Monthly Archives: November 2014

Volkssturm Nazi militia sworn-in 70 years ago this hour (Nov 12 1944)


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(Sunday, November 12, 1944, 4:00 p.m. local time; during World War II) — Large numbers of the Volkssturm Nazi militia, which conscripted males between the ages of 13 to 60 years who were not already serving in some military unit as part of a German Home Guard, were sworn-in today in Berlin and throughout Germany.

‘Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman’ TV documentary series debuts 50 years ago this hour (Nov 10 1964)


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(Tuesday, November 10, 1964, 7:30 p.m. EST)Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman, a syndicated television documentary memoir series on the former U.S. president, debuted tonight WHDH-TV (Channel 5), the CBS affiliate in Boston, pre-empting World War I.

200,000 welcome Roosevelt in rain to Capital ‘home’ 70 years ago this hour (Nov 10 1944)


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(Friday, November 10, 1944, 9:00 a.m. EWT; during the 1944 presidential campaign) — U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who won an unprecedented fourth term of office three days ago, returned victoriously to Washington today to be greeted by an enthusiastic crowd of many thousands which stood in the pouring rain for at least a half hour to welcome home “the Chief.” Continue reading 200,000 welcome Roosevelt in rain to Capital ‘home’ 70 years ago this hour (Nov 10 1944)

‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ opens nationwide in U.S. theaters 30 years ago today (Nov 9 1984)


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(Friday, November 9, 1984)A Nightmare on Elm Street, a supernatural slasher horror film about a group of teenagers who are terrorized by “Freddy Krueger,” an evil being from another world who gets to his victims by entering their dreams and killing them, opened nationwide today in U.S. theaters.

Directed by Wes Craven, the film starred John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Heather Langenkamp, Amanda Wyss, Nick Corri, Johnny Depp and Robert Englund.

Lord Lucan murders children’s nanny, attacks wife then disappears 40 years ago this hour (Nov 7 1974)


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(Thursday, November 7, 1974, at about 8:55 p.m. GMT) — British peer Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, disappeared today after his children’s nanny, Sandra Rivett, was bludgeoned to death at his family’s London home; he has not been seen since. Lady Lucan was also attacked; she later identified Lucan as her assailant.