Video: 'Kurt Cobain's Death News Report from KSTW April 8, 1994'
(Friday, April 8, 1994, about 8:30 a.m. PDT) — Kurt Cobain, singer and guitarist for the grunge band Nirvana, was found dead this morning in Seattle from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. It was later determined that he had died on Apr. 5, 1994.
Video: 'IBM IBM System/360 - Revolution in Computing System [1964]'
(Tuesday, April 7, 1964) — IBM today introduced its System/360, the company’s first line of compatible mainframe computers that gave customers the option of upgrading from lower-cost models to more powerful ones.
Video: '45 85 Part 5' (Apr. 7, 1954, at 8:27)
(Wednesday, April 7, 1954; during First Indochina War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower soberly warned at a news conference today that the fall of French Indochina to the communists could create a “domino” effect in Southeast Asia. The so-called “domino theory” dominated U.S. thinking about the region for the next two decades.
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.”
Video: 'The Searchers - Needles And Pins ('64)'
(Sunday, April 5, 1964, 8 p.m. EST) — The Searchers appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show tonight, becoming the second British Invasion group to appear on the show, after The Beatles.
Video: 'Kurt Cobain - Mini Biography'
(Tuesday, April 5, 1994) — Nirvana singer-guitarist Kurt Cobain, 27, fatally shot himself today above his garage in Seattle. His body was not found for three days.
Video: 'Pocahontas-John Rolfe Wedding Re-enactment 2'
(Tuesday, April 5, 1614) — Pocahontas, Indian Chief Powhatan’s daughter, married Englishman John Rolfe today in the Virginia Colony. A convert to Christianity, Pocahontas had adopted the name “Rebecca” when she was baptized.
Video: 'ATL@CIN: Hank Aaron hits homer 714, tying Babe Ruth'
(Thursday, April 4, 1974, 2:40 p.m. EDT) — Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves tied Babe Ruth’s home-run record today by hitting his 714th round-tripper in Cincinnati.
