Video: 'Republican Convention Kansas City 1928'
(Thursday, June 14, 1928, 11:20 p.m. CDT) — U.S. Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover of Iowa was nominated for President today at the 1928 Republican National Convention meeting at Convention Hall in Kansas City, Missouri, defeating Governor
Frank Lowden of Illinois 837-74 on the first ballot. Continue reading GOP nominates Herbert Hoover for POTUS 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 14 1928)
Video: 'Michael Jordan - The Last Shot! Last minute of the 1998 NBA Finals'
(Sunday, June 14, 1998, at approximately 8:00 p.m. MDT) — 35-year-old Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls hit a jump shot with 5.2 seconds left to give the Bulls an 87–86 victory in the sixth and deciding game of the 1998 NBA Finals against the Utah Jazz tonight at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Continue reading Bulls win sixth NBA title on Jordan’s ‘last shot’ 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 14 1998)
Video: 'Dr Benjamin Spock defends Himself 1968
(Friday, June 14, 1968, 7:58 p.m. EDT; during the Opposition to the Vietnam War) — Dr. Benjamin Spock, an American pediatrician famous to two generations for the child-raising guide The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care, was convicted tonight by a 12-man federal jury in Boston of conspiring to encourage young men to evade the draft during the Vietnam War, along with three of his four co-defendants. Continue reading Dr. Spock convicted in anti-draft plot 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 14 1968)
Video: 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida' (single version)
(Friday, June 14, 1968) — “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” by Iron Butterfly, often regarded as an influence on heavy metal music and one of the firsts of the genre, was released today as a single, edited down to 2:52 from the original 17:05 version released today on the band’s album of the same title. Continue reading ‘In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida’ by Iron Butterfly released 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 14 1968)
