Video: 'John Lennon - The KYA 1969 Peace Talk'
(Friday, May 30, 1969; during the Vietnam War) — John Lennon was interviewed today by Tom Campbell and Bill Holley of KYA-AM in San Francisco via telephone from room 1742 at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, where the Beatle and his wife, Yoko Ono, were holding their second week-long bed-in for peace. Continue reading Lennon interviewed from Montreal bed-in by KYA-AM 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 30 1969)
Video: 'The Beatles - The Ballad Of John And Yoko'
(Friday, May 30, 1969) — The single “The Ballad of John and Yoko”/“Old Brown Shoe” by The Beatles was released today in the UK (June 4, 1969, in the U.S.). Continue reading ‘The Ballad of John and Yoko’/’Old Brown Shoe’ by The Beatles released 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 30 1969)
Video: 'John Lennon Yoko Ono Bed In 1969' (May 29, 1969, at 18:06-46:48)
(Thursday, May 29, 1969, early evening EDT; during the Vietnam War) — WNEW-TV in New York dispatched reporter Ted Kavanau and a film crew to Montreal today to produce a half-hour news special John & Yoko Lennon Have a Message for the World from Their Bed in the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal for airing on June 6, 1969, at 11:00 p.m. EDT. Continue reading Lennon, Ono Montreal bed-in filmed for WNEW-TV news special 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 29 1969)
Video: 'BED PEACE starring John Lennon & Yoko Ono' (May 27, 1969, at 3:07-8:03)
(Tuesday, May 27, 1969, noon EDT; during the Vietnam War) — John Lennon of The Beatles and his wife, Yoko Ono, and her daughter, Kyoko, welcomed reporters, photographers and motion picture camera crews today to Suite 1742 at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal as they began their second bed-in for peace. Continue reading Lennon, Ono launch second bed-in for peace in Montreal 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 27 1969)
Video: 'John & Yoko's Year of Peace (CBC TV) (2000)' (May 26, 1969, at 3:23-3:29/4:17-7:33/46:23-46:41)
(Monday, May 26, 1969, around midnight EDT) — John Lennon of The Beatles and his wife, Yoko Ono, and her daughter, Kyoko, arrived tonight at The Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal to stage their second bed-in for peace in room 1742. Continue reading Lennon, Ono arrive in Montreal to begin second bed-in 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 26 1969)
Video: 'George Harrison and Ringo Starr Interview World Wide Of Sports 05/26/1979'
(Saturday, May 19, 1979) — Two former members of the rock band The Beatles, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, were jointly interviewed today in Circuit, Monaco, by Jackie Stewart and a roving camera team from ABC’s Wide World of Sports covering Monaco’s Grand Prix. Continue reading Harrison, Starr interviewed for ‘Wide World Of Sports’ 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 26 1979)
Video: 'Midnight Cowboy' trailer
(Sunday, May 25, 1969, 8:30 p.m. EDT) — A would-be gigolo and an ailing con artist form an unlikely friendship in Midnight Cowboy, an American buddy drama film that premiere tonight at The Coronet in New York City. Continue reading ‘Midnight Cowboy’ premieres in New York City 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 25 1969)
Video: 'SAM AND DAVE I thank you 1969 Soul Survivors Family WMV V9'
(Sunday, May 25, 1969, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT) — Sam & Dave performed “I Thank You” on tonight’s edition of the CBS-TV variety show The Ed Sullivan Show live from the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City. Continue reading Sam & Dave perform on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 25 1969)
Video: 'John & Yoko's Year of Peace (CBC TV) (2000)' (May 25, 1969, at 3:29-4:04)
(Sunday, May 25, 1969, 5:00 p.m. EDT) — John Lennon of The Beatles and his wife, Yoko Ono, and Ono’s daughter, Kyoko, flew from Freeport in the Bahamas to Toronto today as they searched for a suitable place to hold their second bed-in for peace. Continue reading Lennon, Ono fly from the Bahamas to Toronto 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 25 1969)
Video: 'Catastrophe at O'Hare - American Airlines Flight 191 - P3D'
(Friday, May 26, 1979, 3:03 p.m. CDT) — American Airlines Flight 191, en route to Los Angeles International Airport, lost an engine and crashed shortly after takeoff from O’Hare International Airport this afternoon, killing all 258 passengers and 13 crew aboard, along with two people on the ground. Continue reading 271 die as jet crashes on takeoff in Chicago in worst U.S. air disaster 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 25 1979)
