Daily Archives: January 31, 2018

Viet Cong prisoner executed on Saigon street 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 1 1968)

January 31, 20181960s, Cold War, Vietnam Waradmin

Video: '1968: The Execution of a Vietcong'

(Thursday, February 1, 1968, at around noon Saigon Standard Time; during the Tet Offensive, part of the Vietnam War, the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Saigon’s police chief, Brigadier General Nguyen Ngoc Loan, executed Nguyen Van Lem, a Viet Cong officer, with a pistol shot to the head at point-blank range today in a scene captured by news photographers. Continue reading Viet Cong prisoner executed on Saigon street 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 1 1968) →

U.S. enters Space Age 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 31 1958)

January 31, 20181950s, Cold War, space explorationadmin

Video: '1st US Satellite: Explorer 1 Launch 1958 NASA; Spacecraft & Launch Vehicle Preparation'

(Thursday, January 31, 1958, 10:48:16 p.m. EST) — The United States entered the Space Age tonight with its first successful launch of a satellite into orbit, Explorer I, from LC-26 at the Cape Canaveral Missile Annex in Florida. Continue reading U.S. enters Space Age 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 31 1958) →

‘The Wonder Years’ debuts on ABC-TV 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 31 1988)

January 31, 20181980s, Television 1980sadmin

Video: 'The Wonder Years S01E01 Pilot'

(Sunday, January 31, 1988, 10:30-11:00 p.m. EST) — The Wonder Years, an American coming-of-age comedy-drama television series about an adolescent boy growing up in a suburban middle class family, debuted tonight following ABC’s coverage of Super Bowl XXII. Continue reading ‘The Wonder Years’ debuts on ABC-TV 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 31 1988) →

Harrison completes recording first solo Beatle album 50 years ago #OTD #OnThisDay (Jan 31 1968)

January 31, 20181960s, Popular Music 1960s, The Beatles 1960sadmin

Video: 'Wonderwall Music (Remastered)' (22 videos)

(Wednesday, January 31, 1968) — George Harrison completed recording Wonderwall Music, the soundtrack to the film Wonderwall and the first solo album by a member of The Beatles, today at EMI Studios (now Abbey Road Studios) in London. Continue reading Harrison completes recording first solo Beatle album 50 years ago #OTD #OnThisDay (Jan 31 1968) →

‘Together Again’ by Janet Jackson peaks at #1 in USA 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 31 1998)

January 31, 20181990s, Popular Music 1990sadmin

(Saturday, January 31, 1998) — “Together Again” by Janet Jackson peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (Jan. 31, Feb. 7, 1998). Continue reading ‘Together Again’ by Janet Jackson peaks at #1 in USA 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 31 1998) →

2014: Barack Obama-Joe Biden
2004: +George W. Bush-Dick Cheney
1994: Bill Clinton-Al Gore
1984: Ronald Reagan-George H.W. Bush
1974: #Gerald Ford-@Nelson Rockefeller
1964: >Lyndon B. Johnson-(vacant)
1954: Dwight D. Eisenhower-Richard Nixon
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt-Henry A. Wallace
1934: Franklin D. Roosevelt-John N. Garner
1924: >Calvin Coolidge-(vacant)
1914: Woodrow Wilson-Thomas R. Marshall
1904: >Theodore Roosevelt-(vacant)
1894: Grover Cleveland-Adlai Stevenson I
1884: >Chester A. Arthur-(vacant)
1874: Ulysses S. Grant-Henry Wilson
1864: Abraham Lincoln-Hannibal Hamlin
1854: Franklin Pierce-(vacant)
1844: >*John Tyler-(vacant)
1834: *Andrew Jackson-Martin Van Buren
1824: *James Monroe-Daniel D. Tompkins
1814: *James Madison-(vacant)
1804: *Thomas Jefferson-Aaron Burr
1794: *George Washington-John Adams

+ Took office after stolen election
^ Elected without winning popular vote
> Ascended to presidency intra-term upon death or resignation of predecessor and in Ford’s case #, after being appointed VP under 25th Amendment
@ Appointed VP under the 25th Amendment
* Owned slaves while in office