Video: 'The Doors - The Crystal Ship/Light My Fire Live at American Bandstand 67''
(Wednesday, July 12, 1967) — The Doors taped an appearance today at ABC Studios in Los Angeles for the July 22, 1967, edition of the television music-performance show American Bandstand, featuring performances of “The Crystal Ship,” followed by a short on-stage interview with the band and then “Light My Fire.” Continue reading The Doors perform for ‘American Bandstand’ 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (July 12 1967)
Video: 'Little girl tape'
(Wednesday, July 12, 1967, at about 4:00 p.m. BST) — Leslie Samuels and Donna Stark, two Beatles fans from New York, visited Paul McCartney today at his home in the Saint John’s Wood district of northwest London, capturing the encounter on a tape recorder. Continue reading McCartney, Harrison interviewed by fans at their homes 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 12 1967)
Video: 'An Affair to Remember' trailer
(Thursday, July 11, 1957, evening EDT) — An Affair to Remember, an American romance film about a couple who fall in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building, premiered tonight aboard the SS Constitution moored in New York City. Continue reading ‘An Affair to Remember’ premieres in New York City 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 11 1957)
Video: 'Lady Bird Johnson Dies'
(Wednesday, July 11, 2007, 4:18 p.m. CDT) — Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Johnson, the former first lady (1963–69) who’d championed conservation and worked tenaciously for the political career of her husband, President Lyndon B. Johnson, died this afternoon of natural causes in Austin, Texas, at age 94. Continue reading Former First Lady ‘Lady Bird’ Johnson dies 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 11 2007)
(Saturday, July 11, 1987) — “Alone” by Heart peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three consecutive weeks (July 11/18/25, 1987). Continue reading ‘Alone’ by Heart peaks at #1 in USA 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (July 11 1987)
(Saturday, July 11, 1987) — “Songbird” by Kenny G peaked at #4 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Songbird’ by Kenny G peaks at #4 in USA 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (July 11 1987)
Video: 'George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue'
(Sunday, July 11, 1937, 10:35 a.m. PDT) — American composer and pianist George Gershwin, 38, died today five hours after being operated on for removal of a brain tumor at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles. Continue reading Composer George Gershwin, 38, dies of brain tumor 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 11 1937)
(Saturday, July 11, 1987) — “Every Little Kiss” by Bruce Hornsby and the Range peaked at #14 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Every Little Kiss’ by Bruce Hornsby and the Range peaks at #14 in USA 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (July 11 1987)
(Saturay, July 11, 1987, 8:40 a.m. PDT) — Diane Downs, serving a life term plus 50 years for murdering one of her children and wounding her other two in Lane County, Oregon, in 1983, escaped from the Oregon Women’s Correctional Center in Salem this morning after scaling a fence that surrounded the prison recreation yard.
Downs, 31, was recaptured just a few blocks from the prison on July 21, 1987.
Video: 'John Quincy Adams - Mini Biography'
(Friday, July 11, 1767) — John Quincy Adams, the sixth President of the United States (1825-1829), was born today to John Adams, the second President of the United States (1797-1801), and his wife Abigail. second First Lady of the United States (1797-1801), in a part of Braintree, Massachusetts, that is now Quincy. Continue reading U.S. President John Quincy Adams born in Braintree, Massachusetts 250 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 11 1767)
