Video: 'Julia Grant - Wiki Article'
(Thursday, December 14, 1902, 11:17 p.m. local time) — Julia Boggs Dent Grant, wife of the 18th President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant, and was First Lady of the United States from 1869 to 1877, died tonight in Washington from heat failure. Grant was 76.
Video: Dec. 14, 1962 (at 2:04)
(Friday, December 14, 1962; part of the Mariner program) — The U.S. space probe Mariner 2 passed Venus today at a distance of just over 21,000 miles, transmitting information about the planet, such as its hot surface temperatures and predominantly carbon dioxide atmosphere.
Video: 'Fredericksburg: The Wall, December 11, 1862' (Dec. 14, 1862, at 5:22)
(Sunday, December 14, 1862, during the Battle of Fredericksburg, part of the American Civil War) — Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside of the Union Army of the Potomac asked General Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia for a truce today to attend to his wounded, which the latter graciously granted.
Video: 'Infernal Affairs' trailer
(Thursday, December 12, 2002) — Infernal Affairs, a Hong Kong crime-thriller film about a police officer who infiltrates the triads and a police officer secretly working for the same gang, opened today in Hong Kong.
Directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak, the film stars Andy Lau, Tony Leung, Anthony Wong and Eric Tsang.
Video: 'The Poseidon Adventure'
(Tuesday, December 12, 1972) — The Poseidon Adventure, an action-adventure disaster film about a priest who takes a mixed band of survivors on a journey through the bowels of a ship turned upside down by a tidal wave, premiered today in New York City.
Directed by Ronald Neame, the film stars Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, Carol Lynley, Roddy McDowall, Stella Stevens, Shelley Winters, Jack Albertson, Pamela Sue Martin, Arthur O’Connell, Eric Shea and Leslie Nielsen.
Video: Dec. 12, 1972 (10:11)
(Tuesday, December 12, 1972, during the Vietnam War) — South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu proposed today a Christmas peace package providing for a cease-fire and release of all U.S. and Vietnamese prisoners of war, but the Viet Cong quickly rejected it. Continue reading Thieu proposes temporary Christmas truce in Vietnam 40 years ago today (1972)
Video: Dec. 12, 1962 (at 4:33)
(Wednesday, December 12, 1962, afternoon; during the Vietnam War, part of the the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — U.S. President John F. Kennedy admitted today in a news conference that there is “great difficulty” in fighting the guerilla war against Communist forces in South Vietam, but the situation is not darker than it was a year ago, “and in some ways lighter.” Continue reading JFK warns of ‘great difficultly’ fighting a guerilla war in Vietnam 50 years ago today (1962)
Video: Bootleg audio of 18 of 21 songs performed
(Friday, December 11, 1992) — Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney tonight performed the second of two concert appearances at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City, the scene of The Beatles’ historic live American TV debut on February 9, 1964, for the new MTV series Up Close to coincide with the release of his album Off The Ground.
Video: 'Chicago' trailer
(Tuesday, December 10, 2002) — Chicago, a musical film adapted from the satirical stage musical of the same name, exploring the themes of celebrity, scandal, and corruption in Jazz Age Chicago, premiered today in Los Angeles, California.
Directed by Rob Marshall, the film stars Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, John C. Reilly, Christine Baranski, Taye Diggs and Lucy Liu.
Video: 'Paul McCartney - Live Ed Sullivan Theater 1992 (New York City, New York, United States HQ RARE)'
(Thursday, December 10, 1992, approximately 9:45 p.m. EDT) — Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney tonight returned to the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City, the scene of The Beatles’ historic live American TV debut on February 9, 1964, to perform the first of two concert appearances for the new MTV series Up Close to coincide with the release of his album Off The Ground.
