Video: 'Southern airways Flight 932 - 1970'
(Saturday, November 14, 1970, 7:36 p.m. EST) — Southern Airways Flight 932 crashed tonight into a hillside near Kenova, West Virginia, killing all 75 people aboard, including 37 players and 5 coaches from the Marshall University football team. Continue reading Marshall University football players among 75 people killed in West Virginia plane crash 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 14 1970)
Video: 'You Saved My Soul (With Your True Love) [14 November 1980]'
(Friday, November 14, 1980) — Three days before the release of Double Fantasy, his first studio album in five years (with his wife, Yoko Ono), former Beatle John Lennon recorded an electric guitar demo for his song “You Saved My Soul (With Your True Love)” today at his home at The Dakota apartment building in New York City. Continue reading Former Beatle John Lennon records last musical performance 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 14 1980)
Video: 'How Eugene Ely Performed The First Ever Flight From A Ship | Wings Of War'
(Monday, November 14, 1910, 3:32 p.m. local time) — Pilot Eugene B. Ely became the first aviator to take off from a ship today as his Curtiss Pusher rolled off a sloping platform on the deck of the scout cruiser USS Birmingham off Hampton Roads, Virginia, paving the way towards the development of aircraft carriers as part of modern naval fleets. Continue reading Pilot Eugene B. Ely becomes first aviator to take off from a ship 110 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 14 1910)
Video: 'Coventry Aka Coventry Cathedral (1940)'
(Thursday, November 14, 1940, 7:20 p.m.-Friday, November 15, 1940, 6:15 a.m. BST; during the Coventry Blitz on the Western Front of World War II) — A massive night time raid tonight on Coventry, England, by 437 German He 111 bombers, dubbed Operation Mondscheinsonate (Moonlight Sonata), killed 568 (the exact figure was never precisely confirmed) people, injured another 863 and destroyed 60,000 buildings (including the city’s 14th Century cathedral). Continue reading German planes destroy 60,000 buildings in English town of Coventry 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 14 1940)
(Monday, November 14, 1960) — “Georgia on My Mind” by Ray Charles peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
Continue reading ‘Georgia on My Mind’ by Ray Charles peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 14 1960)
(Monday, November 14, 1960) — “You Talk Too Much” by Joe Jones peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘You Talk Too Much’ by Joe Jones peaks at #3 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 14 1960)
