Video: 'Argentina Mourns Eva Peron (1952)'
(Saturday, July 26, 1952, 8:25 p.m. local time) — Argentina’s iconic first lady Eva Perón, 33, died tonight in Buenos Aires after a long battle with cervical cancer. Continue reading Argentina’s legendary first lady Eva Peron, 33, dies of cancer 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 26 1952)
Video: '1952 Adlai Stevenson Democratic Convention Acceptance Speech'
(Saturday, July 26, 1952, 2:13 a.m. CDT; during the 1952 Democratic National Convention) — Governor Adlai Stevenson II of Illinois accepted the Democratic presidential nomination early this morning at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago with a pledge to “talk sense to the American people.” Continue reading Adlai Stevenson accepts Democratic presidential nomination in Chicago 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 26 1952)
Video: 'The Tuskegee Study'
(Tuesday, July 25, 1972; during the Tuskegee Syphilis Study) — The notorious Tuskegee syphilis experiment came to light today as The Associated Press reported that for the previous four decades, the U.S. Public Health Service, in conjunction with the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, had been allowing poor, rural Black male patients with syphilis to go without treatment, even allowing them to die, as a way of studying the disease. Continue reading Black men went untreated in notorious Tuskegee syphilis experiment, AP reports 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 25 1972)
Audio: 'ABC Evening News 1972 VP Drama' (July 28, 1972)
(Tuesday, July 25, 1972, morning CDT; during the 1972 United States presidential election campaign) — Democratic vice presidential nominee Thomas Eagleton said today that he was hospitalized three times between 1960 and 1966 for “nervous exhaustion and fatigue” and that he had undergone psychiatric treatment, including electric shock therapy, for “depression” on two of the three occasions. Continue reading Democratic vice presidential nominee Thomas Eagleton reveals he had received electrical shock therapy twice 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 25 1972)
Video: '25 de julio de 1952'
(Friday, July 25, 1952) — Puerto Rico graduated today from the status of a colonial possession to that of a self-governing “free commonwealth” closely associated with the United States. Continue reading Puerto Rico becomes self-governing commonwealth of United States 70 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 25 1952)
(Saturday, July 24, 1982) — “Eye of the Tiger” by Survivor peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for six weeks (July 24/31, August 7/14/21/28, 1982). Continue reading ‘Eye of the Tiger’ by Survivor peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 24 1982)
(Saturday, July 24, 1982) — “Hold Me” by Fleetwood Mac peaked at #4 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for seven weeks. Continue reading ‘Hold Me ’ by Fleetwood Mac peaks at #4 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 24 1982)
(Saturday, July 24, 1982) — “Hooked on Swing” by Larry Elgart and His Manhattan Swing Orchestra peaked at #31 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Hooked on Swing’ by Larry Elgart peaks at #31 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 24 1982)
Video: 'American President #8: Martin Van Buren (1837-1841)'
(Thursday, July 24, 1862, 2:00 a.m. local time) — Martin Van Buren, the 8th president of the United States from 1837 to 1841 and the first to have been born after the American Revolution, died this morning of bronchial asthma and heart failure at his Lindenwald estate in Kinderhook, New York, the town where he was born in 1782. Van Buren was 79. Continue reading Former U.S. President Martin Van Buren, 79, dies in Kinderhook, New York 160 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 24 1862)
Video: 'Vic Morrow: News Report of His Death - July 23, 1982'
(Friday, July 23, 1982, about 2:30 a.m. PDT) — Actor Vic Morrow and two child actors, 7-year-old Myca Dinh Le and 6-year-old Renee Shin-Yi Chen, were killed this morning when a Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter crashed on top of them during filming of a Vietnam War scene for Twilight Zone: The Movie northwest of Los Angeles. Continue reading Actor Vic Morrow, two child actors killed when helicopter crashes on ‘Twilight Zone’ movie set 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 23 1982)
