Daily Archives: April 22, 2022

John Lennon & Yoko Ono appear at ‘National Peace Action Coalition Rally’ in New York 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 22 1972)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s, The Beatles 1970s, Vietnam War


Video: 'John Lennon vs. FBI & Nixon - CBS Evening News - March 22, 1983' (Apr. 22, 1972, at 0:00-0:20)

(Saturday, April 22, 1972) — Former Beatle John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, appeared today at an anti-war rally organized by the National Peace Action Coalition (NPAC) in New York’s Bryant Park, leading 35,000 chilled protesters in a rousing performance of Lennon’s “Give Peace a Chance.” Continue reading John Lennon & Yoko Ono appear at ‘National Peace Action Coalition Rally’ in New York 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 22 1972) →

Millions of Americans watch first live television broadcast of a nuclear bomb test 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 22 1952)

1950s, Cold War


Video: 'Tumbler Charlie: April 22, 1952'

(Tuesday, April 22, 1952, 9:30:10 a.m. PST; during the Cold War) — Millions of Americans watched on live television today as a 31-kiloton Mark 4 nuclear bomb was dropped from a B-50 Superfortress in the Yucca Flat region of the Nevada. Continue reading Millions of Americans watch first live television broadcast of a nuclear bomb test 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 22 1952) →

Apollo 16 astronauts drive up mountain, collect rocks in six-mile trip on the Moon 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 22 1972)

1970s, space exploration


Video: 'Apollo 16 Remastered (50th Anniversary) [4K]' (Apr. 22, 1972, at 1:40:56)

(Saturday, April 22, 1972, 11:33:35 a.m. EST; during the Apollo 16 mission to the Moon) — Apollo 16 explorers drove halfway up a Moon mountain today, dodging huge boulders, to reach the highest point on the Moon ever visited by man. They were pleased with the accomplishment but disappointed in not finding more crystalline rock. Continue reading Apollo 16 astronauts drive up mountain, collect rocks in six-mile trip on the Moon 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 22 1972) →