Monthly Archives: March 2016

First successful trans-Atlantic radio-telephone conversations take place 90 years ago this hour (Mar 7 1926)

1920s

(Sunday, March 7, 1926, 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. EST/1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. GMT) — For the first time, extended and successful conversations were held by telephone between New York and London this morning at a demonstration of progress in the transatlantic radio telephone by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, the Radio Corporation of America and the British General Post Office.

Hitler sends German troops into Rhineland in violation of Versailles 80 years ago this hour (Mar 7 1936)

1930s


Video: 'The March On The Rhine Aka Germans March Into The Rhineland (0)'

(Saturday, March 7, 1936, not long after dawn CET) — The Remilitarization of the Rhineland took place today when Adolf Hitler sent German forces into the Rhineland in violation of the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact. Continue reading Hitler sends German troops into Rhineland in violation of Versailles 80 years ago this hour (Mar 7 1936) →

‘Love Machine’ by The Miracles peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago today (Mar 6 1976)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s

(Saturday, March 6, 1976) — “Love Machine” by The Miracles peaked at #2 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. It was the group’s second of two number one hits on the chart (1970-1976). Continue reading ‘Love Machine’ by The Miracles peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago today (Mar 6 1976) →

France recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state 70 years ago today (Mar 6 1946)

1940s


Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Episode 1' (Mar. 1946, at 27:55)

(Wednesday, March 6, 1946; during War in Vietnam (1945–46)) — Ho Chi Minh signed the Ho–Sainteny agreement today with France which recognized Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union and permitted France to continue stationing troops in North Vietnam until 1951.

The priority for Ho at this time was the removal of 150,000 Chinese Nationalists who had been occupying (and looting) northern Vietnam since the end of World War II and was threatening to stay indefinitely.

The Alamo falls to Mexican forces 180 years ago this hour (Mar 6 1836)

1830s


Video: 'THE ALAMO: THE REAL STORY (WILD WEST HISTORY DOCUMENTARY)' (Mar 1, 1836, at 53:01)

(Sunday, March 6, 1836, at approximately 5:00 a.m. local time; during the Battle of the Alamo, part of the Texas Revolution) — The Alamo, a former Franciscan mission located near the present-day city of San Antonio, Texas, fell today to Mexican forces after a 13-day siege; 185–260 Texan settler soldiers had died in a struggle with approximately 1,800 Mexican soldiers.

‘Mutiny on the Bounty’ wins Outstanding Production at 8th Academy Awards 80 years ago this hour (Mar 5 1936)

1930s, movies 1930s


Video: 'Mutiny on the Bounty wins the 1935 Academy Award for Best-Pic ,.mpg'

(Thursday, March 5, 1936, 8:00-10:12 p.m. PST) — Mutiny on the Bounty, a drama film about the sadistic Captain Bligh, who drove his men to revolt during a South Seas expedition, won Outstanding Production tonight at the 8th Academy Awards. Continue reading ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’ wins Outstanding Production at 8th Academy Awards 80 years ago this hour (Mar 5 1936) →

‘Crash’ walks away with top prize at Oscars 10 years ago this hour (Mar 5 2006)

2000s, movies 2000s, Television 2000s


Video: '2006 Oscars' (27 videos)

(Sunday, March 5, 2006, 8:00 p.m. EST) — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences named Crash the best film of the year tonight during the 78th Academy Awards at Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, turning its back on Brokeback Mountain, a film about the love affair between two gay men, which had dominated virtually every other movie award in the run-up to the Oscars. Continue reading ‘Crash’ walks away with top prize at Oscars 10 years ago this hour (Mar 5 2006) →