 21, 2017

The Beatles complete recording ‘Lovely Rita’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 21 1967)

Video: 'The Beatles - "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (Mono) [Full Album]'('Lovely Rita' at 27:33)

(Tuesday, March 21, 1967, 7:00 p.m.-2:45 a.m. BST) — The Beatles completed recording “Lovely Rita” tonight at EMI Studio 2 in London, as producer George Martin “dropped in” a piano solo. Continue reading The Beatles complete recording ‘Lovely Rita’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 21 1967)

President Truman establishes federal employee loyalty program 70 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 21 1947)


Video: 'The Loyalty Program'

(Friday, March 21, 1947, during the Cold War) — Against his own better judgment, U.S. President Harry S. Truman today signed Executive Order 9835, sometimes known as the “Loyalty Order,” making the political beliefs of every federal employee subject to investigation by the FBI in order to root out communist influence in the U.S. federal government (click here for a clip about this event from “American Experience: Truman” at 2:50:28). Continue reading President Truman establishes federal employee loyalty program 70 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 21 1947)