Category Archives: 1970s

Johnny Nash, Andrew Johnson, The Raspberries perform on ‘Midnight Special’ 40 years ago this hour (1973)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s


Video: 'THE MiDNiGHT SPECiAL i CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW JOHNNY NASH 1973'

(Saturday, May 5, 1973, 1:00 a.m. EDT) — Johnny Nash, Andrew Johnson and The Raspberries were among the performers on tonight’s episode of the late-night musical variety NBC-TV series The Midnight Special as hosted tonight by Nash. Continue reading Johnny Nash, Andrew Johnson, The Raspberries perform on ‘Midnight Special’ 40 years ago this hour (1973) →

Chicago’s 110-story Sears Tower tops out as world’s tallest building 40 years ago today (1973)

1970s


Video: 'Sears Tower on Modern Marvels' (May 3, 1973, at 27:33)

(Thursday, May 3, 1973) — Chicago’s 110-story Sears Tower (now the Willis Tower) was topped out today after two years of construction, becoming the world’s tallest building for the next 25 years.

Jerry Lee Lewis, Del Shannon perform on ‘Midnight Special’ 40 years ago this hour (1973)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s, Television 1970s


Video: 'JERRY LEE LEWIS - DRINKIN' WINE SPO DE O DEE - 1973.avi'

(Saturday, April 28, 1973, 1:00 a.m. EST) — Jerry Lee Lewis and Del Shannon were among the performers on tonight’s episode of the late-night musical variety NBC-TV series The Midnight Special as hosted tonight by Lewis. Continue reading Jerry Lee Lewis, Del Shannon perform on ‘Midnight Special’ 40 years ago this hour (1973) →

Ehrlichman warns Nixon of impeachment if Dean is “totally out of control” 40 years ago this hour (1973)

1970s, U.S. Presidents, Watergate


Video: Apr. 25, 1973 (at 6:26)

(Wednesday, April 25, 1973, 11:06 a.m. EST; during the Watergate scandal) — “If (White House Counsel John) Dean (who is currently talking to prosecutors) is totally out of control,” Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs John Ehrlichman told U.S. President Richard Nixon today, “you could get an article of impeachment.” White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman later remembered that Nixon looked stunned.

Nixon attempts to make a deal with Dean 40 years ago today (1973)

1970s, U.S. Presidents, Watergate


Video: Apr. 22, 1973 (at 8:24)

(Sunday, April 22, 1973, Easter Sunday; during the Watergate scandal) — Vacationing in his Key Biscayne, Florida home, U.S. President Richard M. Nixon called White House counsel John Dean today, hoping to appeal to Dean’s loyalty not to reveal any more, saying “I want you to know, John, you’re still my counsel.”

‘High Plains Drifter’ opens in New York City 40 years ago today (1973)

1970s, Movies 1970s


Video: 'High Plains Drifter' (trailer)

(Thursday, April 19, 1973) — High Plains Drifter, a Western film about a mysterious gunfighter hired by the residents of a corrupt frontier mining town to defend them against a group of criminals, opened today in New York City.

Directed by Clint Eastwood, the film stars Eastwood, Verna Bloom and Marianna Hill.

‘Soylent Green’ opens in New York City 40 years ago today (1973)

1970s, Movies 1970s


Video: 'Soylent Green' (clip)

(Thursday, April 19, 1973) — Soylent Green, a science fiction film about a New York police detective in an overpopulated futuristic Earth who finds himself marked for murder by government agents when he gets too close to a bizarre state secret involving the origins of a revolutionary and needed new foodstuff, opened today in New York City.

Directed by Richard Fleischer, the film stars Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young and Edward G. Robinson.