Video: 'Nazi Hunters Part 10 Hunting Adolf Eichmann' (Eichmann captured at 40:04)
(Wednesday, May 11, 1960, 8:10 p.m. ARST) — A team of Israeli agents captured fugitive Nazi Adolf Eichmann shortly after he got off of a bus tonight near his home on Garibaldi Street in San Fernando, Argentina, just north of Buenos Aires. Continue reading Israeli agents capture Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Argentina 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 11 1960)
Video: 'Paul McCartney speaks about cancelled Japan Tour in the Spring of 1980'
(Sunday, May 11, 1980) — Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney began promoting his new album McCartney II with a series of on-camera interviews in recent days at EMI Studios in London, the first of which was shown today on the Japanese TV show program World Now. Continue reading Paul McCartney interviewed for ‘World Now’ 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 11 1980)
Video: 'The Long And Winding Road (Remastered 2015)'
(Monday, May 11, 1970) — The single “The Long and Winding Road”/“For You Blue” by The Beatles was released today in the U.S. Continue reading ‘The Long and Winding Road’/’For You Blue’ by The Beatles released 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 11 1970)
Video: 'The Love You Save - Jackson Five on Ed Sullivan'
(Sunday, May 10, 1970, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT) — The Jackson 5 performed “The Love You Save” and a medley of “I Want You Back” and “ABC” on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV variety series The Ed Sullivan Show live from the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City. Continue reading The Jackson 5 performs on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 10 1970)
Video: 'Hitler Strikes in the West - The Invasion of the Benelux - WW2 - 037 - May 11 1940' (Churchill replaces Chamberlain at 1:11)
(Friday, May 10, 1940 approximately 6:25 p.m. Western European Summer Time; during Battle of France, part of the Western Front of the World War II) — British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resigned tonight and Winston Churchill agreed to form a new government. Continue reading Churchill replaces Chamberlain as British Prime Minister 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 10 1940)
Video: 'Hitler Strikes in the West - The Invasion of the Benelux - WW2 - 037 - May 11 1940' (May 10, 1940, at 6:25)
(Friday, May 10, 1940 approximately 4:00 a.m. Western European Summer Time; during Battle of France , part of the Western Front of the World War II) — Nazi Germany invaded without warning Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands shortly before dawn today, swinging 89 army divisions around France’s so-called impregnable Maginot Line. Continue reading Nazi Germany invades Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 10 1940)
(Saturday, May 9, 1970) — “American Woman” by The Guess Who peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three consecutive weeks (May 9/16/23, 1970). Continue reading ‘American Woman’ by The Guess Who peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 9 1970)
(Saturday, May 9, 1970) — “Woodstock” by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young peaked at #11 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Woodstock’ by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young peaks at #11 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 9 1970)
Video: 'Mccartney full album' (13 videos)
(Saturday, May 9, 1970) — McCartney, the debut solo album by ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, debuted at #14 on today’s Billboard Top LP’s chart. Continue reading Paul McCartney’s debut solo album ‘McCartney’ debuts at #14 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 9 1970)
Video: 'May 9, 1980: Sunshine Skyway Bridge collapses'
(Friday, May 9, 1980, 7:33 a.m. EDT) — 35 people were killed today when the Liberian freighter Summit Venture rammed the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay in Florida, causing a 1,400-foot section of the southbound span to collapse and dropping a Greyhound bus, six cars and a truck 140 feet into the water. Continue reading 35 killed as freighter slams into Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay, Florida 40 years ago this hour #OTD #OnThisDay (May 9 1980)
