Video: 'Take the Money and Run' trailer
(Monday, August 18, 1969, 1:35 p.m. EDT) — Take the Money and Run, an American mockumentary comedy film about an inept bank robber, opened today at the 68th St. Playhouse theater in New York City. Continue reading ‘Take the Money and Run’ opens in New York City 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 18 1969)
(Saturday, August 18, 1979) — “Good Times” by Chic peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Good Times’ by Chic peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 18 1979)
(Saturday, August 18, 1979) — “You Can’t Change That” by Raydio peaked at #9 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘You Can’t Change That’ by Raydio peaks at #9 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 18 1979)
Video: 'The End (Anthology 3 Version)'
(Monday, August 18, 1969, 2:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m. British Summer Time; during sessions for Abbey Road) — The Beatles completed Paul McCartney’s “The End,” with the recording of McCartney’s four-second piano overdub prior to the line “And in the end/The love you take/Is equal to the love you make” today at EMI Studio 2 in London. Continue reading The Beatles complete ‘The End’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 18 1969)
Video: 'Jimi Hendrix - Live At Woodstock, 1969 (BootlegRemastering)'
(Monday, August 18, 1969, 9:00-11:10 a.m. EDT; during Woodstock) — Jimi Hendrix today closed The “Woodstock Music & Art Fair” with a two-hour set at Max Yasgur’s 600-acre dairy farm in Sullivan County, New York, near the town of Bethel in the Catskill Mountains. Continue reading Jimi Hendrix closes Woodstock with ‘Star Spangled Banner’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 18 1969)
Video: 'WWL-TV 4 Eyewitness News - Hurricane Camille Coverage (8-17-1969)'
(Sunday, August 17, 1969, approximately 11:30 p.m. CDT) — Hurricane Camille, the second most intense tropical cyclone on record to strike the United States, with sustained winds of 175 mph, made landfall tonight near Waveland, Mississippi, as one of only three Category 5 hurricanes ever to make landfall in the U.S. Continue reading Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits Mississippi coast 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 17 1969)
Video: 'STEPPENWOLF "Born To Be Wild" on The Ed Sullivan Show'
(Sunday, August 17, 1969, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT) — Steppenwolf performed “Born To Be Wild” on tonight’s edition of the CBS-TV variety show The Ed Sullivan Show live from the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City. Continue reading Steppenwolf performs on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 17 1969)
Video: 'Complete Woodstock Video/audio footage' (116 clips; Aug. 17-18, 1969, represented in clips 79-116)
(Sunday, August 17, 1969, 2:00 p.m.-Monday, August 18, 1969, 11:10 a.m. EDT; during Woodstock) — 10 acts, including Jimi Hendrix, performed today on the final day of The “Woodstock Music & Art Fair,” a music festival billed as “An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music” at Max Yasgur’s 600-acre dairy farm in Sullivan County, New York, near the town of Bethel in the Catskill Mountains. Continue reading Joe Cocker opens final day of ‘Woodstock Music and Art Fair’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 17 1969)
Video: 'Monty Python's Life of Brian' trailer
(Friday, August 17, 1979, 12:30 EDT) — Monty Python’s Life of Brian, a British comedy film about a young Jewish man who is born on the same day as — and next door to — Jesus Christ, and is subsequently mistaken for the Messiah, opened today at Cinema 1 theater in Manhattan in New York City. Continue reading ‘Monty Python’s Life of Brian’ opens in Midtown Manhattan 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 17 1979)
(Monday, August 17, 1959) — “There Goes My Baby” by The Drifters peaked at #2 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘There Goes My Baby’ by The Drifters peaks at #2 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 17 1959)
