Night of the Long Knives, today in 1934

From June 30 (the night of the Long Knives) to July 2, 1934, Hitler's opponents and potential rivals were eliminated.

Today in 1974, Isabel Peron becomes President

On June 29, 1974, Isabel Perón replaced her ailing husband Juan as president of Argentina. (She was deposed in 1976.) 

BBC: 1974: First female president for Argentina

Jayne Mansfield died today on June 29 in 1967

Actress Jayne Mansfield was killed in a car accident at age 34 on this day in 1967.

Damn bro....

Remembering Jane Mansfield

- Photos of her with her husband and five children.

The Working Man's Monroe 

On this day, June 29, 1995 ...

the space shuttle Atlantis docked with the Mir space station.

cool photo! For more information see BBC "On This Day"

June 26, 1977, Elvis' last live concert

Eisenhower takes command

This day in history: June 25, 1942.

On June 25, 1942 Eisenhower arrived in London to take command of allied forces in Europe.

Dwight David Eisenhower.

Beatles in 1961 (and 1963)

June 25 in 1961, Beatles recorded "If You Love Me Baby"



HERE IS AN INTERVIEW ON NPR RADIO ABOUT THEIR SIGNIFICANT TURNING POINT IN 1963. 

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: that recording was taken from a series of sessions that the group recorded live on the BBC in 1963, a year that author and journalist Colin Fleming argues was the group's most emblematic and Beatlesque. Now, that's even before they'd made it big here in the States. 

MARTIN: OK. So, why 1963?

FLEMING: Well, If you wanted to know what The Beatles liked, what they listened to, what they were trying to become and, in large part, who they already were and who they would be, the '63 BBC recordings would be your one-stop shopping destination.

FLEMING: When they tackled something like a crucial rock 'n' roll text like Elvis' "That's All Right, Mama," you can hear that they keep elements of the past - that burnished country tone that Elvis's band excelled at - but they've added a sort of stomping, northern soul element to it. So, they're really overhauling the past.

TO LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW, CLICK HERE.

The Beatles pose in Liverpool's Derby Square in February 1963 — the year, according to author Colin Fleming, that yielded the band's most definitive work.