Video: 'JOHN DILLINGER ESCAPES FROM CROWN POINT,INDIANA WOODEN GUN'
(Saturday, March 3, 1934) — Bank robber John Dillinger escaped from the Lake County Jail in Crown Point, Indiana, today along with another prisoner, Herbert Youngblood.
Monthly Archives: March 2014
Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes, killing all 346 people on board 40 years ago this hour (Mar 3 1974)
Video: 'Plane Crash Turkish Airlines flight 981 Dc 10'
(Sunday, March 3, 1974, at around 12:30 p.m. CET) — A Turkish Airlines DC-10 crashed shortly after takeoff from Orly Airport in Paris today, killing all 346 people on board. A faulty cargo door had blown open, resulting in sudden decompression that caused part of the jetliner’s floor to collapse, severely damaging the plane’s control cables
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‘Casablanca’ wins Best Picture at 16th Academy Awards 70 years ago this hour (Mar 2 1944)
Video: '1944 16th Academy Awards Oscars Jennifer Jones Jack Warner Paul Lukas Charles Coburn Katina Paxinou'
(Thursday, March 2, 1944, 8:00 p.m. PST) — Casablanca won three Oscars today, including Outstanding Motion Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay at the 16th Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. Jennifer Jones (whose 25th birthday it was) received the Best Actress award for The Song of Bernadette while Paul Lukas won Best Actor for Watch on the Rhine. Continue reading ‘Casablanca’ wins Best Picture at 16th Academy Awards 70 years ago this hour (Mar 2 1944)
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Flack, Wonder are Grammy stars 40 years ago this hour (Mar 2 1974)
Video: '16th Grammy Awards 1973' (7 videos)
(Saturday, March 2, 1974, 10:00 p.m. EST) — Stevie Wonder, the blind young singer-songwriter who survived a near-fatal auto accident in the summer of 1973, capped his recording career tonight winning four times at the 16th Annual Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year for Innervision.
Singer Roberta Flack shared with Wonder the top honors, winning the Song of the Year category with her popular “Killing Me Softly With His Song.”
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‘This Is Spinal Tap’ opens in U.S. theaters 30 years ago today (Mar 2 1984)
Video: 'This Is Spinal Tap - Trailer - HQ'
(Friday, March 2, 1984) — This Is Spinal Tap, a rock music mockumentary about the wild personal behavior and musical pretensions of hard rock and heavy metal musical bands, opened today in the U.S. Continue reading ‘This Is Spinal Tap’ opens in U.S. theaters 30 years ago today (Mar 2 1984)
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Grammys honor Houston, ‘Aladdin’ 20 years ago this hour (Mar 1 1994)
Video: 'Whitney Houston Live " I Will Always Love You" Grammy's 1994'
(Tuesday, March 1, 1994, 8:00 p.m. EST) — Awards voters will always love Whitney Houston — at least this year.
And the magic carpet for the music to Aladdin rode high again at tonight’s 36th Annual Grammy Awards, winning five prizes. Continue reading Grammys honor Houston, ‘Aladdin’ 20 years ago this hour (Mar 1 1994)
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Shots fired from House spectators’ gallery, five members of Congress wounded 60 years ago this hour (Mar 1 1954)
Video: 'Recollections of the 1954 Shooting on the House Floor'
(Monday, March 1, 1954, 2:30 p.m. EST) — Four Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire today from the spectators’ gallery of the U.S. House of Representatives, wounding five members of Congress.
