Video: 'The Pied Piper' clip
(Thursday, August 12, 1942) — The Pied Piper, a film about an Englishman on vacation in France who is caught up in the German invasion of that country, premiered today at the Roxy in New York City.
Directed by Irving Pichel, the film stars Monty Woolley, Roddy McDowall and Anne Baxter.
Video: 'Churchill and Stalin in Moscow August 1942'
(Wednesday, August 12, 1942, part of the Eastern Front of World War II) — British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived in Moscow today and met with Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin in the Kremlin, informing him that there would be no D-Day in 1942. But he did say that the British and the Americans were preparing for a “very great operation” in 1943. Stalin reportedly looked “very glum.”
Video: '1962: Vostok 3 and 4 (USSR)'
(Sunday, August 12, 1962, 4:04 a.m. EDT) — One day after sending Andrian Nikolayev into orbit, the Soviet Union launched Vostok 4 today with cosmonaut Pavel Popovich on board from Gagarin’s Start at Baikonur Cosmodrome at atop a Vostok 8K72K rocket. Both men landed safely Aug. 15.
