Video: 'Gemini 5 Launch 8mm Footage'
(Saturday, August 21, 1965, 13:59:59 UTC; during the Space Race) — Gemini 5, carrying astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles “Pete” Conrad, blasted off today from Cape Canaveral, Florida, for a record eight-day trip in space, overcoming a few seconds of pogo (axial oscillation of the rocket) during first stage flight. Continue reading Gemini 5 blasts off for eight-day stay in space 60 years ago this hour (Aug 21 1965)
Video: 'The Beatles - Live At Comiskey Park - August 20th, 1965 (Evening Performance)'
(Friday, August 20, 1965, The Beatles performed at the 8:00 p.m. CDT show after opening acts Brenda Holloway and the King Curtis Band, Cannibal & The Headhunters, and Sounds Incorporated) — The Beatles performed the second of two shows in one day at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois, this evening, the eighth of 16 concerts on the band’s ten-city 1965 North American tour.
Video: 'BEATLES August 20, 1965 Chicago CONCERT & Press conference'
(Friday, August 20, 1965, afternoon EDT) — The Beatles held a press conference today in Chicago between two performances at Comiskey Park, the seventh and eighth of 16 concerts on the band’s ten-city 1965 North American tour. Continue reading The Beatles hold a press conference in Chicago 60 years ago today (Aug 20 1965)
Video: 'The Beatles Live At The White Sox Park, Chicago, USA (Friday 20th August 1965)'
(Friday, August 20, 1965, The Beatles performed at the 3:00 p.m. CDT show after opening acts Brenda Holloway and the King Curtis Band, Cannibal & The Headhunters, and Sounds Incorporated) — The Beatles performed the first of two shows in one day at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois, this afternoon, the seventh of 16 concerts on the band’s ten-city 1965 North American tour. Continue reading The Beatles perform first of two shows at Comiskey Park in Chicago 60 years ago this hour (Aug 20 1965)
Video: 'The Beatles - Howdy Houston - (Remixed | Live Show | Evening 1965)'
(Thursday, August 19, 1965, The Beatles performed during the 8:00 CDT show following open acts Brenda Holloway and the King Curtis Band, Cannibal & The Headhunters, and Sounds Incorporated) — The Beatles performed a second show tonight at Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston, Texas, the sixth of 16 concerts on the band’s ten-city 1965 North American tour. Continue reading The Beatles perform second of two shows at Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston 60 years ago this hour (Aug 19 1965)
Video: 'Live From The Sam Houston Coliseum?Afternoon Show'
(Thursday, August 19, 1965, 4:55 p.m. CDT) — The Beatles performed the first of two shows in one day at Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston, Texas, this afternoon, the fifth of 16 concerts on the band’s ten-city 1965 North American tour.
Video: 'Beatles in Texas / Paul is Dead'
(Thursday, August 19, 1965, 2:00 p.m. CDT) — The Beatles held a press conference this afternoon at the Sheraton-Lincoln hotel in Houston prior to their first of two performances today at Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston, Texas, the fifth and sixth of 16 concerts on the band’s ten-city 1965 North American tour.
Video: 'Hurricane Diane / Floods (Aug 1955)'
(Friday, August 19, 1955, around 2:00 a.m. EDT) — Torrential rains caused by Hurricane Diane resulted in severe flooding in the northeastern U.S. today, claiming some 200 lives.
Video: 'The Beatles - Live in Atlanta (18th August 1965) - Soundboard Recording'
(Wednesday, August 18, 1965, 9:37 EDT) — The Beatles performed tonight at Atlanta Stadium (later renamed the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium) in Atlanta, Georgia, the fourth of 16 concerts on the band’s ten-city 1965 North American tour.
Video: 'Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing' trailer
(Thursday, August 18, 1955; doors were scheduled to open at 9:30 a.m. EDT) — Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, a drama-romance film about a Eurasian doctor in Hong Kong who falls in love with a war correspondent, opened today at the Roxy theater in New York City.
Directed by Henry King, the film starred Jennifer Jones and William Holden.
