Video: 'I Love Lucy: A Colorized Celebration - "Job Switching" clip'
(Monday, September 15, 1952, 9:00 p.m. EDT) — After Ricky and Fred get upset about the girls’ spending, Lucy and Ethel go to work in a candy factory while the boys do the housework on tonight‘s season two premiere episode of the CBS-TV sitcom I Love Lucy. Continue reading Lucy and Ethel go to work in a candy factory on ‘Job Switching’ episode of ‘I Love Lucy’ TV sitcom 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 15 1952)
Video: 'YouTube Watergate Part 12 of 30' (Sept. 15, 1972 at 3:02)
(Friday, September 15, 1972, 5:27-6:17 p.m. EDT, during the Watergate scandal) — U.S. President Richard Nixon, Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman, and White House staff attorney John Dean met today to discuss the cover-up of the White House’s role in the Watergate break-in and discuss plans to take revenge on the President’s enemies. Continue reading President Richard Nixon vows to take revenge on his enemies during White House meeting 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 15 1972)
Video: 'Watergate Part 12 of 30' (Sept. 15, 1972 at 2:07)
(Friday, September 15, 1972; during the Watergate scandal) — Two former White House aides, E. Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy, and the five men seized by the police inside the Watergate complex on June 17, 1972, were indicted today on charges of conspiring to break into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee to steal documents and install bugging devices. Continue reading Federal grand jury indicates five Watergate burglars, as well as former White House aides Hunt and Liddy 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 15 1972)
Video: 'Medley: Hold Me Tight/Lazy Dynamite/Hands Of Love/Power Cut (2018 Remaster)' ("Hold Me Tight" at 0:00-2:22)
(Friday, September 15, 1972) — Former Beatle Paul McCartney and his British–American rock band, Wings, today recorded “Hold Me Tight” at EMI Studios, Abbey Road in London, during sessions for the studio album Red Rose Speedway. Continue reading Paul McCartney and Wings record ‘Hold Me Tight’ in London 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 15 1972)
(Saturday, September 15, 1962) — “Sherry” by The Four Seasons peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for five consecutive weeks (Sept. 15/22/29, Oct. 6/13, 1962). Continue reading ‘Sherry’ by The Four Seasons peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 15 1962)
(Saturday, September 15, 1962) — “Rinky Dink” by Dave “Baby” Cortez peaked at #10 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Rinky Dink’ by Dave ‘Baby’ Cortez peaks at #10 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 15 1962)
Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History - Vietnamizing the War [7/11]' (Sept. 15, 1972, at 47:22)
(Friday, September 15, 1972, 5:00 p.m. Saigon Standard Time; during the Vietnam War, the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — South Vietnam’s Army of the Republic of Vietnam defeated the People’s Army of Vietnam today at the ancient citadel of Quang Tri, ending North Vietnam’s three-plus month occupation of South Vietnam’s northernmost provincial capital and the Second Battle of Quang Tri. Continue reading South Vietnamese forces recapture Quang Tri from North Vietnamese 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 15 1972)
