Daily Archives: May 24, 2023

Paul McCartney & Wings perform at Green’s Playhouse in Glasgow, Scotland 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 24 1973)

Video: 'Paul McCartney and Wings - Live in Glasgow (May 24th, 1973)'

(Thursday, May 24, 1973, at approximately 9:30 p.m. British Summer Time, following the 8:00 p.m. BST scheduled start time for opening act English pub rock band Brinsley Schwarz; during the Wings 1973 UK Tour) — Paul McCartney’s British-American band, Wings performed tonight at Green’s Playhouse in Glasgow, Scotland, on the 11th stop (and 14th show) of the band’s 16-city, 21-show tour of the United Kingdom. Continue reading Paul McCartney & Wings perform at Green’s Playhouse in Glasgow, Scotland 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 24 1973) →

Video: 'Modern Marvels: Building the Brooklyn Bridge (S2, E20) | Full Episode' (May 24, 1883, at 48:40)

(Thursday, May 24, 1883, ceremonies were scheduled for 2:00-5:30 p.m., local time) — The Brooklyn Bridge, a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge linking New York City and Brooklyn by spanning the East River, was dedicated today by U.S. President Chester Alan Arthur, New York Governor Grover Cleveland, and Emily Roebling, the wife of the bridge’s main engineer, Washington Roebling. Continue reading Brooklyn Bridge linking Brooklyn and Manhattan in New York City dedicated 140 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 24 1883) →

Video: 'The Beatles - Pop Goes The Beatles (BBC, Pop Go The Beatles #01 - 4 June 1963)'