Monthly Archives: May 2020

‘Cathy’s Clown’ by The Everly Brothers peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 23 1960)

1960s, Popular Music 1960s

(Monday, May 23, 1960) — “Cathy’s Clown” by The Everly Brothers peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for five consecutive weeks (May 23/30, June 6/13/20, 1960). Continue reading ‘Cathy’s Clown’ by The Everly Brothers peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 23 1960) →

Most powerful earthquake ever recorded kills thousands in southern Chile 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 22 1960)

1960s


Video: 'Recalling 1960 Chile Quake'

(Sunday, May 22, 1960, 3:11:14 p.m. Chile Standard Time; during the 1960 Valdivia earthquake) — Nearly 5,000 people were killed by an earthquake of magnitude 9.5, the strongest ever measured, that struck today near Valdivia in southern Chile and lasted approximately 10 minutes. Continue reading Most powerful earthquake ever recorded kills thousands in southern Chile 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 22 1960) →

12 Israelis, including 9 children, killed in rocket attack on school bus 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 22 1970)

1970s


Video: 'The Sensational 70s - 1970' (May 22, 1970, at 28:44)

(Friday, May 22, 1970, morning local time; during the Avivim school bus massacre, part of Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon) — 12 civilians, nine of them children, were killed and 25 wounded, most of them children, when a school bus was ambushed this morning in Israel on the road to Moshav Avivim, near Israel’s border with Lebanon.

No one escaped unhurt in the crowded bus, which was struck by Two rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) fired from a clump of bushes five yards from the road when the bus was about 20 yards away.

The attack was one of the first carried out by the PFLP-GC, a Palestinian nationalist militant organisation based in Syria.

Paul McCartney interviewed by Andy Peebles for BBC Radio One 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 20 1980)

1980s, Popular Music 1980s, The Beatles 1980s


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) →

Germans reach English Channel at Abbeville, France 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 20 1940)

1940s, World War II


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) →

Huge Rally In New York City Backs Nixon’s Indochina policies 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 20 1970)

1970s, Cold War, U.S. Presidents, Vietnam War


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) →

McCartney interviewed by Tim Rice for ‘Meet Paul McCartney’ 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 19 1980)

1980s, Popular Music 1980s, Television 1980s, The Beatles 1980s


Video: 'Faul McCartney, (Not Real Paul) Interview for Tim Rice 1980 Part one .(HD)'

(Monday, May 19, 1980) — Former Beatle Paul McCartney discussed his new solo album McCartney II with Tim Rice today at Trilion Studios in London for the ITV program Meet Paul McCartney, first broadcast on Aug. 7, 1980. Continue reading McCartney interviewed by Tim Rice for ‘Meet Paul McCartney’ 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 19 1980) →

Republicans nominate Abraham Lincoln for president 160 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 18 1860)

1860s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Ken Burns’ Civil War, ep1 part 2-3' (Lincoln nominated at 23:05)

(Friday, May 18, 1860, approximately 1:00 p.m. local time) — Former Representative Abraham Lincoln of Illinois was nominated President of the United States today on the third ballot at the 1860 Republican National Convention meeting at The Wigwam in Chicago. Continue reading Republicans nominate Abraham Lincoln for president 160 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 18 1860) →