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Time Rewind is a portal back in time to historic events and pop culture highlights for each day of the year. Catch our daily feature on TikTok, YouTube, Insta and FB. More at TIME-REWIND.COM.
A New York-bound jumbo jet blows up over Scotland and Dustin Hoffman and Russell Crowe see their names in lights. Those stories and more in the December 21st edition of Time Rewind.
#aviation #disaster #movie #history #onthisday #popculture
#aviation #disaster #movie #history #onthisday #popculture
December 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
A New York-bound jumbo jet blows up over Scotland and Dustin Hoffman and Russell Crowe see their names in lights. Those stories and more in the December 21st edition of Time Rewind.
#aviation #disaster #movie #history #onthisday #popculture
#aviation #disaster #movie #history #onthisday #popculture
U.S. troops invade Panama and filmmaker Michael Moore stalks the head of GM. Those stories and more as we journey back to the events of December 20th with Time Rewind. #panama #documentary #gm #history #onthisday
December 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
U.S. troops invade Panama and filmmaker Michael Moore stalks the head of GM. Those stories and more as we journey back to the events of December 20th with Time Rewind. #panama #documentary #gm #history #onthisday
THIS DAY IN MUSIC, December 19, 1964:
🎤 Diana Ross & The Supremes score their third No. 1 single of 1964 with “Come See About Me,” which holds the top spot for a week. What's YOUR favorite work by these Motown Records dynamos?
🖌️ Album art: Motown Records
#60s #motown #supremes
🎤 Diana Ross & The Supremes score their third No. 1 single of 1964 with “Come See About Me,” which holds the top spot for a week. What's YOUR favorite work by these Motown Records dynamos?
🖌️ Album art: Motown Records
#60s #motown #supremes
December 20, 2025 at 4:14 AM
THIS DAY IN HISTORY, December 19, 1843:
📖 Charles #Dickens publishes his Christmas classic, “A #ChristmasCarol.” Originally titled "A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas," the first edition sells out by #Christmas Eve.
📸 1843 first edition. (Public domain
#literature #classic
📖 Charles #Dickens publishes his Christmas classic, “A #ChristmasCarol.” Originally titled "A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas," the first edition sells out by #Christmas Eve.
📸 1843 first edition. (Public domain
#literature #classic
December 20, 2025 at 12:28 AM
THIS DAY IN HISTORY, December 19, 1843:
📖 Charles #Dickens publishes his Christmas classic, “A #ChristmasCarol.” Originally titled "A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas," the first edition sells out by #Christmas Eve.
📸 1843 first edition. (Public domain
#literature #classic
📖 Charles #Dickens publishes his Christmas classic, “A #ChristmasCarol.” Originally titled "A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas," the first edition sells out by #Christmas Eve.
📸 1843 first edition. (Public domain
#literature #classic
Legal troubles for POTUS and Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet are king and queen of the box office. Sail back to December 19th through the years with Time Rewind.
#titanic #politics #history #popculture #onthisday
#titanic #politics #history #popculture #onthisday
December 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Legal troubles for POTUS and Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet are king and queen of the box office. Sail back to December 19th through the years with Time Rewind.
#titanic #politics #history #popculture #onthisday
#titanic #politics #history #popculture #onthisday
THIS DAY IN MUSIC, December 18, 1961: 🦁 Roaring over the Billboard singles chart, the Brooklyn-based doo-wop group The Tokens are No. 1 with “The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)." The track was originally written and recorded as “Mbube” in 1939 by Zulu artist Solomon Linda.
🖌️ RCA Victor
#60s
🖌️ RCA Victor
#60s
December 19, 2025 at 1:41 AM
THIS DAY IN MUSIC, December 18, 1961: 🦁 Roaring over the Billboard singles chart, the Brooklyn-based doo-wop group The Tokens are No. 1 with “The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)." The track was originally written and recorded as “Mbube” in 1939 by Zulu artist Solomon Linda.
🖌️ RCA Victor
#60s
🖌️ RCA Victor
#60s
THIS DAY IN POP CULTURE, December 18, 1966:🎄📺 The animated #Christmas classic “Dr. Seuss' How The #Grinch Stole Christmas” debuts on #CBS, based on the beloved book of the same name by Dr. Seuss. The program features a throaty narration by legendary horror film actor Boris Karloff.
📸 MGM Television
📸 MGM Television
December 19, 2025 at 1:12 AM
THIS DAY IN POP CULTURE, December 18, 1966:🎄📺 The animated #Christmas classic “Dr. Seuss' How The #Grinch Stole Christmas” debuts on #CBS, based on the beloved book of the same name by Dr. Seuss. The program features a throaty narration by legendary horror film actor Boris Karloff.
📸 MGM Television
📸 MGM Television
A maestro of the movies celebrates another trip around the sun and Hall & Oates rule the pop chart. It's Time Rewind for December 18th. #birthday #director #onthisday #popculture #timerewind
December 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
A maestro of the movies celebrates another trip around the sun and Hall & Oates rule the pop chart. It's Time Rewind for December 18th. #birthday #director #onthisday #popculture #timerewind
THIS DAY IN MUSIC, December 17, 1983:
🎹🎤 The #PaulMcCartney - #MichaelJackson duet, “Say Say Say,” is the most popular song on the radio. It stays, stays, stays on top of the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks.
🖌️ Album art: Parlophone Records (UK) / Columbia Records (US)
#80s #popmusic #onthisday
🎹🎤 The #PaulMcCartney - #MichaelJackson duet, “Say Say Say,” is the most popular song on the radio. It stays, stays, stays on top of the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks.
🖌️ Album art: Parlophone Records (UK) / Columbia Records (US)
#80s #popmusic #onthisday
December 17, 2025 at 11:05 PM
THIS DAY IN MUSIC, December 17, 1983:
🎹🎤 The #PaulMcCartney - #MichaelJackson duet, “Say Say Say,” is the most popular song on the radio. It stays, stays, stays on top of the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks.
🖌️ Album art: Parlophone Records (UK) / Columbia Records (US)
#80s #popmusic #onthisday
🎹🎤 The #PaulMcCartney - #MichaelJackson duet, “Say Say Say,” is the most popular song on the radio. It stays, stays, stays on top of the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks.
🖌️ Album art: Parlophone Records (UK) / Columbia Records (US)
#80s #popmusic #onthisday
THIS DAY IN HISTORY, December 17, 1963:
☁️ Congress passes the Clean Air Act, a sweeping set of laws designed to protect the environment from air pollution.
📷 Photo by Maxim Tolchinskiy on Unsplash
#Congress #pollution #environment #health #onthisday #60s #history
☁️ Congress passes the Clean Air Act, a sweeping set of laws designed to protect the environment from air pollution.
📷 Photo by Maxim Tolchinskiy on Unsplash
#Congress #pollution #environment #health #onthisday #60s #history
December 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
THIS DAY IN HISTORY, December 17, 1963:
☁️ Congress passes the Clean Air Act, a sweeping set of laws designed to protect the environment from air pollution.
📷 Photo by Maxim Tolchinskiy on Unsplash
#Congress #pollution #environment #health #onthisday #60s #history
☁️ Congress passes the Clean Air Act, a sweeping set of laws designed to protect the environment from air pollution.
📷 Photo by Maxim Tolchinskiy on Unsplash
#Congress #pollution #environment #health #onthisday #60s #history
Something's up at a North Carolina beach and prime time welcomes Homer, Marge, Bart and the rest of The Simpsons. Time Rewind turns it back for December 17th.
#aviation #flight #speed #thesimpsons #fox #mariahcarey #history #onthisday #popculture
#aviation #flight #speed #thesimpsons #fox #mariahcarey #history #onthisday #popculture
December 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Something's up at a North Carolina beach and prime time welcomes Homer, Marge, Bart and the rest of The Simpsons. Time Rewind turns it back for December 17th.
#aviation #flight #speed #thesimpsons #fox #mariahcarey #history #onthisday #popculture
#aviation #flight #speed #thesimpsons #fox #mariahcarey #history #onthisday #popculture
THIS DAY IN MUSIC, December 16, 1967:
🎤 The Monkees dominate the Billboard Hot 100 with “Daydream Believer.” The song becomes the band’s final No. 1 hit in the U.S.
🖌 Album art: Colgems Records
#TheMonkees #popmusic #popculture #60s #onthisday #TimeRewind
🎤 The Monkees dominate the Billboard Hot 100 with “Daydream Believer.” The song becomes the band’s final No. 1 hit in the U.S.
🖌 Album art: Colgems Records
#TheMonkees #popmusic #popculture #60s #onthisday #TimeRewind
December 17, 2025 at 2:47 AM
THIS DAY IN MUSIC, December 16, 1967:
🎤 The Monkees dominate the Billboard Hot 100 with “Daydream Believer.” The song becomes the band’s final No. 1 hit in the U.S.
🖌 Album art: Colgems Records
#TheMonkees #popmusic #popculture #60s #onthisday #TimeRewind
🎤 The Monkees dominate the Billboard Hot 100 with “Daydream Believer.” The song becomes the band’s final No. 1 hit in the U.S.
🖌 Album art: Colgems Records
#TheMonkees #popmusic #popculture #60s #onthisday #TimeRewind
THIS DAY IN HISTORY, December 16, 1944:
The deadliest conflict of WW2 plays out. The Germans launch the last major offensive of the war, Operation Mist, also known as the Battle of the Bulge, an attempt to push the Allied front line west from northern France to northwestern Belgium.
📷 Public domain
The deadliest conflict of WW2 plays out. The Germans launch the last major offensive of the war, Operation Mist, also known as the Battle of the Bulge, an attempt to push the Allied front line west from northern France to northwestern Belgium.
📷 Public domain
December 17, 2025 at 2:22 AM
THIS DAY IN HISTORY, December 16, 1944:
The deadliest conflict of WW2 plays out. The Germans launch the last major offensive of the war, Operation Mist, also known as the Battle of the Bulge, an attempt to push the Allied front line west from northern France to northwestern Belgium.
📷 Public domain
The deadliest conflict of WW2 plays out. The Germans launch the last major offensive of the war, Operation Mist, also known as the Battle of the Bulge, an attempt to push the Allied front line west from northern France to northwestern Belgium.
📷 Public domain
💥 Holiday horror over New York City, OJ makes NFL history and Elvis locks up another No. 1. Those stories and more in your December 16th Time Rewind.
#aviation #nyc #nfl #elvis #history #popculture #timerewind
#aviation #nyc #nfl #elvis #history #popculture #timerewind
December 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
💥 Holiday horror over New York City, OJ makes NFL history and Elvis locks up another No. 1. Those stories and more in your December 16th Time Rewind.
#aviation #nyc #nfl #elvis #history #popculture #timerewind
#aviation #nyc #nfl #elvis #history #popculture #timerewind
THIS DAY IN MUSIC, December 15, 1973: 🎤 Charlie Rich dominates the U.S. singles chart for two weeks with “The Most Beautiful Girl," off his "Behind Closed Doors" album.
🖌 Album art: Epic Records
#countrymusic #popmusic #70s #onthisday #popculture #TimeRewind
🖌 Album art: Epic Records
#countrymusic #popmusic #70s #onthisday #popculture #TimeRewind
December 16, 2025 at 3:01 AM
THIS DAY IN MUSIC, December 15, 1973: 🎤 Charlie Rich dominates the U.S. singles chart for two weeks with “The Most Beautiful Girl," off his "Behind Closed Doors" album.
🖌 Album art: Epic Records
#countrymusic #popmusic #70s #onthisday #popculture #TimeRewind
🖌 Album art: Epic Records
#countrymusic #popmusic #70s #onthisday #popculture #TimeRewind
THIS DAY IN HISTORY, December 15, 1944:
🎺 Legendary bandleader Glenn Miller swaps commercial success for a military uniform to entertain U.S. troops overseas in WW2. On this night, Major Alton G. Miller’s plane vanished over the English Channel. At age 40, he was never seen again.
📷 Public domain
🎺 Legendary bandleader Glenn Miller swaps commercial success for a military uniform to entertain U.S. troops overseas in WW2. On this night, Major Alton G. Miller’s plane vanished over the English Channel. At age 40, he was never seen again.
📷 Public domain
December 15, 2025 at 10:27 PM
THIS DAY IN HISTORY, December 15, 1944:
🎺 Legendary bandleader Glenn Miller swaps commercial success for a military uniform to entertain U.S. troops overseas in WW2. On this night, Major Alton G. Miller’s plane vanished over the English Channel. At age 40, he was never seen again.
📷 Public domain
🎺 Legendary bandleader Glenn Miller swaps commercial success for a military uniform to entertain U.S. troops overseas in WW2. On this night, Major Alton G. Miller’s plane vanished over the English Channel. At age 40, he was never seen again.
📷 Public domain
That time Rhett Butler said he didn't give a damn. Time Rewind takes you back to the events of December 15th.
December 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
That time Rhett Butler said he didn't give a damn. Time Rewind takes you back to the events of December 15th.
Americans lose two Washingtons, plus the Jackson 5 and John Travolta wow TV and movie audiences. Take a retro ride as Time Rewind recalls the events of December 14th.
#washington #rip #mj #popmusic #popculture #onthisday #timerewind
#washington #rip #mj #popmusic #popculture #onthisday #timerewind
December 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Americans lose two Washingtons, plus the Jackson 5 and John Travolta wow TV and movie audiences. Take a retro ride as Time Rewind recalls the events of December 14th.
#washington #rip #mj #popmusic #popculture #onthisday #timerewind
#washington #rip #mj #popmusic #popculture #onthisday #timerewind
A bitter presidential contest is finally settled and an NBA match-up blows up the scoreboard. That and much more in your December 13th Time Rewind.
#election #vote #taylorswift #birthday #history #popculture #timerewind
#election #vote #taylorswift #birthday #history #popculture #timerewind
December 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
A bitter presidential contest is finally settled and an NBA match-up blows up the scoreboard. That and much more in your December 13th Time Rewind.
#election #vote #taylorswift #birthday #history #popculture #timerewind
#election #vote #taylorswift #birthday #history #popculture #timerewind
THIS DAY IN MUSIC, December 12, 1970:
🎤 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles kick off two weeks atop the singles chart with "The Tears Of A Clown," the group's 26th Top 40 hit and first No. 1.
🖌️ Album cover art: Tamla Records
#SmokeyRobinson #Motown #70s #70sMusic #PopCulture #TimeRewind
🎤 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles kick off two weeks atop the singles chart with "The Tears Of A Clown," the group's 26th Top 40 hit and first No. 1.
🖌️ Album cover art: Tamla Records
#SmokeyRobinson #Motown #70s #70sMusic #PopCulture #TimeRewind
December 13, 2025 at 1:55 AM
THIS DAY IN MUSIC, December 12, 1970:
🎤 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles kick off two weeks atop the singles chart with "The Tears Of A Clown," the group's 26th Top 40 hit and first No. 1.
🖌️ Album cover art: Tamla Records
#SmokeyRobinson #Motown #70s #70sMusic #PopCulture #TimeRewind
🎤 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles kick off two weeks atop the singles chart with "The Tears Of A Clown," the group's 26th Top 40 hit and first No. 1.
🖌️ Album cover art: Tamla Records
#SmokeyRobinson #Motown #70s #70sMusic #PopCulture #TimeRewind
THIS DAY IN HISTORY, December 12, 1917: 🙏 A mission to save children and heal families is launched in Omaha, Nebraska. Father Edward Flanagan, an Irish priest, opens the doors to Boys Town, a home for troubled and neglected children that continues to operate today.
📷 Photo courtesy of Boys Town
📷 Photo courtesy of Boys Town
December 13, 2025 at 1:01 AM
THIS DAY IN HISTORY, December 12, 1917: 🙏 A mission to save children and heal families is launched in Omaha, Nebraska. Father Edward Flanagan, an Irish priest, opens the doors to Boys Town, a home for troubled and neglected children that continues to operate today.
📷 Photo courtesy of Boys Town
📷 Photo courtesy of Boys Town
Today, Time Rewind takes a frank look at something that happened on December 12th.
#franksinatra #entertainment #birthday #happybirthday #timerewind
#franksinatra #entertainment #birthday #happybirthday #timerewind
December 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Today, Time Rewind takes a frank look at something that happened on December 12th.
#franksinatra #entertainment #birthday #happybirthday #timerewind
#franksinatra #entertainment #birthday #happybirthday #timerewind
Another #soul legend is taken too soon and missions set out to #Mars and the #moon — one successful, the other not. Plus, there's Mickey. Time Rewind turns it back for December 11th. #history #popculture #rip #onthisday #TimeRewind
December 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Another #soul legend is taken too soon and missions set out to #Mars and the #moon — one successful, the other not. Plus, there's Mickey. Time Rewind turns it back for December 11th. #history #popculture #rip #onthisday #TimeRewind
THIS DAY IN MUSIC, December 10, 1966: 🎸🎤 The Beach Boys’ “Good Vibrations” is the No. 1 single. Costing about $60,000 to produce, it is the most expensive pop song ever recorded up to that time. What is YOUR favorite #BeachBoys tune?
🖌️ Album art courtesy of Capitol Records #60s #popmusic
🖌️ Album art courtesy of Capitol Records #60s #popmusic
December 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
THIS DAY IN MUSIC, December 10, 1966: 🎸🎤 The Beach Boys’ “Good Vibrations” is the No. 1 single. Costing about $60,000 to produce, it is the most expensive pop song ever recorded up to that time. What is YOUR favorite #BeachBoys tune?
🖌️ Album art courtesy of Capitol Records #60s #popmusic
🖌️ Album art courtesy of Capitol Records #60s #popmusic
THIS DAY IN HISTORY, Dec 10, 1898: 📜 The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War. It dissolves the Spanish empire with the U.S. taking much of Spain’s holdings. Puerto Rico and Guam are ceded to the U.S., the Philippines is purchased for $20M, and Cuba becomes a U.S. protectorate.
December 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
THIS DAY IN HISTORY, Dec 10, 1898: 📜 The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War. It dissolves the Spanish empire with the U.S. taking much of Spain’s holdings. Puerto Rico and Guam are ceded to the U.S., the Philippines is purchased for $20M, and Cuba becomes a U.S. protectorate.