Video: '81 Killed In Train Wreck (1951)'
(Tuesday, February 6, 1951, 5:43 p.m. EST; during the Woodbridge train derailment) — A Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train jammed with rush hour commuters derailed today crossing a temporary wooden trestle in Woodbridge, New Jersey, killing 85 people and injuring over 500.
Continue reading 85 killed, 500+ hurt in Woodbridge, New Jersey train derailment 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 6 1951)
(Saturday, February 6, 1971) — “Remember Me” by Diana Ross peaked at #16 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
Continue reading ‘Remember Me’ by Diana Ross peaks at #16 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 6 1971)
Video: 'Ronald Reagan: Movie Star Turned President | Full Documentary | Biography'
(Monday, February 6, 1911, 4:16 a.m. local time) — Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989, was born today in an apartment on the second floor of a commercial building in Tampico, Illinois.
Continue reading U.S. President Ronald Reagan born in Tampico, Illinois 110 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 6 1911)
Video: 'Apollo 14 CBS' (72 videos; Shepard's first step on the lunar surface on video #12 at 4:30)
(Friday, February 5, 1971, 9:57 a.m. EST/14:57 Coordinated Universal Time) — Two Apollo 14 astronauts walked the gentle slopes of Fra Mauro today, setting up instruments, collecting rocks and probing subsurface reaches in search of clues to the Moon’s earliest history.
Continue reading ‘We’re here’: Two Apollo 14 astronauts walk and work for hours on Moon’s surface 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 5 1971)
(Saturday, February 3, 2001) — ““It Wasn’t Me” by Shaggy featuring Rickardo “RikRok” Ducent peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (Feb. 3/10, 2001).
Continue reading ‘It Wasn’t Me’ by Shaggy featuring Rickardo ‘RikRok’ Ducent peaks at #1 in USA 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 3 2001)
Video: 'Frank Zappa - 200 Motels Trailer'
(Monday, February 1, 1971) — Former Beatle Ringo Starr arrived today at Pinewood Studios outside London to begin shooting his part for 200 Motels, a surreal musical film written and directed by Frank Zappa and Tony Palmer, and featuring music by Zappa.
Continue reading Ringo Starr begins filming his segments for Frank Zappa’s ‘200 Motels’ 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 1 1971)
Video: 'Texas in the Civil War'
(Friday, February 1, 1861; 12 weeks after the 1860 United States presidential election) — 87 days after Abraham Lincoln’s victory in the presidential election of 1860 on a platform which opposed the expansion of slavery into the western territories, Texas became the seventh state to leave the Union today when the the Texas Legislature voted 166-7 to secede.
Continue reading Texas becomes seventh Southern state to secede from the Union 160 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 1 1861)
