Video: 'George Harrison - What Is Life (Official Music Video)'
(Monday, February 15, 1971) — “What Is Life”/“Apple Scruffs” by former Beatle George Harrison was released today in the U.S. as a single.
Continue reading ‘What Is Life’/’Apple Scruffs’ single by George Harrison released 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 15 1971)
(Saturday, February 13, 1971) — “One Bad Apple” by The Osmonds peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for five consecutive weeks (Feb. 13/20/27, Mar. 6/13, 1971).
Continue reading ‘One Bad Apple’ by The Osmonds peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 13 1971)
(Saturday, February 13, 1971) — “Rose Garden” by Lynn Anderson peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
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Video: 'It's So Hard (Take 6)'
(Thursday, February 11, 1971) — Former Beatle John Lennon began tracking his second solo studio album today, holding his inaugural recording session at Ascot Sound Studios (ASS), a studio built by Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, on the grounds of Tittenhurst Park, their 72-acre estate 26 miles west of London.
Continue reading John Lennon begins recording his ‘Imagine’ studio album near London 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 11 1971)
Video: 'Apollo 14 CBS' (72 videos; Apollo 14 splashdowns on video #50 at 10:17)
(Tuesday, February 9, 1971, 4:05 p.m. EST/21:05:00 UTC) — The Apollo 14 astronauts rode their spaceship to a safe, successful and precise splashdown in the Pacific Ocean today, marking the end of the nation’s 24th manned space flight, the sixth mission to the moon and the third to have landed men who explored that desolate world some 238,000 miles from the earth.
Continue reading Apollo 14 astronauts land within a mile of target after a ‘terrific flight’ to the Moon 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 9 1971)
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.
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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.
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