Video: 'Mrs. Miniver' trailer
(Thursday, June 4, 1942) — Mrs. Miniver, a drama film about a British family struggling to survive the first days of World War II, opened today at the Music Hall in New York.
Directed by William Wyler, the film stars Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright and Dame May Whitty. The film won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Director.
Video: 'Party At The Palace - The Queen's Golden Jubilee 2002'
(Monday, June 3, 2002) — Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II joined 12,000 revellers at Buckingham Palace tonight for a star-studded pop concert as her Golden Jubilee celebrations reached their climax.
Legendary names including Sir Paul McCartney, ex-Beach Boys star Brian Wilson, Sir Elton John, Joe Cocker and Eric Clapton performed at “Party in the Palace.” Continue reading McCartney headlines Pop tribute to Britain’s queen 10 years ago tonight (2002)
Audio: 'Gimme Shelter' (June 3, 1972)
(Saturday, June 3, 1972) — The Rolling Stones tonight began their first North American Tour since 1969 in Vancouver, British Columbia, where 31 policemen were treated for injuries when more than 2,000 fans attempted to crash the Pacific Coliseum.
Video: 'The Target' (recap)
(Sunday, June 2, 2002, 10:00 p.m. EDT) — During the trial of D’Angelo Barksdale, a mid-level dealer accused of murder, the prosecution’s star witness recants her testimony, resulting in a not guilty verdict on tonight’s debut episode of the drama TV series The Wire.
Video: 'The Inner Light' (clip)
(Monday, June 1, 1992, 10 p.m. EDT) — Picard is struck by an energy beam from an alien probe, which renders him unconscious and places him in the life of a citizen on the planet Kataan, with his memory of the Enterprise intact on tonight’s episode of the science fiction TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Video: Lee assumes command (at 18:04)
(Sunday, June 1, 1862, part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War) — Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee assumed command of the Army of Northern Virginia today after General J. E. Johnston was wounded and Major General G. W. Smith suffered what may have been a nervous breakdown at the Battle of Seven Pines.
Video: Battle of Seven Pines (at 17:01)
(Saturday, May 31, 1862, part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War) — The Battle of Seven Pines or Fair Oaks, the first Confederate attempt to dislodge Gen. George B. McClellan’s Army of the Potomac from their position just outside Richmond, began today.
Video: Cologne bombed (at 12:06)
(Sunday, May 31, 1942, 12:47 a.m. local time, during World War II) — Three-fourths of Cologne, Germany, was set afire and a great area of the German Rhineland metropolis of 756,000 population was flattened early this morning by tremendous weights of explosives delivered by 1,047 Royal Air Force (RAF) planes tonight in the greatest raid in all aerial warfare to date. Continue reading 1,000 British bombers attack Cologne 70 years ago this hour (1942)
Video: May 29, 1972 (at 3:18)
(Monday, May 29, 1972, during the Cold War) — President Richard Nixon landed at Kiev’s Boryspil International Airport one hour late today after an engine failed to start on the plane which his Russian hosts had provided him for the trip from Moscow. It was Nixon’s last stop on the first visit by a sitting U.S. president to the Soviet Union.
Video: 'Moon River'
(Tuesday, May 29, 1962) — Composer Henry Mancini walked away with five awards tonight, all from his score for the movie Breakfast At Tiffany’s, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year for Moon River, at the 4th Grammy Awards held in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. Judy Garland won Album of the Year (other than classical) for Judy at Carnegie Hall and Best New Artist went to Peter Nero.
