(Saturday, January 21, 1939) — “Jeepers Creepers” by Al Donahue and his Orchestra (vocal chorus by Paula Kelly) peaked at #1 on today’s Your Hit Parade weekly music chart for five non-consecutive weeks (Jan. 21, Feb. 4/11/18/25, 1939). Continue reading ‘Jeepers Creepers’ by Al Donahue peaks at #1 in USA 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 21 1939)
Category Archives: 1930s
Kate Smith performs Irving Berlin’s ‘God Bless America’ for first time 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 10 1938)
Video: 'God Bless America, First Radio performance, Armistice Day November 10, 1938, Kate Smith'
(Thursday, November 10, 1938, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EST) — Kate Smith first sang Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America” on her CBS radio program tonight. Continue reading Kate Smith performs Irving Berlin’s ‘God Bless America’ for first time 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 10 1938)
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Death of German diplomat sparks Kristallnacht 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 9 1938)
Video: 'Night of Broken Glass - Decades TV Network'
(Wednesday, November 9, 1938, approximately 4:30 p.m. Western European Time) — German diplomat Ernst vom Rath, shot Nov. 7, 1938, at the German embassy in Paris by Herschel Grynszpan, 17, whose Jewish parents were among those recently deported from Germany to Poland, died this afternoon at the Clinique de l’Alma. Continue reading Death of German diplomat sparks Kristallnacht 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 9 1938)
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Jewish teen shoots German diplomat in Paris 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 7 1938)
Video: 'Herschel - The Boy Who Started World War 2'
(Monday, November 7, 1938, approximately 9:45 a.m. Western European Time) — German diplomat Ernst vom Rath was shot today at the German embassy in Paris by Herschel Grynszpan, 17, whose Jewish parents were among those recently deported from Germany to Poland. Continue reading Jewish teen shoots German diplomat in Paris 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 7 1938)
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‘War of the Worlds’ radio broadcast causes panic 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 30 1938)
Video: 'War Of The Worlds - Original 1938 Radio Broadcasts (2011 Remastered Version)'
(Halloween Eve, Sunday, October 30, 1938, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EST) — A wave of mass hysteria seized thousands of listeners throughout the nation tonight when a radio adaptation of H. G. Wells’s 1898 novel “The War of the Worlds” led people to believe that an interplanetary conflict had started with invading Martians spreading widespread death and destruction in New Jersey and New York. Continue reading ‘War of the Worlds’ radio broadcast causes panic 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 30 1938)
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Du Pont names new synthetic yarn ‘nylon’ 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 27 1938)
Video: 'Nylon: First Synthetic Fiber - Decades TV Network'
(Thursday, October 27, 1938) — Du Pont announced today its new synthetic yarn would be called “nylon” at the final session of the Herald Tribune‘s yearly “Forum on Current Problems” on the site of the approaching New York City world’s fair. Continue reading Du Pont names new synthetic yarn ‘nylon’ 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 27 1938)
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Yankees beat Cubs to win World Series 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 9 1938)
Video: 'A Championship Legacy: 1938'
(Sunday, October 9, 1938, approximately 2:00 p.m.-4:11 p.m. EST) — The New York Yankees won the 1938 World Series today, beating the Chicago Cubs 8-3 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York, in the fourth and deciding game. Continue reading Yankees beat Cubs to win World Series 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 9 1938)
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German troops begin to occupy the Sudetenland 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 1 1938)
Video: 'The World At War 1973(World War II Documentary) 01.A New Germany (1933–1939)' (German troops pour into Sudetenland at 38:29)
(Saturday, October 1, 1938, 2:00 p.m. CET) — Five gray-green columns of German troops poured across the Czechoslovak frontier this afternoon on a twenty-mile front, beginning the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia in accordance with the Munich Agreement. Continue reading German troops begin to occupy the Sudetenland 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 1 1938)
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Chamberlain declares ‘peace for our time’ 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 30 1938)
Video: 'Peace Four Power Conference (1938)'
(Friday, September 30, 1938, 5:38 p.m. BST) — British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain declared the Munich Agreement would bring “peace for our time” as he arrived home from Germany to a cheering crowd this afternoon at the Heston Aerodrome . Continue reading Chamberlain declares ‘peace for our time’ 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 30 1938)
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Britain, France appease Hitler, abandon ‘Sudetenland’ 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 30 1938)
Video: 'Munich Agreement Signed. Hitler, Mussolini, Chamberlain, Daladier (1938)'
(Friday, September 30, 1938, at about 1:30 a.m. CET) — German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, Italian Premier Benito Mussolini and French Prime Minister Édouard Daladier signed the Munich Agreement early this morning at the Rheinhotel Dreesen in Bad Godesberg, Germany. Continue reading Britain, France appease Hitler, abandon ‘Sudetenland’ 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 30 1938)
