Daily Archives: July 19, 2020

Nixon welcomes Bush, Reagan and Ford at library dedication 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 19 1990)

1990s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'CBS Evening News July 19, 1990 Part 1' (Nixon library at 2:27)

(Thursday, July 19, 1990, pre-ceremony introductions underway by 10:18 a.m. PDT, Bush spoke at 10:55 a.m. PDT) — Almost 16 years after he resigned the presidency in disgrace, Richard M. Nixon was hailed today as a statesman and a peacemaker as he presided over the dedication of the $21 million Nixon Library and Birthplace (since re-designated the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum) in Yorba Linda, California (click here to watch today’s complete ceremony). Continue reading Nixon welcomes Bush, Reagan and Ford at library dedication 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 19 1990) →

‘It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me’ by Billy Joel peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 19 1980)

1980s, Popular Music 1980s

(Saturday, July 19, 1980) — “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me” by Billy Joel peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (July 19/26, 1980). Continue reading ‘It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me’ by Billy Joel peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 19 1980) →

Moscow Summer Olympics begin despite U.S. boycott over Soviet invasion of Afghanistan 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 19 1980)

1980s


Video: 'The 1980 Moscow Olympics Boycott | Flashback | NBC News'

(Saturday, July 19, 1980, 4:00 p.m. Moscow Standard Time; during the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott) — Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev opened the XXII Olympic Games today at Central Lenin Stadium in a ceremony ringed in by tens of thousands of uniformed soldiers and policemen and marred by the boycott by the United States and scores of other countries protesting Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan. Continue reading Moscow Summer Olympics begin despite U.S. boycott over Soviet invasion of Afghanistan 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 19 1980) →