Video: 'Dr. Jack Kevorkian on the Assisted Suicide of Janet Adkins'
(Monday, June 4, 1990, afternoon EDT) — “Dr. Death” Jack Kevorkian, using a “suicide machine” he developed, carried out his first publicly assisted suicide this afternoon, helping Janet Adkins, a 54-year-old Alzheimer’s patient from Portland, Oregon, end her life in Oakland County, Michigan. Continue reading Dr. Jack Kevorkian carries out first publicly assisted suicide 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 4 1990)
Video: 'We Shall Fight On The Beaches'
(Tuesday, June 4, 1940, 3:40 p.m. British Summer Time; following the Dunkirk evacuation, part of Battle of France on the Western Front of World War II) — Prime Minister Winston Churchill delivered his moving and dramatic “We shall fight on the beaches” speech to the British House of Commons this afternoon, declaring that even if the motherland had to fight alone against the German military machine, the British fleet and empire would fight on to the bitter end. Continue reading ‘We shall fight on the beaches’ Churchill declares following ‘Miracle of Dunkirk’ 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 4 1940)
Video: 'Will Britain Remain?! - WW2 - 041 - June 8 1940' (June 3-4, 1940, at 1:37)
(Tuesday, June 4, 1940, 3:40 a.m. Western European Summer Time; during the Dunkirk evacuation, part of Battle of France on the Western Front of World War II) — The Dunkirk evacuation, the rescue of 338,226 Allied soldiers during World War II from the beaches and harbor of Dunkirk, in the north of France, by a hastily assembled fleet of over 800 vessels, ended early this morning when the destroyer HMS Shikari departed for Dover with German infantry firing only a few streets away from where she was moored. Continue reading Evacuation of 338,226 Allied troops from Dunkirk, France, completed 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 4 1940)
Video: 'George Harrison - An Alternate All Things Must Pass (album)' ('Isn't It a Pity' (version two) at 1:09:05)
(Wednesday, June 3, 1970; during sessions for All Things Must Pass) — George Harrison began recording “Isn’t It A Pity” (version two) for the triple-disc album All Things Must Pass, his first release as a solo artist following the break-up of the Beatles, today in London. Continue reading George Harrison begins recording ‘Isn’t It A Pity (version two) 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 3 1970)
Video: 'George Harrison - Isn't It A Pity (Version 1 RS1)'
(Tuesday, June 2, 1970; during sessions for All Things Must Pass) — George Harrison began recording “Isn’t It A Pity” (version one) and “I Dig Love” for the triple-disc album All Things Must Pass, his first release as a solo artist following the break-up of the Beatles, today at EMI Studios in London. Continue reading George Harrison begins recording ‘Isn’t It A Pity (version one) and ‘I Dig Love’ 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 2 1970)
Video: 'CNN First Hour: June 1, 1980'
(Sunday, June 1, 1980, 6:00 p.m. EDT) — CNN, the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage, made its debut tonight.
Cable News Network, founded by American media proprietor Ted Turner, launched with an original staff of 25 employees based at its headquarters in Atlanta, and bureaus in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.
The inaugural broadcast on the channel was an introduction by Turner, who read a “poem” of dedication to a crowd of 700 onlookers on the front lawn of the old Progressive Club in Altanta and a nationwide cable TV audience.
The first news story on CNN was a report on how the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana, has reacted to the May 29, 1980, shooting of civil rights leader Vernon Jordan.
