Video: '"I LOVE LUCY" - Episode Spotlight: "Lucy Goes to the Hospital"'
(Monday, January 19, 1953, 9:00 p.m. EST) — CBS-TV tonight aired the widely watched “Lucy Goes to the Hospital” episode of the sitcom I Love Lucy tonight in which Lucy Ricardo, played by Lucille Ball, gave birth to Little Ricky. Continue reading ‘Lucy Goes to the Hospital’ episode airs on ‘I Love Lucy’ 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 19 1953)
(Saturday, January 19, 1963) — “Tell Him” by The Exciters peaked at #4 on today’s Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart for the first of two weeks. Continue reading ‘Tell Him’ by The Exciters peaks at #4 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 19 1963)
(Saturday, January 19, 1963) — “Two Lovers” by Mary Wells peaked at #7 on today’s Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart for the first of two weeks. Continue reading ‘Two Lovers’ by Mary Wells peaks at #7 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 19 1963)
Video: 'That Shock Army that Broke the Most Brutal Siege of WW2'
(Monday, January 18, 1943, 9:30 a.m. Moscow Standard Time; during Operation Iskra, part of the Siege of Leningrad on the Eastern Front of World War II) — The Red Army of the Soviet Union today broke the German Wehrmacht’s 515-day siege of Leningrad a prolonged military blockade undertaken by the Axis powers against the Soviet city of Leningrad (present-day Saint Petersburg) on the Eastern Front of World War II. Continue reading Soviets announce they’ve broken through long Nazi siege of Leningrad 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 18 1943)
Video: 'Total War Coming to Germany - WAH 51 - January 1943, Pt. 2' (Warsaw ghetto 16:49)
(Monday, January 18, 1943, 7:00 a.m. Central European Time; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — The first Warsaw Ghetto Uprising began today as Nazi soldiers began their second deportation from Warsaw’s Jewish ghetto in German-occupied Poland. Continue reading Jewish insurgents in Warsaw Ghetto launch initial armed resistance 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 18 1943)
Video: 'Rutherford B. Hayes: His Fraudulency (1877 - 1881)'
(Tuesday, January 17, 1893, 11:00 p.m. local time) — Rutherford B. Hayes, the 19th President of the United States (1877-1881), died this evening of complications of a heart attack at his home at Spiegel Grove in Fremont, Ohio. He was 70. Continue reading Former U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes, 70, dies in Fremont, Ohio 130 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 17 1893)
(Saturday, January 16, 1943) — “There Are Such Things” by Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra (vocal refrain by Frank Sinatra and The Pied Pipers), was the #1 song on today’s Billboard National List of Best Selling Retail Records chart for the first of five weeks (Jan. 16/23/30, Feb. 6/27, 1943). Continue reading ‘There Are Such Things’ by Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra peaks at #1 in USA 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 16 1943)
Video: 'Truman's Farewell To The American Nation (1953)'
(Thursday, January 15, 1953, 10:30 p.m. EST) — Harry S. Truman bade his official farewell tonight to the American people, whose national destinies he has had a large share in directing for almost eight years as President of the United States. Continue reading U.S. President Harry S. Truman says bids farewell to nation 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 15 1953)
(Saturday, January 15, 1983) — “Down Under” by Men at Work peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for four non-consecutive weeks (Jan. 15/22/29, Feb. 12, 1983). Continue reading ‘Down Under’ by Men at Work peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 15 1983)
(Saturday, January 15, 1983) — “Heartbreaker” by Dionne Warwick peaked at #10 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Heartbreaker’ by Dionne Warwick peaks at #10 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 15 1983)
