Video: Allies accused of germ bombing (at 1:06)
(Friday, February 22, 1952) — The Chinese Communist radio at Peiping charged today that Allied planes dropped “epidemic” germs including cholera along the Communist front lines and rear areas in Korea between Jan. 28 and Feb. 17. Continue reading Allies accused of germ bombing in Korea 60 years ago today (1952)
(Thursday, February 20, 1992, 9 p.m. EST) — Two days after the New Hampshire primaries, U.S. businessman Ross Perot appeared on CNN’s Larry King Live and announced his intention to run for president as an independent if his supporters could get his name on the ballot in all fifty states.
Video: Glenn completes first orbit (at 8:26)
(Tuesday, February 20, 1962, 2:20 p.m. EST) — John Glenn became the first American to orbit the earth today, making three orbits in 4 hours, 55 minutes while aboard Friendship 7. Continue reading Glenn becomes first American to orbit earth 50 years ago this hour (1962)
Video: Union forces occupy Clarksville (at 21:06)
(Wednesday, February 19, 1862, during the American Civil War) — Three days after the fall of Fort Donelson, federal forces of General C.F. Smith from General U.S. Grant’s command today occupied Clarksville, Tennessee.
(Tuesday, February 18, 1992) — Former Massachusetts Sen. Paul Tsongas won New Hampshire’s Democratic primary today while Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton ran a strong second and proclaimed himself “the comeback kid” after weeks of controversy.
In the Republican race, incumbent President Bush won an unconvincing victory, surviving angry voters who gave conservative challenger Patrick Buchanan a strong second place.
Video: Death penalty invalidated (at 9:14)
(Friday, February 18, 1972) — The California Supreme Court in the case of People v. Anderson invalidated the state’s death penalty today and commuted the sentences of all death row inmates, including members of the Charles Manson family, to life imprisonment.
(Wednesday, February 16, 1972, 10:00 p.m. ET) — The wife of an elderly farmer who refuses to die decides to force nature’s hand with the help of an old crone skilled in the black arts on tonight’s episode of the NBC-TV anthology series Night Gallery.
(Wednesday, February 16, 8:00 p.m. ET) — On temporary assignment at LAX, Reed and Malloy have to save a stewardess who is taken hostage inside a lounge by a man desperately trying to get the attention of a television producer on tonight’s episode of the NBC-TV police drama Adam-12.
'To Be or Not to Be' trailer
(Sunday, February 15, 1942) — To Be or Not to Be, a comedy about a troupe of actors in Nazi-occupied Warsaw who use their abilities at disguise and acting to fool the occupying troops, premiered tonight in Los Angeles.
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch, the film stars Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack, Felix Bressart, Lionel Atwill, Stanley Ridges and Sig Ruman. The film was released two months after actress Carole Lombard was killed in an airplane crash.
(Thursday, February 14, 1952, 9:00 p.m. ET) — The police interrogate a suspect whom they believe to have murdered more than a dozen men on tonight’s episode of the NBC-TV crime drama Dragnet.
