Video: 'Khrushchev Secret Speech'
(Saturday, February 25, 1956) — In a sensational “Secret Speech” to the 20th Congress of the Communist Party, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev denounced Joseph Stalin today as a brutal despot, painting a graphic picture of a regime of “suspicion, fear, and terror” built up under the former dictator, who died three years ago.
Video: 'Ferdinand Marcos And Imelda Marcos Downfall Part 1
(Tuesday, February 25, 1986, 9:05 p.m. PHT; during the People Power Revolution) — Ferdinand Marcos, facing pressure from all sides to give up his rule of the Philippines, left the presidential palace in Manila tonight and traveled by helicopter to Clark Air Base where, accompanied by his wife, Imelda, he boarded an American Air Force flight for Guam (and then onto Honolulu), ending 20 years as president.
Corazon C. Aquino succeeded him, saying “a new life” had begun for her country.
Video: 'MASH - The Interview'
(Tuesday, February 24, 1976, 9:00 p.m. EDT) — War correspondent Clete Roberts interviews the members of the 4077 on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV sitcom television series M*A*S*H.
In 1997, TV Guide ranked this episode #80 on its “100 Greatest Episodes of All Time” list.
Video: 'NH Primary Vault: Jimmy Carter's stunning NH Primary win in 1976'
(Tuesday, February 24, 1976) — Former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter, a little-known Washington outsider, won the New Hampshire, first-in-the-nation presidential primary today, defeating Arizona Rep. Mo Udall 28.57% to 22.87% in the Democratic race.
In the Republican race, President Gerald Ford, seeking election to a full term after taking office upon the resignation of former President Richard Nixon in the Watergate scandal, narrowly defeated challenger former California Governor Ronald Reagan 50.06% to 48.62%.
(Saturday, February 24, 1996) — “Be My Lover” by La Bouche peaked at #6 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three weeks.
Video: 'Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 (Remastered)'
(Tuesday, February 17, 1976) — The Eagles’ Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) album became the first album in the U.S. to be certified platinum, for at least one million copies sold. The new award was conceived because high sales meant too many artists were winning gold records.
Video: 'THE ALAMO: THE REAL STORY (WILD WEST HISTORY DOCUMENTARY)' (Feb. 23, 1836, at 40:56)
(Tuesday, February 23, 1836, at approximately 2:30 p.m. local time; during the Battle of the Alamo, part of the Texas Revolution) — A Mexican force numbering in the thousands and led by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna today began a siege of the Alamo, a former Franciscan mission located near the present-day city of San Antonio.
Video: 'Trainspotting' trailer
(Friday, February 23, 1996) — Trainspotting, a British black comedy crime drama film that follows a group of heroin addicts in a late 1980s economically depressed area of Edinburgh, Scotland, and their passage through life, opened today in Britain and Ireland.
Directed by Danny Boyle, the film starred Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle and Kelly Macdonald.
(Saturday, February 22, 1986) — “How Will I Know” by Whitney Houston peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (Feb. 15/22, 1986). It was Houston’s second of 11 number one singles on the chart (1985-1995).
(Saturday, February 22, 1986) — “Life in a Northern Town” by The Dream Academy peaked at #7 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
