Video: 'Intro by George Harrison | Concert for Bangladesh | 50th Anniversary : : Apple Music OST from LP'
(Saturday, January 22, 1972) — The Concert For Bangla Desh live triple album by George Harrison and celebrity friends peaked at #2 on today’s Billboard Top LP’s chart for six non-consecutive weeks. Continue reading ‘The Concert For Bangla Desh’ live triple album by George Harrison & Friends peaks at #2 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 22 1972)
Video: 'Wings Wild Life full album (1971)'
(Saturday, January 22, 1972) — Wild Life, the debut album by Paul McCartney’s new post-Beatles British–American rock band Wings, peaked at #10 on today’s Billboard Top LP’s chart for two consecutive weeks. Continue reading Paul McCartney’s first album with Wings, ‘Wild Life,’ peaks at #10 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 22 1972)
Video: 'Jackie Wilson "That's Why (I Love You So)" on The Ed Sullivan Show'
(Sunday, January 21, 1962, 8:00 p.m. EST) — Jackie Wilson performed “That’s Why (I Love You So)” on tonight‘s live edition of the CBS-TV variety series The Ed Sullivan Show live from CBS Studio 50 in New York City. Continue reading Jackie Wilson performs on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 21 1962)
Video: 'John Lennon & Yoko Ono - The Mike Douglas Show, 17/02/1972 (Legendado PT-BR)'
(Thursday, January 20, 1972, evening EST) — John Lennon and Yoko Ono taped their third of five appearances this evening as co-hosts on the prestigious Emmy award-winning WBC (Westinghouse Broadcasting Corporation) afternoon talk show The Mike Douglas Show for airing in syndication on Feb. 17, 1972. Continue reading John Lennon & Yoko Ono perform ‘Imagine’ during third taping as co-hosts for ‘The Mike Douglas Show’ 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 20 1972)
Video: 'The House of the Wannsee Conference'
(Tuesday, January 20, 1942, approximately noon-1:30 p.m. Central European Summer Time; during The Holocaust, part of World War II) — 15 high-ranking Nazi Party and German government officials gathered today at a villa in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee to discuss and coordinate the implementation of what they called the “Final Solution of the Jewish Question,” an attempt to exterminate the entire Jewish population of Europe, an estimated 11 million persons. Continue reading Nazi officials formalize plans for ‘Final Solution to the Jewish question’ at Wannsee Conference 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 20 1942)
Video: 'The Birth of the Manhattan Project - WW2 Special'
(Monday, January 19, 1942; during World War II) — Responding to a Nov. 27, 1941, recommendation by Vannevar Bush that “an atomic bomb WAS feasible,” U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, spurred on by the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, replied today with a brief handwritten note, “V. B. OK — returned — I think you had best keep this in your own safe FDR.” Continue reading U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt officially approves project to make first atomic weapons 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 19 1942)
Video: 'Sinking Of The Rms Lady Hawkins'
(Monday, January 19, 1942, 7:43 a.m. EST; during the Battle of the Atlantic, part of World War II) — German submarine U-66 sank the Canadian ocean liner RMS Lady Hawkins this morning off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, killing 251 people. Continue reading 251 people killed as German sub torpedoes Canadian ocean liner off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 19 1942)
Video: 'The Mike Douglas Show S11E122 John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Jerry Rubin, Barbara Loden, Dr Jesse'
(Tuesday, January 18, 1972, evening EST) — Former Beatle John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, taped their second of five appearances today at KYW-TV in Philadelphia as co-hosts on the prestigious Emmy award-winning WBC (Westinghouse Broadcasting Corporation) afternoon talk show The Mike Douglas Show for airing in syndication on Feb. 15, 1972. Continue reading John Lennon & Yoko Ono tape second co-hosting appearance on ‘The Mike Douglas Show’ 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 18 1972)
(Saturday, January 18, 1992) — “No Son of Mine” by Genesis peaked at #12 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘No Son of Mine’ by Genesis peaks at #12 in USA 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 18 1992)
Video: '#10 John Tyler'
(Saturday, January 18, 1862, 12:15 a.m. local time) — John Tyler, the 10th president of the United States, serving from 1841 to 1845, after briefly holding office as the 10th vice president in 1841, died early today in Richmond, Virginia, most likely due to a stroke, at age 71. Continue reading Former U.S. President John Tyler, 71, dies in Richmond, Virginia 160 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 18 1862)
