Daily Archives: July 31, 2018

Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band perform in Phoenix 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 31 2008)


Video: 'Billy Squier Phoenix AZ 8/31/08 Lonely Is the Night'

(Thursday, July 31, 2008, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. MST) — Ex-Beatle Ringo Starr and His Tenth All-Starr Band (Billy Squier, Colin Hay, Edgar Winter, Gary Wright, Hamish Stuart and Gregg Bissonette) performed tonight at Dodge Theatre in Phoenix. Continue reading Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band perform in Phoenix 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 31 2008)

‘Hang ‘Em High’ opens in Chicago 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 31 1968)


Video: 'Hang 'Em High' trailer

(Wednesday, July 31, 1968, 9:15 a.m. CDT)Hang ‘Em High, an American DeLuxe Color revisionist Western film about a mysterious drifter who survives a lynching then goes back for revenge, opened this morning at the Oriental Theatre in Chicago. Continue reading ‘Hang ‘Em High’ opens in Chicago 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 31 1968)

The Apple Boutique closes down in London 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 31 1968)


Video: 'Apple Boutique Closes (31.07.1968)'

(Wednesday, July 31, 1968, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon BST) — Only eight months after it opened, The Beatles closed down their own Apple Boutique today at 94 Baker Street in London because it was losing too much money, allowing every customer entering the store on its final day of business to take one item for free. Continue reading The Apple Boutique closes down in London 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 31 1968)