httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXsPrlNJPvQ
(Wednesday, May 31, 1961) — U.S. President and Mrs. Kennedy were warmly welcomed when they landed at Orly Airport in Paris this morning for their State visit to France.
Monthly Archives: May 2011
‘A Raisin in the Sun’ opens in New York
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xgxLmnzURc
(Monday, May 29, 1961) — A Raisin in the Sun, a drama film starring Sidney Poitier and Ruby Dee, opened today in New York.
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Lennon interviewed for BBC radio
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKbppTWzp5o&
"Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album" (May 28, 1971 @ 3:19)
(Friday, May 28, 1971) — Ex-Beatle John Lennon is interviewed by BBC radio at his home, Tittenhurst Park, near Ascot, England, during sessions for what would become Lennon’s Imagine album.
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Chief Justice rules against Lincoln
"The Civil War - Episode One: The Cause (1861)" (habeas corpus suspended @ 1:08:16)
(Monday, May 27, 1861) — Chief Justice William B. Taney ruled today that the military arrest of John Merryman in Maryland violated the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus and President Lincoln didn’t have the authority to suspend this privilege.
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FDR proclaims ‘unlimited national emergency’
(Tuesday, May 27, 1941, 9:30 p.m. ET) — Amid rising world tensions, President Roosevelt tonight proclaimed an “unlimited national emergency.” Click here to watch video of the address.
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Tonight on TV: ‘The Twilight Zone’
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"Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?" (part one)
(Friday, May 26, 1961, 10 p.m. ET) — A group of bus travelers find that there is an extra person when they stop at a diner on tonight’s episode of The Twilight Zone. Continue reading Tonight on TV: ‘The Twilight Zone’
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Season 1 finale: ‘Hill Street Blues’
“Jungle Madness” (part one)
(Tuesday, May 26, 1981, 8 p.m. ET) — Washington unearths evidence to clear a bigoted narcotics cop, unaware that the police brass plan to let the cop “fry” in order to placate the outraged black community on tonight’s final episode of The Hill Street Blues. Continue reading Season 1 finale: ‘Hill Street Blues’
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Butler holds slaves as war contraband
"The Civil War - Episode One: The Cause (1861)" (Butler acts @ 1:09:38)
(Friday, May 24, 1861) — Union General Benjamin Butler declared slaves to be the contraband of war today when he declared them contraband at Fort Monroe, Va.
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Union troops move across Potomac River
"The Civil War - Episode One: The Cause (1861)" (Feds cross Potomac @ 1:07:29)
(Friday, May 24, 1861) — Union forces cross the Potomac River and occupy Arlington Heights, the home of future Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
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Bismarck sinks Hood
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Destruction of the Hood from "Sink the Bismarck"(1960)
(Saturday, May 24, 1941) — The German battleship Bismarck sank the British dreadnought Hood today in the North Atlantic during the World War II Battle of the Denmark Strait.
