Daily Archives: July 16, 2019

JFK Jr., wife, sister-in-law killed in plane crash 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 16 1999)


Video: 'JFK JR.'S PLANE IS MISSING (LIVE TELEVISION NEWS COVERAGE FROM JULY 17, 1999)' (11:15 a.m. EDT-5:15 p.m. EDT)

(Friday, July 16, 1999, approximately 9:41 p.m. EDT; during the John F. Kennedy Jr. plane crash) — 38-year-old John F. Kennedy Jr., the son of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, his 33-year-old wife, Carolyn, and her 34-year-old sister, Lauren Bessette, died tonight when their single-engine plane, piloted by Kennedy, plunged into the Atlantic Ocean off the Massachusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard. Continue reading JFK Jr., wife, sister-in-law killed in plane crash 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 16 1999)

Apollo 11 blasts off in first attempt to land humans on Moon 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 16 1969)


Video: 'Apollo 11 Launch CBS News Coverage' (launch at 1:32:00)

(Wednesday, July 16, 1969, 9:32 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time/13:32:00 Coordinated Universal Time)Apollo 11, carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Michael Collins, blasted off as scheduled from Cape Kennedy today in man’s first attempt to walk on another world — the Moon. Continue reading Apollo 11 blasts off in first attempt to land humans on Moon 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 16 1969)