Daily Archives: October 24, 2019

Paul McCartney receives Guinness award 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 24 1979)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s, The Beatles 1970s


Video: 'Paul McCartney Interview with Geraldo Riviera October 24, 1979' (starts repeating at 7:19)

(Wednesday, October 24, 1979) — Former Beatle Paul McCartney was honored today by the Guinness Book of World Records as the most successful composer and music performer of all time. Continue reading Paul McCartney receives Guinness award 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 24 1979) →

Paul McCartney denies he’s dead 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 24 1969)

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


Video: 'Paul McCartney In Campbelltown,Scotland // 24 October 1969'

(Friday, October 24, 1969) — Paul McCartney of The Beatles was secretly filmed by an ABC News crew today as he worked on his High Park Farm in Campbeltown, Scotland.

It was McCartney’s first “public appearance” since the “Paul is dead” rumor that had been circulating for several weeks, bringing an end to the speculation that clues to his apparent accidental death had been included in backward messages within Beatles songs, and images on albums.

“If the conclusion you reach is that I’m dead, then you’re wrong, because I’m alive and living in Scotland,” McCartney told the BBC’s Chris Drake today in an interview broadcast on BBC Radio 4’s The World This Weekend on Oct. 26, 1969.

Black Thursday: Wall Street Crash of 1929 begins 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 24 1929)

1920s


Video: '1929 Wall Street Stock Market Crash' (Oct. 24, 1929, at 3:55)

(Black Thursday, October 24, 1929, 10:00 a.m. EST) — The New York Stock Exchange plunged 11 percent at the opening bell on very heavy trading today, precipitating the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the subsequent Great Depression of the 1930s. Continue reading Black Thursday: Wall Street Crash of 1929 begins 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 24 1929) →