Monthly Archives: February 2018

Fleetwood Mac, Eagles big winners at Grammy Awards 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 23 1978)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s, Television 1970s


Video: 'Barbra Streisand - "Evergreen" (Oscar show 1977 - Grammy 1978 - intro: John Denver)'

(Thursday, February 23, 1978, 6:00-8:00 p.m. PST) — Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles, Barbra Streisand and Debby Boone were the big winners at the 20th Annual Grammy Awards tonight at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles (click here to watch highlights from tonight’s ceremonies). Continue reading Fleetwood Mac, Eagles big winners at Grammy Awards 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 23 1978) →

Former U.S. President John Quincy Adams dies 170 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 23 1848)

1840s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'John Quincy Adams - Mini Biography'

(Wednesday, February 23, 1848, 7:20 p.m. local time) — John Quincy Adams, the 6th President of the United States (1825-1829), the 8th United States Secretary of State (1817-1825) and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (since 1831), died today in the Speaker’s Room inside the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., two days after suffering a massive cerebral hemorrhage in the House chamber. Continue reading Former U.S. President John Quincy Adams dies 170 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 23 1848) →

South Vietnamese troops recapture palace at Hue 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 24 1968)

1960s, Cold War, Vietnam War


Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History - Tet [6/11]' (Imperial Palace recaptured at 23:22)

(Saturday, February 24, 1968, at 5:00 a.m. Saigon Standard Time; during the Tet Offensive, the Vietnam War, the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — South Vietnamese troops, throwing hand grenades and shouting an exultant war cry, recaptured the Imperial Palace today in Hue, raising the South Vietnamese flag on the Citadel flag tower 24 days into the Battle of Hue. Continue reading South Vietnamese troops recapture palace at Hue 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 24 1968) →

Police attack sanitation strikers in Memphis 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 23 1968)

1960s, African-American Civil Rights


Video: 'Eyes On The Prize - (Part 10) The Promised Land 1967–1968' (Feb 23, 1968, at 23:49)

(Friday, February 23, 1968; during the African-American civil rights movement (1954–1968)) — Police moved in with night sticks and gas guns today in Memphis as the city’s black leaders marched with workers eleven days into the Memphis sanitation strike. Continue reading Police attack sanitation strikers in Memphis 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 23 1968) →

Joseph Kennedy departs for new post in England 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 23 1938)

1930s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'American Experience The Kennedys 1' (Kennedy departs at 26:36)

(Wednesday, February 23, 1938) — Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., the new United States Ambassador to Great Britain, sailed for his post today from New York Harbor aboard the 24,189-ton luxury liner SS Manhattan. Continue reading Joseph Kennedy departs for new post in England 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 23 1938) →

‘Blood Dance’ episode airs on ‘Wiseguy’ 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 22 1988)

1980s, Television 1980s


Video: 'WiseGuy S01E19 Blood Dance'

(Monday, February 22, 1988, 10:00-11:00 p.m. EST) — Roger schemes to get Mel to fund the military coup of Isle Pavot but Mel is convinced that Cabra, the man Herb wants to put into power, has put a curse on him on tonight’s episode of the CBS crime drama television series Wiseguy. Continue reading ‘Blood Dance’ episode airs on ‘Wiseguy’ 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 22 1988) →

Ringo Starr continues shooting TV special 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 22 1978)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s, Television 1970s, The Beatles 1970s


Video: '1978 - Ringo (1 of 6)' (Feb. 22, 1978, scenes at 4:19-6:23)

(Monday, February 22, 1978) — Former Beatle Ringo Starr continued shooting Ringo, a television special loosely based on Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper, today in Los Angeles for broadcast on NBC on Apr. 26, 1978. Continue reading Ringo Starr continues shooting TV special 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 22 1978) →

All four Beatles filmed at Rishikesh, India 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 21 1968)

1960s, Popular Music 1960s, The Beatles 1960s


Video: 'Rishikesh - Beatles With The Maharishi (1968)'

(Wednesday, February 21, 1968) — British Pathé today filmed all four Beatles, who spent their first full day together at the Academy of Transcendental Meditation in Rishikesh studying Transcendental Meditation with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Continue reading All four Beatles filmed at Rishikesh, India 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 21 1968) →