Video: 'American Experience - FDR (Franklin Roosevelt) - Part 1/2 (PBS Documentary' (Mar. 30, 1945, at 2:08:24)
(Good Friday, March 30, 1945; during World War II) — U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrived in Warm Springs, Georgia, today suffering from exhaustion.
The great push to end the war was on, and Roosevelt needed to recuperate to lead it and take part in the momentous events afterward. Total rest was his doctor’s recommendation, and for several days he followed the instructions.
(Good Friday, March 30, 1945; on the Eastern Front of World War II) — The Red Army today surged across the Austrian frontier north of the Hungarian border town of Koeszeg, 52 miles south of Vienna, to make Austria, the last nation still dominated by Hitlerite Germany, a battleground.
Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History - LBJ Goes to War [3/11]' (Mar. 30, 1965, at 32:41)
(Tuesday, March 30, 1965, 10:55 a.m. ICT; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — A huge bomb exploded at the United States Embassy today in Saigon, South Vietnam, killing two Americans, one female CIA employee, Barbara Robbins and another American, as well as 19 Vietnamese and one Filipino serving in the U.S. Navy along with injuring 183 others.
Video: 'Michael Scotts School of Management // The Office US'
(Tuesday, March 29, 2005, 9:30 p.m. EST) — A consultant arrives to teach the staff about tolerance and diversity, but Michael insists on imparting his own knowledge on tonight’s episode of the NBC television comedy series The Office.
In 2009, the “Diversity Day” episode was ranked #19 on TV Guide‘s 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.
(Saturday, March 29, 1975) — “Lady Marmalade” by Labelle peaks at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. It was ranked number 479 on Rolling Stone‘s list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.”
(Saturday, March 29, 1975) — “Express” by B. T. Express peaked at #4 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three weeks.
(Saturday, March 29, 1975) — “You Are So Beautiful” by Joe Cocker peaked at #5 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
(Saturday, March 29, 1975) — “Shame, Shame, Shame” by Shirley & Company peaked at #12 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
(Saturday, March 29, 1975) — “Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You” by Sugarloaf peaked at #9 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Episode 11' (Mar. 29, 1975, at 30:24)
(Saturday, March 29, 1975; during the The Hue–Da Nang Campaign of the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and Cold War) — Against official American advice, a World Airways jet with company president Ed Daley aboard made a perilous landing today at Da Nang for one last rescue mission.
Daley wanted to save women and children first, but desperate South Vietnamese soldiers jammed into the airplane. They scrambled into the baggage compartment and clung to the stairway as the plane took off.
