Video: 'The Beatles - "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (2009 Stereo Remastered) [Full Album]'
(Thursday, February, 29 1968, evening EST) — Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles won four awards tonight at the 10th Annual Grammy Awards in multiple presentations at the New York Hilton Hotel and in Los Angeles, Chicago and Nashville. Continue reading The Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’ wins ‘Album of the Year’ Grammy 50 years ago #LeapDay (Feb 29 1968)
Video: 'Eyes On The Prize - (Part 8) Two Societies 1965–1968' (Kerner Commission at 51:49)
(Thursday, February 29, 1968; during the African-American civil rights movement (1954–1968)) — The Kerner Commission, officially known as the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, released its report on riots of the previous summer today and highlighted racial discrimination in the United States as a primary cause with the ominous warning, “Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white—separate and unequal.” Continue reading White racism main cause of riots, says commission 50 years ago #Leapday (Feb 29 1968)
(Saturday, February 28, 1998) — “My Heart Will Go On” by Céline Dion peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart for two consecutive weeks (Feb. 28, Mar. 7, 1998). Continue reading ‘My Heart Will Go On’ by Céline Dion peaks at #1 in USA 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 28 1998)
Video: 'The President: February 1968. MP893.' (Feb. 28, 1968, at 22:57)
(Wednesday, February 28, 1968, 1:20 p.m. EST; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — President Lyndon Johnson gave the Medal of Freedom today to his departing Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara, and praised him as a “brilliant and good man.” Continue reading LBJ lauds outgoing defense chief McNamara 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 28 1968)
Video: 'Wintertime Love'
(Wednesday, February 28, 1968) — The Doors recorded “Wintertime Love” today at TTG Studios in Hollywood, California, for the American rock band’s third studio album Waiting for the Sun.
Video: 'Eldridge Cleaver: Soul on Ice' (9 videos)
(Wednesday, February 28, 1968) — Soul On Ice, a memoir and collection of essays by Eldridge Cleaver that changed the way America looked at the civil rights movement and the black experience, was published today. Continue reading ‘Soul on Ice’ by Eldridge Cleaver published 50 years ago #OTD #OnThisDay (Feb 28 1968)
Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History - Tet [6/11]' (Wheeler-Westmoreland proposal at 31:33)
(Wednesday, February 28, 1968, 8:35-11:15 a.m. EST; during the Tet Offensive, part of the Vietnam War, Indochina Wars and Cold War) — U.S. General Earle Wheeler, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, just back from Vietnam, told President Lyndon Johnson today at the White House that General William Westmoreland, commanding U.S. forces in Vietnam, will need an additional 206,000 soldiers “for a proposed ceiling of 731,756.” Continue reading U.S. military seeks another 206,000 troops in Vietnam 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 28 1968)
Video: 'Chilling new video surfaces of 1958 bus crash'
(Friday, February 28, 1958, 8:10 a.m. EST) — A school bus carrying forty-one children struck the rear of a wrecker truck on U.S. Route 23 today and plunged today over a fifty-foot cliff into the swollen waters of the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River near Prestonsburg, Kentucky, where it was swept downstream and submerged.
22 children managed to escape, but 26 other children and the bus driver drowned. At the time, it was the deadliest bus crash in U.S. history.
Video: 'Report from Vietnam (1968)'
(Tuesday, February 27, 1968, 10:30-11:00 p.m. EST; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — CBS Evening News anchor Walter Cronkite broadcast a rare editorial on the Vietnam War tonight, declaring “it seems now more certain than ever that the bloody experience of Vietnam is to end in a stalemate.” Continue reading Cronkite: Vietnam ‘mired in stalemate’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 27 1968)
(Saturday, February 27, 1988) — “Father Figure” by George Michael peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (Feb. 27, Mar. 5, 1988). Continue reading ‘Father Figure’ by George Michael peaks at #1 in USA 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 27 1988)
