Daily Archives: October 31, 2017

McCartney filmed for ‘The Fool on the Hill’ sequence 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 31 1967)


Video: 'THE BEATLES - Magical Mystery Tour [1967]' (Oct. 31, 1967, at 5:56)

(Tuesday, October 31, 1967) — Paul McCartney of The Beatles was filmed for the “The Fool on the Hill” daydream sequence of the band’s Dec. 26, 1967, Magical Mystery Tour television special today at various locations in Nice, France. Continue reading McCartney filmed for ‘The Fool on the Hill’ sequence 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 31 1967)

Martin Luther publishes his 95 Theses 500 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 31 1517)


Video: '31st October 1517: Martin Luther reputedly posts his 95 Theses'

(Saturday, October 31, 1517) — Martin Luther today sent his Ninety-five Theses or Disputation on the Power of Indulgences denouncing what he saw as the abuses of the Catholic Church, especially the sale of indulgences, to the Archbishop of Mainz, Germany (by some accounts, Luther also posted the Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg), marking the start of the Protestant Reformation, a schism in the Catholic Church which profoundly changed Europe. Continue reading Martin Luther publishes his 95 Theses 500 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 31 1517)