Daily Archives: June 4, 2024

Eisenhower: ‘OK. Let’s go’ 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 5 1944)

1940s, World War II


Video: 'Ten Days to D-Day 5/7' (June 5, 1944, 4:15 a.m. at 5:23)

(Monday, June 5, 1944, 4:15 a.m. British Double Summer Time (BDST)/10:15 p.m. Eastern War Time(EWT); 1 day before the Normandy landings, part of Operation Overlord on the Western Front of World War II) — Allied Supreme Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower says, “OK. Let’s go,” as commanders attend their final D-Day weather briefing early this morning in southern England. Continue reading Eisenhower: ‘OK. Let’s go’ 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 5 1944) →

The Beatles perform at K.B. Hallen in Copenhagen 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay (June 4 1964)

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


Video: 'The Beatles live in Denmark 1964'

(Thursday, June 4, 1964, late show scheduled to begin 9:15 p.m. Central European Time) — The Beatles began their first world tour tonight, performing two shows for 4,400 fans at K.B. Hallen in Copenhagen, Denmark. Continue reading The Beatles perform at K.B. Hallen in Copenhagen 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay (June 4 1964) →

Recording of ‘Slow Down’ by The Beatles completed in the band’s absence 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 4 1964)

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


Video: 'Slow Down (Remastered 2009)'

(Thursday, June 4, 1964, 2:30-7:30 p.m. BST) — While John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison were in Copenhagen to begin The Beatles’ first world tour and drummer Ringo Starr was ill and stuck in a London hospital, producer George Martin completed The Beatles’ recording of “Slow Down” today by adding a piano part at EMI Studio 2 in London. Continue reading Recording of ‘Slow Down’ by The Beatles completed in the band’s absence 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 4 1964) →

The Beatles, minus Ringo Starr, depart London for Copenhagen to begin first world tour 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 4 1964)

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


Video: 'The Beatles Day By Day 1964' (June 4, 1964, playlist videos 156-164)

(Thursday, June 4, 1964, flight departed London at 11:25 a.m. BST) — The Beatles (minus drummer Ringo Starr who stayed in London with tonsillitis and pharyngitis and was temporarily replaced by session drummer Jimmy Nicol) were driven by their chauffeur, Bill Corbett, to London Airport this morning to catch a flight to Copenhagen to begin the band’s 1964 world tour tonight at KB Hallen. Continue reading The Beatles, minus Ringo Starr, depart London for Copenhagen to begin first world tour 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 4 1964) →

U.S. Fifth Army begins liberating Rome, first Axis capital to fall during World War II 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 4 1944)

1940s, World War II


Video: '1944: The Liberation of Rome - Turning Point in WWII'

(Sunday, June 4, 1944, approximately 8:00 a.m. Central European Summer Time; during the Battle of Anzio, part of the Winter Line and the battle for Rome of the Italian Campaign of World War II) — The U.S. Fifth Army entered Rome from the south in several jeeps this morning, one day after the Germans declared it an open city, bringing liberation for the first time to a Nazi-enslaved European capital. Continue reading U.S. Fifth Army begins liberating Rome, first Axis capital to fall during World War II 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 4 1944) →