Video: 'Paul McCartney news conference Las Vegas April 1993 part 1'
(Tuesday, April 13, 1993) — Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney held a news conference today at Sam Boyd Silver Bowl in Whitney, Nevada, to promote the North America leg of his The New World Tour, which would begin the next day. Continue reading McCartney holds news conference ahead of North American leg of tour 20 years ago today (1993)
Video: 'Katyn Massacre - Russia and Poland Investigate' (Apr. 13, 1943 at 6:46)
(Tuesday, April 13, 1943; during World War II) — Radio Berlin announced today the discovery of thousands of graves of massacred Polish officers in Russia’s Katyn Forest. The Nazis blamed the estimated 22,000 killings on the Soviets, who in turn blamed the Nazis. Post-Soviet Russia has acknowledged the massacre was carried out by Josef Stalin’s much feared secret police.
(Friday, April 12, 1963, Good Friday; during the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955–68)) — Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was arrested and jailed today in Birmingham, Alabama, charged with contempt of court and parading without a permit for his part in the Birmingham campaign, a planned non-violent protest against racial segregation by Birmingham’s city government and downtown retailers.
During his time behind bars, King wrote his “Letter from Birmingham Jail”; he was released on bond on April 20.
Video: '1982 Oscar Winners'
(Monday, April 11, 1983, 9:00 p.m. EST) — Gandhi won eight Oscars tonight at the 55th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Richard Attenborough for Best Director and Ben Kingsley for Best Actor. Meryl Streep won Best Actress for Sophie’s Choice. Continue reading ‘Gandhi’ wins Best Picture at 55th Academy Awards 30 years ago this hour (1983)
(Saturday, April 11, 1953) — Oveta Culp Hobby today became the first secretary (and second female to serve in the Cabinet) of the new Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, which later became the Department of Health and Human Services.
Video: 'Dag Hammarskjöld sworn in as UN Secretary-General (1953)'
(Friday, April 10, 1953, 3:13 p.m. EST) — Dag Hammarskjold of Sweden today became the second Secretary General in the seven-and-a-half-year history of the United Nations. A few minutes later he gave his concept of the work of the United Nations: “Reconciliation and realistic construction.” Continue reading Hammarskjold takes over top UN post 60 years ago this hour (1953)
Video: 'House Of Wax' trailer
(Friday, April 10, 1953) — House Of Wax, a horror film about a vengeful sculptor who rebuilds his fire-destroyed showplace by using human victims as wax figures, premiered today at the Paramount in New York City. It was the first 3-D color feature from a major American studio.
Directed by André de Toth, the film starred Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy, Charles Bronson, Carolyn Jones and Phyllis Kirk.
Video: 'John F. Kennedy makes Winston Churchill an honorary American citizen'
(Tuesday, April 9, 1963, 3 p.m. EST) — British statesman Winston Churchill was proclaimed an honorary U.S. citizen today by President John F. Kennedy. Churchill, unable to attend, watched the proceedings live on television in his London home.
Video: 'Ebbets Field'
(Wednesday, April 9, 1913) — The first game was played today at Ebbets Field, the newly built home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, who lost to the Philadelphia Phillies, 1-0.
Video: '1962 Oscar Winners'
(Monday, April 8, 1963, 10:00 p.m. EST) — Lawrence of Arabia won seven Oscars tonight at the 35th Academy Awards, including OBest Picture, Best Director for David Lean. Gregory Peck won Best Actor for To Kill a Mockingbird and Anne Bancroft won Best Actress for The Miracle Worker. Continue reading ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ wins Best Picture at 35th Academy Awards 50 years ago this hour (1963)
