(Monday, November 18, 1957) — “My Special Angel” by Bobby Helms peaked at #9 on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for one week. Continue reading ‘My Special Angel’ by Bobby Helms peaks at #7 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 18 1957)
(Monday, November 18, 1957) — “The Twelfth of Never” by Johnny Mathis peaked at #9 on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for one week. Continue reading ‘The Twelfth of Never’ by Johnny Mathis peaks at #9 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 18 1957)
(Monday, November 17, 1947, at 1:30 p.m. EST; during the Second Red Scare and the Cold War) — President Harry S. Truman, in an address to a special session of Congress, asked Congress today for authority to impose price controls, consumer rationing and wage controls in limited areas of the national economy (click here to listen to Truman’s address). Continue reading President Truman demands pay and price controls 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 17 1947)
Video: '11/17/1967: LBJ on Vietnam War'
(Friday, November 17, 1967, 11:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m. EST; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Acting on optimistic reports by General William Westmoreland and U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam Ellsworth Bunker, President Lyndon Johnson said today at a press conference that his advisers had assured him that the war in Vietnam was going well, in response to a reporter’s question, and that it was a different kind of conflict. Continue reading ‘We are making progress’ says LBJ on Vietnam War 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 17 1967)
Video: 'Oklahoma becomes a State'
(Saturday, November 16, 1907, 10:16 a.m. at the White House) — A new star was added to the American flag this morning when President Theodore Roosevelt signed the proclamation admitting the Territories of Oklahoma and Indian Territory jointly as the 46th state in the nation. Continue reading Oklahoma becomes 46th state admitted to Union 110 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 16 1907)
Video: '45 85 Part 14' (Nov. 15, 1977, at 4:07)
(Tuesday, November 15, 1977, 9:40 p.m. EST; during the Arab–Israeli conflict) — U.S. President Jimmy Carter toasted the Shah of Iran tonight at a White House dinner, saying “We look upon Iran’s strength as an extension of our own strength, and Iran looks upon our strength as an extension of theirs.” Continue reading President Carter toasts Shah of Iran at White House 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 15 1977)
Video: 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' trailer
(Tuesday, November 15, 1977, 7:30 p.m. EST) — Close Encounters of the Third Kind, an American science fiction film about a blue-collar worker’s encounter with a UFO and how it changes him as a man, premiered tonight at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York City. Continue reading ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ premieres in New York City 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 15 1977)
Video: '"Patient Zero" Randy Shilts Interview, 1987 - HIV AIDS'
(Sunday, November 15, 1987, 7:00-8:00 p.m. EST) — Gaëtan Dugas, a Canadian flight attendant, was profiled tonight on the CBS newsmagazine television program 60 Minutes as “patient zero” for AIDS epidemic in the United States. Continue reading ’60 Minutes’ profiles ‘patient zero’ Gaëtan Dugas 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 15 1987)
Video: 'Saturday Night Fever' (17 videos)
(Tuesday, November 15, 1977) — The Saturday Night Fever soundtrack album by Bee Gees & various artists was released today by RSO Records, four weeks before the film premiered. Continue reading ‘Saturday Night Fever’ soundtrack released 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 15 1977)
Video: 'Our World Winter 1968 Part 1' (Nov. 15, 1967, at 2:08)
(Wednesday, November 15, 1967; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam Ellsworth Bunker, having returned to Washington on Nov. 10, 1967, to report to President Lyndon Johnson, said today that “we’re making steady progress in Vietnam” following a two-hour closed-door briefing of a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee. Continue reading ‘We’re making steady progress in Vietnam,’ says Ambassador Bunker 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 15 1967)
