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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 woman achieves an aviation milestone and the federal government clears the air about smoking. Those stories and Lionel Richie as Time Rewind recalls the events of January 11th.
#aviation #smoking #health #history #onthisday
January 11, 2026 at 3:10 PM
🌎🌕World leaders chart a path to peace while NASA charts a path to the moon. Plus, the pop chart's got itself a convoy. Time Rewind recalls the events of January 10th.
#unitednations #nasa #space #tv #onthisday
January 10, 2026 at 12:40 PM
THIS DAY IN MUSIC, January 9, 1981: 🎸🎤 One month after his murder, #JohnLennon is at No. 1 on the U.S. album chart with “Double Fantasy.” The album, which he co-produced with wife Yoko Ono, spends eight weeks on top of the album chart and captures an Album of the Year Grammy.
🖌️ Geffen Records
#80s
January 9, 2026 at 8:06 PM
THIS DAY IN #TECH HISTORY, January 9, 2007:📱 “Today, Apple is going to reinvent the phone.” With those words, the late #Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveils the #iPhone at Macworld in San Francisco, calling the device “a revolutionary mobile phone” and “Internet communicator.”
📸 Photo: Apple, Inc
#2000s
January 9, 2026 at 7:29 PM
🎥 James Bond battles a new villain on the big screen while on the small screen, aliens launch a comedic mission to study Earth. It’s Time Rewind for January 9th.
#bond #tv #comedy #popculture #onthisday
January 9, 2026 at 1:07 PM
THIS DAY IN MUSIC, January 8, 1972: 🛼 #Melanie (a.k.a. Melanie Safka) locks up the top spot on the Hot 100 with "Brand New Key," aka "The Rollerskate Song." Melanie, who died in 2024, called herself "the first one-name singer-songwriter post-Elvis and pre-Madonna."
#70s #popmusic #onthisday
January 8, 2026 at 9:35 PM
THIS DAY IN HISTORY, Jan 8, 1963: 🎨 President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy lead opening ceremonies as Leonardo #daVinci’s #masterpiece, the #MonaLisa, goes on display for the first time in the U.S. at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
📷Nat’l Archives
#JFK #art #60s
January 8, 2026 at 8:50 PM
👑🎸In the January 8th edition of Time Rewind, we salute a king — a musical king and cultural icon.
#elvis #icon #entertainer #birthday #popculture
January 8, 2026 at 12:32 PM
That time the U.S. held its first presidential election. Time Rewind turns it back for January 7th. #election #saturn #history #popculture #TimeRewind
January 7, 2026 at 2:09 PM
• — • Dots and dashes become the text messaging of the day and Saturday morning TV viewers groove at the junction. We cover those stories and more in your January 6th Time Rewind.
#text #tv #education #popculture #onthisday
January 6, 2026 at 3:04 PM
🥀 A popular entertainer-turned-politician is killed in the prime of his life, Buddy Holly gives us one last single and daytime TV gets a new and lasting player. Time Rewind recalls the events of January 5th.
#rip #tv #history #popculture #onthisday
January 5, 2026 at 1:35 PM
So long Sputnik, hello Billboard and the Great Society. Plus, Elton John takes a Beatles cover right to No. 1. It's Time Rewind for January 4th.
#space #president #popmusic #onthisday #history
January 4, 2026 at 1:44 PM
The U.S. gets tough with dictators next door and Aretha earns some R-E-S-P-E-C-T. You'll find those stories and more in your January 3rd Time Rewind.
#polio #panama #cuba #popmusic #history
January 3, 2026 at 2:43 PM
🚀 The Soviets overshoot in their quest for the moon and POTUS slows our roll on the highways. Those stories plus a final farewell to a TV skipper as Time Rewind reminisces the events of January 2nd.
#space #speed #popmusic #onthisday #history
January 2, 2026 at 1:49 PM
It's goodbye to slavery and cigarette commercials on TV. Plus, The Beatles are snubbed but end up having the last laugh. Time Rewind ushers in the new year by taking you back to the events of January 1st.
#freedom #tv #thebeatles #popculture #onthisday
January 1, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Tonight we move ahead. On New Year’s Day, however, we get right back to rewinding time. Happy New Year, everybody!
#happynewyear #newyears
January 1, 2026 at 2:31 AM
🥀ON THIS DAY, Dec 31, 2015: #Grammy-winning R&B singer-songwriter #NatalieCole (“This Will Be,” “I’ve Got Love On My Mind,” “Miss You Like Crazy,” “Unforgettable”), daughter of legendary crooner and jazz pianist Nat King Cole, dies of congestive heart failure at 65.
📷 Matt Sayles/AP
#inmemoriam #rip
December 31, 2025 at 9:50 PM
ON THIS DAY, December 31, 1972: 📺🎉🎈Dick Clark begins a new holiday tradition as the first "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve” concert is broadcast on ABC. Clark hosts the annual event for the next 32 years.
📷 ABC/Dick Clark Productions
#HappyNewYear #DickClark #NYC #70s #ABC
December 31, 2025 at 9:23 PM
🎉 The first New Year's Eve is celebrated in Times Square and it's Paul McCartney vs. The Beatles. You'll find those stories and more in your December 31st Time Rewind
#newyears #timessquare #thebeatles #onthisday
December 31, 2025 at 1:20 PM
📺 A popular game show and Western premiere on TV and The Beatles and Destiny's Child have something in common. Time Rewind takes you back to December 30th through the decades.
#tv #gameshow #beyonce #popculture #onthisday
December 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Cockpit confusion leads to deadly consequences and the Y comes to America. That and more in your December 29th Time Rewind.
#aviation #ymca #popmusic #history #onthisday
December 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🇺🇸 Congress makes the Pledge of Allegiance official and Yankee Stadium hosts "the greatest game ever played" (no, not baseball). We pack those stories and more in the December 28th Time Rewind.
December 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A new entertainment venue opens in the heart of the Big Apple and John Lennon strikes musical gold even after his death. Time Rewind recalls the history and pop culture highlights of December 27th.
#nyc #nbc #johnlennon #onthisday #history
December 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
ON THIS DAY, December 26, 1987:
💃🕺 The "Dirty Dancing” soundtrack is the middle of a nine-week reign as the No. 1 album. It becomes one of the best-selling albums of all time.
🖌️ Album art: RCA Records

#DirtyDancing #moviemusic #80s #onthisday #popculture
December 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
THIS DAY IN POP CULTURE, December 26, 1946:♦️♣️ Mobster Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel opens the Flamingo Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, aiming to establish a stylish and cosmopolitan gambling destination in the Nevada desert.
📸 Photo credit: Nevada State Museum
December 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM