Video: 'Warren G. Harding: America's 29th President' (Aug. 9, 1923, at 13:26)
(Thursday, August 9, 1923, 12:40 p.m. EST) — Traveling slowly through long lines of home folks, the funeral train carrying the body of President Warren G. Harding arrived today in Marion, Ohio. The body will lay in state at the home of the late president’s father before burial tomorrow.
Video: 'Ready Steady Go! - Volume 1'
(Friday, August 9, 1963) — Ready Steady Go!, one of the UK’s first rock/pop music television programs, debuted today on ITV. It would eventually feature artists such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who and Jimi Hendrix.
Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Episode 8' (Aug. 9, 1973, at 40:56)
(Thursday, August 9, 1973; during the Cambodian Civil War, part of Operation Freedom Deal, part of the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Admiral Thomas Moorer, chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff, told a Senate armed service committee hearing today that the 1969-1970 secret bombing in supposedly neutral Cambodia was necessary to protect American troops from North Vietnamese forces who launched attacks from Cambodian sanctuaries.
Video: 'Jesus Christ Superstar' trailer
(Wednesday, August 8, 1973) — Jesus Christ Superstar, a film adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice rock opera of the same name, about the last few weeks of Christ’s life, opened today in New York City.
Directed by Norman Jewison, the film starred Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson and Yvonne Elliman.
(Thursday, August 8, 1973) — Vice President Spiro T. Agnew today branded as “damned lies” reports he had taken kickbacks from government contracts in Maryland, and vowed not to resign — which he ended up doing in Oct. 1973.
Video: 'Very rare: 1963 Beatles home movie - Jersey, Channel Islands' (Aug. 8, 1963, at :20-1:13; the rest was shot Aug. 6-10, 1963)
(Thursday, August 8, 1963) — The Beatles were filmed today at Jersey Airport, boarding their chartered flight for Guernsey in the Channel Islands.
Video: 'The Fugitive' trailer
(Friday, August 6, 1993) — The Fugitive, a thriller film about a doctor who sets out to prove his innocence after he is wrongfully convicted for the murder of his wife and escapes from federal custody, opened today in the U.S., Canada and Sweden.
Directed by Andrew Davis, the film starred Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones.
Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Episode 8' (Aug. 6, 1973, at 41:29)
(Monday, August 6, 1973; during the Cambodian Civil War, part of Operation Freedom Deal, part of the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — An American B-52 mistakenly dropped its bombs today on Neak Luong, the river town just 30 miles from Phnom Penh, Cambodia. At least 137 Cambodians were killed and another 268 were wounded.
Video: 'August 5, 1963 - Nuclear Test Ban Treaty signed in Moscow, Russia'
(Monday, August 5, 1963; during the Cold War) — In Moscow, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union today signed the first nuclear test ban treaty. The ceremony took place at the Kremlin with U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk, British Foreign Secretary Alec Douglas-Home, and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko signing on behalf of their respective natiions.
Video: 'Korean War - PART 29, Two Koreas...again. 6.25 ??' (Aug. 5, 1953, at 1:43)
(Wednesday, August 5, 1953; during the Cold War) — Operation Big Switch began today as remaining prisoners taken during the Korean War, which ended July 27, 1953, with an armistice, were exchanged at Panmunjom. 3,597 Americans would be returned by December.
