Video: 'Vietnam War Documentary | 02 Dien Bien Phu | How America Lost' (Aug. 26, 1963, at 44:24)
(Monday, August 26, 1963; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Newly arrived U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge met with President Ngo Dinh Diem in Saigon, South Vietnam, today, one day after a massive student revolt smashed by armed police.
Lodge arrived Aug. 22, 1963, the day after Diem cracked down on Buddhist opposition an dplaced the country under martial law.
Video: 'Ringo Starr - Live in Albuquerque - 8/25/2003' (26 videos)
(Monday, August 25, 2003) — Ex-Beatle Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band (Colin Hay, Paul Carrack, John Waite, Sheila E. and Mark Rivera) performed tonight at Sandia Casino in Albequerque, New Mexico, on the 23rd night and 21st stop of his 30-city tour of the Eighth All-Starr Band.
Video: 'Quebec Conference' (Aug. 25, 1943, at 8:26)
(Wednesday, August 25, 1943; during World War II) — U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt told the people of Canada today that if Adolf Hitler and his generals had attended the First Quebec Conference they would have realized that “surrender would pay them better now than later.” Continue reading Roosevelt warns Nazis to surrender now 70 years ago today (1943)
(Wednesday, August 25, 1943; part of the Pacific Theater of World War II) — U.S.-led Allied troops today liberated New Georgia in the Solomon Islands from Japanese forces during the New Georgia Campaign.
Video: 'Midnight Special'
(Saturday, August 25, 1973, 1:00 a.m. EDT) — Loretta Lynn and Marty Robbins were among the performers on tonight’s episode of the late-night musical variety NBC-TV series The Midnight Special as co-hosted tonight by Lynn and Robbins. Continue reading Loretta Lynn, Marty Robbins perform on ‘Midnight Special’ 40 years ago this hour (1973)
Video: 'Quebec Conference' (Aug. 24, 1943, at 7:55)
(Tuesday, August 24, 1943,; during World War II) — The First Quebec Conference (codenamed “QUADRANT”), a highly secret military conference between the British, Canadian and United States governments, concluded today in Quebec City, Canada. Continue reading Roosevelt, Churchill conclude First Quebec Conference 70 years ago today (1943)
Video: 'Stockholm Syndrome'
(Thursday, August 23, 1973) — A bank robbery-turned-hostage-taking, known as the Norrmalmstorg robbery, began today in Stockholm, Sweden. The four hostages ended up empathizing with their captors, a psychological condition now referred to as “Stockholm Syndrome.”
Video: 'From Russia With Love Trailer'
(Friday, August 23, 1963) — Principal photography for second James Bond film From Russia with Love, starring Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent, wrapped up today. The film would premiere in London in just seven weeks.
Video: 'Dinner at Eight' trailer
(Thursday, March 9, 1933) — Dinner at Eight, a comedy/drama film about a high-society dinner party that masks a hotbed of scandal and intrigue, premiered today at the Rivoli in New York City.
Directed by George Cukor, the film starred Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore, Lee Tracy, Edmund Lowe and Billie Burke.
Audio: 'The Beatles - "With The Beatles" (2009 Stereo Remastered) [Full Album]'
(Thursday, August 22, 1963) — The cover for With the Beatles, The Beatles’ second album, was shot today by Robert Freeman in the Palace Court Hotel, Bournemouth, England. By coincidence, The Beatles would hold their final photo session as a group exactly six years from this date.
