Video: 'Vietnam War Documentary | 02 Dien Bien Phu | How America Lost' (Aug. 22, 1963, at 44:24)
(Thursday, August 22, 1963, evening; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge flew into strife-torn Saigon tonight on hurry-up orders from the U.S. government which has sharply denounced yesterday’s government crackdown on Buddhists in South Vietnam.
(Friday, August 21, 1863; during the American Civil War) — The pro-Union town of Lawrence, Kansas, was attacked today by William Quantrill’s pro-Confederate raiders, who killed an estimated 200 men and boys. The raid became notorious in the North as one of the most vicious atrocities of the Civil War.
Video: 'The Assassination of Benigno Aquino, Jr.' (parts 1-6)
(Sunday, August 21, 1983, just after 1:05 p.m. local time) — Filipino opposition leader Benigno Aquino, regarded as the strongest challenger to President Ferdinand E. Marcos, was assassinated today as he stepped off a plane at Manila International Airport, returning from three years’ self-exile in the United States.
Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Episode 2' (Aug. 21, 1963, at 39:23)
(Wednesday, August 21, 1963, shortly after midnight local time; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — The Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces, on orders of President Ngo Dinh Diem and his brother, Ngo Dinh Nhu, arrested thousands of monks and nuns today and vandalized Buddhist pagodas across South Vietnam in what became known as the Xa Loi Pagoda raids.
Video: 'The Beatles - It Won't Be Long'
(Monday, August 19, 1963) — The Beatles were filmed today at Askers Road House Hotel in Bridport, England, portions of which were later sprinkled through the “It Won’t Be Long” montage of home movies in The Beatles Anthology documentary TV series.
Video: '18th August 2003'
(Monday, August 18, 2003) — Ex-Beatle Ringo Starr released a video update today from his 30-city tour of the Eighth All-Starr Band with Colin Hay, Paul Carrack, John Waite, Sheila E. and Mark Rivera.
Video: 'Electric Light Orchestra - Roll Over Beethoven'
(Saturday, August 18, 1973, 1:00 a.m. EST) — Electric Light Orchestra and Joe Walsh were among the performers on tonight’s episode of the late-night musical variety NBC-TV series The Midnight Special as hosted tonight by Richard Pryor. Continue reading Electric Light Orchestra, Joe Walsh perform on ‘Midnight Special’ 40 years ago this hour (1973)
Video: 'The World At War: Morning 1/5' (Aug. 17-24, 1943, at 3:17)
(Tuesday, August 17, 1943,; during World War II) — The First Quebec Conference (codenamed “QUADRANT”), a highly secret military conference between the British, Canadian and United States governments, began today in Quebec City, Canada.
Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt (hosted by Canada’s prime minister, William Lyon Mackenzie King) would agree to begin discussions for the planning of the invasion of France and an increase in the bombing offensive against Germany.
There were also discussions about improving the coordination of efforts to develop an atomic bomb.
Video: 'Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring' trailer
(Thursday, August 14, 2003) — Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring, a South Korean film about the life of a Buddhist monk as he passes through the seasons of his life from childhood to old age, premiered today at the Locarno Film Festival in Locarno, Switzerland.
Directed by Kim Ki-duk, the film starred Oh Yeong-su, Kim Young-min, Seo Jae-kyung, Kim Jong-ho and Ha Yeo-jin.
Video: 'First Soviet hydrogen bomb test (1953)'
(Wednesday, August 12, 1953; during the Cold War) — The Soviet Union today conducted a secret test of its first hydrogen bomb at Semipalatinsk Test Site, Kazakhstan.
