Video: 'Newsreel about German Saboteurs & Spies in the U.S. during World War II'
(Saturday, June 27, 1942, during Operation Pastorius, part of World War II) — The FBI announced tonight the arrests of eight Nazi saboteurs, highly trained by direction of the German High Command at a special school for sabotage near Berlin, who had been put ashore in Florida and Long Island, New York. Continue reading FBI announces the arrests of eight Nazi saboteurs 70 years ago tonight (1942)
Video: Barkley speech (at 1:46)
(Monday, June 27, 1932) — Democrats opened the 1932 Democratic National Convention today at Chicago Stadium in Chicago, with New York Gov. (and 1920 vice presidential nominee) Franklin D. Roosevelt viewed as virtually certain of nomination for president.
In a keynote speech bristling with denunciation of the Hoover administration, Sen. Alben W. Barkley today urged the convention to favor repealing the Eighteenth Amendment and called upon the nation to turn the Republicans out of office.
Video: STS-4 launch and July 4, 1982 landing
(Sunday, June 27, 1982, 11:00:00 a.m. EST) — The U.S. space shuttle Columbia went into orbit today on its fourth and final test flight, carrying a secret military cargo and an array of experimental instruments.
The multi-mission Columbia, piloted by Ken Mattingly and Henry Hartsfield, began its week-long flight after a punctual lift-off.
Video: '1000 Plane Raid June 26 1942'
(Friday, June 26, 1942, part of strategic bombing during World War II) — Some 1,000 British Royal Air Force bombers completed an overnight raid on Bremen, Germany, early this morning, the RAF’s third “thousand bomber raid.” of the war. 572 houses were completely destroyed and 6,108 damaged. 85 people were killed, 497 injured and 2,378 bombed out.
Video: June 26, 1862 (at 19:54)
(Thursday June 26, 1862, the first major engagement of the Seven Days Battles during the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War) — Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia struck Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan’s Army of the Potomac today in the Battle of Beaver Dam Creek in Hanover County, Virginia. Continue reading Lee attacks McClellan’s forces east of Richmond 150 years ago today (1862)
Video: Army of Virginia organized (at 33:17)
(Thursday June 26, 1862, during the American Civil War) — U.S. President Abraham Lincoln today consolidated four separate commands of Generals Fremont, Banks, McDowell and Sturgis into The Army of Virginia, appointing Major-General John Pope to command it.
The purpose of the new army was to protect Washington, and act in conjunction with General George B. McClellan’s assault on Richmond.
Video: 'Brown Sugar ' (June 25, 1972, evening)
(Sunday, June 25, 1972, evening) — Bob Freeze and Steve Gebhardt of Butterfly Films concluded filming for Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones, a concert movie featuring the British rock band The Rolling Stones, tonight at Will Rogers Auditorium in Fort Worth, Texas. Continue reading Filming of Rolling Stones concert movie concludes 40 years ago tonight (1972)
Video: 'Blade Runner' trailer
(Friday, June 25, 1982) — Blade Runner, a science fiction film about an ex-cop who comes out of retirement in order to hunt down androids who are being reproduced for purpose of slavery, opened today in U.S. theaters.
Directed by Ridley Scott, the film stars Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos and Daryl Hannah.
Video: 'The Thing' trailer
(Friday, June 25, 1982) — The Thing, a science fiction horror film about scientists in the Antarctic who are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people that it kills, opened today in U.S. theaters.
Directed by John Carpenter, the film stars Kurt Russell.
Video: 'Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl' trailer
(Friday, June 25, 1982) — Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl, a concert film in which the Monty Python team perform many of their greatest sketches at the Hollywood Bowl, opened today in U.S. theaters.
Directed by Terry Hughes and Ian MacNaughton, the film stars Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Carol Cleveland and Neil Innes.
