Daily Archives: December 12, 2012

‘Infernal Affairs’ opens in Hong Kong 10 years ago today (2002)


Video: 'Infernal Affairs' trailer

(Thursday, December 12, 2002)Infernal Affairs, a Hong Kong crime-thriller film about a police officer who infiltrates the triads and a police officer secretly working for the same gang, opened today in Hong Kong.

Directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak, the film stars Andy Lau, Tony Leung, Anthony Wong and Eric Tsang.

‘The Poseidon Adventure’ premiered in New York City 40 years ago today (1972)


Video: 'The Poseidon Adventure'

(Tuesday, December 12, 1972)The Poseidon Adventure, an action-adventure disaster film about a priest who takes a mixed band of survivors on a journey through the bowels of a ship turned upside down by a tidal wave, premiered today in New York City.

Directed by Ronald Neame, the film stars Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, Carol Lynley, Roddy McDowall, Stella Stevens, Shelley Winters, Jack Albertson, Pamela Sue Martin, Arthur O’Connell, Eric Shea and Leslie Nielsen.

Thieu proposes temporary Christmas truce in Vietnam 40 years ago today (1972)


Video: Dec. 12, 1972 (10:11)

(Tuesday, December 12, 1972, during the Vietnam War) — South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu proposed today a Christmas peace package providing for a cease-fire and release of all U.S. and Vietnamese prisoners of war, but the Viet Cong quickly rejected it. Continue reading Thieu proposes temporary Christmas truce in Vietnam 40 years ago today (1972)

JFK warns of ‘great difficultly’ fighting a guerilla war in Vietnam 50 years ago today (1962)


Video: Dec. 12, 1962 (at 4:33)

(Wednesday, December 12, 1962, afternoon; during the Vietnam War, part of the the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — U.S. President John F. Kennedy admitted today in a news conference that there is “great difficulty” in fighting the guerilla war against Communist forces in South Vietam, but the situation is not darker than it was a year ago, “and in some ways lighter.” Continue reading JFK warns of ‘great difficultly’ fighting a guerilla war in Vietnam 50 years ago today (1962)