Video: 'How did Florida Become a State? | Statehood'
(Monday, March 3, 1845) — Florida today became the 27th state of the United States of America. Its first governor was William Dunn Moseley. Continue reading Florida becomes 27th state 180 years ago today (Mar 3 1845)
Video: 'Liberation: Battle of Manila' (Mar. 3, 1945, at 9:05)
(Saturday, March 3, 1945; during the Battle of Manila, part of the Philippines Campaign (1944–45) in the Pacific Theatre of World War II) — The Battle of Manila, the Allied campaign to liberate the capital city of the Philippines from the Japanese, ended today with the liberation of the Finance Building. Continue reading Allies secure Manila from Japanese forces 80 years ago today (Mar 3 1945)
Video: 'Medicine Jar (Remastered 2014)'
(Sunday, March 2, 1975, McCartney departs studio at 11:30 p.m. PDT) — Former Beatle Paul McCartney and his British-American band Wings completed recording “Medicine Jar” (written and sung by Wings member Jimmy McCulloch and English blues drummer and songwriter Colin Allen) for the group’s next studio album Venus and Mars today at Wally Heider Recording, Studio 3 in Los Angeles. Continue reading Paul McCartney & Wings complete recording of ‘Medicine Jar’ in Los Angeles 50 years ago this hour (Mar 2 1975)
Video: 'The Sound of Music' (trailer)
(Tuesday, March 2, 1965, 8:00 p.m. EST) — The Sound of Music, the movie version of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Broadway musical about a who woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children of a Naval officer widower, premiered today at New York’s Rivoli Theater. Continue reading ‘The Sound of Music’ premieres in New York 60 years ago this hour (Mar 2 1965)
Video: 'Civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin honored for bus protest'
(Wednesday, March 2, 1955, approximately 2:30 p.m. CST; during the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68)) — Nine months before Rosa Parks’ famous act of defiance, Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old black high school student in Montgomery, Alabama, was arrested today after refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white passenger.
(Sunday, March 2, 1975, 11:30 a.m. PDT) — A 25-year-old motel guest “went berserk” today, unleashing a deadly shooting spree that left five people dead and one injured in the quiet Northern California fishing village of Smith River before being arrested hours later in Oregon. Continue reading ‘Berserk’ gunman kills five people at California coastal resort motel near Oregon border 50 years ago this hour (Mar 2 1975)
(Saturday, March 2, 1985) — “Sugar Walls” by Sheena Easton peaked at #9 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Sugar Walls’ by Sheena Easton peaks at #9 in USA 40 years ago today (Mar 2 1985)
(Saturday, March 2, 1985) — “The Old Man Down the Road” by John Fogerty peaked at #10 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History (Ep-4) LBJ Goes to War (1964-1965)' (Mar. 2, 1965, at 28:18)
(Tuesday, March 2, 1965, 3:45 p.m. ICT; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Operation Rolling Thunder, a gradual and sustained aerial bombardment campaign, began today as more than 100 U.S. jet aircraft bombed a North Vietnamese munitions depot and also provided air cover for 60 South Vietnamese bombers striking at a Communist naval base. Continue reading Operation Rolling Thunder against North Vietnam begins 60 years ago this hour (Mar 2 1965)
Video: 'USA president Ronald Reagan praising taliban, they are moral equal to our founding fathers.'
(Friday, March 1, 1985, 9:35 p.m. EST) — U.S. President Ronald Reagan said tonight that the rebels seeking to overthrow the Nicaraguan Government were the “moral equal of our Founding Fathers.” Continue reading President Reagan terms Nicaraguan rebels ‘moral equal of founding fathers’ 40 years ago this hour (Mar 1 1985)
