(Saturday, April 3, 1965) — “I Can’t Explain” by The Who peaked at #93 on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for one week. It was the group’s first appearance on the chart.
Monthly Archives: April 2015
Union forces occupy Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia 150 years ago this hour (Apr 3 1865)
Video: 'Ken Burns - The Civil War: Episode 8 - War Is All Hell (1865) | Ken Burns Documentary' (Apr. 3, 1865, 41:16-42:44)
(Monday, April 3, 1865, 8:15 a.m. local time; during the Appomattox Campaign of the American Civil War) — Union General Godfrey Weitzel formally accepted the surrender of Richmond today. After four years of repeated threats from the enemy, the Confederate capital has finally fallen to Federal troops.
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Confederate government evacuates Richmond 150 years ago this hour (Apr 2 1865)
Video: 'Ken Burns - The Civil War: Episode 8 - War Is All Hell (1865) | Ken Burns Documentary' (Apr. 2, 1865, 38:43)
(Sunday, April 2, 1865, 11:00 p.m. local time; immediately following the Third Battle of Petersburg, part of the Appomattox Campaign of the American Civil War) — While attending church in Richmond, Virginia, Confederate President Jefferson Davis received a message from General Robert E. Lee telling him that he will have to evacuate the Confederate capital immediately because the Confederate troops are being forced to abandon the defense of Petersburg because of advancing Union forces.
Davis quietly left the church and in the evening, he and several members of his cabinet boarded a special train bound for Danville, Virginia.
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Siege of Petersburg is broken, Confederate General Hill killed 150 years ago today (Apr 2 1865)
Video: 'Ken Burns - The Civil War: Episode 8 - War Is All Hell (1865) | Ken Burns Documentary' (Apr. 2, 1865, 36:53)
(Sunday, April 2, 1865; during the Third Battle of Petersburg, part of the Appomattox Campaign of the American Civil War) — The Union Army launched an assault on Confederate trenches and fortifications in Petersburg, Virginia, today, exposing or cutting the Confederate right flank, rear and remaining supply lines.
Confederate defenders were reduced by over 10,000 men killed, wounded, taken prisoner or in flight. Confederate Lieutenant General A.P. Hill was killed in the fighting.
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Thieu meets with American officials, pleads for help 40 years ago today (Apr 2 1975)
Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Episode 11' (Apr. 2, 1975, at 34:10)
(Wednesday, April 2, 1975; during the The Hue–Da Nang Campaign of the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and Cold War) — South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu, still believing that America would not abandon him, met today with U.S. Ambassador Graham Martin and President Gerald Ford’s special envoy, General Frederick Weyand, who promised to recommend more aid.
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‘Underground’ released in Yugoslavia 20 years ago today (Apr 1 1995)
Video: 'Underground' trailer
(Saturday, April 1, 1995) — Underground, a European black comedy film about an underground weapons manufacturer in Belgrade during World War II, was released today in Yugoslavia.
Directed by Emir Kusturica, the film starred Miki Manojlovic, Lazar Ristovski, Mirjana Jokovic and Slavko Stimac.
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Roosevelt attends Easter services in Warm Springs 70 years ago today (Apr 1 1945)
Video: 'American Experience - FDR (Franklin Roosevelt) - Part 1/2 (PBS Documentary' (Apr. 1, 1945, at 2:08:59)
(Easter Sunday, April 1, 1945; during World War II) — U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt attended Easter services today in Warm Springs, Georgia, with a noticeable tremor in his movements. He dropped his prayer book and glasses during the service.
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Pickett’s troops crushed in Battle of Five Forks, Virginia 150 years ago today (Apr 2 1865)
Video: 'Ken Burns - The Civil War: Episode 8 - War Is All Hell (1865) | Ken Burns Documentary' (Apr. 1, 1865, 36:41)
(Saturday, April 1, 1865; during the Appomattox Campaign of the American Civil War) — Union forces led by Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan routed Confederate soldiers under the command of Maj. Gen. George Pickett today in the Battle of Five Forks in Virginia.
The Union force inflicted over 1,000 casualties on the Confederates and took between 2,400 and 4,000 prisoners while seizing Five Forks, the key to control of the South Side Railroad (sometimes shown as Southside Railroad), a vital Confederate supply line to, and retreat line from, Petersburg.
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Lon Nol resigns, flees into exile as Khmer Rouge 40 years ago this hour (Apr 1 1975)
Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History - Cambodia and Laos [8/11]' (Apr. 1, 1975, at 49:25)
(Tuesday, April 1, 1975, about noon ICT; during the Cambodian Civil War, part of the Vietnam War, Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — With Khmer Rouge guerrillas closing in, Cambodian President Lon Nol resigned and departed Pochentong International Airport west of Phnom Penh into exile, spending the rest of his life in the United States.
