Video: 'Battleship Potemkin (1925) Full Movie 4K Restoration/Upscale ENGLISH Directed by Sergei Eisenstein'
(Christmas Eve, Thursday, December 24, 1925) — Battleship Potemkin, a Soviet silent film about the 1905 mutiny by the crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin against their officers of the Tsarist regime, opened today in the Soviet Union. Continue reading ‘Battleship Potemkin’ silent epic film opens in the Soviet Union 100 years ago today (Dec 24 1925)
Video: 'Ku Klux Klan - An American History | Part 1 | Free Documentary History' (Dec. 24, 1865, at 3:30)
(Christmas Eve, Sunday, December 24, 1865; during the Reconstruction era) — Just six days after the 13th Amendment, formally abolishing slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States (except as punishment for a crime), was officially proclaimed in effect, six veterans of the Confederate Army formed a private social club today in Pulaski, Tennessee — a group that would become the first incarnation of the Ku Klux Klan. Continue reading Original Ku Klux Klan formed in Pulaski, Tennessee 160 years ago today (Dec 24 1865)
(Saturday, December 23, 1995) — “GoldenEye” by Tina Turner peaked at #2 on today’s Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles Billboard chart.
Video: 'Doctor Zhivago' trailer
(Wednesday, December 22, 1965, 7:45 p.m. EST) — Doctor Zhivago, a British-American epic drama–romance film about a illicit lovers who fight to stay together during the turbulent years of the Russian Revolution, premiered tonight at Loew’s Capitol Theatre at 1645 Broadway, just north of Times Square in New York City, across from the Winter Garden Theatre. Continue reading ‘Doctor Zhivago’ epic historical romance film premieres in New York City 60 years ago this hour (Dec 22 1965)
(Saturday, December 21, 1985) — “Say You, Say Me” by Lionel Richie peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for for four consecutive weeks (Dec. 21/28, Jan. 4/11, 1985). Continue reading ‘Say You, Say Me’ by Lionel Richie peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago today (Dec 21 1985)
(for the week ending Wednesday, December 21, 1955) — “White Christmas” by The Drifters featuring Clyde McPhatter and Bill Pinckney peaked at #80 on today’s Billboard Top 100 chart (published Dec. 31, 1955) for one week. Continue reading ‘White Christmas’ by The Drifters peaks at #80 in USA 70 years ago today (Dec 21 1955)
Video: 'The Tragic Death of General George S. Patton'
(Friday, December 21, 1945, 5:50 p.m. Central European Time) — General George S. Patton Jr., one of the most vivid figures among Allied combat leaders in World War II, died today in Heidelberg, Germany, 12 days after being seriously injured in a car accident. Patton was 60.
Video: 'elton john and david furnish Civil Partnership 2005 - Windsor'
(Wednesday, December 21, 2005, the newly hitched couple left the Guildhall at 11:44 a.m. GMT) — Rock star Elton John and his longtime partner, David Furnish, held a civil union ceremony today in Windsor, England, the first day that same-sex partnerships became legal in Britain.
Video: 'Cheers | S04E13 cold open | "What kind of greeting is that?'"'
(Friday, December 20, 1985, evening PST) — Sam donates his Boston Red Sox baseball jersey for a television charity auction on “Take My Shirt … Please?,” an episode of of the TV sitcom series Cheers filmed tonight “before a live studio audience” on Paramount Stage 25 in Hollywood for airing on NBC Jan. 9, 1986. Continue reading ‘Take My Shirt … Please?’ episode of ‘Cheers’ filmed 40 years ago tonight (Dec 20 1985)
Video: 'Tech Fail or Human Error? American Airlines Flight 965 Vanished in Darkness! | Mayday: Air Disaster'
(Wednesday, December 20, 1995, 9:41:28 p.m. EST) — An American Airlines Boeing 757 en route from Miami to Cali, Colombia, slammed into a mountain tonight, killing all but four of the 163 people aboard. Continue reading 159 people killed as jetliner crashes into mountain in Colombia 30 years ago this hour (Dec 20 1995)
