(Saturday, May 25, 1974) — “Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley & His Comets peaked at #39 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week, 19 years after hitting #1 on magazine’s Best Sellers in Stores chart for eight weeks. Continue reading ‘Rock Around the Clock’ by Bill Haley & His Comets re-charts, peaks at #39 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 25 1974)
Category Archives: Television 1970s
Paul McCartney attends 46th Academy Awards in Los Angeles 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 2 1974)
Video: 'Paul McCartney At The 46th Annual Academy Awards - 2 April 1974'
(Tuesday, April 2, 1974, 7:00 p.m. PDT) — Former Beatle Paul McCartney and his wife, Linda, attended the 46th Academy Awards tonight at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. Continue reading Paul McCartney attends 46th Academy Awards in Los Angeles 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 2 1974)
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Ex-Beatle John Lennon attends AFI tribute to James Cagney in Los Angeles 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 13 1974)
Video: 'AFI Salutes James Cagney American Film Institute March 31st 1974' (John Lennon at 25:37-25:41)
(Wednesday, March 13, 1974, evening PDT) — One day after being ejected from the Troubadour Club for heckling during a performance by the comedy duo The Smothers Brothers, a clean and sober looking John Lennon attended the American Film Institute tribute dinner to legendary film actor James Cagney tonight at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. Continue reading Ex-Beatle John Lennon attends AFI tribute to James Cagney in Los Angeles 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 13 1974)
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Paul McCartney interviewed in London for NBC-TV’s ‘Today’ 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 8 1974)
Video: 'Paul McCartney Interviewed On The Today Show - 12-13 March 1974'‘
(Friday, March 8, 1974) — At his MPL offices in London today, at the end of the current Wings rehearsals, former Beatle Paul McCartney gave a two-part interview to Scott Osbourne for Today on NBC-TV to celebrate the fifth anniversary of his marriage to Linda. Continue reading Paul McCartney interviewed in London for NBC-TV’s ‘Today’ 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 8 1974)
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‘Happy Days’ sitcom TV series debuts on ABC 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 15 1974)
Video: 'Happy Days S01E01 - All The Way'
(Tuesday, January 15, 1974, 8:00 p.m. EST) — Happy Days, an American sitcom television series that presented an idealized vision of life in the 1950s and early 1960s Midwestern United States, debuted tonight on ABC. Continue reading ‘Happy Days’ sitcom TV series debuts on ABC 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 15 1974)
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John Lennon makes TV commercial for new album ‘Mind Games’ in Los Angeles 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 24 1973)
Video: 'John Lennon Dancing with Drag Queen'
(Wednesday, October 24, 1973) — Ex-Beatle John Lennon, now in Los Angeles one month into his 17-month separation from wife Yoko Ono, shot a TV commercial today for his forthcoming album Mind Games with rock star Elton John present. Continue reading John Lennon makes TV commercial for new album ‘Mind Games’ in Los Angeles 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 24 1973)
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Billie Jean King defeats Bobby Riggs in ‘Battle of the Sexes’ at Houston Astrodome 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 20 1973)
Video: 'Tennis Battle of the Sexes special (September 20, 1973)'
(Thursday, September 20, 1973, approximately 10:25 p.m. EDT) — Women’s Wimbledon champion Billie Jean King, 29, defeated 1939 men’s champion Bobby Riggs, 55, tonight in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3, in their $100,000 winner-take-all “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match at the Astrodome in Houston before a record crowd of 30,492, televised live on ABC. Continue reading Billie Jean King defeats Bobby Riggs in ‘Battle of the Sexes’ at Houston Astrodome 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 20 1973)
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Animated revival of ‘Star Trek’ weekly television series premieres on NBC 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 8 1973)
Video: 'Star Trek: The Animated Series' (43 clips)
(Saturday, September 8, 1973, 10:30 a.m. EDT) — Four years after the cancellation of the original Star Trek series, the science fiction program returned today on NBC-TV as a weekly 30-minute Saturday morning cartoon, also called Star Trek, and subtitled Created by Gene Roddenberry. Continue reading Animated revival of ‘Star Trek’ weekly television series premieres on NBC 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 8 1973)
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U.S. Senate committee begins televised hearings into the Watergate scandal 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 17 1973)
Video: 'ObamaWatch: Sen. Ervin's Opening Remarks, Chairman Senate Select Watergate Committee May 17 1973'
(Thursday, May 17, 1973, 10:02 a.m. EDT; during the Watergate scandal) — The United States Senate Watergate Committee, known officially as the Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, a special committee established by the United States Senate to investigate the Watergate scandal, opened hearings today into a break-in at Democratic National headquarters in Washington. Continue reading U.S. Senate committee begins televised hearings into the Watergate scandal 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 17 1973)
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John Lennon & Yoko Ono interviewed in New York for ‘Flipside’ 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 12 1973)
Video: John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Flipside
(Saturday, May 12, 1973) — Former Beatle John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, were interviewed today at The Record Plant East in New York for the May 16, 1973, airing of Flipside, a U.S. TV show. Continue reading John Lennon & Yoko Ono interviewed in New York for ‘Flipside’ 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 12 1973)
