(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.
‘The Godfather Part II’ wins Best Picture at 47th Academy Awards 40 years ago this hour (Apr 8 1975)
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(Tuesday, April 8, 1975, 7:00 p.m.-9:50 p.m. PDT) — The Godfather Part II, 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 47th Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Francis Ford Coppola for Best Director. Continue reading ‘The Godfather Part II’ wins Best Picture at 47th Academy Awards 40 years ago this hour (Apr 8 1975)
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‘My Fair Lady’ wins Best Picture at 37th Academy Awards 50 years ago this hour (Apr 5 1965)
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(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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Final ‘Gunsmoke’ episode airs on CBS-TV 40 years ago this hour (Mar 31 1975)
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(Monday, March 31, 1975, 8:00 p.m. EST) — A comedy of errors puts Festus behind a plow, farming for a family of shiftless sharecroppers as the television Western drama series Gunsmoke closed out 20 seasons on CBS with its final first-run episode, “The Sharecroppers.”
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Grammy-winning singer Selena, 23, killed in shooting at Texas motel 20 years ago this hour (Mar 31 1995)
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(Monday, March 31, 1995, 11:48 a.m. CST) — Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez, 23, was shot to death today in Corpus Christi, Texas, by the founder of her fan club, Yolanda Saldivar, who was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.
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Terri Schiavo dies, ending bitter case over feeding tube 10 years ago this hour (Mar 31 2005)
(Thursday, March 31, 2005, 9:00 a.m. EST) — Terri Schiavo, 41, died today at a hospice in Pinellas Park, Florida, 13 days after her feeding tube was removed in a wrenching right-to-die dispute.
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‘On the Waterfront’ wins Best Motion Picture at 27th Academy Awards 60 years ago this hour (Mar 30 1955)
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(Wednesday, March 30, 1955, 7:30-9:18 p.m. PST) — On the Waterfront, a crime drama film about union violence and corruption amongst longshoremen, won eight Oscars tonight at the 27th Academy Awards, including Best Motion Picture, Elia Kazan for Best Director and Marlon Brando for Best Actor. Continue reading ‘On the Waterfront’ wins Best Motion Picture at 27th Academy Awards 60 years ago this hour (Mar 30 1955)
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Communist forces occupy Da Nang 40 years ago today (Mar 30 1975)
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(Easter Sunday, March 30, 1975; during the The Hue–Da Nang Campaign of the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and Cold War) — A speedy North Vietnamese force moved into chaotic Da Nang today, sweeping across the vast air base where the first U.S. ground forces had landed in 1965.
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Exhausted FDR arrives in Warm Springs for rest, recuperation 70 years ago today (Mar 30 1945)
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(Good Friday, March 30, 1945; during World War II) — U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrived in Warm Springs, Georgia, today suffering from exhaustion.
The great push to end the war was on, and Roosevelt needed to recuperate to lead it and take part in the momentous events afterward. Total rest was his doctor’s recommendation, and for several days he followed the instructions.
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Soviets invade Austria 70 years ago today (Mar 30 1945)
(Good Friday, March 30, 1945; on the Eastern Front of World War II) — The Red Army today surged across the Austrian frontier north of the Hungarian border town of Koeszeg, 52 miles south of Vienna, to make Austria, the last nation still dominated by Hitlerite Germany, a battleground.
