Video: 'The Beatles - Help! Movie 1965 1080p BluRay HD' (May 3-5, 1965, at 48:19-58:33)
(Monday, May 3, 1965) — The Beatles began a three-day location shoot today for the military scenes in their second feature film Help! on Salisbury Plain at Knighton Down in Larkhill, Wiltshire. Continue reading The Beatles begin three-day Salisbury Plain shoot for ‘Help!’ film 60 years ago today (May 3 1965)
Video: 'Ken.Burns.The.Civil.War.9of9.The.Better.Angels.Of.Our.Nature' May 3, 1865 at 23:22)
(Wednesday, May 3, 1865, 9:00 a.m. local time; during the American Civil War) — The remains U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, fatally shot on the evening of Apr. 14, 1865, and his deceased son, William Wallace Lincoln, arrived today in Lincoln’s hometown of Springfield, Illinois, for public viewing at the Old State House, concluding a 1,654 mile train journey from Washington for final burial.
Video: 'The Perelman School of Medicine: First'
(Friday, May 3, 1765) — The first school of medicine in the American colonies, the Medical School of the College of Philadelphia (now the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania), was founded today.
Video: 'Manila And Rangoon - Japanese Surrender (1945)' (Rangoon surrender at 0:51)
(Sunday, May 3, 1945, 4:00 p.m. Burma Standard Time; part of the Pacific Theatre of World War II) — Allied forces recaptured Rangoon (Yangon) in Burma from the Japanese today.
Video: 'The Concentration Camp That Scared Even The Nazis: Jasenovac Concentration Camp'
(early May 1945; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — The main camp of the extermination camp Jasenovac, established in Slavonia by the authorities of the German puppet Independent State of Croatia (NDH), was fully liberated today by Yugoslav Partisans. Continue reading Fascist extermination camp Jasenovac fully liberated 80 years ago around this date (May 2 1945)
Video: 'Good Housekeeping - April, 1891'
(Saturday, May 2, 1885) — Good Housekeeping, a magazine featuring articles about women’s interests, product testing, recipes, diet, health as well as literature, was first published today in Holyoke, Massachusetts.
Video: 'The Liberation of The Wöbbelin Concentration Camp - May 2, 1945'
(Wednesday, May 2, 1945, approximately 1:00-2:00 p.m. Central European Summer Time; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — The Wöbbelin concentration camp, a subcamp of the Neuengamme concentration camp near the city of Ludwigslust, Germany, was liberated today by American forces. Continue reading Nazi concentration camp Wöbbelin liberated 80 years ago this hour (May 2 1945)
Video: 'Downfall: The Battle of Berlin 1945 (Documentary)' (May 2, 1945, at 19:53)
(Wednesday, May 2, 1945, 6:00 a.m. CEST; during the Battle of Berlin on the Eastern Front during World War II) — Berlin, greatest city of the European Continent, fell today to the Russians as German General Helmuth Weidling finally surrendered with his staff and 70,000 German troops laid down their arms. Continue reading Germans surrender Berlin to Soviet forces 80 years ago this hour (May 2 1945)
Video: 'WWII Triumph and Despair' (May 1, 1945, at 24:36)
(Tuesday, May 1, 1945, 9:43 p.m. CEST; during the Battle of Berlin on the Eastern Front during World War II) — The radio station Reichssender Hamburg interrupted their normal program tonight to announce that an important broadcast would soon be made. Continue reading Germans announce Adolf Hitler is dead 80 years ago this hour (May 1 1945)
(Saturday, May 1, 1965) — “Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter” by Herman’s Hermits peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for three consecutive weeks (May 1/8/15, 1965). Continue reading ‘Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter’ by Herman’s Hermits peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago today (May 1 1965)
