Video: 'Japanese earthquake 1923'
(Saturday, September 1, 1923, 11:58:44 a.m. Japan Standard Time) — A devastating earthquake with an approximate magnitude of 7.9 struck the Kanto Plain on the main Japanese island of Honshu today, killing 120,000 people and leaving 2 million homeless as half the city of Tokyo was destroyed. Continue reading Great Kanto earthquake kills 120,000 people in Japan, prompts massacre 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 1 1923)
Video: 'What REALLY happened Korean Flight 007??'
(Thursday, September 1, 1983, 6:26 a.m. Sakhalin time; during the Cold War) — Korean Air Lines Flight 007, a scheduled Korean Air Lines flight from New York City to Seoul via Anchorage, Alaska, was shot down today by a Soviet Union Su-15 interceptor near Moneron Island when the commercial aircraft entered Soviet airspace; all 269 on board were killed including U.S. Congressman Larry McDonald. Continue reading Soviets shoot down Korean Air Lines Boeing 747, killing 269 people 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 1 1983)
(Saturday, August 31, 1963) — “My Boyfriend’s Back” by The Angels peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three consecutive weeks (Aug. 31, Sept. 7/14, 1963). Continue reading ‘My Boyfriend’s Back’ by The Angels peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 31 1963)
Video: 'The Doors - Live @The Hollywood Bowl '72' (Audio of the band's final public performance as the original incarnation of The Doors, recorded Sept. 10, 1972)
(Thursday, August 30, 1973) — The surviving members of The Doors decided to call it quits today, after two years and two albums without their late singer Jim Morrison. Continue reading The Doors officially disband two years after Jim Morrison’s death 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 30 1973)
Video: 'Hot Line Installed From Washington To Russia (1963)'
(Friday, August 30, 1963; during the Cold War) — The Moscow–Washington hotline, created in the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis to reduce the risk of accidental nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union, began operations today as the U.S. Department of Defense made a one-sentence announcement to the world press: “The direct communication link between Washington and Moscow is now operational.” Continue reading Moscow–Washington hotline to cut risk of accidental nuclear war becomes operational 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 30 1963)
Video: 'The Beatles Mersey Sound 1963' (Aug. 30, 1963, at 22:03-22:29/28:12-28:30)
(Friday, August 30, 1963) — On the fourth and final day in which The Beatles were filmed by BBC producer Don Haworth for the documentary The Mersey Sound, Ringo Starr was captured today leaving his family home outside 10 Admiral Grove, Liverpool 8, through the front door, being crowded by a horde of local children, and escaping in George Harrison’s open-top sports car. Continue reading The Beatles wrap up filming for BBC documentary ‘The Mersey Sound’ in Liverpool 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 30 1963)
Video: 'ABC News Coverage of STS-8' (parts 1-6)
(Tuesday, August 30, 1983, 2:32:00 a.m. EDT) — Guion Bluford, 40, became the first African-American in space early today, traveling aboard Space Shuttle Challenger on the mission STS-8 following a 17-minute delay due to thunderstorms near the launch site. Continue reading Guion Bluford becomes first African-American astronaut in space 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 30 1983)
Video: 'The Mersey Sound - Full Documentary - Featuring The Beatles - 9 October 1963' (Aug. 29, 1963, at 22:33-22:39/22:44-22:54)
(Thursday, August 29, 1963) — For the third of four days of filming for Don Haworth’s BBC documentary The Mersey Sound, The Beatles were filmed today in their home city Liverpool. Continue reading The Beatles filmed for BBC documentary ‘The Mersey Sound’ in Liverpool 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 29 1963)
Video: 'August 28, 1963 - President John F. Kennedy meets with the leaders of the March On Washington'
(Wednesday, August 28, 1963, 5:00-6:12 p.m. EDT; during the civil rights movement) — Following the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, highlighted by the “I Have A Dream” speech delivered by American civil rights activist and Baptist minister Martin Luther King Jr., 10 leaders of the event walked over to the White House today for a 72-minute meeting with President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson in the Oval Office. Continue reading U.S. President John F. Kennedy meets with civil rights leaders following March on Washington 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 28 1963)
Video: 'Martin Luther King | I Have A Dream Speech | August 28, 1963, Full Speech'
(Wednesday, August 28, 1963, approximately 3:00 p.m. EDT; during the civil rights movement) — American civil rights activist and Baptist minister Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have A Dream” speech today from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Continue reading Martin Luther King Jr. delivers ‘I Have a Dream’ speech during March on Washington 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 28 1963)
