Video: 'Mccartney full album' (13 videos)
(Saturday, May 23, 1970) — McCartney, the debut solo album by ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Top LP’s chart for three consecutive weeks (May 23/30, June 6, 1970). Continue reading Paul McCartney’s debut solo album ‘McCartney’ peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 23 1970)
(Saturday, May 23, 1970) — “Vehicle” by The Ides of March peaked at #2 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Vehicle’ by The Ides of March peaks at #2 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 23 1970)
Video: 'The Long And Winding Road (Remastered 2015)'
(Saturday, May 23, 1970) — “The Long and Winding Road”/“For You Blue” by The Beatles debuted at #35 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Continue reading ‘The Long and Winding Road’/’For You Blue’ by The Beatles debuts at #35 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 23 1970)
Video: 'The Sensational 70s - 1970' (May 22, 1970, at 28:44)
(Friday, May 22, 1970, morning local time; during the Avivim school bus massacre, part of Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon) — 12 civilians, nine of them children, were killed and 25 wounded, most of them children, when a school bus was ambushed this morning in Israel on the road to Moshav Avivim, near Israel’s border with Lebanon.
No one escaped unhurt in the crowded bus, which was struck by Two rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) fired from a clump of bushes five yards from the road when the bus was about 20 yards away.
The attack was one of the first carried out by the PFLP-GC, a Palestinian nationalist militant organisation based in Syria.
Video: 'Our World Spring 1970 Part 1' (May 20, 1970, at 6:42)
(Wednesday, May 20, 1970, approximately noon EDT; during the Cambodian Campaign, part of the Vietnam War, Cambodian Civil War, Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Marching under a sea of American flags, helmeted construction workers led tens of thousands of noisy but peaceful demonstrators today in a rally and parade in New York City supporting the Vietnam policies of President Richard Nixon and assailing Mayor John Lindsay and other opponents of the war in Indochina. Continue reading Huge Rally In New York City Backs Nixon’s Indochina policies 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 20 1970)
Video: 'Ringo Starr: Sentimental Journey' (12 videos)
(Saturday, May 16, 1970) — Sentimental Journey, the debut solo album by ex-Beatle Ringo Starr, debuted at #51 on today’s Billboard Top LP’s chart. Continue reading Ringo Starr’s debut solo album ‘Sentimental Journey’ debuts at #51 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 16 1970)
Video: 'May 15, 1970: Gibbs/Green Tragedy at Jackson State University'
(Friday, May 15, 1970, 12:05 a.m. CDT) — Two students were killed and 12 wounded early today after the police opened fire on a women’s dormitory at the predominantly-black Jackson State College in Jackson, Mississippi. Continue reading Two students killed when police open fire at Jackson State College 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 15 1970)
Video: 'Let It Be - Trailer'
(Wednesday, May 13, 1970) — Let It Be, a British documentary film starring The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr), opened at select theaters today in San Francisco, Denver, Baltimore and in Philadelphia where it first shown at the Duke at 11:00 a.m EDT. Continue reading The Beatles’ ‘Let It Be’ documentary opens in select U.S. theaters 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 13 1970)
Video: 'The Long And Winding Road (Remastered 2015)'
(Monday, May 11, 1970) — The single “The Long and Winding Road”/“For You Blue” by The Beatles was released today in the U.S. Continue reading ‘The Long and Winding Road’/’For You Blue’ by The Beatles released 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 11 1970)
Video: 'The Love You Save - Jackson Five on Ed Sullivan'
(Sunday, May 10, 1970, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT) — The Jackson 5 performed “The Love You Save” and a medley of “I Want You Back” and “ABC” 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 Jackson 5 performs on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 10 1970)
