Video: 'Dennis Wilson the Real Beach Boy' (presented in six videos)
(Wednesday, December 28, 1983) — Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson, 39, drowned today while swimming in the harbor at Marina Del Rey, California.
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn publishes ‘The Gulag Archipelago’ 40 years ago today (12/28/1973)
Video: 'Gulag Archipelago Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 's 1 - 7 audio/bk'
(Friday, December 28, 1973) — The Gulag Archipelago, a three-volume book by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn about the Soviet forced labor camp system, was published today by the distinguished French publishing house Seuil.
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German warship Scharnhorst sunk off Norway, 1,932 people killed 70 years ago this hour (12/26/1943)
Video: 'Sinking the Scharnhorst Documentary on the Sinking of the Great German Battleship Scharnhorst'
(Sunday, December 26, 1943, 7:45 p.m. CEST; during World War II) — The German battleship Scharnhorst was sunk tonight by British naval forces during the Battle of the North Cape off Norway; only 36 of its crew of 1,968 survived.
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Nissan Motor Co. founded in Yokohama, Japan 80 years ago today (12/26/1933)
Video: 'Nissan Company History Video'
(Tuesday, December 26, 1933; during the Great Depression) — Nissan Motor Company was founded today in Yokohama, Japan, as the Automobile Manufacturing Co.
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‘The Sting’ premieres in New York, Los Angeles 40 years ago today (12/25/1973)
Video: 'The Sting' trailer
(Tuesday, December 25, 1973, Christmas Day) — The Sting, a caper film involving a complicated plot by two professional grifters to con a mob boss, premiered today in both New York and Los Angeles.
Directed by George Roy Hill, the film starred Paul Newman, Robert Redford and Robert Shaw.
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Germans celebrate first Christmas under Nazi rule 80 years ago today (12/25/1933)
Video: 'The World At War: A New Germany 2/5' (Christmas 1933 at 2:23)
(Monday, December 25, 1933) — Germany, with Jews out of the civil service, concentration camps full and living under a permantent state of emergency, today celebrated the nation’s first Christmas under Nazi rule.
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‘So Bad’ by Paul McCartney debuts at #49 in USA 30 years ago today (12/24/1983)
Video: 'So Bad ~ Paul McCartney (HD video)'
(Saturday, December 24, 1983) — So Bad, the second single released in the U.S. from the album Pipes of Peace by ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, debuted on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart at #49.
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The Beatles interviewed for ‘Day by Day’ 50 years ago today (12/24/1963)
Video: 'Beatles Christmas Message at Astoria Dec 24, 1963' (Dec. 24, 1963, at 0:08)
(Tuesday, December 24, 1963) — The Beatles were interviewed today for Southern Television’s Day by Day at Astoria Cinema in London where the group’s “The Beatles Christmas Show,” a 16-night live extravaganza, opened this evening.
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Christmas cake with ‘Peace 1944’ served in Anne Frank’s hiding place 70 years ago tonight (12/24/1943)
Video: 'MOVIE - Diary of Anne Frank - 1 1' (Dec. 24, 1943, at 1:51:59)
(Friday, December 24, 1943, evening; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — “Friday evening, for the first time in my life, I received a Christmas present,” Anne Frank, 14, would write about this evening in her famous diary on Dec. 27, 1943. “Mr. Kleiman, Mr. Kugler and the girls had prepared a wonderful surprise for us. Miep made a delicious Christmas cake with ‘Peace 1944’ written on top, and Bep provided a batch of cookies that was up to prewar standards.” Continue reading Christmas cake with ‘Peace 1944’ served in Anne Frank’s hiding place 70 years ago tonight (12/24/1943)
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73 killed when someone falsely calls out ‘fire!’ in crowded Michigan hall 100 years ago today (12/24/1913)
Video: 'Italian Hall Disaster of 1913'
(Wednesday, December 24, 1913; Christmas Eve) — 73 people, most of them children, died today in a crush of panic after someone falsely called out “fire!” during a Christmas party for striking miners and their families at the Italian Hall in Calumet, Michigan.
