Monthly Archives: August 2014

On this day in 1966 – At Candlestick Park, San Francisco, the Beatles played their last live concert.

On this day in 1906 – The Victor Talking Machine Company of Camden, New Jersey began to manufacture the Victrola (record player).

On this day in 1969 The Beatles walked Abbey Road to shoot a photo for the album Abbey Road.

On this day in 1959 – The U.S. launched Explorer 6, which sent back a picture of the Earth.

On this day in 1992 – Tim Berners-Lee put the first website online; it explained the World Wide Web and described how to use it. It’s hard to believe it was only 1992….seems like we have always had the WWW

On this day in 1957 – “American Bandstand,” hosted by Dick Clark, started its television run.

On this day in 1916 – The United States purchased the Danish Virgin Islands for $25 million….such a deal.

On this day in 1963 – The Beatles played in the Cavern Club in their hometown, Liverpool, for the last time.

On this day in 1943 – A Navy patrol torpedo boat, PT-109, commanded by Lt. John F. Kennedy, sank after being cut in half by a Japanese destroyer off the Solomon Islands.

On this day in 1981 – Rock music video channel MTV debuted…television was changed forever!