Video: '(Cut) The Beatles Live At Blokker, The Netherlands - June 6th 1964 (Afternoon)'
(Saturday, June 6, 1964, 4:30 p.m. CET) — The Beatles performed the first of two shows at Veilinghal Op Hoop Van Zegen, an auction hall situated on Veilingweg in Blokker, a village just north of Amsterdam. Continue reading The Beatles perform first of two shows in Blokker, The Netherlands 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 6 1964)
(Saturday, June 6, 1964) — “Do You Love Me” by The Dave Clark Five peaked at #11 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Do You Love Me’ by The Dave Clark Five peaks at #11 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 6 1964)
(Saturday, June 6, 1964) — “A World Without Love” by Bobby Rydell (written by The Beatles’ Lennon-McCartney songwriting team) peaked at #80 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘A World Without Love’ by Bobby Rydell peaks at #80 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 6 1964)
Video: 'Operation Overlord & Neptune (D-Day documentary)' (June 6, 1944, 1:00 p.m. BDST at 1:15:10)
(Tuesday, June 6, 1944, 1:00 p.m. British Double Summer Time (BDST)/7:00 a.m. Eastern War Time(EWT); during the Normandy landings, part of Operation Overlord on the Western Front of World War II) — The Allies have cracked the Atlantic Wall across all five invasion beaches and smashed their way into Nazi-occupied France. Continue reading Allies have cracked the Atlantic Wall 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 6 1944)
Video: 'The Beatles Day By Day 1964' (June 6, 1964, playlist videos 178-190)
(Saturday, June 6, 1964, 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Central European Time; during The Beatles’ 1964 world tour) — Prior to performing two concerts in the village of Blokker in the Netherlands – their only two shows on Dutch soil – The Beatles and Jimmy Nicol (filling in for a sick Ringo Starr) toured the canals today of Amsterdam in a glass-topped tourist boat. Continue reading The Beatles tour canals of Amsterdam 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay (Jun 6 1964)
Video: 'Operation Overlord & Neptune (D-Day documentary)' (June 6, 1944, 12:00 p.m. BDST at 1:10:22)
(Tuesday, June 6, 1944, 12:00 p.m. British Double Summer Time (BDST)/6:00 a.m. Eastern War Time(EWT); during the Normandy landings, part of Operation Overlord on the Western Front of World War II) — The Brécourt Manor Assault, the Allied effort to destroy German weapons hidden inland from Utah Beach at Normandy, France, is successfully completed by this hour. Continue reading Allied paratroopers have destroyed German weapons at Brecourt Manor 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 6 1944)
Video: 'Operation Overlord & Neptune (D-Day documentary)' (June 6, 1944, 10:30 a.m. BDST at 1:00:53)
(Tuesday, June 6, 1944, 10:30 a.m. British Double Summer Time (BDST)/4:30 a.m. Eastern War Time(EWT); during the Normandy landings, part of Operation Overlord on the Western Front of World War II) — Decisive action by Allied destroyers to risk going aground to support soldiers pinned down have turned the tide at Omaha Beach by this hour. Continue reading Decisive action by Allied destroyers turns the tide at Omaha Beach 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 6 1944)
Video: 'Operation Overlord & Neptune (D-Day documentary)' (June 6, 1944, 8:30 a.m. BDST at 1:04:27)
(Tuesday, June 6, 1944, 8:30 a.m. British Double Summer Time (BDST)/2:30 a.m. Eastern War Time(EWT); during the Normandy landings, part of Operation Overlord on the Western Front of World War II) — Allied soldiers who came ashore at Utah Beach are vulnerable to German weapons hidden inland at Brecourt Manor, weapons that delayed paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division are attempting to capture. Continue reading Allied paratroopers close in on German weapons at Brecourt Manor 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 6 1944)
Video: 'Operation Overlord & Neptune (D-Day documentary)' (June 6, 1944, 8:30 a.m. BDST at 57:42)
(Tuesday, June 6, 1944, 8:30 a.m. British Double Summer Time (BDST)/2:30 a.m. Eastern War Time(EWT); during the Normandy landings, part of Operation Overlord on the Western Front of World War II) — U.S. General Omar Bradley contemplated abandoning Omaha Beach this hour, but has one more card to play against German defenses. Continue reading General Bradley contemplates abandonment of Omaha Beach 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 6 1944)
Video: 'Operation Overlord & Neptune (D-Day documentary)' (June 6, 1944, 8:15 a.m. BDST at 36:25)
(Tuesday, June 6, 1944, 8:15 a.m. British Double Summer Time (BDST)/2:15 a.m. Eastern War Time(EWT); one hour before the Normandy landings, part of Operation Overlord on the Western Front of World War II) — U.S. Army Rangers, having climbed the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc, head inland to hunt down missing German weapons near Omaha Beach. Continue reading Rangers hunt down missing German weapons near Omaha Beach 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 6 1944)
