Monthly Archives: September 2014

Anne Frank’s family notified of deportation to the east 70 years ago today (Sep 2 1944)


Video: 'Anne Frank - The Whole Story (2001) 2/2' (Sept. 2, 1944, at 50:08-52:44)

(Saturday, September 2, 1944; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — 15-year-old diarist Anne Frank and her family were notified today that they would be deported from Holland the following day, transferred from the transit camp Westerbork to somewhere east.

George H.W. Bush shot down during bombing run 70 years ago today (Sep 2 1944)


Video: 'Bush Interview with David Frost Concerning Sept. 2, 1944'

(Saturday, September 2, 1944; during the Pacific War of World War II) — Navy pilot Lt. (jg) George Herbert Walker Bush was shot down by Japanese forces today as he completed a bombing run over the Bonin Islands. Bush was rescued by the crew of the submarine USS Finback; his two crew members, however, died.

Cheney, GOP mount vigorous assault on Kerry 10 years ago tonight (Sep 1 2004)


Video: CHENEY [2004 Republican National Convention] part 1/4

(Wednesday, September 1, 2004, evening EDT) — Declaring that the nation’s fundamental security was at stake in the presidential election, Vice President Dick Cheney said tonight that Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry had repeatedly “made the wrong call” on critical foreign policy challenges and failed to appreciate the severity of the threat the nation faced after the Sept. 11 attacks. Continue reading Cheney, GOP mount vigorous assault on Kerry 10 years ago tonight (Sep 1 2004)

400+ people killed in Great Hinckley Fire 120 years ago this hour (Sep 1 1894)


Video: 'Weather History: The Great Hinckley Fire of 1894'

(Saturday, September 1, 1894, 3:00 p.m. CDT) — The Great Hinckley Fire destroyed Hinckley, Minnesota, and five other communities today, killing more than 400 people including Thomas P. “Boston” Corbett, the Union soldier who killed Abraham Lincoln’s assassin John Wilkes Booth.

‘Arsenic and Old Lace’ premieres in New York City 70 years ago today (Sep 1 1944)


Video: 'Arsenic and Old Lace' (trailer)

(Friday, September 1, 1944)Arsenic and Old Lace, a dark comedy film about a young man who is about to be married and discovers the two aunts who raised him have been poisoning lonely old men, premiered today at the Strand in New York City.

Directed by Frank Capra, the film starred Cary Grant.