Video: 'Jaws' trailer
(Friday, June 20, 1975, scheduled for 10:00 a.m. EDT) — Jaws, a thriller film about the sheriff of an island town who takes to the seas when a bloodthirsty shark invades the local waters, opened today across North America on 464 screens, including 409 in the United States. Continue reading ‘Jaws’ thriller film opens in New York City and 50 years ago this hour (June 20 1975)
Video: 'The Beatles - Live at the Palais des Sports, Paris June 20th 1965 Afternoon Show [Remastered 2025]'
(Sunday, June 20, 1965, 3:00 p.m. Central European Time; during The Beatles’ 1965 European tour) — The Beatles launched their 1965 European Tour this afternoon with the first of two shows at the Palais des Sports in Paris, France. Continue reading The Beatles launch European tour at Palais des Sports in Paris 60 years ago this hour (June 20 1965)
Video: 'The Naughty Nineties (1945) ORIGINAL TRAILER'
(Wednesday, June 20, 1945, scheduled for 9:00 a.m. EDT) — The Naughty Nineties, a film containing perhaps the best recorded rendition of the Abbott and Costello comedy team’s classic “Who’s on First?” routine, opened this morning at Loew’s Criterion at Broadway and 45th St. in the Times Square neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. Continue reading Abbott and Costello’s ‘The Naughty Nineties’ film opens in New York’s Times Square 80 years ago this hour (June 20 1945)
Video: 'The Murder Of Sam “Momo” Giancana (1975)'
(Thursday, June 19, 1975, just before 11:00 p.m. CDT) — Former Chicago organized crime boss Sam Giancana, reported to have been a key participant in a Central Intelligence Agency plot to assassinate Premier Fidel Castro of Cuba in 1961, was shot to death tonight in the basement of his home in Oak Park, Illinois. Continue reading Former Chicago organized crime boss Sam Giancana shot to death 50 years ago this hour (June 19 1975)
(Saturday, June 19, 1965) — “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)” by the Four Tops peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two non-consecutive weeks (June 19, July 3, 1965). Continue reading ‘I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)’ by Four Tops peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago today (June 19 1965)
Video: '19th June 1865: Juneteenth established when enslaved people in Galveston informed of emancipation'
(Monday, June 19, 1865) — Union troops commanded by Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger having arrived yesterday in Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War was over, declared today that all remaining slaves in Texas were free, an event celebrated annually as “Juneteenth.”
Video: 'Eisenhower Honored In New York 220469-29.mp4'
(Tuesday, June 19, 1945, Eisenhower steps off his plane at La Guardia Field at 10:17 a.m. EDT; during World War II) — Millions of New Yorkers turned out today to cheer Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was honored with a parade.
Video: 'Vietnam Documentary: LBJ Goes to War' (June 19, 1965, at 38:22)
(Saturday, June 19, 1965; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Air Marshall Nguyen Cao Ky was appointed today by the military junta as prime minister. With Nguyen Van Thieu as president and Ky as prime minister, the revolving door of rulers that had prevailed in South Vietnam since the overthrow of Ngo Dình Diem in November 1963 ended.
Video: 'The World At War Episode 24 HD - The Bomb (February – September 1945)' (June 18, 1945, at 19:27)
(Monday, June 18, 1945, 3:30 p.m. EWT; during World War II) — President Harry S. Truman met with military representatives today to discuss how the war against Japan should proceed. Truman decided to have the Joint Chiefs of Staff go ahead with plans to invade Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s four major islands on Nov. 1, 1945. Continue reading U.S. President Harry S. Truman approves plan to invade Japan 80 years ago this hour (June 18 1945)
Video: 'John Lennon reads from and talks about "A Spaniard In The Works"'
(Friday, June 18, 1965, 7:00-7:35 p.m. BST) –John Lennon of The Beatles appeared live tonight from Lime Grove Studios in London on the BBC television show Tonight reading extracts from his forthcoming second book A Spaniard In The Works.
