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Live Aid benefit concert turns global spotlight on Ethiopia’s famine crisis 40 years ago this hour (July 13 1985)

1980s, Popular Music 1980s, Television 1980s


Video: 'MTV Live Aid (7/13/1985)' (200 clips)

(Saturday, July 13, 1985, 12 noon-4:00 a.m. British Summer Time/7:00 a.m.-11:00 p.m. EDT; during Live Aid) — In a groundbreaking display of global unity through music, the world came together today for Live Aid, a transatlantic concert broadcast live to an estimated 1.9 billion people in more than 150 countries — nearly 40% of the planet’s population. Continue reading Live Aid benefit concert turns global spotlight on Ethiopia’s famine crisis 40 years ago this hour (July 13 1985) →

Last woman executed in Britain 70 years ago this hour (July 13 1955)

1950s


Video: 'EXECUTION OF RUTH ELLIS - 18/07/1955'

(Wednesday, July 13, 1955, 8:59 a.m. BST; during the Cold War) — Britain today hanged Ruth Ellis, a 28-year-old former model and nightclub hostess convicted of killing her boyfriend, David Blakely. Continue reading Last woman executed in Britain 70 years ago this hour (July 13 1955) →

‘(It’s All Down to) Goodnight Vienna’ by Ringo Starr peaks at #31 in USA 50 years ago today (July 12 1975)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s, The Beatles 1970s

(Saturday, July 12, 1975) — “(It’s All Down to) Goodnight Vienna” by former Beatle Ringo Starr (written by fellow ex-Beatle John Lennon) peaked at #31 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.

‘Got to Get You into My Life’ by Blood, Sweat & Tears peaks at #62 in USA 50 years ago today (July 12 1975)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s, The Beatles 1970s

(Saturday, July 12, 1975) — “Got to Get You into My Life” by Blood, Sweat & Tears (written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles) peaked at #62 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Got to Get You into My Life’ by Blood, Sweat & Tears peaks at #62 in USA 50 years ago today (July 12 1975) →

‘California Girls’/’Let Him Run Wild’ single by The Beach Boys released in USA 60 years ago today (July 12 1965)

1960s, Popular Music 1960s


Video: 'California Girls (2002 Stereo Mix)'

(Monday, July 12 1965) — The single “California Girls“/”Let Him Run Wild” by The Beach Boys was released today by Capitol Records. Continue reading ‘California Girls’/’Let Him Run Wild’ single by The Beach Boys released in USA 60 years ago today (July 12 1965) →

Jimmy Stewart’s first feature film ‘Murder Man’ released 90 years ago today (July 12 1935)

1930s, movies 1930s


Video: 'Murder Man' trailer

(Friday, July 12, 1935) — The Murder Man, a crime-drama film about a hard-drinking reporter who specializes in murder cases and then becomes a suspect in one himself, was released today in the U.S. Continue reading Jimmy Stewart’s first feature film ‘Murder Man’ released 90 years ago today (July 12 1935) →

U.S. Air Force Academy swears in first class of cadets in Colorado 70 years ago today (July 11 1955)

1950s, Cold War


Video: 'First Air Force Academy Class 1955 Lowry Air Force Base Colorado'

(Monday, July 11, 1955; during the Cold War) — 306 young men, awkwardly earnest in their new khaki uniforms with blue caps and blue shoulder boards, swore today to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic,” becoming the first cadets at the new Air Force Academy at Lowry Air Force Base in Colorado.

Early use of the word ‘jazz’ appears in Chicago Tribune article 110 years ago today (July 11 1915)

1910s


Video: 'The Birth of Jazz'

(Sunday, July 11, 1915) — The Chicago Sunday Tribune ran an article today titled, “Blues Is Jazz and Jazz Is Blues” in what’s believed to be one of the earliest, if not the earliest, uses of the word “jazz” as a musical term by a newspaper.

Hugh Grant makes first public appearance since arrest 30 years ago this hour (July 10 1995)

1990s, Television 1990s


Video: 'HUGH GRANT has FUN with LENO'

(Monday, July 10, 1995, 11:35 p.m. EDT) — Less than two weeks after being arrested in a parked car near Sunset Boulevard with a prostitute, British actor Hugh Grant appeared tonight on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and was asked, “What the hell were you thinking?”