Video: 'Liberating Ebensee Concentration Camp | May 1945'
(Sunday, May 6, 1945; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — The Ebensee concentration camp, established to build tunnels for armaments storage near the town of Ebensee, Austria, as part of the Mauthausen network, was liberated today by American forces. Continue reading Nazi concentration camp Ebensee liberated 80 years ago today (May 6 1945)
Video: 'Almanac America's first train robbery'
(Friday, May 5, 1865, sometime after 8:00 p.m. local time; during the American Civil War) — In what’s believed to be America’s first train robbery, a band of criminals derailed a St. Louis-bound train near North Bend, Ohio tonight and proceeded to rob the passengers and loot safes on board before getting away.
Video: 'Damn Yankees (1955 Original Broadway Cast Recording)' (15 clips)
(Thursday, May 5, 1955, 7:45 p.m. EDT) — Damn Yankees, a musical based on the novel The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant by Douglass Wallop, opened tonight on Broadway at the 46th Street Theatre at 226 West 46th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York. Continue reading ‘Damn Yankees’ opens on Broadway 70 years ago this hour (May 5 1955)
Video: 'Scopes Battles the Butler Act: The Fight for Evolution Theory - Decades TV Network'
(Tuesday, May 5, 1925) — Schoolteacher John T. Scopes, 24, was charged today for violating Tennessee’s Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of evolution in Tennessee schools. Continue reading Schoolteacher John T. Scopes charged with teaching theory of evolution 100 years ago today (May 5 1925)
Video: 'The Balloon Bombs That Floated Across The Pacific'
(Saturday, May 5, 1945, approximately 10:30 a.m. PWT; part of the American Theater of World War II) — A pregnant woman and five children were killed today when a Japanese balloon bomb exploded in the remote woods of southern Oregon, marking what officials believe to be the only fatal attack on the U.S. mainland during World War II. Continue reading Japanese balloon bomb kills pregnant woman, five children in Oregon in only fatal WWII attack on U.S. mainland 80 years ago today (May 5 1945)
Video: 'Nazi concentration camp in Mauthausen, Austria. HD Stock Footage'
(Saturday, May 5, 1945, approximately 5:00 p.m. Central European Summer Time; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — The Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, a large group of German concentration camps that were built around the villages of Mauthausen and Gusen in Upper Austria, roughly 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of the city of Linz, was liberated today by American forces. Continue reading Nazi concentration camp Mauthausen-Gusen liberated 80 years ago this hour (May 5 1945)
Video: 'Reagan at Bitburg May 5 1985) (Complete)' (coverage begins at 8:30 a.m. EDT)
(Sunday, May 5, 1985, 2:51 p.m. CEST) — U.S. President Ronald Reagan presided over a wreath-laying today at the base of a brick cemetery tower looming over the graves of nearly 2,000 German soldiers, including 49 SS troops. Continue reading U.S. President Reagan sparks outrage with visit to German cemetery containing Nazi SS graves 40 years ago this hour (May 5 1985)
Video: 'WEST GERMAN SOVEREIGNTY and GERMAN FLAG HOISTED AT SHAPE'
(Thursday, May 5, 1955, 12 noon Central European Time; during the Cold War) — The Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) became a sovereign state today when the United States, France, and Great Britain end their military occupation, which had begun with the end of World War II in 1945. Continue reading West Germany becomes a fully sovereign state 70 years ago this hour (May 5 1955)
Video: 'Ken.Burns.The.Civil.War.9of9.The.Better.Angels.Of.Our.Nature' (May 4, 1865 at 24:35)
(Thursday, May 4, 1865, 1:00 p.m.; during the American Civil War) — U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was laid to rest today in his hometown of Springfield, Illinois, following a 180-city, seven-state train journey from Washington, where he had been assassinated.
Lincoln’s son Willie, who died at age 11 from typhoid fever in 1862 and had originally been buried in Washington while Lincoln was serving as president, was interred next to his father in the family plot.
(Saturday, May 4, 1985) — “Obsession” by Animotion peaked at #6 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Obsession’ by Animotion peaks at #6 in USA 40 years ago today (May 4 1985)
