Video: 'Intro by George Harrison | Concert for Bangladesh | 50th Anniversary : : Apple Music OST from LP'
(Saturday, January 8, 1972) — The Concert For Bangla Desh live triple album by George Harrison and celebrity friends debuted at #14 on today’s Billboard Top LP’s chart. Continue reading ‘The Concert For Bangla Desh’ live triple album by George Harrison & Friends debuts at #14 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 8 1972)
Video: 'Bad Sushi'
(Wednesday, January 8, 1992, 8:20 p.m. Japan Standard Time; during the George H. W. Bush vomiting incident) — U.S. President George H.W. Bush fainted tonight in Tokyo while attending a banquet at the home of Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa, and then vomited in Miyazawa’s lap. Continue reading President George H.W. Bush faints, then vomits on Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 8 1992)
(Saturday, January 6, 1962) — “Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen” by Neil Sedaka peaked at #6 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three weeks. Continue reading ‘Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen’ by Neil Sedaka peaks at #6 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 6 1962)
Video: 'Statehood: What Took So Long'
(Saturday, January 6, 1912, 1:35 p.m. EST) — New Mexico was admitted as the 47th state of the United States today after U.S. President William Howard Taft signed the proclamation. Continue reading New Mexico admitted as 47th state of the United States 110 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 6 1912)
Video: '1942 State of the Union Address'
(Tuesday, January 6, 1942, 12:30 p.m. EST, during World War II) — A breathtaking mammoth arms production, American forces fighting on many fronts and an eventual hard-hitting attack upon the enemy’s own territory were woven into a unified war plan presented today by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the annual State of the Union Address before a joint session of Congress. Continue reading FDR outlines vast offensive war plan in annual State of Union Address 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 6 1942)
Video: 'Mahatma Gandhi arrested - Bombay, January 4, 1932'
(Monday, January 4, 1932, 3:05 a.m. India Standard Time; during the Indian independence movement) — One week after his return to India following the failed Second Roundtable Conference in London, Mahatma Gandhi, the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement, was arrested early today for the second time within a year and a half, and Nationalist India once more girded itself for a non-violent war on Great Britain. Continue reading British arrest Indian nationalist Mahatma Gandhi, rush him off to jail 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 4 1932)
Video: 'Japanese Invasion of the Philippines 1941' (Jan. 2, 1942, at 2:18)
(Friday, January 2, 1942, Japanese imperial forces marched into Manila from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Philippine Standard Time; during the Philippines campaign (1941–1942), part of the Pacific Theater of World War II) — Japanese forces captured Manila, capital of the Philippines with its 600,000 population, the nearby Cavite naval base and Clark Field airbase today, forcing U.S. and Philippine forces under U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur, commander of the United States armed forces in the Far East, to withdraw to the Bataan Peninsula. Continue reading Japanese forces capture Manila, Cavite naval base and Clark Field airbase 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 2 1942)
Video: 'Island of Hope, Island of Tears (DVD Print)'
(New Year’s Day, Friday, January 1, 1892, shortly after an 8:00 a.m. EST inspection) — Ellis Island, a federally-owned island in New York Harbor that was the busiest immigrant inspection station in the United States, formally opened today. Continue reading Ellis Island Immigrant Station formally opens in New York Harbor 130 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 1 1892)
Video: 'Beatles Decca Audition' (first 15 clips are from audition in the likely order performed)
(New Year’s Day, Monday, January 1, 1962, 11:00 a.m. GMT; during The Beatles’ Decca audition) — Liverpudlian rock and roll band The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Pete Best) auditioned today for Mike Smith, an A&R manager at Decca Records, at Decca’s studios in Broadhurst Gardens, West Hampstead, north London. Continue reading The Beatles audition for Decca Records in London 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 1 1962)
Video: 'Ken.Burns.The.Civil.War.1of9.The.Cause' (Strong's diary entry at 1:31:07)
(Tuesday, December 31, 1861; during the American Civil War) — On this last day of 1861, during the first year of the American Civil War, George Templeton Strong, lawyer, a founder of the U.S. Sanitary Commission and accomplished diarist, wrote: “Poor old 1861…. It has been a gloomy year of trouble and disaster. I should be glad of its departure, were it not that 1862 is likely to be no better.” Continue reading George Templeton Strong closes out 1861 with gloomy forecast for new year 160 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 31 1861)
