Monthly Archives: February 2023

Finishing touches added to The Beatles’ debut album ‘Please Please Me’ 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 20 1963)

1960s, Popular Music 1960s, The Beatles 1960s


Video: 'Misery (Remastered 2009)'

(Wednesday, February 20, 1963, 10:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. GMT) — The Beatles’ producer George Martin today overdubbed a piano on “Misery” and celesta on Burt Bacharach’s “Baby It’s You,” completing the recording of the English rock group’s debut album Please Please Me for release on March 22, 1963, in Britain. Continue reading Finishing touches added to The Beatles’ debut album ‘Please Please Me’ 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 20 1963) →

‘Baby, Come to Me’ by Patti Austin and James Ingram peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 19 1983)

1980s, Popular Music 1980s

(Saturday, February 19, 1983) — “Baby, Come to Me” by Patti Austin and James Ingram peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (Feb. 19/26, 1983). Continue reading ‘Baby, Come to Me’ by Patti Austin and James Ingram peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 19 1983) →

Betty Friedan’s ‘The Feminine Mystique’ published, sparking second-wave feminism in the U.S. 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 19 1963)

1960s


Video: 'Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique'

(Tuesday, February 19, 1963) — The Feminine Mystique, a book by Betty Friedan that is widely credited with sparking second-wave feminism in the United States, was published today by W. W. Norton. Continue reading Betty Friedan’s ‘The Feminine Mystique’ published, sparking second-wave feminism in the U.S. 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 19 1963) →

13 people shot to death during a robbery at Seattle’s Wah Mee gambling club 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 19 1983)

1980s


Video: 'Mass Murder in Seattle: Wah Mee Club 13 Murdered in cold blood.'

(Saturday, February 19, 1983, 12:30 a.m. PST; during the Wah Mee Massacre) — Twelve men and a woman were shot dead early this morning at the Wah Mee Club, a gambling club in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District. Continue reading 13 people shot to death during a robbery at Seattle’s Wah Mee gambling club 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 19 1983) →

Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels calls for ‘total war’ as noose tightens around Third Reich 80 years ago this hour #OTD #OnThisDay (Feb 18 1943)

1940s, World War II


Video: 'When Goebbels Signed Germany's Suicide Pact - WW2 Special'

(Thursday, February 18, 1943, broadcast by Berlin at 8:15-10:27 p.m. Central European Time; during The Holocaust, part of World War II) — 16 days after the Battle of Stalingrad ended with the surrender of Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus and the German 6th Army to the Soviets, Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels called for “total war” (German: totalen Krieg) in the Sportpalast speech today at the Berlin Sportpalast to a large but carefully selected audience. Continue reading Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels calls for ‘total war’ as noose tightens around Third Reich 80 years ago this hour #OTD #OnThisDay (Feb 18 1943) →

Nazis arrest White Rose resistance leaders Hans Scholl and his sister Sophie at University of Munich 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 18 1943)

1940s, World War II


Video: 'The TRAGIC Execution Of Sophie Scholl - The White Rose'

(Thursday, February 18, 1943, around 11:15 a.m. Central European Time; during World War II) — Hans Scholl, 24, and his sister Sophie, 21, the leaders of the German youth group Weisse Rose (White Rose) that was secretly distributing anti-Hitler literature, were captured today at the University of Munich by the Gestapo. Continue reading Nazis arrest White Rose resistance leaders Hans Scholl and his sister Sophie at University of Munich 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 18 1943) →

Arsonist sets fire to subway train in Daegu, South Korea, killing 192 people 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 18 2003)

2000s


Video: 'The Daegu Metro Disaster - Terror On The Subway (Arson, Mass Murder)'

(Tuesday, February 18, 2003, 9:53 a.m. Korea Standard Time; during the Daegu subway fire) — 192 people died and 151 others were injured today at the Jungangno station of the Daegu Metropolitan Subway in Daegu, South Korea, today when an arsonist set fire to a train. Continue reading Arsonist sets fire to subway train in Daegu, South Korea, killing 192 people 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 18 2003) →

‘Oh Babe What Would You Say?’ by Hurricane Smith peaks at #3 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 17 1973)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s, The Beatles 1970s

(Saturday, February 17, 1973) — “Oh Babe What Would You Say?” by Hurricane Smith peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Oh Babe What Would You Say?’ by Hurricane Smith peaks at #3 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 17 1973) →