Video: 'The Girl From Ipanema by Astrud Gilberto'
(Tuesday, April 13, 1965, evening PST) — Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz won Record of the Year for “The Girl from Ipanema” at the 7th Annual Grammy Awards tonight, held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Continue reading Gilberto, Getz win ‘Record of the Year,’ The Beatles ‘Best New Artist’ at Grammys 50 years ago tonight (Apr 13 1965)
(Saturday, April 13, 1985) — “We Are the World” by USA for Africa, a song and charity single for African famine relief featuring 45 of the most famous artists in the music industry, peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for four consecutive weeks (Apr. 13/20/27, May 4, 1985).
(Saturday, April 13, 1985) — “Missing You” by Diana Ross peaked at #10 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. It was her twelfth of 12 top ten hits on the chart since leaving The Supremes in 1970 (1970-1985).
Video: 'Help ! (take 1,2,3,5,8&9) - The Beatles Rare Takes'
(Tuesday, April 13, 1965, 7:00-11:15 p.m. GMT) — The Beatles continued production of their fifth album Help! at EMI Studio 2 in London, recording “Help!”, the title song to their next feature film, album and single. Continue reading The Beatles record ‘Help!’ 50 years ago this hour (Apr 13 1965)
(Tuesday, March 13, 1965; during the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68)) — 16-year-old Lawrence Wallace Bradford Jr. was appointed today by New York Republican Jacob Javits to be the first black page of the U.S. Senate.
Video: 'WW2: Gardelegen Massacre "Murder Inc" | Civilians, Osterath | Allied Bombing in Hof, Germany (1945)'
(Friday, April 13, 1945; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — German SS and Luftwaffe troops forced 1,016 slave laborers (who were part of a transport evacuated from the Mittelbau-Dora labor camp) into a large barn on the Isenschnibbe estate near the northern German town of Gardelegen, which was then lit on fire.
Most of the prisoners were burned alive; some were shot trying to escape. Continue reading Nazis kill 1,016 slave laborers in Gardelegen massacre 70 years ago today (Apr 13 1945)
Video: 'Funeral Of President Roosevelt (1945)' (Apr. 13, 1945, at 0:34-1:39)
(Friday, April 13, 1945, 10:13 a.m. CWT/11:13 a.m. EWT; during World War II) — A train carrying the body of President Franklin D. Roosevelt for a memorial tomorrow in Washington departed Warm Springs, Georgia, today, one day after the president’s death by a massive cerebral hemorrhage (stroke). Continue reading Roosevelt departs Warm Springs for the final time 70 years ago this hour (Apr 13 1945)
(Friday, April 13, 1945; during World War II) — President Harry S. Truman arrived at the White House today to begin his first day in office (having succeeded to the presidency the day before upon the death of Franklin Roosevelt), telling reporters: “Boys, if you ever pray, pray for me now…When they told me yesterday what happened, I felt like the moon, the stars, and all the planets had fallen on me” (click here to watch a clip of Apr. 13, 1945, from “American Experience: Truman” at 1:32:16).
