Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Episode 1' (Geneva Conference at 51:54)
(Monday, April 26, 1954; during the First Indochina War, part of the Cold War) — The Geneva Conference, organized to find a way to settle outstanding issues on the Korean peninsula and to unify Vietnam and discuss the possibility of restoring peace in Indochina, convened today in Geneva, Switzerland.
Video: 'Seven Samurai' trailer
(Monday, April 26, 1954) — Seven Samurai, a 1954 Japanese period adventure drama film about a poor village that recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves from bandits, opened today in Japan.
Directed by Akira Kurosawa, the film starred Takashi Shimura and Toshiro Mifune.
(Friday, April 26, 1994, 8:15 p.m. JST) — China Airlines Flight 140, a Taiwanese Airbus A-300, crashed tonight while landing in Nagoya, Japan, killing 264 people. There were seven survivors (click here for a video report).
Video: 'Wrigley Field: Historic Moments - Trailer'
(Thursday, April 23, 1914) — Chicago’s Wrigley Field, then called Weeghman Park, hosted its first major league game today as the Chicago Federals defeated the Kansas City Packers 9-1.
Video: 'Joseph McCarthy Congressional Hearings'
(Thursday, April 22, 1954; during the Second Red Scare) — The McCarthy-Army hearings, a Senate hearing derived from Senator Joseph McCarthy’s hunt for communists in the United States, were televised live beginning today, continuing through June 17, 1954.
Video: 'in god we trust final version'
(Friday, April 22, 1864; during the American Civil War) — Congress authorized the use of the phrase “In God We Trust” on U.S. coins today, allowing the Secretary of the Treasury to authorize the inclusion of the phrase on one-cent and two-cent coins.
Video: 'Buster Keaton - Sherlock Jr. 1924 Cult Classic , Full Movie'
(Tuesday, March 18, 1924) — Sherlock, Jr., a silent comedy film about a movie projectionist who dreams himself into a mystery movie, was released today in the U.S.
Directed by Buster Keaton and Fatty Arbuckle (uncredited), the film starred Keaton.
Video: 'Colorado Experience: Ludlow Massacre'
(Monday, April 20, 1914) — The Ludlow Massacre took place today when the Colorado National Guard opened fire on a tent colony of striking miners. About 19-25 strikers, women and children died in the gunfire or were smothered by smoke from the burning tents.
Video: 'Richard Nixon has a stroke - news 1994'
(Monday, April 18, 1994, 5:45 p.m EDT) — Former U.S. President Richard Nixon, 81, suffered a stroke today at his Park Ridge, New Jersey, home and was taken by ambulance to New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, where he was in stable condition but not able to speak.
(Wednesday, April 18, 1934) — The first laundromat, called a “Washateria,” was opened today by John F. Cantrell in Fort Worth, Texas, as four electric washing machines were rented to members of the public on an hourly basis.
