Video: 'I'll Spend My Life With You [First Recorded Version]'
(Saturday, November 12, 1966, 5:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. PST) — The Monkees completed recording “I’ll Spend My Life With You” (first recorded version) today at RCA Victor Studio B in Hollywood (it would not be released until 1991).
(Saturday, November 12, 1966) — “Poor Side of Town” by Johnny Rivers peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
Video: 'Gemini XII Mission 1966 NASA (Gemini 12) Jim Lovell & Buzz Aldrin'
(Friday, November 11, 1966, at 20:46:33 UTC/3:46 p.m. EST; during Project Gemini) — Gemini 12 blasted off today on a four-day mission with astronauts James A. Lovell and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. aboard, steering their spacecraft to a successful rendezvous and linkup with an Agena target vehicle. Continue reading Astronauts chase Agena on final Gemini flight 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 11 1966)
Video: 'John Lennon interview explains how he met Yoko Ono YouTube.flv - YouTube'
(Wednesday, November 9, 1966) — John Lennon of The Beatles was formally introduced today to Yoko Ono, a 33-year old Japanese conceptual artist, the day before her avant-garde “Unfinished Paintings and Objects” exhibit opened at the Indica Gallery in London.
Within two years, Lennon would divorce his wife of six years, Cynthia, and would marry Ono on March 20, 1969, one year prior to the group’s break-up in 1970.
Video: 'Paul McCartney en Córdoba 1966 ( The Beatles en España) Yesterday'
(Wednesday, November 9, 1966, 5:00 a.m. GMT) — Paul McCartney of The Beatles was supposedly killed in a car crash today after storming out of a session for the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album and getting into his Austin Healey car, according to the “Paul is dead” hoax that would circulate in 1969. Continue reading McCartney killed in a car crash according to ‘Paul is dead’ hoax 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 9 1966)
Video: 'Election Shocks (1966)'
(Tuesday, November 8, 1966, during the California gubernatorial election, 1966) — Republican challenger Ronald Reagan defeated Democratic incumbent Governor Pat Brown 57.55%-42.27% today to be elected governor of California. Continue reading Reagan elected governor of California, defeats incumbent Brown 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 8 1966)
Video: '‘The biggest news in the country!’ / Lawrence O’Donnell, Edward Brooke'
(Tuesday, November 8, 1966, during the United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1966) — Edward W. Brooke today became the first black candidate to be elected to the U.S. Senate by popular vote by defeating former Governor Endicott Peabody with 1,213,473 votes to 744,761. Continue reading Edward Brooke becomes first African-American elected to U.S. Senate by popular vote 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 8 1966)
Video: 'Lou Rawls - Love Is A Hurtin' Thing *LIVE*'
(Sunday, November 6, 1966, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EST) — Lou Rawls performed “Love Is A Hurtin’ Thing” on tonight’s edition of the CBS-TV variety show The Ed Sullivan Show from CBS Studio No. 50 in New York City. Continue reading Lou Rawls performs on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 6 1966)
Video: 'Don't Listen To Linda (First Recorded Version)'
(Sunday, November 6, 1966, 2:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. PST) — The Monkees completed recording Don’t Listen To Linda” (first recorded version) today at RCA Victor Studio B in Hollywood (it would not be released until 1994).
Video: 'John Lennon Rare Strawberry Fields Home Demos Vol 1'
(Sunday, November 6, 1966) — John Lennon of The Beatles wraps up location shooting for Richard Lester’s How I Won the War having recorded a composing demo of a new song in his hotel room in Santa Isabel, Spain, that would become “Strawberry Fields Forever.”
