Video: 'Vintage Soap Opera Classic: As the World Turns ( April 10, 1957)'
(Monday, April 2, 1956, 1:30 p.m./4:30 p.m. EST) — The television soap operas As the World Turns and The Edge of Night premiered this afternoon on CBS. Continue reading Soap operas ‘As the World Turns’ and ‘The Edge of Night’ premiere 60 years ago this afternoon (Apr 2 1956)
Video: 'Homma Sentenced For War Crimes (1940-1949)'
(Wednesday, April 3, 1946, 1:00 a.m. Manila time) — Lieut. Gen. Masaharu Homma, the Japanese commander held responsible for the Bataan Death March that killed 17,200 American and Filipino captives, was executed by firing squad today outside Manila.
(Saturday, April 2, 1966) — “Woman” by Peter and Gordon (written by Paul McCartney of The Beatles under a pseudonym) peaked at #14 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
Video: '1985 TWA Flight 847 Hijacking And 1986 TWA Flight 840 Bombing' (Apr. 2, 1986, at 5:43)
(Wednesday, April 2, 1986, just before 2:30 p.m. local time) — Four American passengers, including an 8-month-old girl, her mother and grandmother, were killed today when a terrorist bomb exploded aboard a TWA jetliner en route from Rome to Athens, Greece.
