Video: 'The Beatles - Live at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio (August 14, 1966)'
(Sunday, August 14, 1966, approximately 9:00 p.m. EDT following performances by four opening acts that were scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. EDT) — The Beatles performed tonight at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland on the third stop of The Beatles’ 1966 US tour. Continue reading Beatles fans rush stage, temporarily halt concert in Cleveland 60 years ago this hour (Aug 14 1966)
Podcast episode: '18 Cleveland (mid-14 August 1966)' (Jerry G. interview at 1:59-7:16; Ken Douglas interview at 7:16-10:42)
(Sunday, August 14, 1966) — The Beatles were interviewed today in Cleveland by Jerry G. Bishop of WKYC-AM and Ringo Starr was interviewed again today by British DJ Ken Douglas, who was then working in Louisville, Kentucky, while the band was in Cleveland, the third stop of The Beatles’ 1966 US tour.
(Saturday, August 14, 1976) — “Let ‘Em In” by (former Beatle Paul McCartney and) Wings peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for four weeks. Continue reading ‘Let ‘Em In’ by Wings peaks at #3 in USA 50 years ago today (Aug 14 1976)
(Saturday, August 14, 1976) — “Rock and Roll Music” by The Beach Boys peaked at #5 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Rock and Roll Music’ by The Beach Boys peaks at #5 in USA 50 years ago today (Aug 14 1976)
(Saturday, August 14, 1976) — “Turn the Beat Around” by Vicki Sue Robinson peaked at #10 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Turn the Beat Around’ by Vicki Sue Robinson peaks at #10 in USA 50 years ago today (Aug 14 1976)
Video: 'Rainey Bethea: The photographic story of America’s last public execution, 1936'
(Friday, August 14, 1936, pronounced dead at 5:44 a.m. EST) — Rainey Bethea, an African-American who was about 27 years old, became the last man to be publicly executed in the United States today as he was hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky, for raping and murdering Lischia Edwards, a 70-year-old white woman. Continue reading Rainey Bethea hangs in last public execution in U.S. 90 years ago (Aug 14 1936)
