Video: 'Paul McCartney & Jane Asher in a airport'
(Friday, June 11, 1965, about midnight British Summer Time) — Paul McCartney returned to London this evening one day early from a two-week holiday in Portugal so all The Beatles could be in Britain on the day it was announced that they would be awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire. Continue reading Paul McCartney returns to London ahead of MBE announcement 60 years ago this hour (June 11 1965)
Video: 'Nashville' trailer
(Wednesday, June 11, 1975, 12 noon EDT) — Nashville, a musical drama film about some country music stars who get caught up in tangled affairs and an independent’s political campaign, opened today at Cinema II theater, 1001 3rd Avenue in New York City. Continue reading ‘Nashville’ musical comedy drama film opens in New York City 50 years ago this hour (June 11 1975)
Video: 'THE ROLLING STONES - GOT LIVE IF YOU WANT IT! (The U.K. EP)'
(Friday, June 11, 1965) — The Rolling Stones’ extended play (EP) Got Live If You Want It!, the band’s first live recording to be released, landed in record shops today in the UK only.
Video: 'Vice President Daniel D. Tompkins: Our Vices #6'
(Saturday, June 11, 1825) — Daniel D. Tompkins, the sixth Vice President of the United States (1817-1825, under President James Monroe), died today in Tompkinsville, a neighborhood in northeastern Staten Island in New York City, just 99 days after leaving office. He was 50. Continue reading Former U.S. Vice President Daniel D. Tompkins dies 200 years ago today (June 11 1825)
Video: 'Love and Death' trailer
(Tuesday, June 10, 1975, first showing scheduled for 12 noon EDT) — Love and Death, a satire film on Russian literature about a devout coward who vows to assassinate Napoleon in the name of love, opened today at the Sutton theater at 205 E. 57th Street in New York City. Continue reading Woody Allen’s ‘Love and Death’ opens in New York City 50 years ago this hour (June 10 1975)
Video: 'Claus von Bülow acquitted in second trial (June 10, 1985)'
(Monday, June 10, 1985, shortly before 11:30 a.m. EDT) — Socialite Claus von Bulow was acquitted by a jury today in Providence, Rhode Island, at his retrial on charges he’d tried to murder his heiress wife, Martha “Sunny” von Bulow.
Video: '10th June 1935: Alcoholics Anonymous was founded by Bill Wilson and Robert Smith'
(Monday, June 10, 1935; during the Great Depression) — Alcoholics Anonymous was founded today in Akron, Ohio, by Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith and William Griffith Wilson when Smith consumed his last drink (a beer to steady his hand for surgery).
Video: 'The First Barbary War (History Channel)'
(Monday, June 10, 1805; during the First Barbary War) — The First Barbary War, the first of two Barbary Wars between the United States and the four North African states known collectively as the Barbary States to battle pirates seizing American merchant ships and holding the crews for ransom, ended today when Yusuf Karamanli, the best-known Pasha of the Karamanli dynasty of Tripolitania (in present-day Libya) signed a treaty ending hostilities.
Video: 'Andrew Jackson - Good Evil & The Presidency - PBS Documentary'
(Tuesday, June 8, 1845, 6:00 p.m. local time) — Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States (1829-1837), died today at The Hermitage, his plantation in Nashville, Tennessee, of chronic tuberculosis, dropsy, and heart failure. He was 78. Continue reading Former U.S. President Andrew Jackson dies in Nashville 180 years ago this hour (June 8 1845)
(Tuesday, June 8, 1915, shortly after 3:00 p.m. EST; during World War I) — William Jennings Bryan, three times Democratic nominee for the presidency and author of nearly thirty peace treaties with the principal nations of the world, resigned today (effective June 9, 1915) as U.S. Secretary of State over what he viewed as President Woodrow Wilson’s overly bellicose attitude toward Germany following the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. Continue reading Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigns over President Wilson’s response to Lusitania sinking 110 years ago this hour (June 8 1915)
