Video: 'Apollo 17: On the Shoulders of Giants (BEST QUALITY)' (final moments on the moon at 20:16)
(Thursday, December 14, 1972, 12:41 a.m. EST) — Apollo 17 astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, 38, climbed into the lunar module Challenger early this morning, following fellow astronaut Harrison Schmitt, to become the last person to have set foot on the moon to date. Continue reading Astronaut Eugene Cernan becomes last person to walk on the moon 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 14 1972)
Video: 'Apollo 17 landing from PDI to Touchdown' (Challenger lands on the Moon at 14:08)
(Monday, December 11, 1972, 2:54:57 p.m. EST) — Apollo 17’s lunar module landed on the moon today with astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt aboard, becoming the last two men to date to step onto the lunar surface. Continue reading Apollo 17’s lunar module ‘Challenger’ lands on the moon in final manned lunar landing 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 11 1972)
(Saturday, December 9, 1972) — “I Am Woman” by Helen Reddy peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘I Am Woman by Helen Reddy peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 9 1972)
(Saturday, December 9, 1972) — “If You Don’t Know Me by Now” by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘If You Don’t Know Me by Now’ by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes peaks at #3 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 9 1972)
(Saturday, December 9, 1972) — “Ventura Highway” by America peaked at #8 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Ventura Highway’ by America peaks at #8 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 9 1972)
(Saturday, December 9, 1972) — “I’m Stone in Love with You” by The Stylistics peaked at #10 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘I’m Stone in Love with You’ by The Stylistics peaks at #10 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 9 1972)
(Saturday, December 9, 1972) — “Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)” by Jim Croce peaked at #17 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)’ by Jim Croce peaks at #17 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 9 1972)
Video: 'WGN-9 1972 United Flight 553 Crash!!! Chicago Coverage.'
(Friday, December 8, 1972, 2:29 p.m. CST, during the Watergate scandal) — Dorothy Hunt, 52, a CIA employee and the wife of Watergate burglary conspirator, E. Howard Hunt, was killed this afternoon when United Airlines Flight 553 from Washington to Chicago crashed during an aborted landing and go around while approaching Chicago Midway Airport during an ice storm. Continue reading $10,000 in apparent Watergate hush money goes down in Chicago plane crash 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 8 1972)
Video: 'Launch of Apollo 17 TV Coverage' (video begins 13:02 before lift-off)
(Thursday, December 7, 1972, 12:33:00 a.m. EST) — Delayed for more than two hours by a minor technical error, Apollo 17 vaultedfrom launch pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida toward the moon early this morning, propelled by a fiery rocket on was man’s last voyage to another world. Continue reading America’s final manned mission to the moon launched as Apollo 17 blasts off from Cape Canaveral 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 7 1972)
Video: 'ALICE IN WONDERLAND - IN COLOUR'
(Monday, December 4, 1972, evening GMT) — Fresh from filming his part for the movie That’ll Be The Day, ex-Beatle Ringo Starr and his wife, Maureen, attended the Royal charity premiere of Josef Shaftel’s production of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland at the Odeon Marble Arch tonight in London in the presence of Her Majesty The Queen. Continue reading Ex-Beatle Ringo Starr attends London premiere of ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 4 1972)
