Video: 'Dietrich Bonhoeffer: The Cost of Discipleship'
(Monday, April 9, 1945, at dawn CEST; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — German pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 39, was executed by hanging today by the Nazis at the Flossenburg concentration camp for allegedly being associated with the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler
Video: '1975 Oscars' (25 videos)
(Tuesday, April 8, 1975, 7:00 p.m.-9:50 p.m. PDT) — The Godfather Part II, an American musical about a phonetics instructor who bets that he can pass a street urchin off as a lady, won eight Oscars tonight at the 47th Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Francis Ford Coppola for Best Director. Continue reading ‘The Godfather Part II’ wins Best Picture at 47th Academy Awards 40 years ago this hour (Apr 8 1975)
Video: 'Ken Burns - The Civil War: Episode 8 - War Is All Hell (1865) | Ken Burns Documentary' (Apr. 8, 1865, 50:04)
(Saturday, April 8, 1865; during the Appomattox Campaign of the American Civil War) — Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and his weary lieutenants gathered around a campfire tonight near the little village of Appomattox Courthouse and found themselves almost entirely surrounded, outnumbered nearly five to one and without hope of resupply or reinforcement.
Earlier in the day, forces under Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant had again flanked Lee’s army, capturing two train loads of supplies today.
Video: 'John Lennon Stand By Me @ OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST 1975 (HQ)'
(Tuesday, April 8, 1975) — Former Beatle John Lennon performed live vocal versions of “Stand By Me” and “Slippin And Slidin” today at The Record Plant East in New York City for the Apr. 18, 1975, edition of the BBC2’s Old Grey Whistle Test program to promote his latest album Rock ‘N’ Roll. Continue reading John Lennon performs two songs for ‘Old Grey Whistle Test’ 40 years ago today (Apr 8 1975)
Video: 'JOHN LENNON AT THE TOMORROW SHOW'
(Tuesday, April 8, 1975) — Former Beatle John Lennon was interviewed by Tom Snyder today in New York City for the Apr. 28, 1975, edition of NBC’s Tomorrow program to promote his latest album Rock ‘N’ Roll.
Video: 'American Experience - FDR (Franklin Roosevelt) - Part 1/2 (PBS Documentary' (Apr. 8, 1945, at 2:09:58)
(Sunday, April 8, 1945; during World War II) — First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, in Hyde Park, New York, today wrote a letter to her husband, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was recuperating from exhaustion in Warm Springs, Georgia: “I am so glad you are gaining. You sounded cheerful for the first time last night, and I hope you weigh 170 pounds when you return. Devotedly, E.R.”
Video: 'WPA (Works Progress Administration) - 1937'
(Monday, April 8, 1935; during the Great Depression) — U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt today signed the Emergency Relief Appropriations Act, which provided money for programs such as the Works Progress Administration.
Video: 'Ken Burns - The Civil War: Episode 8 - War Is All Hell (1865) | Ken Burns Documentary' (Apr. 4, 1865, 45:57)
(Saturday, April 8, 1865; during the Appomattox Campaign of the American Civil War) — U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and First Lady Mary Lincoln took a drive together today past a country cemetery on the outskirts of Petersburg, Virginia.
