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Robert Kennedy places flag on summit of mountain named for his brother 50 years ago this hour (Mar 24 1965)


Video: 'A Kennedy Climbs Mr. Kennedy (1965)'

(Wednesday, March 24, 1965, 5:00 p.m. EST) — Senator Robert F. Kennedy reached the top of Mount Kennedy today and became the first person to scale the 13,900-foot peak. Continue reading Robert Kennedy places flag on summit of mountain named for his brother 50 years ago this hour (Mar 24 1965) →

The Beatles return to Twickenham to resume filming ‘Help!’ 50 years ago today (Mar 24 1965)


Video: 'The Beatles - 'You got to hide your love away' music video'

(Wednesday, March 24, 1965) — Following three weeks of filming in the Bahamas and Austria, work on The Beatles second feature film Help! resumed today at Twickenham Film Studios in England, where much of A Hard Day’s Night had been shot the previous year.

From today through Apr. 2, 1965, The Beatles filmed various parts, including interior temple, laboratory and railway station scenes.

Allies launch huge airborne operation on eastern bank of Rhine 70 years ago today (Mar 24 1945)


Video: 'The World At War 1973(World War II Documentary)Episode 21-Nemesis:Germany(February-May 1945)' (Mar. 24, 1945, at 7:01)

(Saturday, March 24, 1945; on the Western Front of World War II) — The Allies today launched Operation Varsity, landing two airborne divisions on the eastern bank of the Rhine near the village of Hamminkeln and the town of Wesel to secure a foothold across the Rhine River in western Germany as part of Operation Plunder.

Involving more than 16,000 paratroopers and several thousand aircraft, it was the largest airborne operation in history to be conducted on a single day and in one location.


Video: 'The World At War 1973(World War II Documentary)Episode 19-Pincers(August 1944-March 1945)' (Mar. 24, 1945, at 51:16)

Britain approves unpopular Quartering Act 250 years ago today (Mar 24 1765)


Video: 'The Quartering Act'

(Sunday, March 24, 1765) — Parliament approved the Quartering Act today, which outlined the terms by which British soldiers would be furnished with free room and board in the American colonies. It went into force when King George III gave his royal assent on May 15, 1765.

Allies launch coordinated crossing of Rhine River 70 years ago this hour (Mar 23 1945)


Video: 'The World At War 1973(World War II Documentary)Episode 19-Pincers(August 1944-March 1945)' (Mar. 23, 1945, at 52:12)

(Friday, March 23, 1945, 9:00 p.m. CET; on the Western Front of World War II) — The first part of Operation Plunder, coordinated crossings of Germany’s Rhine River, was initiated tonight by the 51st (Highland) Infantry Division, led by the 7th Black Watch, near Rees, followed by the 7th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.

The Beach Boys complete ‘Help Me, Rhonda’ (single version) 50 years ago today (Mar 21 1965)


Video: 'Help Me, Rhonda [Single Version] - The Beach Boys (with lyrics)'

(Friday, January 15, 1965) — The Beach Boys overdubbed vocals to the Dec. 16, 1964, instrumental master of “Kiss Me, Baby” today at United Western Recorders studio in Los Angeles for the group’s album The Beach Boys Today!.

Allies secure Germany’s Rhine River 70 years ago today (Mar 22 1945)


Video: 'The World At War 1973(World War II Documentary)Episode 19-Pincers(August 1944-March 1945)' (Mar. 22, 1945, at 50:35)

(Thursday, March 22, 1945; on the Western Front of World War II) — As of today, no German soldier was fighting west of the Rhine River along Germany’s western border.

First regular electronic TV service begins in Germany 80 years ago today (Mar 22 1935)


Video: 'First 2 Television Broadcasts of The Third Reich Nazi Germany (1935 & 1936)'

(Friday, March 22, 1935) — The first regular electronic television service in Germany began today in Berlin, as Deutscher Fernseh Rundfunk.

Broadcasting from the Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow, it used a 180-line system, and was on air for 90 minutes, three times a week. Very few receivers were ever privately owned, and viewers went instead to Fernsehstuben (television parlors).

100,000 refugees crowd Da Nang by 40 years ago today (Mar 21 1975)


Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Episode 11' (Mar. 21, 1975, at 29:21)

(Friday, March 21, 1975; during the The Hue–Da Nang Campaign of the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and Cold War) — 100,000 refugees, many of them troops and their families, had crowded into Da Nang by today as South Vietnam’s collapse intensified.

Chemical terrorists kill 12 people in Tokyo subway 20 years ago this hour (Mar 20 1995)


Video: 'March 20, 1995: Gas Attack on Tokyo Subway'

(Monday, March 20, 1995, 7:00–8:10 a.m. JST) — 12 people were killed and more than 5,500 others sickened when packages containing the deadly chemical sarin were leaked on five separate subway trains in Tokyo by Aum Shinrikyo cult members.