Video: ''Funny Girl' Sequence from My Name is Barbra'
(Wednesday, April 28, 1965, scheduled for 9:00 p.m. EDT, although probably delayed by President Johnson’s announcement on the Dominican Republic) — Barbra Streisand’s first TV special My Name Is Barbra aired tonight on CBS in conjunction with Streisand’s fifth studio album My Name Is Barbra.
Video: 'President Johnson's Remarks on the Dominican Crisis, 4/28/65, MP545.'
(Wednesday, April 28, 1965, 8:51 p.m. EDT) — U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announced tonight that he’s sending more than 22,000 troops to the Dominican Republic in an effort to forestall a “communist dictatorship.”
Video: 'The World At War 1973(World War II Documentary)Episode 21-Nemesis:Germany(February-May 1945)' (Apr. 29, 1945, at 43:20)
(Sunday, April 29, 1945, after midnight CEST; during the Battle of Berlin on the Eastern Front during World War II) — German dictator Adolf Hitler married Eva Braun today in a small civil ceremony within the Führerbunker, an air-raid shelter located near the Reich Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. Hitler then took secretary Traudl Junge to another room and dictated his last will and testament.
Video: 'Help 1965' (Apr. 28, 1965, at 1:04:38-1:08:31)
(Wednesday, April 28, 1965, afternoon) — The Beatles filmed the interior pub scene for their second feature film Help! today at Twickenham Film Studios in London, which culminated with Ringo Starr falling through a trapdoor into a cellar (cellar scenes were shot Apr. 7, 1965; external pub scenes shot Apr. 24, 1965). Continue reading The Beatles film interior pub scene for ‘Help!’ film, accept Grammy award 50 years ago this afternoon (Apr 28 1965)
Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Episode 2' (Apr. 28, 1955, at 12:20)
(Thursday, April 28, 1955; during the Cold War) — The Battle of Saigon, a month-long battle between the Vietnamese National Army of the State of Vietnam (later to become the Army of the Republic of Vietnam) and the private army of the Bình Xuyên organised crime syndicate, began today. Continue reading Battle of Saigon begins 60 years ago today (Apr 28 1955)
Video: 'The World At War 1973(World War II Documentary)Episode 21-Nemesis:Germany(February-May 1945)' (Apr. 28, 1945, at 34:13)
(Saturday, April 28, 1945, evening CEST; during the Battle of Berlin on the Eastern Front during World War II) — German fascist dictator Adolf Hitler learned today (from a BBC report originating from Reuters) that Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler, who had left Berlin on April 20, 1945, was trying to discuss surrender terms with the Western Allies through Count Folke Bernadotte.
Enraged, Hitler ordered Himmler’s arrest and had Hermann Fegelein (Himmler’s SS representative at Hitler’s HQ in Berlin) shot.
Video: 'A Brief History of Art Deco'
(Tuesday, April 28, 1925) — The International Exposition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts, which gave rise to the term “Art Deco,” began a six-month run today in Paris.
Video: 'Benito Mussolini: Biography of Fascist Italy's Dictator'
(Saturday, April 28, 1945, 4:10 p.m. CEST; during World War II) — Deposed Italian fascist dictator (and strong ally of German Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler) Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci, were summarily executed today near Lake Como by Italian partisans as they attempted to flee the country.
Video: 'Ken Burns The Civil War: Episode 9 The Better Angels of Our Nature (1865) |Ken Burns Docum' (Apr. 28, 1865 at 23:09)
(Friday, April 28, 1865, 6:50 a.m.; during the American Civil War) — The remains U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and his deceased son, William Wallace Lincoln, stopped in Cleveland today for public viewing at Monument Square on a 1,654 mile journey to Springfield, Illinois, for final burial.
