Video: 'Shaping The Future - U.N. Charter Becomes Reality Aka San Francisco Conference (1945)'
(Saturday, July 28, 1945, 5:02 p.m. EWT; during World War II) — The United States Senate today ratified 89-2 the Charter of the United Nations, successor to the League of Nations Covenant which it rejected 26 years ago.
Video: 'Why Did the US Take Over Haiti in 1915?'
(Wednesday, July 28, 1915, about 4:00 p.m. EST; during the Banana Wars) — More than 300 American sailors and Marines arrived in Haiti today to restore order following the killing of Haitian President Vibrun Guillaume Sam by rebels, beginning a 19-year U.S. occupation.
Video: 'President Johnson's News Conference, 7/28/65. MP550.'
(Wednesday, July 28, 1965, 12:34 p.m. EDT; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — U.S. President Lyndon Johnson announced today that United States military strength in South Vietnam would be increased from the present 75,000 men to 125,000 “almost immediately.” Continue reading U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson orders 50,000 more men to Vietnam and doubles draft 60 years ago this hour (July 28 1965)
(Saturday, July 28, 1945) — “On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe” by Johnny Mercer (with backing vocals by The Pied Pipers) peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Best Selling Retail Records chart for seven consecutive weeks (July 28, Aug. 4/11/18/25, Sept. 1/8, 1945).
Video: 'Empire State Building Plane Crash - 1945'
(Saturday, July 28, 1945, 9:49 a.m. EWT; during World War II) — A twin-engine B-25 U.S. Army bomber, lost in a blinding fog, crashed into the 79th floor of New York’s Empire State Building this morning, killing 14 people including the three occupants of the plane and 11 persons in the building. Continue reading B-25 bomber slams into Empire State Building — 14 dead in fiery crash 80 years ago this hour (July 28 1945)
Video: 'The World at War: The Bomb: February-September 1945 (24 of 26)' (July 28, 1945, at 33:43)
(Saturday, July 28, 1945, 3:00 p.m. JST; during the Potsdam Conference of World War II) — Japanese Prime Minister Suzuki announced this afternoon that Japan would ignore the Potsdam Declaration, issued two days ago by the Allies meeting at the Potsdam Conference calling on Japan to surrender or face “prompt and utter destruction” Continue reading Tokyo ignores Allies’ surrender ultimatum 80 years ago this hour (July 28 1945)
