Watergate. Part 2 of 30
(Friday, July 23, 1971) — The New York Times newspaper printed another leak today, giving away the Nixon administration’s fallback position in nuclear missile negotiations with the Soviets.
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Lennon, Ono continue filming ‘Imagine’
(Friday, July 23, 1971) — John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono today filmed some intimate scenes for their Imagine film at their Tittenhurst Park home in Ascot, England.
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‘Black Monday’ follows Confederate victory at Bull Run
"The Civil War - Episode One: The Cause (1861)"
(Monday, July 22, 1861) — Reaction poured in today, one day after the First Battle of Manassas, also known as the First Battle of Bull Run (the name used by Union forces), resulted in a Confederate victory.
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TV series finale: ‘China Beach’
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China Beach Tribute
(Monday, July 22, 1991, 9/10 p.m. ET) — McMurphy agrees to attend a China Beach reunion planned by Boonie and recalls her last day in Vietnam on tonight’s final two episodes of the TV series China Beach.
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‘Spirited Away’ opens in Japan
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Spirited Away Trailer
(Friday, July 20, 2001) — Spirited Away, a Japanese animated fantasy-adventure film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli, opened today in Japan. The film tells the story of Chihiro Ogino, a sullen ten-year-old girl who is in the process of moving to a new neighborhood.
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McCartney performs ‘secret’ gig
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Paul McCartney – Secret Gig 1991 interview
(Friday, July 19, 1991) — Paul McCartney performs at Cliffs Pavilion in Westcliff-on-Sea, England as part of his Unplugged 1991 Summer Tour, a European impromptu tour of six “secret” gigs scheduled to promote the release of the “Unplugged” live album.
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Union Army marches into Virginia
"The Civil War - Episode One: The Cause (1861)"
(Tuesday, July 16, 1861) — The volunteer Union Army of 37,000 men marched into Virginia to cut the railroad at Manasses and then move on to Richmond.
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Lennon, Ono attend book signing
(note: the video is intermixed with film from Friday, July 16, 1971, at another book signing. Lennon wore a solid dark coat on July 15, and a dark coat featuring small colored shapes on July 16)
(Thursday, July 15, 1971) — John Lennon and Yoko Ono attended a book-signing promotional appearance today at the London department store, Selfridges, for the re-publication of Yoko’s book, “Grapefruit.” It is shown over the song It’s So Hard in the documentary “Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon’s Imagine Album.”
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Major Ballou writes to wife
"The Civil War - Episode One: The Cause (1861)"
(Sunday, July 14, 1861) — A week before the Battle of Bull Run, Sullivan Ballou, a major in the 2nd Rhode Island Volunteers, wrote home to his wife in Smithfield.
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Plan to firebomb Brookings called off
Watergate. Part 2 of 30
(Sunday, July 11, 1971) — White House Counsel John Dean flew to San Clemente, California, today to tell Chief Domestic Advisor John Ehrlichman that a plan to firebomb the Brookings Institution, which was conducting a study of American involvement in Vietnam thought to be another “Pentagon Papers” covering the Nixon years, should be abandoned. Ehrlichman called the operation off.
