Video: '"Ma" Barker Gang Hideout' (Jan. 16, 1935, at 1:49)
(Wednesday, January 16, 1935, around 11:00 a.m. EST) — Fugitive gangster Fred Barker and his mother, Kate “Ma” Barker, were killed in an intense, hours-long shootout with the FBI today at Lake Weir, Florida.
Video: 'Earhart Hops Foggy Pacific In 18 Hours (1935)'
(Saturday, January 12, 1935, 1:31 p.m. PST) — Aviator Amelia Earhart completed an 18-hour trip from Honolulu to Oakland today, making her the first person to fly solo between Hawaii and California.
Video: 'Elvis Presley: Rock 'n' Roll Legend | Mini Bio | BIO'
(Tuesday, January 8, 1935, 4:35 a.m. CST) — Rock-and-roll legend Elvis Aaron Presley, regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, was born today in Tupelo, Mississippi. Continue reading Rock music icon Elvis Presley born in Tupelo, Mississippi 90 years ago this hour (Jan 8 1935)
Video: '1935 FDR - President Franklin D. Roosevelt Address to Congress archival footage'
(Friday, January 4, 1935, 12:30 p.m. EST, during the Great Depression) — In his annual State of the Union address, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt told the Congress today that the “federal government must and shall quit this business of relief” by providing 3,500,000 jobs on public works projects for the nation’s idle “employables.” Continue reading Roosevelt outlines plan to create 3.5 million jobs in State of the Union address 90 years ago this hour (Jan 4 1935)
Video: 'Alcatraz Island - 1934 | Movietone Moment | January 1 2021'
(Saturday, August 11, 1934, 9:40 a.m. PDT) — The first group of federal prisoners, classified as America’s most dangerous felons, arrived today at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on Alcatraz Island, a 22-acre rocky outcrop 1.5 miles offshore in San Francisco Bay in California. Continue reading First federal prisoners arrive at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in San Francisco Bay 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 11 1934)
Video: '30th June 1934: Hitler purges the Nazi party in the Night of the Long Knives'
(Saturday, June 30, 1934, starting between 6:00-7:00 a.m. Central European Time) — Reich Chancellor of Germany Adolf Hitler launched a three-day “blood purge” of political and military rivals today in Germany in what came to be known as “The Night of the Long Knives.” Continue reading German Führer Adolf Hitler begins ‘blood purge’ of political, military rivals 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 30 1934)
Video: 'Prohibition in the United States: National Ban of Alcohol'
(Tuesday, December 5, 1933, 3:32 p.m. MST; during Prohibition in the United States) — The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution, repealing the Eighteenth Amendment which had made the sale, manufacture and transportation of alcohol illegal across the U.S., was ratified today by the 36th of 48 states, bringing the necessary 3/4ths majority necessary to take effect. Continue reading Prohibition era ends as Twenty-first Amendment to U.S. Constitution is ratified 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 5 1933)
Video: 'Today In History: Adolf Hitler Bans Political Parties In Germany'
(Friday, July 14, 1933) — The Law Against the Formation of Parties (German: Gesetz gegen die Neubildung von Parteien), sometimes translated as the Law Against the Founding of New Parties, was a measure enacted by the government of Nazi Germany today that established the Nazi Party (NSDAP) as the only legal political party in Germany. Continue reading Nazi Party becomes Germany’s only legal political party 90 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 14 1933)
Video: 'This Week in History: First Drive-in Movie Theater Opened'
(Tuesday, June 6, 1933, the first film began at 8:30 p.m. EDT) — The first drive-in movie theater, created by Richard Hollingshead, opened tonight outside of Camden, New Jersey, on Crescent Boulevard in Pennsauken Township. Continue reading First drive-in movie theater opens in Pennsauken Township, New Jersey 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 6 1933)
Video: 'FDR Signs the Tennessee Valley Authority Act'
(Thursday, May 18, 1933, 3:15 p.m. EDT; part of the New Deal in response to the Great Depression) — U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt today signed into law the Norris-Hill bill, creating the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, regional planning, and economic development to the Tennessee Valley, a region that had suffered from a lack of infrastructure and poverty during the Great Depression, relative to the rest of the nation. Continue reading U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs measure creating Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), largest public utility in the country 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 18 1933)
