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)
