Daily Archives: January 31, 2021

The Temptations perform on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 31 1971)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s, Television 1970s


Video: '"The Ed Sullivan Show" Jan. 31, 1971' (8 clips)

(Sunday, January 31, 1971, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EST) — The Temptations performed “Just My Imagination,” “Get Ready” and a medley of hits (including “Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours,” “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” “I’ll Be There” and “My Sweet Lord”) on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV variety series The Ed Sullivan Show live from the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City.
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Apollo 14 blasts off in fourth attempt to land humans on Moon 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 31 1971)

1970s, Television 1970s


Video: 'Apollo 14 CBS' (72 videos; launch on video #4 at 2:46)

(Sunday, January 31, 1971, 4:03:02 p.m. EST/21:03:02 UTC) — Apollo 14, carrying astronauts Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa, blasted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida today in man’s third attempt to walk on another world — the Moon.
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‘The Tide Is High’ by Blondie peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 31 1981)

1980s, Popular Music 1980s

(Saturday, January 31, 1981) — “The Tide Is High” by Blondie peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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‘Skateaway’ by Dire Straits peaks at #58 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 31 1981)

1980s, Popular Music 1980s

(Saturday, January 31, 1981) — “Skateaway” by Dire Straits peaked at #58 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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NASA launches rocket carrying Ham the Chimp into space 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 31 1961)

1960s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'NASA's First Trained Astronaut in Space'

(Tuesday, January 31, 1961, 11:55 a.m. EST) — A 37-pound male chimpanzee nicknamed “Ham” was rocketed into space today from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard Mercury-Redstone 2 in a test of the Project Mercury capsule that is scheduled to carry a human astronaut into orbit.
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Libyan convicted by Scottish court in 1988 Lockerbie bombing 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 31 2001)

2000s


Video: 'A look back at Lockerbie plane bombing'

(Wednesday, January 31, 2001) — A Scottish court today found Libyan intelligence official Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi guilty of murder in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988, when 270 people, including 11 on the ground, died.
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