Video: 'Medley: Hold Me Tight/Lazy Dynamite/Hands Of Love/Power Cut (2018 Remaster)' ("Hold Me Tight" at 0:00-2:22)
(Friday, September 15, 1972) — Former Beatle Paul McCartney and his British–American rock band, Wings, today recorded “Hold Me Tight” at EMI Studios, Abbey Road in London, during sessions for the studio album Red Rose Speedway. Continue reading Paul McCartney and Wings record ‘Hold Me Tight’ in London 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 15 1972)
Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History - Vietnamizing the War [7/11]' (Sept. 15, 1972, at 47:22)
(Friday, September 15, 1972, 5:00 p.m. Saigon Standard Time; during the Vietnam War, the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — South Vietnam’s Army of the Republic of Vietnam defeated the People’s Army of Vietnam today at the ancient citadel of Quang Tri, ending North Vietnam’s three-plus month occupation of South Vietnam’s northernmost provincial capital and the Second Battle of Quang Tri. Continue reading South Vietnamese forces recapture Quang Tri from North Vietnamese 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 15 1972)
Video: 'Maude | Maude's Problem | Season 1 Episode 1 Full Episode | The Norman Lear Effect'
(Tuesday, September 12, 1972, 8:00 p.m. EDT) — Maude, an American situation comedy television series about an outspoken, middle-aged, politically liberal woman living in suburban Tuckahoe, Westchester County, New York, with her fourth husband, household appliance store owner Walter Findlay, debuted tonight on CBS. Continue reading ‘Maude’ sitcom television series starring Bea Arthur debuts on CBS 50 years ago this #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 12 1972)
Video: 'The Doors - Live @ The Hollywood Bowl 1972'
(Sunday, September 10, 1972, following the 7:30 p.m. EDT scheduled start time for opening act Tim Buckley but before headliner Frank Zappa) — 26 months and one week after lead singer Jim Morrison was found dead in a bathtub in Paris, the surviving members of the American rock group The Doors — keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger and drummer John Densmore — performed tonight at the Hollywood Bowl in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California Continue reading The Doors perform final concert at Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 10 1972)
Video: '1972 Olympic Gold Medal Basketball Game USSR vs USA'
(Saturday, September 9, 1972 from 11:45 p.m. to Sunday, September 10, 1972, 1:14 a.m. Central European Time; during the 1972 Olympic Men’s Basketball Final, part of the 1972 Summer Olympics) — In the gold medal match at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, the American men’s basketball team today lost to the Soviet Union, 51–50, on a shot at the buzzer by Alexander Belov in what is widely considered the most controversial game in international basketball history. Continue reading Soviets end U.S. Olympic basketball reign with disputed last-shot 51-50 victory 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 10 1972)
(Saturday, September 9, 1972) — “Rock and Roll Part 2” by Gary Glitter peaked at #7 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Rock and Roll Part 2’ by Gary Glitter peaks at #7 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 9 1972)
Video: 'Mega Disasters - Munich Olympic Massacre'
(Wednesday, September 6, 1972, 12:04 a.m. Central European Time; during the Munich massacre, part of the 1972 Summer Olympics) — Nine Israeli athletes taken hostage at the Munich Olympic Games by the Palestinian terrorist group Black September were murdered early this morning by their kidnappers during a bungled attempt by West Germany police to rescue kidnapped members of the Israeli Olympic team at Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base. Continue reading Attempt to rescue nine Israeli Olympic team members held hostage in Munich ends in disaster 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 6 1972)
Video: 'Munich Massacre - 1972 | Today In History | 5 Sept 17'
(Tuesday, September 5, 1972, 4:31 a.m. Central European Time; during the Munich massacre, part of the 1972 Summer Olympics) — Eight members of the Palestinian terrorist group Black September infiltrated the Olympic village in Munich, West Germany, this morning, killing two Israeli athletes (wrestling coach Moshe Weinberg and weightlifter Yossef Romano) and taking nine more hostage, in what eventually came to be known as the Munich Massacre. Continue reading Palestinian terrorists kill two Israeli athletes, take nine more hostage at Munich Olympic Games 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 5 1972)
Video: 'John Lennon & Yoko Ono Jerry Lewis Telethon'
(Labor Day, Monday, September 4, 1972, approximately 5:10 p.m. EDT) — Former Beatle John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, and the Elephant’s Memory band made an unannounced appearance today towards the end of the all-day annual American TV special Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon, an event to raise money to combat muscular dystrophy. Continue reading John Lennon & Yoko Ono perform three songs live on Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 4 1972)
Video: 'Mark Spitz - Seven golds - Munich 1972 Olympic Games'
(Labor Day, Monday, September 4, 1972; during the 1972 Summer Olympics) — Mark Spitz, 22, became the first competitor to win seven gold medals at a single Olympic Games, swimming tonight as part of the American team in the 400-meter relay. Continue reading U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz wins record seventh gold medal at Munich Olympics in 400-meter medley relay 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 4 1972)
