Daily Archives: April 15, 2014

Anne Frank, still in hiding, receives her first kiss 70 years ago this hour (Apr 15 1944)

1940s, The Holocaust, World War II


Video: 'Anne Frank - The Whole Story (2001) 2/2' (Apr. 15, 1944, at 19:56)

(Saturday, April 15, 1944, 9:30 p.m. local time; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — On Anne Frank’s 650th day in hiding in a secret apartment behind her father’s business in German-occupied Amsterdam, the 14-year-old girl received her first kiss while on a “date” with Peter van Pels.

Kidnap victim Patricia Hearst participates in bank robbery 40 years ago this hour (Apr 15 1974)

1970s


Video: 'Symbionese Liberation Army'

(Monday, April 15, 1974, shortly after 9:00 a.m. PDT) — Members of the Symbionese Liberation Army, including kidnap victim Patricia Hearst, who by this time was going by the name “Tania,” held up a branch of the Hibernia Bank in San Francisco today. Hearst later said she’d been forced to participate.