Video: 'Native American Occupation of Alcatraz Captured in Rare Footage | KQED Arts'
(Friday, June 11, 1971, afternoon PDT; during the Occupation of Alcatraz) — A government force of 35 marshals recaptured Alcatraz Island without resistance today, removing 15 Native American holdouts remaining from an occupation that begun 19 months ago on Nov. 20, 1969. Continue reading Native Americans expelled from Alcatraz Island, ending 19-month occupation 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 11 1971)
Video: 'Documentaries The execution of Timothy McVeigh'
(Monday, June 11, 2001, 7:14 a.m. CDT) — With the sting of a needle in his right leg, Timothy McVeigh was sedated, injected with poison and executed today by the government he so despised, a quiet end for the man who sent 168 people to their deaths in screams, flames and crushing concrete. Continue reading Timothy McVeigh executed by lethal injection for killing 168 people in Oklahoma City bombing 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 11 2001)
(Saturday, June 8, 1991) — “More Than Words” by Extreme peaked at #1 song on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘More Than Words’ by Extreme peaks at #1 in USA 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 8 1991)
(Saturday, June 7, 1941) — “My Sister and I” by Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra (Fox Trot Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberly) peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for the first of two non-consecutive weeks (June 7/28, 1941). Continue reading ‘My Sister and I’ by Jimmy Dorsey peaks at #1 in USA 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 7 1941)
Video: 'Operation Opera - Israel's Raid on the Iraqi Reactor 1981'
(Sunday, June 7, 1981, 6:55 p.m. Arabia Standard Time; during Operation Opera, part of the Arab–Israeli conflict) — Israeli planes today bombed and destroyed an unfinished Iraqi nuclear reactor 11 miles southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, that the Israeli government said would have enabled Iraq to manufacture nuclear weapons. Continue reading Israeli jets destroy unfinished Iraqi atomic reactor near Baghdad 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 7 1981)
Video: 'Soyuz 11 - Death Of Three Astronauts'
(Monday, June 7, 1971, 10:45 a.m. Moscow Standard Time) — The three Soyuz 11 cosmonauts (Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev) became the first humans in history to step aboard an orbiting space station today after their capsule successfully docked with Salyut 1. Continue reading Three Soyuz 11 cosmonauts become first humans in history to step aboard an orbiting space station 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 7 1971)
Video: 'Frank Zappa and John Lennon Fillmore East 1971 06 06'
(Sunday, June 6, 1971, evening EDT) — Former Beatle John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, were invited to appear onstage with Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention tonight at the Fillmore East in New York City. Continue reading John Lennon, Yoko Ono perform with Frank Zappa at Fillmore East in New York 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 6 1971)
Video: 'June 6, 1961 - John F. Kennedy report to the American people on his trip to Europe'
(Tuesday, June 6, 1961, 7:00 p.m. EDT; during the Cold War) — U.S. President John F. Kennedy reported to the nation tonight that his talks with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev should at least have lessened chances of a “dangerous misjudgment” on either side. Continue reading President Kennedy addresses nation on TV, says talks with Premier Khrushchev in Vienna eased peril of a ‘misjudgment’ 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 6 1961)
Video: 'The Age of Aids full documentary'
(Friday, June 5, 1981) — The AIDS epidemic officially began today when the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report newsletter reported unusual clusters of Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) caused by a form of Pneumocystis carinii (now recognized as a distinct species, Pneumocystis jirovecii) in five homosexual men in Los Angeles. Continue reading AIDS epidemic officially begins as CDC reports cluster of rare form of pneumonia in five gay men in Los Angeles 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 5 1981)
(Saturday, June 5, 1971) — “It Don’t Come Easy” by former Beatle Ringo Starr peaked at #4 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘It Don’t Come Easy’ by Ringo Starr peaks at #4 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 5 1971)
