Video: 'Maine - 50 States - US Geography'
(Wednesday, March 15, 1820) — As part of the Missouri Compromise between the North and South, Maine was admitted into the Union today as the 23rd state. Continue reading Maine admitted as 23rd U.S. state 200 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 15 1820)
Video: 'Ringo Starr - Sentimental Journey'
(Sunday, March 15, 1970, 10:00 a.m. BST) — A promotional clip for the title track of Ringo Starr’s debut solo album Sentimental Journey was shot today at the Talk Of The Town, a popular cabaret venue at 10 Cranbourn Street near London’s Leicester Square. Continue reading Ringo Starr films promo clip for ‘Sentimental Journey’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 15 1970)
Video: 'The Sensational 70s - 1970' (Expo '70 at 11:06)
(Sunday, March 15, 1970, 9:25 a.m. Japan Standard Time) — Expo ’70, a world’s fair held in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, opened this morning with the theme “Progress and Harmony for Mankind.”
This was the first world’s fair held in Japan.
The master plan for the Expo was designed by the Japanese architect Kenzo Tange helped by 12 other Japanese architects who designed elements within it. Bridging the site along a north–south axis was the Symbol Zone. Planned on three levels it was primarily a social space which had a unifying space frame roof.
Video: 'Plane Crash Site - LOT Flight 7 [Kult America]'
(Friday, March 14, 1980, 11:14:35 a.m. Central European Time) — 87 people, among them 22 boxers and officials of a United States amateur team, were killed today in the crash of an Ilyushin Il-62 crippled by engine trouble minutes before attempting a landing near Okecie Airport in Warsaw, Poland. Continue reading 22 U.S. boxing team members among 87 killed in Polish jet crash in Warsaw 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 14 1980)
Video: 'The Soviets Finish a Costly Winter War - WW2 - 029 - March 16 1940'
(Wednesday, March 13, 1940, 11:00 a.m. Eastern European Time; during the Winter War, part of World War II) — The 105-day Winter War, a war between the Soviet Union (USSR) and Finland, ended today after both sides signed the Moscow Peace Treaty, which gave Russia 16,000 square miles of Finnish territory. Continue reading Winter War ends as Finland agrees to cede 16,000 square miles to Soviets 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 13 1940)
Video: 'Monster In My Family: Full Episode - Killer Clown: John Wayne Gacy (Season 1, Episode 6) | LMN' (verdict at 34:35)
(Wednesday, March 12, 1980) — A Chicago jury found John Wayne Gacy, 37, guilty today of the murders of 33 men and boys, more than any other mass killer in the history of the nation. Continue reading Gacy found guilty of killing 33, record for U.S. mass murder 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 12 1980)
Video: 'ABC News Update - Lithuania Declares Indpenedance - March 1990'
(Sunday, March 11, 1990, 10:44 p.m. Eastern European Time; during the Cold War) — Lithuania tonight proclaimed itself a sovereign state, legally free of the Soviet Union, and named the leaders of a non-Communist government to negotiate their future relations with Moscow. Continue reading Parliament in Lithuania, 124-0, declares nation independent 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 11 1990)
Video: 'The Beatles - Discuss Abbey Road, Let It Be, and the Future of The Beatles' (Mar. 11, 1970, at 38:33)
(Wednesday, March 11, 1970, 5:00-6:00 p.m. BST) — George Harrison of The Beatles was interviewed today in Studio H25 at the BBC’s Aeolian Hall in London for BBC Radio 1’s The Beatles Today special, which would air Mar. 30, 1970. Continue reading George Harrison interviewed for the BBC’s The Beatles Today 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 11 1970)
Video: 'Dr Herman Tarnower Murdered by Lover' (Mar. 10, 1980, at 5:33)
(Monday, March 10, 1980, approximately 11:00 p.m. EST) — Dr. Herman Tarnower, a prominent 69-year-old physician and author of the bestselling diet book The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet, was shot and killed tonight in the bedroom of his secluded home in Purchase, New York. Continue reading Diet doctor Herman Tarnower murdered by ex-lover Jean Harris 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 10 1980)
(Saturday, March 10, 1990) — “Roam” by The B-52’s peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Roam’ by The B-52’s peaks at #3 in USA 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 10 1990)
