Video: 'Howdy Doody Show, The (Intro) S1 (1947)'
(Saturday, December 27, 1947, 5:00 p.m. EST) — The original version of the puppet character Howdy Doody made his TV debut tonight on NBC’s Puppet Playhouse. Continue reading Howdy Doody puppet character debuts on TV 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 27 1947)
Video: 'Blizzard of 1947: New York buried in record 26 inch snowstorm after 16 hours of h...HD Stock Footage'
(Friday, December 26, 1947) — The Great Blizzard of 1947, a record-breaking snowfall that began on Christmas without prediction and brought the northeastern United States to a standstill, dumped 26.4 inches of snow today on Central Park in Manhattan in 16 hours. Continue reading Great Blizzard of 1947 buries northeastern U.S. 70 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 27 1947)
(Saturday, December 13, 1947) — “Ballerina” by Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for 10 consecutive weeks (Dec. 6/13/20/27, 1947, Jan. 3/10/17/24/31, Feb. 7, 1948). Continue reading ‘Ballerina’ by Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra peaks at #1 in USA 70 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 13 1947)
Video: 'Everglades National Park Dedication (December 6, 1947)'
(Saturday, December 6, 1947, 2:30 p.m. EST) — Everglades National Park, a U.S. National Park in Florida that protects the southern 20 percent of the original Everglades, was dedicated by President Harry S. Truman today in Everglades City. Continue reading Everglades National Park dedicated by President Truman 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 6 1947)
Video: 'Jessica Tandy & Marlon Brando-A Streetcar Named Desire (Radio Version)'
(Wednesday, December 3, 1947, 8:00 p.m. EST) — A Streetcar Named Desire, a play written by American playwright Tennessee Williams about a fading southern belle who tries to build a new life with her sister in New Orleans, opened on Broadway tonight at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York City. Continue reading ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ opens on Broadway 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 3 1947)
Video: 'UN Partition Plan'
(Saturday, November 29, 1947, 5:35 p.m. EST) — The United Nations General Assembly approved today a proposal to partition Palestine into two states, one Arab and the other Jewish, that are to become fully independent by Oct. 1, 1948. Continue reading UN votes to partition Palestine 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 29 1947)
Video: 'The Hollywood Ten (1950)'
(Tuesday, November 25, 1947; during the Second Red Scare and the Cold War) — Movie studio executives meeting at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York voted unanimously today to “discharge or suspend without compensation” the ten Hollywood figures who have been cited for contempt of Congress for refusing to testify to the House Un-American Activities Committee. Continue reading Film executives agree to blacklist ‘Hollywood Ten’ 70 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 25 1947)
Video: 'Un-American Activities Enquiry (1947)'
(Monday, November 24, 1947; during the Second Red Scare and the Cold War) — The U.S. House of Representatives voted 346 to 17 today to approve citations for contempt of Congress against a group of writers, producers and directors that became known as the “Hollywood Ten” for refusing to tell the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) whether they were members of the Communist party. Continue reading ‘Hollywood Ten’ cited for contempt of Congress 70 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 24 1947)
Video: 'The Royal Wedding in Colour (1947)'
(Thursday, November 20, 1947, at 11:30 a.m. GMT) — Britain’s future queen, Princess Elizabeth, 21, married Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, 26, this morning at Westminster Abbey in London in a ceremony of singular beauty and grandeur. Continue reading Elizabeth and Philip wed in Abbey 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 20 1947)
(Monday, November 17, 1947, at 1:30 p.m. EST; during the Second Red Scare and the Cold War) — President Harry S. Truman, in an address to a special session of Congress, asked Congress today for authority to impose price controls, consumer rationing and wage controls in limited areas of the national economy (click here to listen to Truman’s address). Continue reading President Truman demands pay and price controls 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 17 1947)
