Video: 'Boston Back Bay Theater, March 17, 1968.' (8 videos)
(Sunday, March 17, 1968, 4:00 p.m./7:30 p.m. scheduled start times) — The Doors performed two shows today at Back Bay Theatre in Boston. Continue reading The Doors perform two shows in Boston 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 17 1968)
Video: 'The Rolling Stones (Album 13 : BEGGARS BANQUET - 1968)' (10 videos)
(Sunday, March 17, 1968) — The Rolling Stones began recording their seventh British (ninth American) studio album Beggars Banquet today at Olympic Sound Studios in London.
Sessions for the album would continue intermittently through July 25, 1968, at Olympic and Sunset Sound in Los Angeles, for release on Dec. 6, 1968.
Video: 'World in Action The Demonstration 1968' (violence begins at 15:06)
(Sunday, March 17, 1968, 5:20 p.m. BST; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — A peaceful march against the Vietnam War by some 10,000 people in London turned violent today as demonstrators reached Grosvenor Square near the U.S. Embassy; more than 200 people were arrested and over 80 were reported injured. Continue reading Anti-war protest in London turns violent 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 17 1968)
(Saturday, March 16, 1968) — “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” by Otis Redding, a recording completed just three days before his death in a plane crash on Dec. 10, 1967, peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for four consecutive weeks (Mar. 16/23/30, Apr. 6, 1968). Continue reading ‘(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay’ by Otis Redding peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 16 1968)
(Saturday, March 16, 1968) — “Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)” by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition at #5 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)’ by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition peaks at #5 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 16 1968)
Video: 'President Lyndon B. Johnson on Vietnam, March 1968 (2 clips)'
(Saturday, March 16, 1968, 10:05 a.m. EST; during the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1968; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — As U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy was officially announcing on Capitol Hill that he would challenge President Lyndon Johnson for the 1968 Democratic presidential nomination over the Vietnam War, Johnson told the National Alliance of Businessmen today at the Sheraton Park Hotel in Washington: “Make no mistake about it—I don’t want a man in here to go back home thinking otherwise—we are going to win.” Continue reading LBJ: ‘We are going to win’ Vietnam War 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 16 1968)
Video: '1968 Presidential Election: RFK Announces He's Running'
(Saturday, March 16, 1968, 10:00 a.m. EST; during the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1968; African-American civil rights movement (1954–1968); during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Four days after President Lyndon Johnson barely edged out anti-war candidate U.S. Senator Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota in the New Hampshire Democratic primary, U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy of New York today entered the race for the Democratic Party presidential nomination. Continue reading RFK to challenge LBJ for Democratic presidential nomination 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 16 1968)
Video: 'The Doors March 15, 1968 Colgate University Hamilton,New York 640x480'
(Friday, March 15, 1968, 8:30 p.m. EST scheduled start time) — The Doors performed tonight at Cotterell Court in the Reid Athletic Center of Colgate University in Hamilton, New York. Continue reading The Doors perform in Hamilton, New York 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 15 1968)
Video: 'Myth or Reality My Lai- Massacre in Vietnam - American Experience.mp4' (Mar. 16 1968, 27:51)
(Saturday, March 16, 1968, 8:00 a.m. Saigon Standard Time; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — The My Lai Massacre of Vietnamese civilians, including men, women, children and infants, was carried out today by U.S. Army soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 11th Brigade, 23rd (Americal) Infantry Division in Son My village in the Son Tinh District of South Vietnam. Continue reading U.S. forces kill, rape hundreds in My Lai Massacre 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 16 1968)
Video: 'The Beatles - Lady Madonna'
(Friday, March 15, 1968) — The single “Lady Madonna”/“The Inner Light” by The Beatles was released today in the UK (Mar. 18, 1968, in the U.S.). Continue reading ‘Lady Madonna’/’The Inner Light’ single by The Beatles released 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 15 1968)
