Video: 'Adam-12 Log 1: The Impossible Mission'
(Saturday, September 21, 1968, 7:30-8:00 p.m. EDT) — Adam-12, a television police procedural drama series that follows Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers Pete Malloy and Jim Reed as they ride the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit 1-Adam-12, debuted tonight on NBC. Continue reading ‘Adam-12’ debuts on NBC-TV 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 21 1968)
(Saturday, September 21, 1968) — “Harper Valley PTA” by Jeannie C. Riley peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Harper Valley PTA’ by Jeannie C. Riley peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 21 1968)
(Saturday, September 21, 1968) — “Hush” by Deep Purple peaked at #4 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Hush’ by Deep Purple peaks at #4 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 21 1968)
(Saturday, September 21, 1968) — “Revolution” by The Beatles, released as the B-side of the “Hey Jude” single, peaked at #12 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three weeks. Continue reading ‘Revolution’ by The Beatles peaks at #12 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 21 1968)
(Saturday, September 21, 1968) — “(There’s) Always Something There to Remind Me” by Dionne Warwick peaked at #65 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘(There’s) Always Something There to Remind Me’ by Dionne Warwick peaks at #65 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 21 1968)
Video: '1st Hawaii Five O tv promo 1968'
(Friday, September 20, 1968, 9:00-11:00 p.m. EDT) — Hawaii Five-O, an American police procedural drama series about a special state police task force headed up by Detective Captain Steve McGarrett, debuted tonight on CBS-TV as a two-hour pilot. Continue reading ‘Hawaii Five-0’ debuts on CBS-TV 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 20 1968)
Video: 'Republican Campaign for President 1948' (Sept. 20, 1948, at 0:13)
(Saturday, September 18, 1948, scheduled for 8:00 p.m. CDT; during the United States presidential election, 1948 campaign) — Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York formally opened his campaign as the Republican nomineee for President tonight in Des Moines, Iowa, with a pledge that his administration, if he is elected, will be devoted to restoring unity to the American people. Continue reading Dewey formally opens campaign with pledge to unify U.S. 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 20 1948)
Video: 'The Name of the Game Theme (Intro & Outro)'
(Friday, September 20, 1968, 8:30-10:00 p.m. EDT) — The Name of the Game, a 90-minute weekly television series that rotated among three characters working at Howard Publications, a large magazine publishing company, debuted tonight on NBC. Continue reading ‘The Name of the Game’ debuts on NBC-TV 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 20 1968)
Video: 'If MLK Sneezed (MLK's Last Speech)'
(Saturday, September 20, 1958, 3:30 p.m. EDT; during the Civil rights movement) — The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., an African-American civil rights leader who urges his race to practice non-violent resistance to segregation, was stabbed today by an African-American woman in Blumstein’s department store in Harlem. Continue reading Martin Luther King Jr. stabbed, nearly dies 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 20 1958)
Video: 'The Doors Stockholm, Konserthuset September 20 1968' (late show at 43:00)
(Friday, September 20, 1968; 9:30 p.m. CEST scheduled start time) — The Doors performed the second of two shows tonight at Konserthuset in Stockholm, Sweden, the final concert of the band’s 1968 European Tour. Continue reading The Doors perform in Stockholm 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 20 1968)
