httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r44auGtBkLw
“The Rip Van Winkle Caper” (part one)
(Friday, April 21, 1961, 10 p.m. ET) — A gang of gold thieves use suspended animation to escape to the future on tonight’s episode of The Twilight Zone. Continue reading Tonight on TV: ‘The Twilight Zone’
"The Civil War - Episode One: The Cause (1861)" (Lee resigns at 1:02:55)
(Saturday, April 20, 1861) — Colonel Robert E. Lee turned down today an April 18 offer by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln to become a major general in the U.S. Army and resigned.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qXZp8bxpNY
(Thursday, April 20, 1961) — President Kennedy, following the anti-Castro Bay of Pigs invasion had been crushed, said today that United States’ restraint is “not inexhaustible” and that we do not intend to abandon Cuba to communism (CLICK HERE to watch Kennedy’s Apr. 20, 1961, speech).
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwgqsXTvQns
This video tells the story of the integration of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system during the 1960's and 70's.
(Tuesday, April 20, 1971) — The U.S. Supreme Court, in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, today unanimously upheld the use of busing to achieve racial desegregation in schools.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSaNWYHmUvI
(Monday, April 20, 1981) — The final new episode of Soap, an American sitcom created as a parody of daytime soap operas, aired tonight with Jessica facing a firing squad, concluding four seasons on ABC-TV.
"The Civil War - Episode One: The Cause (1861)" (Baltimore riots at 1:04:04)
(Friday, April 19, 1861) — The Baltimore riot of 1861, a pro-Secession mob in Baltimore, Maryland, today attacked United States Army troops marching through the city.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKlnM_n1s1E Cuban exile invaders surrender (at 5:00)
(Wednesday, April 19, 1961, afternoon) — At the Bay of Pigs, Cuban exile invaders surrendered.
"The Civil War - Episode One: The Cause (1861)" (Lincoln offers Lee command at 1:01:36)
(Thursday, April 18, 1861) — President Abraham Lincoln today offered Colonel Robert E. Lee the job of commanding the Union army.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKlnM_n1s1E Kennedy refuses to intervene (at 4:45)
(Tuesday, April 18, 1961) — At the Bay of Pigs, brigade leaders beg for help from nearby American warships, but President Kennedy refused tonight to grant permission for the navy to engage.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlIMmuMQozc
(Thursday, April 18, 1991, 9:30 p.m. ET) — George quits his job in a huff, but comes to regret the decision, and is later humiliated by his boss on tonight’s episode of Seinfeld.
