Video: 'Don't Drink the Water' trailer
(Sunday, December 18, 1994, 9:00 p.m. EST) — Don’t Drink the Water, a television film remake comedy about a family of American tourists that gets trapped behind the Iron Curtain, premiered tonight on ABC. Continue reading Woody Allen’s ‘Don’t Drink the Water’ comedy film premieres on ABC-TV 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 18 1994)
Video: 'Another Beatles Christmas Record (1964)'
(Friday, December 18, 1964) — The Beatles today released “Another Beatles Christmas Record,” a spoken and musical message by the English rock group released on flexi disc to members of their official fan-clubs in the United Kingdom. Continue reading The Beatles issue annual Christmas disc to UK fan club members 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 18 1964)
Video: 'Japanese Internment during WW II' (Dec. 18, 1944 at 8:18)
(Monday, December 18, 1944; during the Internment of Japanese Americans of World War II) — The constitutionality of the wartime regulations under which American citizens of Japanese ancestry were evacuated from Pacific Coast areas in 1942 was upheld by a vote of 6 to 3 in the Supreme Court today, but in another decision the court ruled unanimously that Japanese-Americans of unquestioned loyalty to the United States could not be detained in war relocation centers. Continue reading U.S. Supreme Court upholds World War II Japanese American detention but rules loyal citizens must be released 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 18 1944)
