Daily Archives: August 20, 2018

Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, crush ‘Prague Spring’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 20 1968)

1960s, Cold War


Video: 'Cold War - Red Spring 1960s - Part 14/24' (Aug. 20-21, 1968, at 39:54)

(Tuesday, August 20, 1968, 11:00 p.m. CET; during the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, part of the Cold War) — The Soviet Union and four other Warsaw Pact nations – Bulgaria, Hungary, East Germany and Poland – began invading Czechoslovakia tonight with approximately 250,000 troops and 2,000 tanks to crush Alexander Dubcek’s Prague Spring liberalisation reforms and strengthened the authority of the authoritarian wing within the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSC). Continue reading Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, crush ‘Prague Spring’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 20 1968) →

The Beatles complete ‘Mother Nature’s Son,’ record ‘Wild Honey Pie’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 20 1968)

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


Video: 'Mother Nature's Son (Remastered 2009)'

(Tuesday, August 20, 1968, 8:00 p.m.-4:00 a.m. BST; during sessions for The Beatles, also known as “The White Album”) — The Beatles completed Paul McCartney’s “Mother Nature’s Son” with various overdubs and recorded McCartney’s “Wild Honey Pie” tonight at EMI Studio 2 in London. Continue reading The Beatles complete ‘Mother Nature’s Son,’ record ‘Wild Honey Pie’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 20 1968) →

The Beatles complete ‘Yer Blues’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 20 1968)

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


Video: 'Yer Blues (Remastered 2009)'

(Tuesday, August 20, 1968, 5:00-5:30 p.m. BST; during sessions for The Beatles, also known as “The White Album”) — The Beatles completed John Lennon’s “Yer Blues” today at EMI Studio 3 in London, adding the (what was likely a previously recorded) “Two, three” count-in. Continue reading The Beatles complete ‘Yer Blues’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 20 1968) →

‘Run Lola Run’ released in Germany 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 20 1998)

1990s, movies 1990s


Video: 'Run Lola Run' trailer

(Thursday, August 20, 1998) — Run Lola Run, a German thriller film about a young woman who has 20 minutes to find 100,000 Deutsche Mark or her boyfriend will be killed, was released today in Germany. Continue reading ‘Run Lola Run’ released in Germany 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 20 1998) →