Video: 'Civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin honored for bus protest'
(Wednesday, March 2, 1955, approximately 2:30 p.m. CST; during the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68)) — Nine months before Rosa Parks’ famous act of defiance, Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old black high school student in Montgomery, Alabama, was arrested today after refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white passenger.
(Sunday, March 2, 1975, 11:30 a.m. PDT) — A 25-year-old motel guest “went berserk” today, unleashing a deadly shooting spree that left five people dead and one injured in the quiet Northern California fishing village of Smith River before being arrested hours later in Oregon. Continue reading ‘Berserk’ gunman kills five people at California coastal resort motel near Oregon border 50 years ago this hour (Mar 2 1975)
(Saturday, March 2, 1985) — “Sugar Walls” by Sheena Easton peaked at #9 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Sugar Walls’ by Sheena Easton peaks at #9 in USA 40 years ago today (Mar 2 1985)
(Saturday, March 2, 1985) — “The Old Man Down the Road” by John Fogerty peaked at #10 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History (Ep-4) LBJ Goes to War (1964-1965)' (Mar. 2, 1965, at 28:18)
(Tuesday, March 2, 1965, 3:45 p.m. ICT; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Operation Rolling Thunder, a gradual and sustained aerial bombardment campaign, began today as more than 100 U.S. jet aircraft bombed a North Vietnamese munitions depot and also provided air cover for 60 South Vietnamese bombers striking at a Communist naval base. Continue reading Operation Rolling Thunder against North Vietnam begins 60 years ago this hour (Mar 2 1965)
Video: 'USA president Ronald Reagan praising taliban, they are moral equal to our founding fathers.'
(Friday, March 1, 1985, 9:35 p.m. EST) — U.S. President Ronald Reagan said tonight that the rebels seeking to overthrow the Nicaraguan Government were the “moral equal of our Founding Fathers.” Continue reading President Reagan terms Nicaraguan rebels ‘moral equal of founding fathers’ 40 years ago this hour (Mar 1 1985)
Video: '17th GRAMMYs: Paul Simon and John Lennon co-presenting the GRAMMY for Record Of The Year'
(Saturday, March 1, 1975, 10:00-11:30 p.m. EDT) — At the 17th Annual Grammy Awards televised live tonight from Uris Theatre in New York City, former Beatle John Lennon presented the award for “Record of the Year” with Paul Simon.
(Saturday, March 1, 1975) — “Best of My Love” by Eagles peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Best of My Love’ by Eagles peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago today (Mar 1 1975)
(Saturday, March 1, 1975) — “Nightingale” by Carole King peaked at #9 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
Video: 'Roosevelt Reports To Congress On Yalta Parley 220469-16.mp4 | Footage Farm'
(Thursday, March 1, 1945, 12:08 p.m. EWT; during World War II) — In what turned out to be his final public speech, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt laid responsibility for future world peace squarely in the lap of the Senate today in a historic appeal to a special joint session of Congress for full assumption by the United States of its responsibilities in “keeping the peace.” Continue reading FDR proclaims Yalta Conference a success in address to Congress 80 years ago this hour (Mar 1 1945)
