Daily Archives: November 26, 2021

The Doors perform at Hollywood Palladium 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 26 1971)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s, The Doors


Video: '1971-11-26 - The Doors Live at the Hollywood Palladium (Audience Recording)'

(Friday, November 26, 1971, following the 8:00 p.m. PST scheduled start time for opening acts Dr. John, The Night Tripper and Curved Air) — More than four months after lead singer Jim Morrison was found dead in a bathtub in Paris, the surviving members of the American rock group The Doors — keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger and drummer John Densmore — performed tonight at the Hollywood Palladium in Hollywood, California. Continue reading The Doors perform at Hollywood Palladium 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 26 1971) →

U.S. demands complete Japanese withdrawal from China and French Indochina 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 26 1941)

1940s, World War II


Video: 'War Comes to America, 8/8: America Attacked' (Hull note' delivered at 3:24)

(Wednesday, November 26, 1941, evening EST; 11 days before the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor) — U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull presented Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura and special Japanese envoy Saburo Kurusu with the Hull note, setting forth U.S. demands for “lasting and extensive peace throughout the Pacific area.” Continue reading U.S. demands complete Japanese withdrawal from China and French Indochina 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 26 1941) →