Watergate. Part 3 of 30
(Wednesday, August 11, 1971) — A plan by E. Howard Hunt, one of the Nixon White House “Plumbers” (a secret team of operatives charged with fixing “leaks” to leading newspapers), to burglarize the office of psychiatrist Lewis Fielding to steal his files on Daniel Ellsberg, who had leaked the Pentagon Papers, was approved by Chief Domestic Advisor John Ehrlichman.
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Tex Watson 700 club interview - Part 1/2
(Friday, August 9, 1991) — Charles “Tex” Watson, convicted murderer and former member of the “Family,” described his conversion to Christianity today during an interview on the TV program “700 Club.” Continue reading ‘Tex’ Watson grants rare interview
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Queen - The Days Of Our Lives Documentary (Part 1)
(Friday, August 9, 1991) — “Queen: The Days of Our Lives,” a documentary about the English rock group Queen, debuted tonight on American television, just over three months before the death of the lead singer Freddie Mercury. The documentary featured an appearance by former Beatle Paul McCartney. Continue reading ‘Queen: The Days of Our Lives’ debuts in U.S.
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Apollo 15 Splashdown
(Saturday, August 7, 1971, 4:46pm EDT) — The astronauts of Apollo 15 splashed down in the Pacific Ocean today and brought to a safe conclusion their successful 12-day moon-exploring mission, which space agency officials called an “epic scientific voyage.” During Earth re-entry and descent, however, one of the three parachutes failed to open fully. As a result, descent velocity was 2.8mph faster than planned, but the crew was unharmed.
1971: Apollo 15 (NASA)
(Thursday, August 5, 1971) — Working with surprising speed and ease, astronaut Alfred M. Worden wrapped up Apollo 15’s spectacular lunar expedition in high style today with man’s first walk in deep space to retrieve priceless film of the moon.
Aug. 5, 1981: Air Traffic Controllers Strike
(Wednesday, August 5, 1981) — U.S. President Ronald Reagan today fired more than 11,000 air traffic controllers who ignored his order to return to work. Nearly 13,000 controllers walked off the job Aug. 3 after talks with the Federal Aviation Administration collapsed.
1971: Apollo 15 (NASA)
(Wednesday, August 4, 1971) — Apollo 15 tonight fired its main engine behind the moon and blasted out of lunar orbit on the way home to earth just after dropping off a small satellite designed to orbit the moon for at least a year.
1971: Apollo 15 (NASA)
(Tuesday, August 3, 1971) — The Apollo 15 astronauts circled the moon today charting its place in the family of the sun and snapping pictures of the moon’s newest crater created by the crash landing of the lunar landing ship Falcon.
(Tuesday, August 3, 1971) — Ex-Beatle John Lennon posed for the cover of his new solo album Imagine today at his Tittenhurst home in Ascot, England.
1971: Apollo 15 (NASA)
(Monday, August 2, 1971, 1:11 p.m. ET) — Apollo 15 astronauts David R. Scott and James B. Irwin rocketed from the moon today and linked up with their mother ship, a first step home with a 230-pound cargo of lunar secrets won from that battered vault of space history. The launch followed a third and final walk on the moon where Scott paid tribute to the 16th century Italian scientist Galileo Galilei and his discovery about falling objects in gravity fields.
