Video: 'George Harrison & Pattie Boyd wedding 1966'
(Saturday, January 22, 1966) — The day after they married in Esher, Surrey, George Harrison, 22, of The Beatles and actress and model Patricia Anne “Pattie” Boyd, 21, gave a press conference today at Sutherland House in London. Continue reading Newlyweds George and Pattie Harrison hold press conference 60 years ago today (Jan 22 1966)
Video: 'The Beatles Cartoon TV Series - Episode18'
(Saturday, January 22, 1966, 10:30 a.m. EST) — Tired of hotel rooms, the Beatles purchase a RV trailer with all the comforts and later, Brian Epstein tells the Beatles that they are putting on entirely too much weight on this morning’s episode of The Beatles, a weekly cartoon television series on ABC.
(Saturday, January 21, 2006) — “Grillz” by Nelly featuring Paul Wall and Ali & Gipp was the #1 song on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (Jan. 21/28, 2006).
Video: 'Wino Junko (2014 Remaster)'
(Wednesday, January 21, 1976, approximately 2:30 p.m.-2:00 a.m. GMT) — Former Beatle Paul McCartney and his British-American rock band Wings completed “Wino Junko” today, adding vocal overdubs in Studio Two at Abbey Road Studios in London. Continue reading Wings complete recording of ‘Wino Junko’ 50 years ago today (Jan 21 1976)
Video: 'CONCORDE INAUGURAL FLIGHT TO USA - COLOUR'
(Wednesday, January 21, 1976, 11:40 a.m. GMT) — Two Concorde jets, taking off simultaneously from London (British Airways on the London–Bahrain route) and Paris (Air France on the Paris–Rio via Dakar route), today inaugurated the world’s first scheduled supersonic passenger services.
Video: 'George Harrison married Patricia Anne Boyd, 1966 /photos'
(Friday, January 21, 1966, “early in the morning” GMT) — George Harrison, 22, of The Beatles married actress and model Patricia Anne “Pattie” Boyd, 21, this morning in a ceremony at a registry office in Ashley Road, Epsom. Continue reading Beatle George Harrison marries Pattie Boyd 60 years ago today (Jan 21 1966)
Video: 'Royal death announcements + National Anthem - BBC'
(Monday, January 20, 1936, at 11:55 p.m. GMT) — Britain’s King George V, 70, died tonight in his bedroom at Sandringham House in Norfolk after his physician, Lord Dawson of Penn, injected the mortally ill monarch with morphine and cocaine to hasten his death. Continue reading Britain’s King George V, 70, dies at Sandringham House in Norfolk 90 years ago this hour (Jan 20 1936)
Video: '20th January 1986: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day first observed as a federal holiday'
(Monday, January 20, 1986) — Singing the ballads of the civil rights movement, thousands of people marched slowly through Atlanta today as the nation marked the first Federal holiday honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Continue reading U.S. observes first federal holiday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. 40 years ago today (Jan 20 1986)
Video: 'Ford's 1976 State of the Union Address'
(Monday, January 19, 1976, 9:00 p.m. EST) — In his second State of the Union address, U.S. President Gerald Ford, declaring that “common sense” dictated a self-disciplined course at the outset of the third American century, called tonight on Congress to act with restraint in meeting the immediate needs and expectations of the nation.
Video: 'Behind The Sounds: Let's Go Away For Awhile'
(Wednesday, January 19, 1966, 3:00-9:00 p.m. PST) — The Beach Boys completed “Let’s Go Away for Awhile,” an instrumental composed and produced by Brian Wilson, today at United Western Recorders studios in Hollywood, for release on the Pet Sounds album on May 16, 1966. Continue reading The Beach Boys complete ‘Let’s Go Away for Awhile’ 60 years ago this hour (Jan 19 1966)
