Video: 'Eldridge Cleaver: Soul on Ice' (9 videos)
(Wednesday, February 28, 1968) — Soul On Ice, a memoir and collection of essays by Eldridge Cleaver that changed the way America looked at the civil rights movement and the black experience, was published today. Continue reading ‘Soul on Ice’ by Eldridge Cleaver published 50 years ago #OTD #OnThisDay (Feb 28 1968)
Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History - Tet [6/11]' (Wheeler-Westmoreland proposal at 31:33)
(Wednesday, February 28, 1968, 8:35-11:15 a.m. EST; during the Tet Offensive, part of the Vietnam War, Indochina Wars and Cold War) — U.S. General Earle Wheeler, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, just back from Vietnam, told President Lyndon Johnson today at the White House that General William Westmoreland, commanding U.S. forces in Vietnam, will need an additional 206,000 soldiers “for a proposed ceiling of 731,756.” Continue reading U.S. military seeks another 206,000 troops in Vietnam 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 28 1968)
Video: 'Chilling new video surfaces of 1958 bus crash'
(Friday, February 28, 1958, 8:10 a.m. EST) — A school bus carrying forty-one children struck the rear of a wrecker truck on U.S. Route 23 today and plunged today over a fifty-foot cliff into the swollen waters of the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River near Prestonsburg, Kentucky, where it was swept downstream and submerged.
22 children managed to escape, but 26 other children and the bus driver drowned. At the time, it was the deadliest bus crash in U.S. history.
Video: 'Report from Vietnam (1968)'
(Tuesday, February 27, 1968, 10:30-11:00 p.m. EST; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — CBS Evening News anchor Walter Cronkite broadcast a rare editorial on the Vietnam War tonight, declaring “it seems now more certain than ever that the bloody experience of Vietnam is to end in a stalemate.” Continue reading Cronkite: Vietnam ‘mired in stalemate’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 27 1968)
(Saturday, February 27, 1988) — “Father Figure” by George Michael peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (Feb. 27, Mar. 5, 1988). Continue reading ‘Father Figure’ by George Michael peaks at #1 in USA 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 27 1988)
(Saturday, February 27, 1988) — “She’s Like the Wind” by Patrick Swayze featuring Wendy Fraser peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three weeks. Continue reading ‘She’s Like the Wind’ by Patrick Swayze peaks at #3 in USA 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 27 1988)
Video: 'Mysteries n Scandals / Frankie Lymon (Part 1 of 2)'
(Tuesday, February 27, 1968, Lymon’s body was discovered in the morning EST) — Frankie Lymon, the 25-year-old rock ‘n’ roll singer who popularized “Why Do Fools Fall in Love?” and “Goody Goody,” was found dead today of a heroin overdose in the apartment of his grandmother in the Harlem section of New York City. Continue reading Singer Frankie Lymon, 25, found dead in Harlem apartment 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 27 1968)
Video: 'Bob Dylan 1998 Grammy Speech'
(Wednesday, February 25, 1998, 8:00-11:00 p.m. EST) — The Dylan famiy — Bob and son Jakob — netted five Grammys, and the inspirational ballad “I Believe I Can Fly” brought soul singer R. Kelley three awards tonight at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Continue reading Grammys honor Dylans – young and old 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay (Feb 25 1998)
(Saturday, February 25, 1978) — “Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)” by Chic peaked at #6 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)’ by Chic peaks at #6 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 25 1978)
(Saturday, February 25, 1978) — “Theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind“ by John Williams peaked at #13 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ by John Williams peaks at #13 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 25 1978)
