Audio: 'Take It Away'
(Saturday, July 10, 1982) — Take It Away by ex-Beatle Paul McCartney debuted at #55 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Continue reading ‘Take It Away’ by Paul McCartney debuts at #55 in USA 30 years ago today (1982)
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Watergate look-out Alfred Baldwin confesses to FBI 40 years ago today (1972)
Video: July 10, 1972 (at 10:47)
(Monday, July 10, 1972, during the Watergate scandal) — Watergate surveillance man Alfred Baldwin today confessed to the FBI his role in the electronic eavesdropping on Democrats in the Watergate office complex. Continue reading Watergate look-out Alfred Baldwin confesses to FBI 40 years ago today (1972)
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‘The Magnificent Ambersons’ opens in U.S. 70 years ago today (1942)
Video: 'The Magnificent Ambersons' trailer
(Friday, July 10, 1942) — The Magnificent Ambersons, a film about an Englishman on vacation in France who is caught up in the German invasion of that country, opened today in the U.S.
Directed by Orson Welles, the film stars Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter, Tim Holt, Agnes Moorehead and Ray Collins.
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Dewey gets barrage of boos, yells during Dirksen speech at Republican National Convention 60 years ago tonight (1952)
Video: Dirksen speech July 9, 1952
(Wednesday, July 9, 1952) — Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York incurred yelling disapproval tonight at the Republican National Convention in Chicago. Continue reading Dewey gets barrage of boos, yells during Dirksen speech at Republican National Convention 60 years ago tonight (1952)
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Joseph McCarthy sticks to fight on Reds at Republican National Convention 60 years ago today (1952)
Video: McCarthy speech July 9, 1952
(Wednesday, July 9, 1952) — Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin told a cheering Republican National Convention today he would not soften his blows on the communist issues because “a rough fight is the only fight communists can understand.”
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Nuclear sky shot startles Hawaii 50 years ago this hour (1962)
Video: 'Declassified U.S. Nuclear Test Film #62'
(Sunday, July 8, 1962, 11:00:09 p.m. HAST) — The United States tonight conducted Starfish Prime, a nuclear test in which a 1.44 megaton warhead was detonated 250 miles above the Pacific Ocean. The resulting electromagnetic pulse caused limited electrical disruptions in parts of Hawaii.
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Michael Jackson accuses Sony Music chair of conspiring against black artists 10 years ago today (2002)
Video: 'Michael Jackson exposing Tommy Mottola'
(Saturday, July 7, 2002) — Michael Jackson made a bizarre appearance at a rally in New York today to denounce the recording industry as racist and Sony chairman Tommy Mottola as devilish.
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Republican National Convention opens in Chicago 60 years ago today (1952)
Video: Republicans convene (at 0:07)
(Monday, July 7, 1952) — The Republican National Convention opened today at International Amphitheatre in Chicago with both General Dwight D. Eisenhower of Kansas and Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio locked in a tight battle for the presidential nomination. Continue reading Republican National Convention opens in Chicago 60 years ago today (1952)
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Ringo Starr performs in hometown of Liverpool 20 years ago tonight (1992)
Video: 'Ringo Starr - Going Home - Part 1' (performances captured on July 6, 1992; interviews were done Sept. 29,1992)
(Monday July 6, 1992) — On the day before his 52nd birthday, Ex-Beatle Ringo Starr returned to his birthplace of Liverpool tonight for a concert with his All-Starr band before 2,300 people at the Empire Theatre. Continue reading Ringo Starr performs in hometown of Liverpool 20 years ago tonight (1992)
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Jackie Kennedy wins out against photographer 40 years ago today (1972)
Video: Galella on Kennedy (at 1:16)
(Wednesday, July 5, 1972) — In the famous free-speech trial Galella v. Onassis, former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis today obtained a restraining order to keep photographer and pioneer paparazzo Ron Galella 50 feet away from her and 75 feet away from her children having had “relentlessly invaded” her privacy in New York.
