Video: 'The Great War episode 2 Stalemate' (Dec. 25, 1914, at 51:48)
(Friday, December 25, 1914, Christmas Day; on the Western Front of the First World War) — An unofficial Christmas truce that began yesterday held today along parts of the Western Front today between British and German soldiers who, in some cases, exchanged gifts and even played soccer with each other. Continue reading Unofficial Christmas truce continues along Western Front 100 years ago today (Dec 25 1914)
Video: 'The Beatles 1964 Christmas Show Rare Interview'
(Thursday, December 24, 1964, Christmas Eve, 6:15 p.m. GMT) — Following the success of “The Beatles’ Christmas Show” in December 1963 and early 1964, manager Brian Epstein decided the group should repeat the trick with “Another Beatles Christmas Show” starting tonight (through Jan. 16, 1965) at the Hammersmith Odeon in London.
Video: 'The Great War episode 2 Stalemate' (Dec. 24, 1914, at 50:10)
(Thursday, December 24, 1914, Christmas Eve; on the Western Front of the First World War) — Impromptu Christmas truces began to take hold along parts of the Western Front today between British and German soldiers who, in some cases, exchanged gifts and even played soccer with each other.
Video: 'WW2: The Battle of the Bulge' (Dec. 24, 1944, at 31:00)
(Sunday, December 24, 1944, Christmas Eve, 12:00 noon local time; during the Battle of the Bulge on the Western Front of World War II) — Allied reconnaissance aircraft discovered the Germans had pressed ahead to within just five miles of the River Meuse, the high water mark of the German advance, but their fuel supply had run dry. Continue reading Germans reach high water mark of advance 70 years ago this hour (Dec 24 1944)
Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History - LBJ Goes to War [3/11]' (Dec. 24, 1964, at 21:15)
(Thursday, December 24, 1964, Christmas Eve, 5:45 p.m. local time; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Two Viet Cong operatives detonated a car bomb tonight underneath the Brink Hotel in Saigon, which housed United States Army officers. The explosion killed two Americans, an officer and an NCO, and injured approximately 60, including military personnel and Vietnamese civilians.
Video: 'The Beach Boys - Dance, Dance, Dance (Shindig - 1964)'
(Wednesday, December 23, 1964, 8:30 p.m. EST) — Only hours after Brian Wilson suffered a nervous breakdown on a flight from Los Angeles to Houston, The Beach Boys made their first appearance on ABC-TV’s musical variety series Shindig! tonight (taped Dec. 14, 1964), performing “Dance, Dance, Dance,” “Little Saint Nick,” “Monster Mash,” “Papa Oom Mow Mow,” “Johnny B. Goode,” and “We Three Kings of Orient Are” at ABC Studios in Los Angeles. Continue reading The Beach Boys make first appearance on ‘Shindig!’ 50 years ago this hour (Dec 23 1964)
Video: 'George Harrison - Ding, Dong, Ding Dong'
(Monday, December 23, 1974) — Three days following the conclusion of his “George Harrison & Friends North American Tour,” former Beatle George Harrison shot a 16mm color promotional clip for for his new single “Ding Dong, Ding Dong” (released today in the U.S., having been released in the UK on Dec. 6, 1974) at his Friar Park mansion near London.
Video: 'SUMMER DREAMS 1990 DVDrip' (Dec. 23, 1964, at 42:29)
(Wednesday, December 23, 1964) — Singer Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys had a nervous breakdown today on a flight between Houston and Los Angeles. It eventually led to his decision to drop from touring with the Beach Boys.
Video: 'Remembering Marvin Miller,Joseph Murray, Earl Carroll'
(Thursday, December 23, 1954, 11:15 a.m. EST) — The first successful human kidney transplant took place today at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston as a surgical team led by Dr. Joseph Murray removed a kidney from 23-year-old Ronald Herrick and implanted it in Herrick’s twin brother, Richard, who was dying of chronic nephritis.
Because the donor and recipient were identical twins, tissue rejection was not an issue. Richard Herrick lived until 1962; Ronald Herrick died in 2010.
(Saturday, December 23, 1944) — “Don’t Fence Me In” by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters was the #1 song on today’s Billboard Best Selling Retail Records chart for eight consecutive weeks (Dec. 23/30, 1944, Jan. 6/13/20/27, Feb. 3, 1945).
