Video: 'Jeopardy! - 1964 Pilot'
(Monday, March 30, 1964, 11:30 a.m. EST) — The original version of the TV game show Jeopardy!, hosted by Art Fleming, premiered today on NBC, originating from the NBC headquarters in New York City’s Rockefeller Center.
Video: 'Burns and Allen: Columbia Pictures Doing Burns and Allen Story'
(Monday, March 29, 1954, 8:00 p.m. ) — Columbia is doing the Burns and Allen story and everybody wants to get into the act on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV sitcom series The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show.
This episode is listed as #56 on TV Guide‘s 1997 list of Top 100 Episodes of All Time.
Video: 'DOJ Refuses to Reopen Kent State Shootings Case'
(Friday, March 29, 1974) — Eight Ohio National Guardsmen were indicted today on federal charges stemming from the shooting deaths of four students at Kent State University. (The charges were later dismissed.)
Video: 'Vietnam The Ten Thousand Day War 10of13 The Village War DivX521 AC3 www MVGroup org' (Mar. 29, 1974, at 444:33)
(Friday, March 29, 1974, 12:35 p.m. EDT; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — U.S. President Richard Nixon said today the Americans who served in Vietnam can be proud that the “American effort … was in good conscience, honorably undertaken and honorably ended.”
Video: 'Vietnam The Ten Thousand Day War 2of13 Dien Bien Phu' (Mar. 28, 1954, at 19:46)
(Sunday, March 28, 1954; during the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, part of the First Indochina War) — Artillery has closed the French airstrip at Dien Bien Phu by today. While the base was now isolated, the French still fought on.
(Tuesday, March 28, 1944, 1:10 p.m. EWT; during World War II) — U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 62, was referred to Dr. Howard Bruenn, a cardiologist at Bethesda Naval Hospital who, today diagnosed hypertensive heart disease during an examination at Bethesda Naval Hospital (click here to watch video about today’s examination, starting at 3:35:01).
Video: 'Magnitude 9.2: The 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake'
(Good Friday, March 27, 1964, 5:36 p.m. AST) — Alaska was hit by a magnitude 9.2 earthquake (the strongest on record in North America) and tsunamis that together claimed about 130 lives. Continue reading Strongest earthquake in North American history strikes Alaska 50 years ago this hour (Mar 27 1964)
Video: 'Barbra streisand Broadway Funny Girl'
(Thursday, March 26, 1964) — Funny Girl, a musical based on the life and career of Broadway, film star and comedienne Fanny Brice and her stormy relationship with entrepreneur and gambler Nick Arnstein, opened today on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre, starring Barbra Streisand.
Video: '26th (1954) Oscars'
(Thursday, March 25, 1954, 8:00 p.m. PST) — From Here to Eternity, a drama film about a British family that survives war and changing times, won three Oscars tonight at the 26th Academy Awards, including Best Motion Picture and Fred Zinnemann for Best Director. Continue reading ‘From Here to Eternity’ wins Best Motion Picture at 26th Academy Awards 60 years ago this hour (Mar 25 1954)
Video: 'Dutchman--Amiri Baraka'
(Tuesday, March 24, 1964) — Dutchman, a racial drama by LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka), opened today in Greenwich Village, New York.
