Video: 'Good Night and Good Luck - McCarthy Response'
(Tuesday, April 6, 1954, 10:30 p.m. EST; during the Second Red Scare) — A month after being criticized by newsman Edward R. Murrow on CBS’ See It Now, Wisconsin Republican Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, given the chance to respond on the program, charged that Murrow had, in the past, “engaged in propaganda for Communist causes.” Continue reading Senator McCarthy replies to Murrow TV commentary 60 years ago this hour (Apr 6 1954)
Video: 'Video Analysis of Habyarimana Plane Crash'
(Wednesday, April 6, 1994, 8:26 p.m. local time) — The Hutu president of Rwanda, Juvenal Habyarimana, was killed TODAY along with the president of Burundi, Cyprien Ntaryamira, when their plane was apparently shot down near the Rwandan capital of Kigali. What followed was a 100-day genocide in Rwanda during which more than 500,000 minority Tutsis and moderate members of the Hutu majority were killed by Hutu extremists.
Video: 'ABBA - Waterloo (Eurovision Song Contest 6 April 1974 - Brighton [HQ])'
(Saturday, April 6, 1974) — Swedish pop group ABBA today won the Eurovision Song Contest held in Brighton, England, with a performance of the song “Waterloo.”
