Video: 'They Thought the War Was Over—Then the Hunger Began'
(Saturday, May 11, 1946) — The first 20,000 CARE Packages, sent by a consortium of American charities to provide relief to the hungry of postwar Europe, arrived today at the French port of Le Havre. Continue reading First CARE packages arrive at Le Havre, France 80 years ago today (May 11 1946)
(Saturday, May 4, 1946) — “Prisoner of Love” by Perry Como with Russ Case and his Orchestra peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for three consecutive weeks (May 4/11/18, 1946).
Video: 'Alcatraz Gun Battle (1946)'
(Thursday, May 2, 1946, 1:30 p.m. PST) — Violence erupted today during a foiled escape attempt at the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in San Francisco Bay. Continue reading Riot breaks out at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary 80 years ago this hour (May 2 1946)
Video: 'Japanese war criminals go on trial in Tokyo Newsreel PublicDomainFootage.com'
(Monday, April 29, 1946, during the International Military Tribunal for the Far East) — Former Japanese prime ministers Hideki Tojo (1941–44), Kiichiro Hiranuma (1939), Koki Hirota (1936–37) and Kuniaki Koiso (1944–45), and 24 co-defendants were indicted today in Tokyo for war crimes, ranging from the murder of thousands of Americans at Pearl Harbor, to conspiracy “to secure military, naval, political and economic domination of the whole world.” Continue reading 28 former Japanese officials go on trial in Tokyo as war criminals 80 years ago today (Apr 29 1946)
(Saturday, April 27, 1946) — “I’m a Big Girl Now” by Swing and Sway Sammy Kaye (vocal refrain by Betty Barclay) peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for one week.
Video: 'JFK’s 1946 Campaign: The Birth of a Political Dynasty'
(Thursday, April 25, 1946) — John F. Kennedy officially announced today at the Parker House Hotel that he was running for the 11th Congressional District in Massachusetts (which included parts of Boston, Cambridge and Somerville). Continue reading John F. Kennedy announces that he’s running for Congress 80 years ago today (Apr 25 1946)
Video: 'Supreme Court Chief Justice Harlan Stone and Justice Felix Frankfurter discuss ethnic tolerance 1946'
(Monday, April 22, 1946, 6:45 p.m. EST) — Harlan F. Stone, the twelfth Chief Justice of the United States (1941-1946), died tonight of a massive cerebral hemorrhage at his Washington D.C. home. Continue reading Supreme Court Chief Justice Harlan Stone dies 80 years ago this hour (Apr 22 1946)
Video: 'United Nations - April In Three Cities (1946)' (League of Nations at 1:05)
(Thursday, April 18, 1946, 11:00 p.m. GMT) — The League of Nations, created as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War, expired tonight in Geneva and willed to the United Nations its physical assets in the hope that the new organization might succeed where the League had failed. Continue reading League of Nations expires in Geneva, UN to get physical assets 80 years ago this hour (Apr 18 1946)
Video: 'Plechtige openingszitting van het Internationaal Gerechtshof in het Vredespaleis (1946)'
(Thursday, April 18, 1946, afternoon Central European Time) — The International Court of Justice, the judicial arm of the United Nations, held its first sitting in the famous Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, this afternoon.
Video: 'Execution of Japanese General Responsible for the Bataan death March in Philippines - Masaharu Homma'
(Wednesday, April 3, 1946, 12:53 a.m. Philippine Standard Time) — Lieut. Gen. Masaharu Homma, the 58-year-old Japanese commander held responsible for the Bataan Death March that killed 17,200 American and Filipino captives, was executed by firing squad today in Los Baños, Laguna, a few kilometers from the former internment camp at the University of the Philippines Los Baños
