Video: 'Satchel Paige Biography'
(Tuesday, February 9, 1971) — Pitcher Satchel Paige became the first primarily Negro League player to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, today.
Continue reading Satchel Paige becomes first Negro League player voted into baseball’s Hall of Fame 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 9 1971)
Video: 'San Fernando Valley Sylmar Earthquake (1971)'
(Tuesday, February 9, 1971, 6:00:41 a.m. PST; during the 1971 San Fernando earthquake) — A major earthquake rumbled through southern California early today with a strong ground motion duration of about 12 seconds, killing 65 people, injuring another 2,000 and causing more than a half billion dollars in damage to homes, businesses and roadways in Los Angeles and the surrounding areas.
Continue reading 65 people killed as heavy earthquake rocks Los Angeles area 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 9 1971)
Video: 'GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS "If I Were Your Woman" on The Ed Sullivan Show'
(Sunday, February 7, 1971, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EST) — Gladys Knight & the Pips performed “If I Were Your Woman” and comedian Robert Klein told jokes about going to the dentist on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV variety series The Ed Sullivan Show live from the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City.
Continue reading Gladys Knight & the Pips, Robert Klein perform on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 7 1971)
Video: 'Vietnam The Ten Thousand Day War The Village War 10 13' (Operation Lam Son 719 at 32:22)
(Monday, February 8, 1971, 7:00 a.m. Saigon Standard Time; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Operation Lam Son 719, an attack by the First Infantry Division of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) from South Vietnam into the Kingdom of Laos, was launched today in the Vietnam War against North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces operating across the border.
Continue reading South Vietnamese units supported by U.S. military drive into Laos to strike enemy supply line 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 8 1971)
(Saturday, February 6, 1971) — “Remember Me” by Diana Ross peaked at #16 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
Continue reading ‘Remember Me’ by Diana Ross peaks at #16 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 6 1971)
Video: 'Apollo 14 CBS' (72 videos; Shepard's first step on the lunar surface on video #12 at 4:30)
(Friday, February 5, 1971, 9:57 a.m. EST/14:57 Coordinated Universal Time) — Two Apollo 14 astronauts walked the gentle slopes of Fra Mauro today, setting up instruments, collecting rocks and probing subsurface reaches in search of clues to the Moon’s earliest history.
Continue reading ‘We’re here’: Two Apollo 14 astronauts walk and work for hours on Moon’s surface 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 5 1971)
Video: 'Frank Zappa - 200 Motels Trailer'
(Monday, February 1, 1971) — Former Beatle Ringo Starr arrived today at Pinewood Studios outside London to begin shooting his part for 200 Motels, a surreal musical film written and directed by Frank Zappa and Tony Palmer, and featuring music by Zappa.
Continue reading Ringo Starr begins filming his segments for Frank Zappa’s ‘200 Motels’ 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 1 1971)
Video: '"The Ed Sullivan Show" Jan. 31, 1971' (8 clips)
(Sunday, January 31, 1971, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EST) — The Temptations performed “Just My Imagination,” “Get Ready” and a medley of hits (including “Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours,” “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” “I’ll Be There” and “My Sweet Lord”) on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV variety series The Ed Sullivan Show live from the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City.
Continue reading The Temptations perform on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 31 1971)
Video: 'Apollo 14 CBS' (72 videos; launch on video #4 at 2:46)
(Sunday, January 31, 1971, 4:03:02 p.m. EST/21:03:02 UTC) — Apollo 14, carrying astronauts Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa, blasted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida today in man’s third attempt to walk on another world — the Moon.
Continue reading Apollo 14 blasts off in fourth attempt to land humans on Moon 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 31 1971)
(Saturday, January 30, 1971) — “Lonely Days” by the Bee Gees peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
Continue reading ‘Lonely Days’ by Bee Gees peaks at #3 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 30 1971)
