Video: 'Rear Window' trailer
(Wednesday, August 18, 1954) — Dragnet, a crime drama film (based on the weekly TV series) about two homicide detectives who investigate the brutal shotgun murder of a crime syndicate member, opened today in Chicago.
Directed by Jack Webb, the film starred Webb, Ben Alexander, Richard Boone and Ann Robinson.
(Friday, August 18, 1944, 12:45 p.m. EWT; during World War II) — President Franklin Roosevelt hosted a private luncheon today with new running mate Sen. Harry Truman at the White House. Roosevelt told Truman nothing of importance, posed for photographers and made small talk (click here to watch a clip from today on “The Presidents: Truman” at 1:29:15)
(Tuesday, August 18, 1914; during World War I) — U.S. President Woodrow Wilson issued his Proclamation of Neutrality today, aimed at keeping the United States out of World War I, saying, “The United States must be neutral in fact as well as in name during these days that are to try men’s souls.”
