Video: 'Paul McCartney - Wings Launch Party [Empire Ballroom, London, England] - 8 November 1971'
(Monday, November 8, 1971, 8:00 p.m. GMT) — Former Beatle Paul McCartney hosted a party tonight at the Empire Ballroom in Leicester Square, London, to celebrate the launch of his new group Wings and their upcoming debut album Wild Life. Continue reading Wings take flight as ex-Beatle Paul McCartney hosts launch party for new group 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 8 1971)
Video: '8th November 1861: The Trent Affair nearly causes a war between Britain and the United States'
(Friday, November 8, 1861; during the Trent Affair, part of the American Civil War) — The USS San Jacinto, commanded by Union Captain Charles Wilkes, intercepted the British mail packet RMS Trent today in Old Bahama Channel between Cuba and the Bahamas and removed, as contraband of war, two Confederate envoys: James Murray Mason and John Slidell. Continue reading Trent Affair nearly sparks war between U.S. and Great Britain during American Civil War 160 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 8 1861)
