Monthly Archives: February 2022

Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong hosts U.S. President Richard Nixon in Beijing 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 21 1972)

1970s, Cold War, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'History: Feb 1972 President Nixon to China (4/6) 1972/2/21' (Nixon meets with Mao at 6:29)

(Monday, February 21, 1972, 2:50-3:55 p.m. China Standard Time; during the 1972 visit by Richard Nixon to China and the Cold War) — Three hours and 20 minutes after he arrived in Beijing, U.S. President Richard M. Nixon’s week-long summit conference in China quickly reached a high point today with a surprise meeting with Chairman Mao Zedong, the enshrined leader of the Communist rulers of China. Continue reading Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong hosts U.S. President Richard Nixon in Beijing 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 21 1972) →

U.S. President Richard Nixon begins historic visit to People’s Republic of China as he arrives in Beijing 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 21 1972)

1970s, Cold War, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Nixon in China: The Week that Changed the World' (Feb. 21, 1972, at 1:51)

(Monday, February 21, 1972, 11:30 a.m. China Standard Time; during the 1972 visit by Richard Nixon to China and the Cold War) — President Richard Nixon and his wife, Pat, arrived in Beijing this morning to mark the end of a generation of hostility between the United States and China and to begin a new but still undefined relationship between the most powerful (the U.S.) and the most populous (China) of nations on Earth.. Continue reading U.S. President Richard Nixon begins historic visit to People’s Republic of China as he arrives in Beijing 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 21 1972) →

President Abraham Lincoln’s third son, 11-year-old Willie, dies of typhoid fever at the White House 160 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 20 1862)

1860s, American Civil War, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'The Death of Willie Lincoln'

(Thursday, February 20, 1862, 5:00 p.m. local time; during the American Civil War) — William Wallace “Willie” Lincoln, the third son of President Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln, died today of typhoid fever at the White House in Washington, D.C. He was only 11 years old. Continue reading President Abraham Lincoln’s third son, 11-year-old Willie, dies of typhoid fever at the White House 160 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 20 1862) →

‘Godspeed, John Glenn’: Astronaut becomes first American to orbit Earth 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 20 1962)

1960s, space exploration


Video: 'Friendship 7 (Full Mission 01)'

(Tuesday, February 20, 1962, 9:47:39 a.m.-2:43:02 p.m. EST) — The United States placed an astronaut into orbit for the first time today as John Glenn, 40, was sent aloft by an Atlas LV-3B launch vehicle lifting off from Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard the Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7. Continue reading ‘Godspeed, John Glenn’: Astronaut becomes first American to orbit Earth 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 20 1962) →

‘Sammy’s Visit’ episode airs tonight on CBS-TV sitcom ‘All In The Family’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 19 1972)

1970s, Television 1970s


Video: 'Sammy's Visit'

(Saturday, February 19, 1972, 8:00 p.m. EST) — The Bunkers have the honor of hosting Sammy Davis, Jr. in their home to retrieve a briefcase he accidentally left earlier in Archie’s cab on “Sammy’s Visit,” tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV sitcom All In The Family. Continue reading ‘Sammy’s Visit’ episode airs tonight on CBS-TV sitcom ‘All In The Family’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 19 1972) →

President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorizes relocation and internment of Japanese Americans 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 19 1942)

1940s, U.S. Presidents, World War II


Video: 'Executive Order 9066: A Shameful Moment In WW2 America | Silent Sacrifice Part 1 | Timeline

(Thursday, February 19, 1942; during the internment of Japanese Americans, part of World War II) — President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 today, authorizing the secretary of war to prescribe certain areas as military zones and clearing the way for about 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry, most of whom lived on the Pacific Coast, to be forcibly relocated and incarcerated in concentration camps in the western interior of the country. Continue reading President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorizes relocation and internment of Japanese Americans 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 19 1942) →

Japanese warplanes raid Darwin, Australia, killing at least 243 people 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDate #OTD (Feb 19 1942)

1940s, World War II


Video: 'Bombing of Darwin'

(Thursday, February 19, 1942, 9:58 a.m. Australian Central Daylight Time; during the Bombing of Darwin, part of the Pacific War, part of World War II) — 242 Japanese aircraft, in two separate raids, attacked Darwin, Australia, ships in Darwin’s harbor and the town’s two airfields today in an attempt to prevent the Allies from using them as bases to contest the invasion of Timor and Java during World War II. Continue reading Japanese warplanes raid Darwin, Australia, killing at least 243 people 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDate #OTD (Feb 19 1942) →

‘Duke of Earl’ by Gene Chandler peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 17 1962)

1960s, Popular Music 1960s

(Saturday, February 17, 1962) — “Duke of Earl” by Gene Chandler peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three consecutive weeks (Feb. 17/24, Mar. 3, 1962). Continue reading ‘Duke of Earl’ by Gene Chandler peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 17 1962) →