Video: 'Annie Hall' trailer
(Sunday, March 27, 1977) — Annie Hall, an American romantic comedy film about a comedian and an aspiring singer who try to overcome their neuroses and find happiness, premiered tonight as the closing night film at the Los Angeles International Film Exposition (Filmex). Continue reading Woody Allen’s ‘Annie Hall’ premieres in Los Angeles 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 27 1977)
Video: 'Tenerife Airport Disaster'
(Sunday, March 27, 1977, 5:06:56 p.m. WET) — In the worst disaster in aviation history, 583 people were killed today when a KLM Boeing 747, attempting to take off in heavy fog, crashed into a Pan Am 747 on an airport runway at Los Rodeos Airport, on the Spanish island of Tenerife, Canary Islands. Continue reading 583 people killed aviation’s worst disaster 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 27 1977)
(Saturday, March 26, 1977) — “Rich Girl” by Hall & Oates peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (Mar. 26, Apr. 2, 1977).
(Saturday, March 26, 1977) — “Crackerbox Palace” by former Beatle George Harrison peaked at #19 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Continue reading ‘Crackerbox Palace’ by George Harrison peaks at #19 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 26 1977)
(Saturday, March 26, 1977) — “Dedication” by Bay City Rollers peaked at #60 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
Video: 'David Frost confronts Richard Nixon on Watergate scandal'
(Wednesday, March 23, 1977) — The Nixon Interviews, a series of interviews of former U.S. President Richard Nixon (his first since resigning in August 1974) conducted by British journalist David Frost for a total of 28 hours and 45 minutes, began today in Monarch Bay, California, for broadcast on television in four programs beginning May 5, 1977. Continue reading David Frost begins interviewing former President Nixon 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 23 1977)
Video: 'Mary Tyler Moore It's a Long Way to Tipperary Last Scene'
(Friday, March 18, 8:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. EST) — Lou flies in a couple of old friends to surprise a distraught Mary after the station manager fires everyone but Ted is fired on the finale finale episode of the American television series sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show that first aired tonight in Canada on CBC Television (it would debut exactly 24 hours later in the U.S. on CBS). Continue reading ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’ series finale airs 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 18 1977)
Video: 'Three's Company S01E01 A Man About the House'
(Tuesday, March 15, 1977, 9:30-10:00 p.m. EST) — Three’s Company, an American sitcom about three single roommates (played by John Ritter, Joyce DeWitt and Suzanne Somers) who all platonically live together in a Santa Monica, California, apartment building, premiered tonight on ABC. Continue reading ‘Three’s Company’ series debuts on ABC-TV 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 15 1977)
Video: 'Call President Carter'
(Saturday, March 12, 1977, 11:30 p.m.-1:00 p.m. EST) — President Jimmy Carter (Dan Aykroyd) takes unscreened calls from the public and demonstrates a knowledge of everything from programming automatic letter sorting machines to reassuring panicky teens on acid on tonight’s episode of the NBC late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show Saturday Night Live. Continue reading SNL spoofs President Carter’s call-in program 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 12 1977)
(Saturday, March 12, 1977) — “Fly Like an Eagle” by Steve Miller Band peaked at #2 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
