Video: 'Another World 1964 Opening Theme'
(Monday, May 4, 1964, 3:00 p.m. EDT) — Another World, a television daytime drama set in the fictional town of Bay City, began a 35-year run this afternoon on NBC-TV.
Daily Archives: May 4, 2014
‘Gaslight’ opens in New York City 70 years ago today (May 4 1944)
Video: 'Gaslight' (trailer)
(Thursday, May 4, 1944) — Gaslight, a mystery-thriller film about a newlywed who fears she’s going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion, opened today at the Capitol in New York City.
Directed by George Cukor, the film starred Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, Dame May Whitty and Angela Lansbury.
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1924 Summer Olympics open 90 years ago today (May 4 1924)
Video: 'Abrahams and Liddell'
(Sunday, May 4, 1924) — The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, opened today in Paris, France, with 3,089 athletes participating. Competition would continue through July 27, 1924 (click here for a 16 video playlist).
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U.S. takes over construction of the Panama Canal 110 years ago today (May 4 1904)
Video: 'Building the US Panama Canal Zone 1904'
(Wednesday, May 4, 1904) — The U.S. formally took control of the Panama Canal today, inheriting from the French a depleted workforce and a vast jumble of buildings, infrastructure and equipment, much of it in poor condition.
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Grant crosses Rapidan, launching Overland Campaign 150 years ago today (May 4 1864)
Video: 'Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle of the Wilderness' (May 4, 1864, at 24:42)
(Wednesday, May 4, 1864; during the Overland Campaign, part of the American Civil War) — Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, general-in-chief of all Union armies, crossed the Rapidan River today, seeking to defeat Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia by quickly placing his forces between Lee and Richmond and inviting an open battle.
