Monthly Archives: January 2023

Police in helicopter kill serial sniper and black nationalist on New Orleans hotel roof after he murdered nine people 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 7 1973)

1970s


Video: 'SYND 8-1-73 SCENES OF GUN BATTLE'

(Sunday, January 7, 1973, shortly before 9 p.m. CST) — After a day of terror in which 7 persons, including three police officers, were killed and 13 were wounded, New Orleans policemen, in a borrowed Marine helicopter, tonight killed sniper Mark Essex, a former Black Panther party member, with red tracer bullets. Continue reading Police in helicopter kill serial sniper and black nationalist on New Orleans hotel roof after he murdered nine people 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 7 1973) →

President Harry Truman announces the United States had developed a hydrogen bomb 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 7 1953)

1950s, Cold War, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Today in History: Truman Announce H-Bomb'

(Wednesday, January 7, 1953, 9:00 a.m. EST; during the Cold War) — U.S. President Harry S. Truman announced today in his State of the Union message to Congress that the United States had developed a hydrogen bomb and warned Joseph Stalin that a war provoked by Russia now would mean the ruin of the Soviet regime and homeland. Continue reading President Harry Truman announces the United States had developed a hydrogen bomb 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 7 1953) →

‘Don’t Make Me Over’ by Dionne Warwick peaks at #21 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 5 1963)

1960s, Popular Music 1960s

(Saturday, January 5, 1963) — “Don’t Make Me Over” by Dionne Warwick peaked at #21 on today’s Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart for the first of two weeks. Continue reading ‘Don’t Make Me Over’ by Dionne Warwick peaks at #21 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 5 1963) →

U.S. should lead, not police, President George H.W. Bush says in farewell address 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 5 1993)

1990s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'George H. W. Bush's Farewell Address 1993'

(Tuesday, January 5, 1993, 1:22 p.m. EST) — President George H.W. Bush, in a farewell address today as commander-in-chief, said he will pass on to his successor a dangerous world that may require the use of American force — preferably with allied support but alone if necessary — when diplomacy fails and “the stakes warrant.” Continue reading U.S. should lead, not police, President George H.W. Bush says in farewell address 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 5 1993) →

Former U.S. President Calvin Coolidge, 60, dies in Northampton, Massachusetts 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 5 1933)

1930s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Calvin Coolidge: The Silent President'

(Thursday, January 5, 1933, 12:45 p.m. EST) — Calvin Coolidge, the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929, died suddenly this afternoon of a heart attack at his mansion known as “The Beeches” in Northampton, Massachusetts. He was 60. Continue reading Former U.S. President Calvin Coolidge, 60, dies in Northampton, Massachusetts 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 5 1933) →