Monthly Archives: September 2023

Producer George Martin completes ‘Money (That’s What I Want)’ for The Beatles’ second studio album 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 30 1963)

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


Video: 'Money (That's What I Want)'

(Monday, September 30, 1963, 10:00 a.m.-1:15 p.m. British Summer Time) — While The Beatles were on holiday abroad, the rock music band’s producer, George Martin, went back into EMI Studio Two today to work on seven tracks for their second album With The Beatles, completing the recording sessions for “Money (That’s What I Want).” Continue reading Producer George Martin completes ‘Money (That’s What I Want)’ for The Beatles’ second studio album 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 30 1963) →

Infamous 18½-minute gap allegedly created in key Watergate tape 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 29 1973)

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Video: 'Who Erased 18 Minutes of Nixon Watergate Tapes?'

(Saturday, September 29, 1973; during the Watergate scandal) — Rose Mary Woods, the personal secretary to U.S. President Richard Nixon, later claims that on this date she inadvertently erased 18 minutes and 30 seconds of a taped conversation between Nixon and Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman on June 20, 1972, three days after the Watergate break-in. Continue reading Infamous 18½-minute gap allegedly created in key Watergate tape 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 29 1973) →

‘We’re an American Band’ by Grand Funk Railroad peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 29 1973)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s

(Saturday, September 29, 1973) — “We’re an American Band” by Grand Funk Railroad peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘We’re an American Band’ by Grand Funk Railroad peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 29 1973) →

‘Sally Go ‘Round the Roses’ by The Jaynetts peaks at #2 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 28 1963)

1960s, Popular Music 1960s

(Saturday, September 28, 1963) — “Sally Go ‘Round the Roses” by The Jaynetts peaked at #2 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Sally Go ‘Round the Roses’ by The Jaynetts peaks at #2 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 28 1963) →

President John F. Kennedy breaks ground for nuclear reactor at Hanford Site near Richland, Washington 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 26 1963)

1960s, Cold War, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Kennedy at Hanford, 1963'

(Thursday, September 26, 1963, JFK began speaking at 3:26 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time; during the Cold War) — President John F. Kennedy waved a magic wand over a boiling plateau of dust today at the Hanford Site in eastern Washington state as he presided over the groundbreaking of a nuclear reactor that would generate commercial and residential electricity while creating plutonium for use in nuclear weapons. Continue reading President John F. Kennedy breaks ground for nuclear reactor at Hanford Site near Richland, Washington 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 26 1963) →

Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa becomes first known European to see Pacific Ocean 510 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 25 1513)

1720s and before


Video: '25th September 1513: Balboa becomes the first European to reach the Pacific Ocean from the New World'

(Sunday, September 25, 1513, before noon local time) — Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama today, becoming the first known European to see the Pacific Ocean. Continue reading Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa becomes first known European to see Pacific Ocean 510 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 25 1513) →