Daily Archives: May 24, 2021

John Lennon tracks ‘Jealous Guy’ and ‘I Don’t Wanna Be a Soldier Mama’ 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 24 1971)


Video: 'Jealous Guy (Elements Mix)'

(Monday, May 24, 1971) — Former Beatle John Lennon tracked 28 takes (4 complete) of “Jealous Guy” and 8 takes (3 complete) of a remake of “I Don’t Wanna Be a Soldier Mamatoday at Ascot Sound Studios, his home recording facility at Tittenhurst Park near Ascot in Berkshire.
Continue reading John Lennon tracks ‘Jealous Guy’ and ‘I Don’t Wanna Be a Soldier Mama’ 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 24 1971)

Germans sink British battle cruiser HMS Hood in Battle of the Denmark Strait 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 24 1941)


Video: '092 - Sink the Bismarck! - The Pride of the Kriegsmarine's Demise - WW2 - May 30 1941' (Operation Rheinübung at 0:43)

(Saturday, May 24, 1941, at about 6:00 a.m. local time; during the Battle of the Denmark Strait, part of Operation Rheinübung, part of the Battle of the Atlantic, during World War II) — The 42,100-ton battle cruiser Hood, pride of the British Fleet and the world’s biggest fighting vessel, was blown up today by an “unlucky hit” scored on a munitions magazine by the new German battleship Bismarck in an engagement off Greenland. Continue reading Germans sink British battle cruiser HMS Hood in Battle of the Denmark Strait 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 24 1941)