Video: 'Jimmy Carter SALT II Treaty signing June 18 1979 archival footage'
(Monday, June 18, 1979, 1:00 p.m. CEST; during the Cold War) — U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed the SALT II strategic arms limitation treaty today in Vienna. Continue reading Carter and Brezhnev sign SALT II nuclear arms treaty 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 18 1979)
Video: 'Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War - The Village War [10/13]' (June 8, 1969, at 28:27-30:02)
(Sunday, June 8, 1969; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Following a meeting at Midway Island with South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu, U.S. President Richard Nixon announced today that 25,000 of 540,000 American troops in South Vietnam would be withdrawn by August 31, 1969. Continue reading Nixon to pull 25,000 American troops from Vietnam 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 8 1969)
(Monday, June 5, 1989, at around noon a.m. CDT; after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests) — One day after the Tiananmen Square Massacre, an unknown Chinese protestor, “Tank Man,” stood in front of a column of military tanks today on Chang’an Avenue in Beijing, temporarily halting them, an incident which achieves iconic status internationally through images taken by Western photographers. Continue reading ‘Tank Man’ temporarily halts Chinese tank column near Tiananmen Square 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 5 1989)
Video: 'Archive: Chinese troops fire on protesters in Tiananmen Square - BBC News'
(Sunday, June 4, 1989, 4:35 a.m. CDT; during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests) — In what became known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre, tens of thousands of Chinese troops retook Tiananmen Square in Beijing early this morning from pro-democracy protesters, killing scores of students and workers and wounding hundreds more as they fired sub-machine guns at crowds of people who tried to resist. Continue reading Scores of people killed as Chinese troops crush pro-democracy protests 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 4 1989)
Video: 'Berlin Blockade Lifted - 1949 | Today In History | 12 May 18'
(Thursday, May 12, 1949, 12:01 a.m. CEST; during the Cold War) — The Berlin Blockade, which the Western powers had succeeded in circumventing with their Berlin Airlift, ended today, 328 days after the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies‘ railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control. Continue reading Soviets lift land, water blockade of West Berlin 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 12 1949)
Video: 'Battle of Hill 937 aka Hamburger Hill'
(Saturday, May 10, 1969; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — The Battle of Hamburger Hill, a battle of the Vietnam War that was fought by U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) forces against People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) forces during Operation Apache Snow, began today. Continue reading Battle of Hamburger Hill begins in South Vietnam 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 10 1969)
Video: 'Dustoff: 82nd Medical Detachment, 45th Medical Company (April 29-30, 1969) | Vietnam War'
(Wednesday, April 30, 1969; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — The number of U.S. troops in South Vietnam reached its peak today, with 543,482 American servicemen and women — more than half a million — in a nation of 19 million people. Continue reading American troop strength in Vietnam peaks at 543,482 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 30 1969)
Video: 'NATO 60th Anniversary: 1949 Footage of the Original Signing Session of the North Atlantic Treaty'
(Monday, April 4, 1949, 4:30 p.m. EST; during the Cold War) — 12 nations, including the United States, signed the North Atlantic Treaty today at the Departmental Auditorium in Washington, D.C., by a committee chaired by U.S. diplomat Theodore Achilles. Continue reading 12 nations sign North Atlantic Treaty in Washington 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 4 1949)
Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History - Cambodia and Laos [8/11]' (Operation Menu at 16:38)
(Tuesday, March 18, 1969, evening local time; during the Vietnam War, part of the Cambodian Civil War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Operation Menu, a covert U.S. bombing campaign conducted in eastern Cambodia on sanctuaries and Base Areas of the North Vietnamese Army and forces of the Viet Cong, began tonight with a raid by 60 B-52 Stratofortress bombers, based at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Continue reading Operation Menu: Covert bombing of Cambodia by U.S. planes begins 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 18 1969)
Video: 'Cuba To Castro (1959)'
(Thursday, January 1, 1959; during the Cuban Revolution) — Fulgencio Batista resigned today as president of rebellion-torn Cuba and fled to exile in the Dominican Republic. The rebel forces of Fidel Castro moved swiftly to seize power throughout the island. Continue reading Batista flees Cuba, Fidel Castro in control 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 1 1959)
