Category Archives: 1970s

Thomas Eagleton withdraws from Democratic presidential ticket 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 31 1972)

1970s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Television & the Presidency Part 9' (Eagleton issue at 1:23)

(Monday, July 31, 1972, 9:45 p.m. EDT; during the 1972 United States presidential election campaign) — Senator Thomas Eagleton of Missouri, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, withdrew from the national ticket with George McGovern tonight following disclosures that Eagleton had once undergone psychiatric treatment. Continue reading Thomas Eagleton withdraws from Democratic presidential ticket 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 31 1972) →

‘Deliverance’ survival thriller film opens in New York City 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 30 1972)

1970s, Movies 1970s


Video: 'Deliverance' trailer

(Sunday, July 30, 1972, noon EDT) — Deliverance, an American survival thriller film about four men who fight against a murderous clan of backwoodsmen during a hunting vacation, opened today at Loew’s Tower East at 72nd Street and Third Avenue in the Manhattan borough of New York City. Continue reading ‘Deliverance’ survival thriller film opens in New York City 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 30 1972) →

‘Alone Again (Naturally)’ by Gilbert O’Sullivan peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 29 1972)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s

(Saturday, July 29, 1972) — “Alone Again (Naturally)” by Gilbert O’Sullivan peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for six consecutive weeks (July 29, Aug. 5/12/19, Sept. 2/9, 1972). Continue reading ‘Alone Again (Naturally)’ by Gilbert O’Sullivan peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 29 1972) →

‘School’s Out’ by Alice Cooper peaks at #7 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 29 1972)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s

(Saturday, July 29, 1972) — “School’s Out” by Alice Cooper peaked at #6 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘School’s Out’ by Alice Cooper peaks at #7 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 29 1972) →

‘Day by Day’ by Original Cast of ‘Godspell’ peaks at #13 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 29 1972)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s

(Saturday, July 29, 1972) — “Day by Day” by the Original Cast of Godspell peaked at #13 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Day by Day’ by Original Cast of ‘Godspell’ peaks at #13 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 29 1972) →

‘Conquistador’ by Procol Harum peaks at #16 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 29 1972)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s

(Saturday, July 29, 1972) — “Conquistador” by Procol Harum peaked at #16 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Conquistador’ by Procol Harum peaks at #16 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 29 1972) →

Black men went untreated in notorious Tuskegee syphilis experiment, AP reports 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 25 1972)

1970s


Video: 'The Tuskegee Study'

(Tuesday, July 25, 1972; during the Tuskegee Syphilis Study) — The notorious Tuskegee syphilis experiment came to light today as The Associated Press reported that for the previous four decades, the U.S. Public Health Service, in conjunction with the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, had been allowing poor, rural Black male patients with syphilis to go without treatment, even allowing them to die, as a way of studying the disease. Continue reading Black men went untreated in notorious Tuskegee syphilis experiment, AP reports 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 25 1972) →

Democratic vice presidential nominee Thomas Eagleton reveals he had received electrical shock therapy twice 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 25 1972)

1970s, U.S. Presidents


Audio: 'ABC Evening News 1972 VP Drama' (July 28, 1972)

(Tuesday, July 25, 1972, morning CDT; during the 1972 United States presidential election campaign) — Democratic vice presidential nominee Thomas Eagleton said today that he was hospitalized three times between 1960 and 1966 for “nervous exhaustion and fatigue” and that he had undergone psychiatric treatment, including electric shock therapy, for “depression” on two of the three occasions. Continue reading Democratic vice presidential nominee Thomas Eagleton reveals he had received electrical shock therapy twice 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 25 1972) →

‘How Do You Do’ by Mouth & MacNeal peaks at #8 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 22 1972)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s

(Saturday, July 22, 1972) — “How Do You Do” by Mouth & MacNeal peaked at #8 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three weeks. Continue reading ‘How Do You Do’ by Mouth & MacNeal peaks at #8 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 22 1972) →

Paul McCartney and his band Wings perform at Pavillon Montreux in Switzerland 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 22 1972)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s, The Beatles 1970s


Audio: 'Paul Mccartney & Wings - Live At The Pavillion Montreux, Switzerland 1973-07-22 - Full Concert'

(Saturday, July 22, 1972, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Central European Time; during the Wings Over Europe Tour) — Former Beatle Paul McCartney and his new group, Wings, performed tonight at Pavillon Montreux in Switzerland, the eighth of 25-stops of the Wings Over Europe Tour, McCartney’s first tour of Continental Europe since The Beatles made a three-city swing through Germany in June 1966. Continue reading Paul McCartney and his band Wings perform at Pavillon Montreux in Switzerland 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 22 1972) →