Video: 'Adolf Eichmann | Nazi Hunters | S1E02'
(Friday, June 1, 1962, a few minutes past midnight Israel Standard Time) — Adolf Eichmann, a German-Austrian SS-Obersturmbannführer and one of the major organizers of The Holocaust, the so-called “Final Solution to the Jewish Question” in Nazi terminology, was hanged at a prison in Ramla, Israel, early this morning. Continue reading Nazi mass murderer Adolf Eichmann executed in Israel 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 1 1962)
Video: '1972 Lod Airport Massacre Revisited'
(Tuesday, May 30, 1972, 10:20 p.m. Israel Standard Time; during the Lod Airport massacre) — Three gunmen armed with automatic rifles and hand grenades attacked a crowd of 250 to 300 people tonight at Lod Airport (now Ben Gurion International Airport) near Tel Aviv, Israel, killing 26 people and injuring 79 others. Continue reading 26 people killed as three terrorists open fire inside Lod Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 30 1972)
Video: 'Lincoln Memorial Dedication May 30, 1922'
(Tuesday, May 30, 1922, 2:30 p.m. EDT) — The Lincoln Memorial, a U.S. national memorial built to honor the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, was dedicated today on the western end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., across from the Washington Monument. Continue reading Lincoln Memorial dedicated on National Mall in Washington, D.C. 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 30 1922)
(Friday, May 29, 1942) — “White Christmas” by Bing Crosby, the world’s best-selling single (in terms of sales of physical media), was recorded today with the John Scott Trotter Orchestra and the Ken Darby Singers at the Radio Recorders recording studio, 932 N. Western Avenue in Los Angeles. Continue reading Bing Crosby records ‘White Christmas,’ best-selling single of all-time, in Los Angeles 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 29 1942)
(Saturday, May 29, 1982) — “Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)” by Elton John peaked at #13 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)’ by Elton John peaks at #13 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 29 1982)
(Saturday, May 29, 1982) — “Fantasy” by Aldo Nova peaked at #23 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Fantasy’ by Aldo Nova peaks at #23 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 29 1982)
(Saturday, May 29, 1982) — “Wake Up Little Susie” by Simon and Garfunkel peaked at #27 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Wake Up Little Susie’ by Simon and Garfunkel peaks at #27 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 29 1982)
Video: 'WATERGATE AFFAIR BBC DOKUMENTATION 1994' (First Watergate break-in at 40:15)
(Sunday, May 28, 1972, late evening EDT; during the Watergate scandal) — Operatives from President Richard Nixon’s re-election campaign, the Committee to Re-elect the President (CREEP), broke into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C., tonight and installed bugging equipment to monitor the party’s activities in the months leading up to the presidential election later that year. Continue reading Nixon operatives break into Democratic National Committee headquarters at Watergate complex for the first time 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 28 1972)
Video: 'President Richard Nixon: Appears on Soviet Television - May 28, 1972'
(Sunday, May 28, 1972, 8:30 p.m. Moscow Standard Time; during the Moscow Summit (1972), part of the Cold War) — U.S. President Richard Nixon told the Soviet people in a televised speech today that the memory of the wartime alliance between the United States and the Soviet Union “can serve as inspiration for renewal of cooperation in the 1970s. Continue reading U.S. President Richard Nixon addresses Russian people on live television from Kremlin 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 28 1972)
(Saturday, May 27, 1972) — “Oh Girl” by The Chi-Lites peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Oh Girl’ by The Chi-Lites peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 27 1972)
