Video: 'Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine: A Shot of Hope'
(Tuesday, February 23, 1954) — The first mass inoculation of schoolchildren against polio using the Salk vaccine began today in Pittsburgh as some 5,000 students were vaccinated.
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Battle of Eniwetok Atoll ends in U.S. victory 70 years ago today (Feb 23 1944)
Video: 'WW2: U.S. Marines Take Eniwetok (1944)'
(Wednesday, February 23, 1944; Part of World War II, Pacific War) — U.S. forces secured Eniwetok Atoll today from the Japanese, with 262 Americans killed in 7 days of fighting. The victory provided a forward base for the United States Navy for its later operations, including Allied attacks on the Mariana Islands to the northwest.
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‘Bubble boy’ David Vetter, 12, dies 30 years ago this hour (Feb 22 1984)
Video: 'Bodyshock - The Boy In The Bubble - David Vetter' (parts 1-6)
(Wednesday, February 22, 1984, 8:00 p.m. CST) — David Vetter, a 12-year-old Texas boy who’d spent most of his life in a plastic bubble because he had no immunity to disease, died today, 15 days after being removed from the bubble for a bone-marrow transplant.
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American aircraft mistakenly bomb four Dutch towns 70 years ago today (Feb 22 1944)
Video: 'Nijmegen 1944, American bombs on the city'
(Tuesday, February 22, 1944; part of World War II) — American aircraft mistakenly bombed the Dutch towns of Nijmegen, Arnhem, Enschede and Deventer today, resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone.
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‘It Happened One Night’ premieres in New York 80 years ago today (Feb 22 1934)
Video: 'It Happened One Night'
(Thursday, February 22, 1934) — It Happened One Night, a screwball comedy film about a pampered socialite who tries to get out from under her father’s thumb and falls in love with a roguish reporter, premiered today at New York’s Radio City Music Hall.
Directed by Frank Capra, the film starred Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert and Walter Connolly.
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‘Big Week’ begins as American bombers raid German aircraft manufacturing centers 70 years ago today (Feb 20 1944)
Video: ''Big Week' Allied Air Campaign - WW2 1944 - US Army Air Corps - Part 18'
(Sunday, February 20, 1944; part of World War II) — U.S. bombers began raiding German aircraft manufacturing centers in a series of attacks that became known as “Big Week.”
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Annual American Music Awards debuts 40 years ago this hour (Feb 19 1974)
Video: 'AMAs 1974' (17-video playlist; second and third videos are from 1976)
(Tuesday, February 19, 1974, 8:30 p.m. EST) — Dick Clark staged the first American Music Awards tonight as an alternative to the industry-dominated Grammy Awards. The winners of the American Music Awards are determined by the votes of music fans. “Tie A Yellow Ribbon” by Tony Orlando and Dawn won for favorite pop single that year.
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Former Enron Corp. chief executive Jeffrey Skilling charged 10 years ago today (Feb 19 2004)
Video: 'The Smartest Guys in the Room - Jeffrey Skilling'
(Thursday, February 19, 2004; part of the Enron scandal) — Former Enron Corp. chief executive Jeffrey Skilling was charged with fraud, insider trading and other crimes today in connection with the energy trader’s collapse.
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‘The Umbrellas of Cherbourg’ premieres in France 50 years ago today (Feb 19 1964)
Video: 'The Umbrellas of Cherbourg' (trailer)
(Wednesday, February 19, 1964) — The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, a French musical film about a young girl separated from her lover by war and facing a life altering decision, premiered today in France.
Directed by Jacques Demy, the film starred Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo.
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H. L. Hunley becomes first submarine to engage, sink a warship 150 years ago this hour (Feb 17 1864)
Video: ‘National Geographic: Secret Weapon Of The Confederacy’
(Wednesday, February 17, 1864, 8:45 p.m.; during the American Civil War) — The H. L. Hunley, a submarine of the Confederate States of America, became the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the USS Housatonic, at Charleston Harbor, Charleston, South Carolina. Five Union sailors were lost. Soon after, Hunley sank, killing all eight of her third crew.
