Video: 'Warhol and Maciunas'
(Tuesday, June 29, 1971, evening EDT) — Former Beatle John Lennon and and his wife, Yoko Ono, were filmed tonight attending a “dumpling party” at a Fluxus gathering put on by artist and a Fluxus founding member, George Maciunas, at a Fluxhouse at 80 Wooster Street in the Soho neighborhood in Lower Manhattan in New York City. Continue reading John Lennon & Yoko Ono attend ‘dumpling party’ at a Fluxhouse in New York City 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 29 1971)
Video: 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory' trailer
(Tuesday, June 29, 1971, 7:30 p.m. EDT) — Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, an American musical fantasy film adaptation of the 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, premiered tonight at Loew’s Riviera in Coral Gables, Florida, to benefit the Miami Herald‘s Send-a-Kid-to-Camp fund. Continue reading ‘Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory’ premieres in Coral Gables, Florida 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 29 1971)
Video: 'Soyuz 11 - Death Of Three Astronauts'
(Wednesday, June 30, 1971, approximately 1:47 a.m. Moscow Standard Time) — After a successful mission aboard Salyut 1, the world’s first manned space station, the crew of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft were killed today during their return into Earth’s atmosphere after 23 days on the orbiting station, setting a new record for time spent in space. Continue reading Three Soviet cosmonauts who set endurance record for space flights die on return to Earth 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 30 1971)
