Video: 'Eiffel Tower - Paris' Iron Lady - Decades TV Network'
(Sunday, March 31, 1889, 2:35 p.m. local time) — French engineer Gustave Eiffel unfurled the French tricolor today from atop the Eiffel Tower, a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France, officially marking its completion after 26 months of construction. Continue reading Eiffel Tower completed in Paris 130 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 31 1889)
Video: 'John Lennon - Bed-In Amsterdam, March 25-31 1969' (Mar. 30, 1969, at 1:48-4:10)
(Sunday, March 30, 1969; during the Vietnam War) — On the sixth and final full day of his first-bed-in for peace with new wife, avant-garde artist Yoko Ono, in room 902 at the Amsterdam Hilton hotel, John Lennon of The Beatles performed “Harva Negila/I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” and “Yerushalaim (Jerusalem)” today during an interview with Akiva Nof for Voice of Israel Continue reading Lennon performs during bed-in interview in Amsterdam 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 30 1969)
(Monday, March 30, 1959) — “It Doesn’t Matter Anymore” by Buddy Holly, who died last month in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, peaked at #13 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘It Doesn’t Matter Anymore’ by Buddy Holly peaks at #13 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 30 1959)
(Saturday, March 29, 1969) — “Traces” by Classics IV peaked at #2 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Traces’ by Classics IV peaks at #2 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 29 1969)
(Saturday, March 29, 1969) — “Time of the Season” by The Zombies peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Time of the Season’ by The Zombies peaks at #3 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 29 1969)
(Saturday, March 29, 1969) — “Wishful Sinful” by The Doors debuted today at #79, the band’s seventh appearance on Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart since June 3, 1967. Continue reading ‘Wishful Sinful’ by The Doors debuts at #79 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 29 1969)
Video: 'Marilyn Monroe - Some Like it Hot premiere 1959'
(Saturday, March 28, 1959, 8:30 p.m. EST) — Some Like It Hot, an American black and white romantic comedy film about two musicians on the run from gangsters who masquerade as members of an all-girl band, premiered tonight at Loew’s State Theatre at 1540 Broadway in New York City. Continue reading ‘Some Like It Hot’ premieres in New York City 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 28 1959)
Video: 'John Lennon - Bed-In Amsterdam, March 25-31 1969' (Mar. 28, 1969, at 0:00-1:48)
(Friday, March 28, 1969, 6:30-7:10 p.m. Central Europe Time; during the Vietnam War) — On the fourth day of his first-bed-in for peace with new wife, avant-garde artist Yoko Ono, in room 902 at the Amsterdam Hilton hotel, John Lennon of The Beatles performed “Don’t Let Me Down” and “Those Were The Days” tonight during an interview with Wim Noordhoek and Jan Donkers for the VPRO program Hee. Continue reading Lennon performs two songs during interview in Amsterdam 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 28 1969)
Video: 'Death of President Dwight Eisenhower NBC News Huntley Brinkley Report'
(Friday, March 28, 12:25 p.m. EST) — Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States (1953-1961), died today of congestive heart failure at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. He was 78 years old. Continue reading Former POTUS Dwight D. Eisenhower dies 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 28 1969)
Video: 'Three Mile Island, Nuclear Power Plant Accident: March 28, 1979'
(Wednesday, March 28, 1979, 4:37 a.m. EST) — America’s worst commercial nuclear accident began this morning a partial meltdown inside the Unit 2 reactor at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station (TMI-2) in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, near Harrisburg. Continue reading Partial nuclear meltdown begins at Three Mile Island 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 28 1979)
