Video: 'UN Partition Plan'
(Saturday, November 29, 1947, 5:35 p.m. EST) — The United Nations General Assembly approved today a proposal to partition Palestine into two states, one Arab and the other Jewish, that are to become fully independent by Oct. 1, 1948. Continue reading UN votes to partition Palestine 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 29 1947)
Video: 'The Hollywood Ten (1950)'
(Tuesday, November 25, 1947; during the Second Red Scare and the Cold War) — Movie studio executives meeting at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York voted unanimously today to “discharge or suspend without compensation” the ten Hollywood figures who have been cited for contempt of Congress for refusing to testify to the House Un-American Activities Committee. Continue reading Film executives agree to blacklist ‘Hollywood Ten’ 70 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 25 1947)
Video: 'Un-American Activities Enquiry (1947)'
(Monday, November 24, 1947; during the Second Red Scare and the Cold War) — The U.S. House of Representatives voted 346 to 17 today to approve citations for contempt of Congress against a group of writers, producers and directors that became known as the “Hollywood Ten” for refusing to tell the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) whether they were members of the Communist party. Continue reading ‘Hollywood Ten’ cited for contempt of Congress 70 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 24 1947)
Video: 'The Royal Wedding in Colour (1947)'
(Thursday, November 20, 1947, at 11:30 a.m. GMT) — Britain’s future queen, Princess Elizabeth, 21, married Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, 26, this morning at Westminster Abbey in London in a ceremony of singular beauty and grandeur. Continue reading Elizabeth and Philip wed in Abbey 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 20 1947)
(Monday, November 17, 1947, at 1:30 p.m. EST; during the Second Red Scare and the Cold War) — President Harry S. Truman, in an address to a special session of Congress, asked Congress today for authority to impose price controls, consumer rationing and wage controls in limited areas of the national economy (click here to listen to Truman’s address). Continue reading President Truman demands pay and price controls 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 17 1947)
Video: 'Korean War - PART 2, Prelude to war (1946-1947) 6.25' (Nov. 14, 1947, at 6:26)
(Friday, November 14, 1947) — The United Nations passed a resolution at Flushing Meadow today declaring that free elections should be held, foreign troops should be withdrawn and a UN commission for Korea, the United Nations Temporary Commission on Korea (UNTCOK), should be created. Continue reading UN declares free elections should be held in Korea 70 years ago today #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 14 1947)
Video: 'Gentleman's Agreement' trailer
(Tuesday, November 11, 1947, doors opened at 8:30 a.m. EST) — Gentleman’s Agreement, a drama film about a reporter who pretends to be Jewish in order to cover a story on anti-Semitism, opened this morning at Mayfair Theatre in New York City. Continue reading ‘Gentleman’s Agreement’ opens in New York City 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 11 1947)
(Thursday, November 6, 1947, 8:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. EST) — Meet the Press, a weekly American television news/interview program, debuted tonight on NBC with Martha Rountree as the moderator and former Postmaster General and former Democratic National Committee Chairman James A. Farley as the first guest. Continue reading ‘Meet the Press’ debuts on NBC-TV 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 6 1947)
Video: 'COLOR FOOTAGE OF HOWARD HUGHES' SPRUCE GOOSE FLIGHT 1947 34620'
(Sunday, November 2, 1947, 3:08 p.m. PST) — Howard Hughes piloted his huge wooden flying boat, the Hughes H-4 Hercules (derisively dubbed the Spruce Goose by detractors), on its only flight, which lasted about a minute today over Long Beach Harbor in California. Continue reading Howard Hughes pilots Spruce Goose 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 2 1947)
Video: 'Frances Cleveland'
(Wednesday, October 29, 1947, 12 noon EST) — Former First Lady Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston, who at age 21, remains the youngest wife of a sitting U.S. president, died today at the home of her son, Richard F. Cleveland, in Baltimore at age 83. Continue reading Youngest American first lady dies 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 29 1947)
