Daily Archives: November 12, 2021

President Nixon announces 45,000 more U.S. troops will withdraw from Vietnam before Feb. 1, leaving 139,000 there as peace aid 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 12 1971)

1970s, U.S. Presidents, Vietnam War


Video: 'CBS Evening News - 1971-11-12'

(Friday, November 12, 1971, 4:02-4:09 p.m. EST; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — U.S. President Richard Nixon announced today that he would withdraw 45,000 more American soldiers from South Vietnam by Feb. 1, 1972, retaining a force of 139,000 men to strengthen his hand in seeking a negotiated settlement of the war. Continue reading President Nixon announces 45,000 more U.S. troops will withdraw from Vietnam before Feb. 1, leaving 139,000 there as peace aid 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 12 1971) →

Lennon, Ono rehearse ‘The Luck of the Irish’ in their New York apartment 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 12 1971)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s, The Beatles 1970s


Video: 'John Lennon - Luck of The Irish Rare performance'

(Friday, November 12, 1971) — Former Beatle John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, were captured on a black and white “open-reel” Sony video recording machine today at their newly occupied apartment in Greenwich Village in New York City rehearsing a brand new song he had written, titled “The Luck of the Irish.” Continue reading Lennon, Ono rehearse ‘The Luck of the Irish’ in their New York apartment 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 12 1971) →

265 people killed as passenger jetliner crashes near JFK Airport in New York City 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 12 2001)

2000s


Video: 'Terror: 11/12/01 - Crash of Flight 587 in Queens, N.Y.'

(Monday, November 12, 2001, 9:16 a.m. EST) — American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300B4-605R en route to Las Américas International Airport in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, crashed this morning into the neighborhood of Belle Harbor, on the Rockaway Peninsula of Queens, New York City, shortly after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, killing all 260 people on board and five on the ground. Continue reading 265 people killed as passenger jetliner crashes near JFK Airport in New York City 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 12 2001) →