Video: 'The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees (Full Album) 1968'
(Saturday, May 18, 1968) — The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees, the fifth studio album issued by The Monkees, peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Top LP’s chart for four consecutive weeks. Continue reading ‘The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees’ peaks at #3 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 18 1968)
(Saturday, May 18, 1968) — “Cowboys to Girls” by The Intruders peaks at #6 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Cowboys to Girls’ by The Intruders peaks at #6 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 18 1968)
(Saturday, May 18, 1968) — “Love Is All Around” by The Troggs peaks at #7 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Love Is All Around’ by The Troggs peaks at #7 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 18 1968)
Video: 'The Impostors' trailer
(Monday, May 18, 1998) — The Impostors, an American farce motion picture about two out-of-work actors who accidentally stowaway on a ship to hide from a drunken, belligerent lead actor who has sworn to kill them for belittling his talents, premiered today at the Cannes Film Festival. Continue reading ‘The Impostors’ premieres at Cannes Film Festival 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 18 1998)
Video: 'Dewey Stassen Debate (1948) First Presidential Election Debate'
(Monday, May 17, 1948, 6:00 p.m. PST/10:00 p.m. EDT; during the Republican Party presidential primaries, 1948) — New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey and former Minnesota Governor Harold Stassen discussed the legal status of the Communist Party of the U.S. during the first audio-recorded presidential debate to ever take place in the United States tonight in Portland, four days before the 1948 Oregon Republican presidential primary. Continue reading First audio-recorded presidential debate in U.S. held 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 17 1948)
Video: 'The Monkees - Circle Sky (Live 1968)'
(Friday, May 17, 1968; 1:00-7:00 p.m. MDT) — The Monkees rehearsed and performed today at Valley Music Hall in Salt Lake City, Utah, wrapping up filming for Head, the made-for-TV band’s motion picture debut. Continue reading The Monkees perform for ‘Head’ film 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 17 1968)
Video: 'The Wonderwall' trailer
(Friday, May 17, 1968) — Wonderwall, a psychedelic film about a eccentric professor who loses himself in daydreams and delusions after a model and her photographer boyfriend move in next to him, premiered today at the Cannes Film Festival with George Harrison (who composed and produced the film’s soundtrack) and Ringo Starr of The Beatles in attendance. Continue reading Harrison, Starr attend ‘Wonderwall’ premiere at Cannes 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 17 1968)
Video: 'The Catonsville Nine original 5/17/68 footage'
(Friday, May 17, 1968, part of the Opposition to the Vietnam War) — Nine Catholic anti-war activists entered the Selective Service office today in Catonsville, Maryland, seized several hundred draft files and set fire to them with homemade napalm in the parking lot of the building to protest the Vietnam War before being arrested.
The Catonsville Nine, as they came to be known, included Father Daniel Berrigan, a Jesuit priest, his brother Philip Berrigan, a former Josephite priest, and artist Tom Lewis.
Video: 'The Catonsville Nine: Taking A Fiery Stand Against The Vietnam War Drafts'
Videos: 'YOU ARE THERE: THE IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON - OLD TIME RADIO'
(Saturday, May 16, 1868, vote began at 12:30 p.m. local time) — The U.S. Senate today failed to find President Andrew Johnson guilty of “high crimes and misdemeanors” over his attempted dismissal of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, voting 35–19 on the first of 11 articles of impeachment, one vote short of the necessary two-thirds majority needed to convict. Continue reading President Andrew Johnson acquitted 150 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 16 1868)
Video: 'THE BEATLES APPLE AND BEYOND 1968 VOL.2' (May 16, 1968, at 4:09)
(Thursday, May 16, 1968, early morning BST) — John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles arrived today at Heathrow Airport in London, returning home from a promotional trip to the United States to launch Apple Corps. Continue reading Lennon, McCartney return to London from New York 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 16 1968)
