Video: 'Gunsmoke S20 E24 The Sharecroppers'
(Monday, March 31, 1975, 8:00 p.m. EST) — A comedy of errors puts Festus behind a plow, farming for a family of shiftless sharecroppers as the television Western drama series Gunsmoke closed out 20 seasons on CBS with its final first-run episode, “The Sharecroppers.”
Video: 'J.Pacific Lost Evidence Okinawa World War II' (5 videos; Apr. 1, 1945, at 7:34 during first video)
(Easter Sunday, April 1, 1945, 8:15 a.m. JST; during the Battle of Okinawa, part of the Pacific Theatre of World War II) — The U.S. Tenth Army this morning launched the amphibious invasion of Okinawa, main island of the Ryukyus, 362 miles from the Japanese home islands. Continue reading American forces launch amphibious invasion of Okinawa 70 years ago this hour (Apr 1 1945)
Video: 'Selena Famous Crime Scene' (4 videos)
(Monday, March 31, 1995, 11:48 a.m. CST) — Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez, 23, was shot to death today in Corpus Christi, Texas, by the founder of her fan club, Yolanda Saldivar, who was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.
(Thursday, March 31, 2005, 9:00 a.m. EST) — Terri Schiavo, 41, died today at a hospice in Pinellas Park, Florida, 13 days after her feeding tube was removed in a wrenching right-to-die dispute.
Video: '1955 Oscars' (17 videos)
(Wednesday, March 30, 1955, 7:30-9:18 p.m. PST) — On the Waterfront, a crime drama film about union violence and corruption amongst longshoremen, won eight Oscars tonight at the 27th Academy Awards, including Best Motion Picture, Elia Kazan for Best Director and Marlon Brando for Best Actor. Continue reading ‘On the Waterfront’ wins Best Motion Picture at 27th Academy Awards 60 years ago this hour (Mar 30 1955)
Video: 'James Ruppert Archive Video: The Easter Sunday Massacre'
(Easter Sunday, March 30, 1975, at around 4:00 p.m. EDT) — James Ruppert, 41, killed 11 members of his family today at his mother’s home in Hamilton, Ohio.
Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Episode 11' (Mar. 30, 1975, at 31:50)
(Easter Sunday, March 30, 1975; during the The Hue–Da Nang Campaign of the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and Cold War) — A speedy North Vietnamese force moved into chaotic Da Nang today, sweeping across the vast air base where the first U.S. ground forces had landed in 1965.
Video: 'American Experience - FDR (Franklin Roosevelt) - Part 1/2 (PBS Documentary' (Mar. 30, 1945, at 2:08:24)
(Good Friday, March 30, 1945; during World War II) — U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrived in Warm Springs, Georgia, today suffering from exhaustion.
The great push to end the war was on, and Roosevelt needed to recuperate to lead it and take part in the momentous events afterward. Total rest was his doctor’s recommendation, and for several days he followed the instructions.
(Good Friday, March 30, 1945; on the Eastern Front of World War II) — The Red Army today surged across the Austrian frontier north of the Hungarian border town of Koeszeg, 52 miles south of Vienna, to make Austria, the last nation still dominated by Hitlerite Germany, a battleground.
Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History - LBJ Goes to War [3/11]' (Mar. 30, 1965, at 32:41)
(Tuesday, March 30, 1965, 10:55 a.m. ICT; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — A huge bomb exploded at the United States Embassy today in Saigon, South Vietnam, killing two Americans, one female CIA employee, Barbara Robbins and another American, as well as 19 Vietnamese and one Filipino serving in the U.S. Navy along with injuring 183 others.
