Daily Archives: December 29, 2020

Folksinger-songwriter Tim Hardin found dead of an accidental heroin overdose 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 29 1980)

1980s, Popular Music 1980s


Video: 'The Music Warehouse - Tim Hardin at Woodstock' (7 videos)

(Monday, December 29, 1980, body was found at about 6:30 p.m. PST) — The body of 39-year-old Tim Hardin, an American folk musician and composer who wrote the Top 40 hit “If I Were a Carpenter,” was found tonight on the floor of his Hollywood apartment, having died of an accidental heroin overdose.
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‘We must be the great arsenal of democracy,’ FDR declares 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 29 1940)

1940s, U.S. Presidents, World War II


Video: 'Roosevelt Speaking About Cancer Of Nazis And Aid To Britain (1940)'

(Sunday, December 29, 1940, 9:30-10:00 p.m. EST; during World War II) — In a radio “fireside chat” directed primarily to the American people but broadcast throughout the world, President Franklin D. Roosevelt tonight promised to help the United Kingdom fight Nazi Germany by providing them with war supplies.
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‘The Second Great Fire of London has begun,’ American correspondent declares 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 29 1940)

1940s, World War II


Video: 'LONDON FIRE BRIGADE DURING BATTLE OF BRITAIN MOVIE 28232A'

(Sunday, December 29, 1940, shortly after 6:00-10:30 p.m. BST; during the Second Great Fire of London, part of the Blitz, part of the Strategic bombing campaign of World War II) — London suffered its most devastating air raid when Germans dropped incendiary bombs tonight, setting off what came to be known as “The Second Great Fire of London.”
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Nearly 300 Lakota Sioux slaughtered by federal troops at Wounded Knee, South Dakota 130 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 29 1890)

1890s


Video: '29th December 1890: Lakota Sioux massacred at Wounded Knee'

(Monday, December 29, 1890, morning local time; during the Wounded Knee Massacre, part of the Ghost Dance War and the Sioux Wars and the American Indian Wars) — Nearly 300 Lakota men, women, and children were massacred by soldiers of the United States Army today near Wounded Knee Creek on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. 25 soldiers also died.
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