Video: 'Madonna The Virgin Tour Seattle's Paramount Theatre'
(Wednesday, April 10, 1985) — Singer Madonna launched “The Virgin Tour”, her first major U.S. tour, with a concert tonight at the Paramount Theater in Seattle.
Video: 'Madonna The Virgin Tour Seattle's Paramount Theatre'
(Wednesday, April 10, 1985) — Singer Madonna launched “The Virgin Tour”, her first major U.S. tour, with a concert tonight at the Paramount Theater in Seattle.
Video: 'Gerald Ford-Address on U.S. Foreign Policy (April 10, 1975)'
(Thursday, April 10, 1975, 9:00 p.m. EDT; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and Cold War) — U.S. President Gerald Ford appealed to Congress tonight to approve “without delay” nearly a billion dollars in military and humanitarian aid for Saigon to give South Vietnam a chance to “save itself” as a country and make possible a large-scale evacuation of Americans and South Vietnamese “should the worst come to pass” (click here to watch the complete speech).
Video: 'Rosemary Clooney "Mambo Italiano" on The Ed Sullivan Show'
(Sunday, April 10, 1955, 8 p.m. EST) — Rosemary Clooney performed “Mambo Italiano” on tonight’s live edition of the CBS-TV variety show The Ed Sullivan Show.
Video: 'Ken Burns - The Civil War: Episode 8 - War Is All Hell (1865) | Ken Burns Documentary' (Apr. 10, 1865, 1:03:08)
(Monday, April 10, 1865, 5:00 p.m.; during the American Civil War) — In Washington, fireworks filled the sky tonight in celebration of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox yesterday. A great crowd gathered around the White House called for President Abraham Lincoln, but he was too weary to make a formal speech. Continue reading Washington celebrates Lee’s surrender, but Lincoln too weary to deliver formal speech 150 years ago this hour (Apr 10 1865)
(Saturday, April 10, 1965) — “I’m Telling You Now” by Freddie and the Dreamers peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks (Apr. 10/17, 1965).
(Saturday, April 10, 1965) — “Nowhere to Run” by Martha and the Vandellas peaked at #8 on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. This version was ranked #358 on Rolling Stone‘s list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.” Continue reading ‘Nowhere to Run’ by Martha and the Vandellas peaks at #8 in USA 50 years ago today (Apr 10 1965)
(Saturday, April 10, 1965) — “Do You Wanna Dance?” by The Beach Boys peaked at #12 on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
Video: 'The Great Gatsby Audiobook' (8 videos)
(Friday, April 10, 1925) — The novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Jazz Age evocation of empty materialism, shattered illusion and thwarted romance, was first published today by Scribner’s of New York.
Video: 'Ken Burns - The Civil War: Episode 8 - War Is All Hell (1865) | Ken Burns Documentary' (Apr. 10, 1865, 1:03:32)
(Monday, April 10, 1865; during the American Civil War) — U.S. President Abraham Lincoln walked over to the Alexander Gardner studio today at the corner of 7th and D Streets in Washington to sit for another portrait. Somehow, the glass plate negative cracked while being developed. The photographer made a single print then threw the negative away.
Video: 'robert e. lee farewell address'
(Monday, April 10, 1865; during the American Civil War) — Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, a day after surrendering the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House, said farewell to his men today, praising them for their “unsurpassed courage and fortitude.”