Monthly Archives: December 2021

Kennedy family patriarch Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. suffers massive stroke 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 19 1961)

1960s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'December 19, 1961 - President John F. Kennedy arrives West Palm Beach to visit his Father'

(Tuesday, December 19, 1961) — Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., former U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, and the father of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, suffered a massive stroke today after playing golf in Palm Beach, Florida. Continue reading Kennedy family patriarch Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. suffers massive stroke 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 19 1961) →

‘A Clockwork Orange’ opens in Los Angeles 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 19 1971)

1970s, Movies 1970s


Video: 'A Clockwork Orange' trailer

(Sunday, December 19, 1971, midnight PST) — The first public screening of A Clockwork Orange, a dystopian crime film about a charismatic delinquent who volunteers for an experimental aversion therapy developed by the government in an effort to solve society’s crime problem, took place early this morning at a special midnight showing at Hollywood Pacific Theatre to benefit the Los Angeles International Film Exposition, also called Filmex. Continue reading ‘A Clockwork Orange’ opens in Los Angeles 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 19 1971) →

‘An Old Fashioned Love Song’ by Three Dog Night peaks at #4 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 18 1971)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s

(Saturday, December 18, 1971) — “An Old Fashioned Love Song” by Three Dog Night peaked at #4 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three weeks. Continue reading ‘An Old Fashioned Love Song’ by Three Dog Night peaks at #4 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 18 1971) →

‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’ by The Tokens peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 18 1961)

1960s, Popular Music 1960s

(Monday, December 18, 1961) — “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” by The Tokens peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for the first of three weeks (Dec. 18/25, 1961, Jan. 6, 1962). Continue reading ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’ by The Tokens peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 18 1961) →

John Lennon & Yoko Ono perform at benefit for Attica Prison riot families 50 years ago #OnThisDate #OTD (Dec 17 1971)

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

Video: 'John Lennon Imagine Live (Acoustic Guitar)'

(Friday, December 17, 1971, evening EST) — Former Beatle John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, performed tonight at the Apollo Theater in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City in the borough of Manhattan, at a concert benefit for the families of the victims of the recent riot at New York’s Attica State Prison. Continue reading John Lennon & Yoko Ono perform at benefit for Attica Prison riot families 50 years ago #OnThisDate #OTD (Dec 17 1971) →