(Tuesday, March 13, 1965; during the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68)) — 16-year-old Lawrence Wallace Bradford Jr. was appointed today by New York Republican Jacob Javits to be the first black page of the U.S. Senate.
Category Archives: 1960s
‘My Fair Lady’ wins Best Picture at 37th Academy Awards 50 years ago this hour (Apr 5 1965)
Video: '1965 Oscars' (20 videos)
(Monday, April 5, 1965, 7:00 p.m.-9:50 p.m. PST) — My Fair Lady, an American musical about a phonetics instructor who bets that he can pass a street urchin off as a lady, won eight Oscars tonight at the 37th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, George Cukor for Best Director and Rex Harrison for Best Actor. Continue reading ‘My Fair Lady’ wins Best Picture at 37th Academy Awards 50 years ago this hour (Apr 5 1965)
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Two Americans killed as bomb in Vietnam rips U.S. embassy 50 years ago this hour (Mar 30 1965)
Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History - LBJ Goes to War [3/11]' (Mar. 30, 1965, at 32:41)
(Tuesday, March 30, 1965, 10:55 a.m. ICT; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — A huge bomb exploded at the United States Embassy today in Saigon, South Vietnam, killing two Americans, one female CIA employee, Barbara Robbins and another American, as well as 19 Vietnamese and one Filipino serving in the U.S. Navy along with injuring 183 others.
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Little Anthony and the Imperials perform on ‘Ed Sullivan’ 50 years ago this hour (Mar 28 1965)
Video: 'LITTLE ANTHONY & THE IMPERIALS - Hurt So Bad (1965)'
(Sunday, March 14, 1965, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EST) — Little Anthony and the Imperials made their debut appearance tonight on the live CBS television variety series The Ed Sullivan Show, performing “Hurt So Bad” from CBS Studio No. 50 in New York City.
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White civil rights activist murdered by Ku Klux Klan 50 years ago tonight (Mar 25 1965)
Video: 'Eyes on the Prize (VI) — Bridge to Freedom, 1965 [with English subtitles]' (Mar. 25, 1965, at 54:24)
(Sunday, March 25, 1965, evening; during the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68)) — Viola Liuzzo, a white mother of five from Detroit who had come to Alabama to support voting rights for blacks, was shot and killed by Ku Klux Klan members tonight as she drove a black volunteer who took part in the Selma to Montgomery march that ended today to the airport.
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King leads 25,000 civil rights activists to Alabama state capitol 50 years ago this afternoon (Mar 25 1965)
Video: 'Eyes on the Prize (VI) — Bridge to Freedom, 1965 [with English subtitles]' (Mar. 21, 1965, at 51:25)
(Sunday, March 25, 1965, shortly afternoon; during the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68)) — Martin Luther King, Jr. and 25,000 civil rights activists successfully ended a 5-day march to protest the denial of voting rights to blacks from Selma, Alabama, to the capitol in Montgomery today, declaring: Continue reading King leads 25,000 civil rights activists to Alabama state capitol 50 years ago this afternoon (Mar 25 1965)
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Robert Kennedy places flag on summit of mountain named for his brother 50 years ago this hour (Mar 24 1965)
Video: 'A Kennedy Climbs Mr. Kennedy (1965)'
(Wednesday, March 24, 1965, 5:00 p.m. EST) — Senator Robert F. Kennedy reached the top of Mount Kennedy today and became the first person to scale the 13,900-foot peak. Continue reading Robert Kennedy places flag on summit of mountain named for his brother 50 years ago this hour (Mar 24 1965)
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The Beatles return to Twickenham to resume filming ‘Help!’ 50 years ago today (Mar 24 1965)
Video: 'The Beatles - 'You got to hide your love away' music video'
(Wednesday, March 24, 1965) — Following three weeks of filming in the Bahamas and Austria, work on The Beatles second feature film Help! resumed today at Twickenham Film Studios in England, where much of A Hard Day’s Night had been shot the previous year.
From today through Apr. 2, 1965, The Beatles filmed various parts, including interior temple, laboratory and railway station scenes.
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The Beach Boys complete ‘Help Me, Rhonda’ (single version) 50 years ago today (Mar 21 1965)
Video: 'Help Me, Rhonda [Single Version] - The Beach Boys (with lyrics)'
(Friday, January 15, 1965) — The Beach Boys overdubbed vocals to the Dec. 16, 1964, instrumental master of “Kiss Me, Baby” today at United Western Recorders studio in Los Angeles for the group’s album The Beach Boys Today!.
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General to LBJ: Vietnam ‘could take five years and 500,000 men’ 50 years ago today (Mar 15 1965)
Video: 'American Experience Lyndon B Johnson PBS Documentary' (Mar. 15, 1965, at 30:56)
(Monday, March 15, 1965, during the the Vietnam War, the Indochina Wars and Cold War) — U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson Johnson met with the Joint Chiefs of Staff today and General Harold K. Johnson made a prediction that sent a shock wave through the room: “To win the war,” he said, “it could take five years and 500,000 men.”
