Category Archives: 1970s

‘A Clockwork Orange’ opens in Los Angeles 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 19 1971)

1970s, Movies 1970s


Video: 'A Clockwork Orange' trailer

(Sunday, December 19, 1971, midnight PST) — The first public screening of A Clockwork Orange, a dystopian crime film about a charismatic delinquent who volunteers for an experimental aversion therapy developed by the government in an effort to solve society’s crime problem, took place early this morning at a special midnight showing at Hollywood Pacific Theatre to benefit the Los Angeles International Film Exposition, also called Filmex. Continue reading ‘A Clockwork Orange’ opens in Los Angeles 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 19 1971) →

‘An Old Fashioned Love Song’ by Three Dog Night peaks at #4 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 18 1971)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s

(Saturday, December 18, 1971) — “An Old Fashioned Love Song” by Three Dog Night peaked at #4 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three weeks. Continue reading ‘An Old Fashioned Love Song’ by Three Dog Night peaks at #4 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 18 1971) →

‘Behind Blue Eyes’ by The Who peaks at #34 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 18 1971)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s

(Saturday, December 18, 1971) — “Behind Blue Eyes” by The Who peaked at #34 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Behind Blue Eyes’ by The Who peaks at #34 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 18 1971) →

John Lennon & Yoko Ono perform at benefit for Attica Prison riot families 50 years ago #OnThisDate #OTD (Dec 17 1971)

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

Video: 'John Lennon Imagine Live (Acoustic Guitar)'

(Friday, December 17, 1971, evening EST) — Former Beatle John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, performed tonight at the Apollo Theater in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City in the borough of Manhattan, at a concert benefit for the families of the victims of the recent riot at New York’s Attica State Prison. Continue reading John Lennon & Yoko Ono perform at benefit for Attica Prison riot families 50 years ago #OnThisDate #OTD (Dec 17 1971) →

John Lennon & Yoko Ono tape fractious appearance on ‘The David Frost Show’ 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 16 1971)

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

Video: 'JOHN LENNON-ATTICA STATE'

(Thursday, December 16, 1971, taping began at 6:00 p.m. EST) — Former Beatle John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, taped an appearance on The David Frost Show tonight in New York City for broadcast in syndication on Jan. 13, 1972. Continue reading John Lennon & Yoko Ono tape fractious appearance on ‘The David Frost Show’ 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 16 1971) →

Pakistan’s military surrenders, Bangladesh established as a separate country 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 16 1971)

1970s


Video: 'Surrender of East Pakistan to Indian Army in 1971 War, 16 December, 1971'

(Thursday, December 16, 1971, war between India and Pakistan on the eastern front formally ended at 4:31 p.m.local time; during the 1971 Bangladesh genocide) — The Pakistan Armed Forces surrendered this afternoon to the Joint Forces of Bangladesh (the Mukti Bahini) and the Indian Armed Forces, bringing an end to the Bangladesh Liberation War and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Continue reading Pakistan’s military surrenders, Bangladesh established as a separate country 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 16 1971) →

James Bond film ‘Diamonds Are Forever’ opens in Munich, West Germany 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 14 1971)

1970s, James Bond, Movies 1970s, Popular Music 1970s


Video: 'Diamonds Are Forever' trailer

(Tuesday, December 14, 1971) — James Bond impersonates a diamond smuggler to infiltrate a smuggling ring, and soon uncovers a plot by his old nemesis Blofeld to use the diamonds and build a giant laser in Diamonds Are Forever, the seventh in the James Bond spy film series produced by Eon Productions, which opened today in Munich, West Germany. Continue reading James Bond film ‘Diamonds Are Forever’ opens in Munich, West Germany 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 14 1971) →

John Sinclair released from prison, telephones John Lennon & Yoko Ono 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 13 1971)

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


Video: 'Ten For Two - The John Sinclair Benefit - Part 2' (Dec. 13, 1971, at 19:57)

(Monday, December 13, 1971) — Three days after the John Sinclair Freedom Rally, a protest and concert headlined by former Beatle John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, at the Crisler Arena at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, John Sinclair was unexpectedly released today from Southern Michigan Prison in Jackson after serving more than two years of a 10-year prison term for possession of two marijuana cigarettes. Continue reading John Sinclair released from prison, telephones John Lennon & Yoko Ono 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 13 1971) →

‘Have You Seen Her’ by The Chi-Lites peaks at #3 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 11 1971)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s

(Saturday, December 11, 1971) — “Have You Seen Her” by The Chi-Lites peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Have You Seen Her’ by The Chi-Lites peaks at #3 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 11 1971) →

‘Got to Be There’ by Michael Jackson peaks at #4 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 11 1971)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s

(Saturday, December 11, 1971) — “Got to Be There” by Michael Jackson peaked at #4 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart one week. Continue reading ‘Got to Be There’ by Michael Jackson peaks at #4 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 11 1971) →