Daily Archives: September 27, 2012

Kissinger’s talks spur Vietnam peace rumor 40 years ago tonight (1972)


Video: Sept. 27, 1972 (0:09)

(Wednesday, September 27, 1972, during the Vietnam War) — U.S. National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger arrived in Washington from Paris tonight amid rumors, which were strongly denied by the White House, that there had been a breakthrough in Vietnam peace negotiations.

Glenn Miller Orchestra played for the last time 70 years ago today (1942)


Video: Glenn Miller's farewell before joining the US Army

(Sunday, September 27, 1942, during World War II) — Glenn Miller and his Orchestra performed together for the very last time today at the Central Theater in Passaic, New Jersey, prior to Glenn’s entry into the Army Air Corps.

Anne Frank lashes out at van Pels in diary 70 years ago today (1942)


Video: 'Anne Frank Remembered (3/8)' (Sept. 27, 1942 at 13:10)

(Sunday, September 27, 1942, part of The Holocaust during World War II) — On her 84th day in hiding in a secret apartment behind her father’s business in German-occupied Amsterdam, Anne Frank, a 13-year-old Jewish girl, angrily wrote in her diary about how the van Pels (the parents of another family in hiding with the Franks) treat her as one of their own children.