Video: 'Paul McCartney & Jane Asher - (BBC News) (26.03.1968) London Airport, Heathrow'
(Tuesday, March 26, 1968) — Paul McCartney of The Beatles arrived at London Airport today, having spent five weeks studying Transcendental Meditation with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at the Academy of Transcendental Meditation in Rishikesh, India. Continue reading Paul McCartney returns to London from India 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 26 1968)
Video: 'The Monkees Full Episode The Frodis Caper (aka "Mijacogeo")' (Mar. 25, 1968)
(Monday, March 25, 1968, 7:30-8:00 p.m. EST) — The Monkees match wits with the insane Wizard Glick, who is out to control the minds of television viewers worldwide, on tonight’s final first-run episode of The Monkees, a situation comedy television series on NBC that follows the adventures of four young men trying to make a name for themselves as rock ‘n roll singers. Continue reading Final episode of ‘The Monkees’ airs 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 25 1968)
Video: 'Diana Ross and The Supremes - Forever Came Today [Ed Sullivan Show - 1968]'
(Sunday, March 24, 1968, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EST) — Diana Ross & The Supremes performed “Forever Came Today” and Spanky and Our Gang performed “I’d Like to Get to Know You” on tonight’s edition of the CBS-TV variety show The Ed Sullivan Show from the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City. Continue reading Diana Ross & The Supremes, Spanky and Our Gang perform on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 24 1968)
(Saturday, March 23, 1968) — “Lady Madonna” by The Beatles debuted at #23 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Continue reading ‘Lady Madonna’ by The Beatles debuts at #23 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 23 1968)
(Saturday, March 23, 1968) — “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” by The Four Seasons peaked at #24 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three weeks. Continue reading ‘Will You Love Me Tomorrow’ by The Four Seasons peaks at #24 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 23 1968)
(Friday, March 22, 1968, 5:38-6:06 p.m. EST; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — President Lyndon Johnson announced today at a news conference his intention to appoint Gen. William C. Westmoreland as Army Chief of Staff, replacing him as commander of American forces in Vietnam sometime before July 2, 1968. Continue reading LBJ recalls Westmoreland to become Army chief 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 22 1968)
Video: 'KEVU April Part 2 1968 Oregon Primary RDTV' (Mar. 21, 1968, at 3:36)
(Thursday, March 21, 1968, announcement scheduled for 2:00 p.m. EST; during the Republican Party presidential primaries, 1968) –Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York, the leader of the GOP’s liberal wing, dropped a political bombshell today at the New York Hilton Hotel by announcing that he will not be a candidate for the GOP presidential nomination, leaving former Vice President Richard Nixon as the only active contender. Continue reading Rockefeller says he won’t run for president 50 years ago this afternoon (Mar 21 1968)
Video: 'Eyes On The Prize - (Part 10) The Promised Land 1967–1968' (Mar. 19, 1968, at 27:10)
(Tuesday, March 19, 1968; during the African-American civil rights movement (1954–1968)) — Civil rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr., returned to Marks, Mississippi, today as part of his people-to-people tour of the nation to rally support for his Poor People’s Campaign, declaring, “I want some of you all to go to Washington with us, even if you have to bring your whole family.” Continue reading King rallies support for Poor People’s Campaign 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 19 1968)
Video: 'Eyes On The Prize - (Part 10) The Promised Land 1967–1968' (Mar. 18, 1968, at 26:10)
(Monday, March 18, 1968, after 9:00 p.m. CST; during the Memphis sanitation strike, part of the African-American civil rights movement (1954–1968)) — Civil rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr., who was in the midst of organizing the Poor People’s Campaign, flew into Memphis today to call for a citywide march in support of striking sanitation workers. Continue reading King calls for citywide march in Memphis 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 18 1968)
Video: 'American Experience LBJ 2' (Mar. 18, 1968, at 1:18:32)
(Monday, March 18, 1968, 10:42 a.m. CST; during the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1968 and the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — U.S. President Lyndon Johnson, speaking to delegates at the National Farmers Union Convention at the Leamington Hotel in Minneapolis, said today that the time had come for “austerity” and a “total national effort” to win the war and peace in Vietnam and solve domestic problems. Continue reading LBJ asks for ‘austerity’ to win Vietnam War 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 18 1968)
