Video: 'The BEATLES - Yesterday And Today - U.S. butcher stereo version'
(Saturday, July 9, 1966) — Yesterday and Today by The Beatles debuted at #120 on today’s Billboard 200 albums chart. It was the group’s 17th appearance on the chart since Feb. 1, 1964. Continue reading ‘Yesterday and Today’ studio album by The Beatles debuts at #120 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 9 1966)
(Saturday, July 8, 2006) — “Promiscuous” by Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for six consecutive weeks (July 8/15/22/29, Aug. 5/12, 2006).
Video: 'The Beatles : Nowhere Man E.P. (Mono)'
(Friday, July 8, 1966) — Nowhere Man, an extended play (EP) by The Beatles, was released today in Britain only, featuring four songs from the British version of the album Rubber Soul: “Nowhere Man,” “Drive My Car,” “Michelle” and “You Won’t See Me.” Continue reading ‘Nowhere Man’ EP by The Beatles released in UK 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (July 8 1966)
Video: 'The Beatles - London Airport Interview 1966' (6 clips)
(Friday, July 8, 1966, 6:00 a.m. BST) — After a few days of rest on their first trip to India, The Beatles arrived this morning at London Airport, eager to complain about the abusive treatment they had received in Manila earlier in the week, with John Lennon declaring: “We’ll just never go to any nuthouses again.”
Video: 'THE MONKEES "GONNA BUY ME A DOG" BACKING TRACK HAL BLAINE' (version one - backing track take five)
(Tuesday, July 7, 1966, 8:00 p.m.-11:30 p.m. PDT) — The made-for-TV band (with member Michael Nesmith producing), The Monkees recorded an early versions of “Gonna Buy Me a Dog,” “So Goes Love,” and “Papa Gene’s Blues” tonight at Western Recorders Studio 2 in Hollywood. Continue reading The Monkees record early versions of three songs 60 years ago this hour (Jul 7 1966)
Video: 'First Television Broadcast NBC/RCA July 7, 1936 Part 1 of 2'
(Tuesday July 7, 1936, 4:00 p.m. EDT) — The NBC division of RCA made its first television broadcast today in New York, a 30-minute variety show featuring speeches, dance ensembles, monologues, vocal numbers and film clips. Continue reading NBC makes first public television broadcast 90 years ago this hour (July 7 1936)
(Wednesday, July 7, 1976) — The United States Military Academy at West Point included female cadets for the first time today as 119 women joined the Class of 1980.
(Saturday, July 7, 1956) — “Ooby Dooby” by Roy Orbison peaked at #59 on today’s Billboard Top 100 chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Ooby Dooby’ by Roy Orbison peaks at #59 in USA 70 years ago today (Jul 7 1956)
Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History (Ep-2) The First Vietnam War (1945-54)' (Ho Chi Minh in Paris, Fontainebleau conference at 3:36)
(Saturday, July 6, 1946, morning Central European Time; after the War in Vietnam (1945–46)) — The Fontainebleau conference, a negotiating session between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the French Fourth Republic, began this morning at the Palace of Fontainebleau (65 kilometers south of Paris), to reach agreement on a number of issues including Vietnamese independence.
Video: 'George W. Bush Bio: From the Military to the White House'
(Saturday, July 6. 1946, 7:26 a.m. EDT) — George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States (2001-2009), was born today at Grace-New Haven Hospital (now Yale–New Haven Hospital) in New Haven, Connecticut, as the first child of future U.S. President George Herbert Walker Bush and his wife, Barbara Pierce. Continue reading U.S. President George W. Bush born in New Haven, Connecticut 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (July 6 1946)
