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LBJ asks domestic reform, stands firm on Vietnam in State of the Union address 60 years ago this hour (Jan 12 1966)

1960s, Cold War, U.S. Presidents, Vietnam War


Video: 'CBS News Special Report: LBJ's State of the Union address IN COLOR (January 12, 1966)'

(Wednesday, January 12, 1966, 9:04 p.m. EST; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — In his third State of the Union message, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson pledged soberly tonight to stay in Vietnam “until aggression has stopped” but also promised to continue and expand the Great Society at home. Continue reading LBJ asks domestic reform, stands firm on Vietnam in State of the Union address 60 years ago this hour (Jan 12 1966) →

‘Batman’ series debuts on ABC-TV 60 years ago this hour (Jan 12 1966)

1960s, Television 1960s


Video: '1. HI DIDDLE RIDDLE' (Jan. 12, 1966)

(Wednesday, January 12, 1966, 7:30-8:00 p.m. EST) — Batman, an American live-action television series based on the DC Comics character of the same name (starring Adam West and Burt Ward as the Dynamic Duo, Alan Napier, Neil Hamilton, Stafford Repp and Madge Blake), premiered tonight on ABC-TV, airing twice a week on consecutive nights. Continue reading ‘Batman’ series debuts on ABC-TV 60 years ago this hour (Jan 12 1966) →

‘Tonight She Comes’ by The Cars peaks at #7 in USA 40 years ago today (Jan 11 1986)

1980s, Popular Music 1980s

(Saturday, January 11, 1986) — “Tonight She Comes” by The Cars peaked at #7 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Tonight She Comes’ by The Cars peaks at #7 in USA 40 years ago today (Jan 11 1986) →

‘I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock ‘n’ Roll)’ by Nick Lowe peaks at #77 in USA 40 years ago today (Jan 11 1986)

1980s, Popular Music 1980s

(Saturday, January 11, 1986) — “I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock ‘n’ Roll)” by Nick Lowe peaked at #77 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock ‘n’ Roll)’ by Nick Lowe peaks at #77 in USA 40 years ago today (Jan 11 1986) →

‘The Music Goes ‘Round and Around’ by Tommy Dorsey and his Clambake Seven peaks at #1 in USA 90 years ago today (Jan 11 1936)

1930s, Popular Music 1930s

(Saturday, January 11, 1936) — “The Music Goes ‘Round and Around” by Tommy Dorsey and his Clambake Seven (vocal refrain by Edythe Wright, recorded in New York City on December 9, 1935) peaked at #1 on today’s Your Hit Parade weekly music chart for three consecutive weeks (Jan. 11/18/25, 1936). Continue reading ‘The Music Goes ‘Round and Around’ by Tommy Dorsey and his Clambake Seven peaks at #1 in USA 90 years ago today (Jan 11 1936) →

Several American mining employees shot execution-style by Pancho Villa loyalists 110 years ago today (Jan 11 1916)

1910s


Video: 'The Life of Pancho Villa' (Jan. 11, 1916, at 2:03)

(Tuesday, January 11, 1916, late morning Mountain Standard Time) — Men loyal to Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa stopped a train at Santa Ysabel today and shot a group of U.S. mining employees execution-style (the reported number of dead varies from 16 to 18).

First man-made contact with the moon made 80 years ago this hour (Jan 10 1946)

1940s, space exploration


Video: 'U.S. Army Makes Radar Contact With the Moon 1946'

(Thursday, January 10, 1946, 11:58 a.m. EST) — The first man-made contact with the moon was made today as radar signals transmitted by the U.S. Army Signal Corps from a laboratory in Belmar, New Jersey, as part of Project Diana were bounced off the lunar surface, measuring its exact distance from the Earth (a mean of 238,857 miles or 384,403 kilometers), and proving that communication is possible between Earth and outer space. Continue reading First man-made contact with the moon made 80 years ago this hour (Jan 10 1946) →

First General Assembly of the United Nations convenes in London 80 years ago this hour (Jan 10 1946)

1940s


Video: 'First Session of UN General Assembly - 10 January 1946'

(Thursday, January 10, 1946, 3:00 p.m. GMT) — The fifty-one nations of the greatest wartime coalition in history, representing four-fifths of the people in the world, started another chapter in man’s melancholy search for peace and security today as the First session of the United Nations General Assembly convened at Westminster Central Hall in London.

Gallipoli Campaign ends in Ottoman victory 110 years ago today (Jan 9 1916)

1910s, World War I


Video: 'World War I: Gallipoli Campaign' (4 videos)

(Sunday, January 9, 1916, about 4:00 a.m. – 4:30 a.m. Eastern European Time; during the Gallipoli Campaign, part of the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I) — Allied forces today completed a full retreat from the shores of the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey, ending a disastrous invasion of the Ottoman Empire. Continue reading Gallipoli Campaign ends in Ottoman victory 110 years ago today (Jan 9 1916) →