Video: 'Hurricane Carol 1954'
(Tuesday, August 31, 1954) — Hurricane Carol hit the northeastern Atlantic states today. Connecticut, Rhode Island and part of Massachusetts bore the brunt of the storm, which resulted in 72 deaths.
Monthly Archives: August 2014
Eisenhower signs Atomic Energy Act of 1954 60 years ago today (Aug 30 1954)
(Monday, August 30, 1954) — U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower today signed the controversial Atomic Energy Act of 1954, which opens the door to private initiative in putting nuclear power to work.
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15,000 American troops parade down the Champs Elysees in Paris 70 years ago today (Aug 29 1944)
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(Tuesday, August 29, 1944; during the Liberation of Paris, part of Operation Overlord, World War II) — 15,000 American troops of the 28th Infantry Division marched down the Champs Elysees in Paris today as the French capital continued to celebrate its liberation from the Nazis.
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False rumor triggers Philadelphia race riot 50 years ago this hour (Aug 28 1964)
Video: 'Radio News 8-29-1964: Philadelphia Riot, Beatles, Presidential Campaign, Quebec separatists' (reference to riot at 1:53)
(Friday, August 28, 1964, 9:30 p.m. EDT) — Two days of race-related rioting erupted in North Philadelphia tonight over a false rumor that white police officers had beaten to death a pregnant black woman.
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‘Mary Poppins’ premieres at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood 50 years ago today (Aug 27 1964)
Video: 'Mary Poppins' (trailer)
(Thursday, August 27, 1964) — Mary Poppins, a musical fantasy film about a magical nanny who visits a dysfunctional family in London and employs her unique brand of lifestyle to improve the family’s dynamic, premiered today at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
Directed by Robert Stevenson, the film starred Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson and Glynis Johns.
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Humphrey accepts VP nomination at Democratic convention 50 years ago tonight (Aug 27 1964)
Video: 'Hubert H. Humphrey 1964 Vice Presidential Acceptance Speech'
(Thursday, August 27, 1964, evening EDT) — In a speech accepting the Democratic nomination for vice president at the 1964 Democratic National Convention, Senator Hubert H. Humphrey lauded President Lyndon Johnson tonight as a wise and courageous champion of all the people and called Senator Barry Goldwater an impetuous “temporary spokesman” for the Republican party.
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Khanh, 2 others join interim Saigon regime amid riots 50 years ago today (Aug 27 1964)
Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History - LBJ Goes to War [3/11]' (Aug. 27, 1964, at 26:32)
(Thursday, August 27, 1964; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — The ruling military revolutionary council elected Maj. Gen. Nguyen Khanh and two other top generals today to run South Vietnam for the next two months amid bloody new riots in Saigon.
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Democrats nominate Johnson-Humphrey ticket 130 years ago tonight (Aug 26 1964)
Video: 'Pres. Johnson Names Vice-President At Democratic Convention (1964)' (Aug. 26, 1964, at 0:00-2:48)
(Wednesday, August 26, 1964, evening EDT) — Lyndon Baines Johnson of Texas, the man who took over the presidency last Nov. 22 in the shattering hour of John F. Kennedy’s assassination, was nominated by acclamation for a term of his own tonight by the 1964 Democratic National Convention meeting at the Convention Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Continue reading Democrats nominate Johnson-Humphrey ticket 130 years ago tonight (Aug 26 1964)
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de Gaulle leads victory march in liberated Paris 70 years ago today (Aug 26 1944)
Video: 'Documentary World War 2 II in Colour The Second World War color' (de Gaulle in Paris at 1:51:45)
(Saturday, August 26, 1944; during the Liberation of Paris, part of Operation Overlord, World War II) — French Gen. Charles de Gaulle braved the threat of German snipers as he led a victory march in Paris, which had been liberated by the Allies from Nazi occupation the previous day. Continue reading de Gaulle leads victory march in liberated Paris 70 years ago today (Aug 26 1944)
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Battle of Tannenberg begins on Eastern Front 100 years ago today (Aug 26 1914)
Video: 'The Great War episode 2 Stalemate' (Aug. 26-30, 1914, at 27:10)
(Wednesday, August 26, 1914, morning local time; part of the Eastern Front of World War I) — The Battle of Tannenberg, an engagement between the Russian and the German Empires, began today near Allenstein, East Prussia (today Olsztyn, Poland), resulting in the almost complete destruction of the Russian Second Army.
