Video: 'Beach Boys - 4th Of July 1984'
(Wednesday, July 4, 1984) — Ex-Beatle Ringo Starr played drums today for The Beach Boys, who celebrated the 4th of July today by performing in front of a crowd of 750,000 at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., one year after being banned for attracting “the wrong element” by then-Secretary of Interior James Watt. Continue reading The Beach Boys return to National Mall one year after ban 30 years ago today (July 4 1984)
Video: 'Documentary World War 2 II in Colour The Second World War color' (July 4, 1944, at 1:27:14)
(Tuesday, July 4, 1944; during the Battle of Saipan, part of World War II, Pacific War) — A U.S. Marine fighting the Japanese for control of Saipan wrote home today, describing the “unforgettable experience” as an “ugly, rotten, dirty business.”
Image: U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (L) joins President Richard Nixon and Russian leaders in a toast after the signing of agreements at the Kremlin on July 3, 1974 following a seven-day summit.
(Wednesday, July 3, 1974; during the Cold War) — U.S. President Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed a treaty today in Moscow limiting the size of underground nuclear weapons tests. Nixon then flew back to the U.S., landing at a small air force base in Maine and gave the nation a report on his foreign travels (click here for video at 2:35:53).
Video: 'Soviet Storm: World War II — In The East. ep. 11. Operation Bagration. StarMedia. 2011' (July 3, 1944, at 23:37)
(Monday, July 3, 1944; during Operation Bagration, part of the Eastern Front of World War II) — Soviet forces recaptured Minsk from the Germans today.
Image: '"KENNEDYS DON'T CRY" (1975)' (July 2, 1934, at 8:22)
(Monday, July 2, 1934; during the Great Depression) — Appointed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., was sworn-in today as chairman of the new Securities and Exchange Commission, charged with regulating the manipulation of stock prices that Kennedy had mastered decades earlier.
Video: '1944 Bretton Woods International Monetary Conference'
(Saturday, July 1, 1944; during World War II) — Delegates from 44 countries began meeting at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, today where they agreed to establish the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
Video: '1904 Olympics History Day Project'
(Friday, July 1, 1904) — The 1904 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the III Olympiad, opened today in St. Louis, Missouri, with 651 athletes participating. Continue reading 1904 Summer Olympics open in St. Louis 110 years ago today (July 1 1904)
Video: 'Elton at Wembley 1984' (24 videos)
(Saturday, June 30, 1984) — Rock star Elton John performed tonight at London’s Wembley Stadium before 70,000 screaming fans.
Video: '1974: Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union'
(Saturday, June 29, 1974; during the Cold War) — Mikhail Baryshnikov, considered one of the world’s greatest dancers, ran three blocks today to a waiting car in Toronto and effectively defected from the Soviet Union.
Video: 'Malcolm X - By Any Means Necessary - Organization for Afro American Unity'
(Sunday, June 28, 1964; during the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68)) — Civil rights activist Malcolm X declared, “We want equality by any means necessary” today during the Founding Rally of the Organization of Afro-American Unity in New York.
