Audio: 'Paul McCartney: The Man and his Music - BBC Radio 1 - May 26, 1980'
(Tuesday, May 20, 1980) — Paul McCartney discussed his then 10 year post-Beatles career, including his new solo album McCartney II, in an interview with radio disc jockey Andy Peebles recorded today at Lympne Castle in Kent for broadcast on BBC Radio One on May 26, 1980. Continue reading Paul McCartney interviewed by Andy Peebles for BBC Radio One 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 20 1980)
Video: 'The Allied Clusterf**k - The Battle of France - WW2 - 039 - May 25 1940' (Germans reach English Channel at 5:47)
(Monday, May 20, 1940, 7:00 p.m. Western European Summer Time; during the Battle of France, part of the Western Front of the World War II) — In a crowning series of staggering blows dealt to the Allies in the last few days, the German army reached the English Channel tonight at Abbeville, France, severing all communication between the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in the north and the main French army in the south. Continue reading Germans reach English Channel at Abbeville, France 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 20 1940)
Video: 'Our World Spring 1970 Part 1' (May 20, 1970, at 6:42)
(Wednesday, May 20, 1970, approximately noon EDT; during the Cambodian Campaign, part of the Vietnam War, Cambodian Civil War, Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Marching under a sea of American flags, helmeted construction workers led tens of thousands of noisy but peaceful demonstrators today in a rally and parade in New York City supporting the Vietnam policies of President Richard Nixon and assailing Mayor John Lindsay and other opponents of the war in Indochina. Continue reading Huge Rally In New York City Backs Nixon’s Indochina policies 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 20 1970)
