(Saturday, May 9, 1970) — “Woodstock” by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young peaked at #11 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Woodstock’ by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young peaks at #11 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 9 1970)
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Paul McCartney’s debut solo album ‘McCartney’ debuts at #14 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 9 1970)
Video: 'Mccartney full album' (13 videos)
(Saturday, May 9, 1970) — McCartney, the debut solo album by ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, debuted at #14 on today’s Billboard Top LP’s chart. Continue reading Paul McCartney’s debut solo album ‘McCartney’ debuts at #14 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 9 1970)
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35 killed as freighter slams into Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay, Florida 40 years ago this hour #OTD #OnThisDay (May 9 1980)
Video: 'May 9, 1980: Sunshine Skyway Bridge collapses'
(Friday, May 9, 1980, 7:33 a.m. EDT) — 35 people were killed today when the Liberian freighter Summit Venture rammed the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay in Florida, causing a 1,400-foot section of the southbound span to collapse and dropping a Greyhound bus, six cars and a truck 140 feet into the water. Continue reading 35 killed as freighter slams into Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay, Florida 40 years ago this hour #OTD #OnThisDay (May 9 1980)
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President Nixon makes surprise pre-dawn visit to Lincoln Memorial, chats with war protesters 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 9 1970)
Video: 'Nixon at the Lincoln Memorial - The Real Story | This is the President'
(Saturday, May 9, 1970, 4:58-5:55 a.m. EDT; during the Cambodian Campaign, part of the Vietnam War, Cambodian Civil War, Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Hours before a large anti-war protest began at Washington, D.C., U.S. President Nixon surprised most of his Secret Service bodyguards and about eight demonstrators by walking in to the Lincoln Memorial this morning. Continue reading President Nixon makes surprise pre-dawn visit to Lincoln Memorial, chats with war protesters 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 9 1970)
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The Doors perform in Detroit, complete live album 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 8 1970)
Video: 'THE DOORS - Live in Detroit 1970 - FULL ALBUM - WITH LYRICS'
(Fridy, May 8, 1970, 8:30 p.m. EDT scheduled start time for opening acts Blues Image followed by John Sebastian; The Doors performed from approximately 11 p.m. to 1 a.m.) — The Doors performed tonight at Cobo Arena in Detroit, the American rock band’s final live performance in a series of professionally recorded concerts between July 1969 and May 1970 for the group’s first live album Absolutely Live, released July 20, 1970. Continue reading The Doors perform in Detroit, complete live album 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 8 1970)
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President Nixon says he shares goal of Vietnam War dissenters 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 8 1970)
Video: 'President Richard Nixon's Press Conference on Increased American Troops in Cambodia'
(Friday, May 8, 1970, 10:00-10:33 p.m. EDT; during the Cambodian Campaign, part of the Vietnam War, Cambodian Civil War, Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Strongly defending the United States troop movement into Cambodia, which has evoked a storm of protest by students and others throughout the country, President Richard Nixon said tonight that the operation would win six to eight months of time for the further training of South Vietnamese forces and thus shorten the war for the Americans. Continue reading President Nixon says he shares goal of Vietnam War dissenters 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 8 1970)
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‘Let It Be,’ The Beatles’ final studio album, released 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 8 1970)
Video: '13-The Beatles - Let it Be (full album)' (12 videos)
(Friday, May 8, 1970) — Let It Be, the twelfth and final studio album by the English rock band the Beatles, was released today in Britain (May 18, 1970, in the U.S.) by Apple Records. Continue reading ‘Let It Be,’ The Beatles’ final studio album, released 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 8 1970)
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Construction workers attack anti-war demonstrators in New York City 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 8 1970)
Video: 'Conservative Counterrevolution: Hard Hat Riots and Attica'
(Friday, May 8, 1970, 11:55 a.m. EDT; during the Cambodian Campaign, part of the Vietnam War, Cambodian Civil War, Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — A group of 200 construction workers, mobilized by the New York State AFL-CIO, attacked a group of some 1,000 college and high school students and others protesting the Vietnam War today outside of New York City Hall, near the intersection of Wall Street and Broad Street. Continue reading Construction workers attack anti-war demonstrators in New York City 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 8 1970)
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‘Let It Be,’ The Beatles’ final studio album, released 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 8 1970)
Video: '13-The Beatles - Let it Be (full album)' (12 videos)
(Friday, May 8, 1970) — Let It Be, the twelfth and final studio album by the English rock band the Beatles, was released today in Britain (May 18, 1970, in the U.S.) by Apple Records. Continue reading ‘Let It Be,’ The Beatles’ final studio album, released 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 8 1970)
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Norway Debate begins in British House of Commons 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 7 1940)
Video: 'Hitler Strikes in the West - The Invasion of the Benelux - WW2 - 037 - May 11 1940' (Norway debate at 1:11)
(Tuesday, May 7, 1940, 2:45 p.m. BST; during the Norway Debate, part of World War II) — The Norway Debate, sometimes called the Narvik Debate, a momentous debate in the British House of Commons during the Second World War, began this afternoon in London. Continue reading Norway Debate begins in British House of Commons 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 7 1940)
