Video: 'PBS Documentary "Television" - Episode 3 of 8' (June 8, 1948, at 47:03)
(Tuesday, June 8, 1948, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT) — The television version of the American comedy-variety radio series Texaco Star Theatre debuted tonight on NBC with Milton Berle as the first host (Berle was named the permanent host that fall). Continue reading ‘Texaco Star Theatre’ debuts on NBC-TV 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 8 1948)
Video: 'UK: LONDON: PAUL MCCARTNEY LEADS TRIBUTES TO WIFE LINDA'
(Monday, June 8, 1998) — The surviving Beatles came together today to pay an emotional farewell to the late Linda McCartney, wife and soul-mate of former Beatle Paul McCartney who died of breast cancer on Apr. 17, 1998, at age 56. Continue reading Surviving Beatles reunite for Linda McCartney service 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 8 1998)
(Saturday, June 8, 1968) — “D. W. Washburn”/“It’s Nice to Be With You” by The Monkees, the made-for-television rock group’s eighth single, was released today. Continue reading ‘D. W. Washburn’/’It’s Nice to Be With You’ by The Monkees released 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 8 1968)
Video: 'RFK's final journey: How America stood by train tracks to say farewell'
(Saturday, June 8, 1968, 1:02-9:08 p.m. EDT) — Thousands of mourners lined the tracks and stations, paying their respects as the flag-draped coffin containing the body of Senator Robert F. Kennedy was transported today by a slow-moving train to Washington, D.C., for burial at Arlington National Cemetery following a funeral Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York. Continue reading Thousands line tracks to bid RFK farewell 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 8 1968)
(Saturday, June 8, 1968) — “Delilah” by Tom Jones peaks at #15 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Delilah’ by Tom Jones peaks at #15 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 8 1968)
(Saturday, June 8, 1968) — “Like to Get to Know You” by Spanky and Our Gang peaks at #17 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Like to Get to Know You’ by Spanky and Our Gang peaks at #17 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 8 1968)
Video: 'RFK's Funeral Video - ABC News, June 8, 1968'
(Saturday, June 8, 1968, 10:00 a.m. EDT) — Senator Robert F. Kennedy of New York, the younger brother of slain President John F. Kennedy, was eulogized today by the last Kennedy son, Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, at a funeral Mass in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York as a man who “gave us strength in time of trouble.” Continue reading RFK eulogized as a ‘good and decent man’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 8 1968)
Video: 'This day in history…
(Saturday, June 8, 1968, 11:15 p.m. BST; during the Civil rights movement) — James Earl Ray, a fugitive from the Missouri State Penitentiary wanted in the Apr. 4, 1968, slaying of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was arrested this morning at London’s Heathrow Airport while attempting to leave the United Kingdom for Brussels (on his way to either Angola, Rhodesia or apartheid South Africa) on a false Canadian passport. Continue reading Suspect in King assassination seized in London 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 8 1968)
Video: 'The Case of James Byrd, Jr'
(Sunday, June 7, 1998, early morning CDT) — An African-American man was murdered early today when three white supremacists dragged him for three miles behind a pick-up truck along an asphalt road in Jasper, Texas. Continue reading African-American man dragged to his death in Texas 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 7 1998)
Video: 'Prop 13: Mad as Hell | Retro Report'
(Tuesday, June 6, 1978, polls closed at 8:00 p.m. PDT) — Californians fed up with soaring property taxes today overwhelmingly approved Proposition 13, an amendment of the state Constitution that trims $7 billion off the amount of property tax revenue collected by the state and radically affecting local government finances. Continue reading Californians cut property taxes in landslide 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 6 1978)
