Video: '(2/5) Pacific Lost Evidence Okinawa World War II' (Yamato sunk at 6:23)
(Saturday, April 7, 1945, 12:41-2:23 p.m. JST; during the Battle of Okinawa, part of the Pacific Theatre of World War II) — American planes today intercepted and effectively destroyed a Japanese fleet, which included the battleship Yamato, that was headed to Okinawa on a suicide mission. Continue reading Japanese battleship Yamato sunk by Allied forces 70 years ago this hour (Apr 7 1945)
Video: 'Intelsat I -- "Early Bird" Communications Satellite'
(Tuesday, April 6, 1965, 23:47:50 UTC) — The United States launched Intelsat I, also known as the “Early Bird” communications satellite, from Cape Kennedy tonight into geosynchronous orbit.
Video: 'Beatles Win Caroline Award (1965)'
(Tuesday, April 6, 1965) — Television talk show host Simon Dee presented The Beatles with a Bell Award from pirate station Radio Caroline today at Twickenham Film Studios in England during a shooting break for the group’s second feature film Help!.
Video: 'Vinil Vintage - The Beatles - Compact Disc Ep. Collections' ('Beatles for Sale' EP at 3:23)
(Tuesday, April 6, 1965) — The Beatles today released Beatles for Sale, the band’s eighth official extended play release, was released today in Britain, featuring four songs from their fourth studio album of the same title.
Video: '(2/5) Pacific Lost Evidence Okinawa World War II' (Apr. 6, 1945, at 2:57)
(Friday, April 6, 1945, 3:00 p.m. JST; during the Battle of Okinawa, part of the Pacific Theatre of World War II) — Starting today (through the end of the battle on June 22, 1945), the Japanese flew 1,465 kamikaze aircraft in large-scale attacks from Kyushu, 185 individual kamikaze sorties from Kyushu, and 250 individual kamikaze sorties from Formosa. Continue reading Japanese launch kamikaze attacks on Americans off Okinawa 70 years ago today (Apr 6 1945)
Video: 'Ken Burns - The Civil War: Episode 8 - War Is All Hell (1865) | Ken Burns Documentary' (Apr. 6, 1865, 47:54)
(Thursday, April 6, 1865; during the Appomattox Campaign of the American Civil War) — Union cavalry and infantry inflicted 6,000 casualties on the armies of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and captured eight generals including Lee’s own son, Custis, today in the Battle of Sailor’s Creek near Farmville, Virginia.
Lee now had fewer than 25,000 men facing 125,000 federal troops closing in from three sides.
