Video: 'Searching for Bobby Fischer' trailer
(Wednesday, August 11, 1993) — Searching for Bobby Fischer, a drama film about a prepubescent chess prodigy who refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer, opened today in U.S. theaters.
Directed by Steven Zaillian, the film starred Max Pomeranc, Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen, Ben Kingsley, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Nirenberg and Robert Stephens.
Video: 'Warren G. Harding: America's 29th President' (Aug. 10, 1923, at 13:42)
(Friday, August 10, 1923, 4:18 p.m. EST) — The casket containing the body of Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States, was placed in the vine-covered vault prepared for it in the Marion Cemetery today. It will rest there until his fellow townsmen decide on the form of the memorial they would erect to honor Marion’s greatest son.
Video: 'General George S. Patton 360°: Rogue General - S1E4 (part 3/4) Full History Channel Documentary' (Aug. 10, 1943, at 1:33)
(Tuesday, August 10, 1943; during the Allied invasion of Sicily, part of the Italian Campaign of World War II) — For the second time in a week, General George S. Patton, Jr., struck a U.S. Army soldier today after losing his temper. Continue reading Patton slaps second soldier in a week, calling him a ‘God-damned coward’ 70 years ago today (1943)
Video: 'Warren G. Harding: America's 29th President' (Aug. 9, 1923, at 13:26)
(Thursday, August 9, 1923, 12:40 p.m. EST) — Traveling slowly through long lines of home folks, the funeral train carrying the body of President Warren G. Harding arrived today in Marion, Ohio. The body will lay in state at the home of the late president’s father before burial tomorrow.
Video: 'Ready Steady Go! - Volume 1'
(Friday, August 9, 1963) — Ready Steady Go!, one of the UK’s first rock/pop music television programs, debuted today on ITV. It would eventually feature artists such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who and Jimi Hendrix.
Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Episode 8' (Aug. 9, 1973, at 40:56)
(Thursday, August 9, 1973; during the Cambodian Civil War, part of Operation Freedom Deal, part of the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Admiral Thomas Moorer, chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff, told a Senate armed service committee hearing today that the 1969-1970 secret bombing in supposedly neutral Cambodia was necessary to protect American troops from North Vietnamese forces who launched attacks from Cambodian sanctuaries.
Video: 'Jesus Christ Superstar' trailer
(Wednesday, August 8, 1973) — Jesus Christ Superstar, a film adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice rock opera of the same name, about the last few weeks of Christ’s life, opened today in New York City.
Directed by Norman Jewison, the film starred Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson and Yvonne Elliman.
(Thursday, August 8, 1973) — Vice President Spiro T. Agnew today branded as “damned lies” reports he had taken kickbacks from government contracts in Maryland, and vowed not to resign — which he ended up doing in Oct. 1973.
Video: 'Very rare: 1963 Beatles home movie - Jersey, Channel Islands' (Aug. 8, 1963, at :20-1:13; the rest was shot Aug. 6-10, 1963)
(Thursday, August 8, 1963) — The Beatles were filmed today at Jersey Airport, boarding their chartered flight for Guernsey in the Channel Islands.
Video: 'The Fugitive' trailer
(Friday, August 6, 1993) — The Fugitive, a thriller film about a doctor who sets out to prove his innocence after he is wrongfully convicted for the murder of his wife and escapes from federal custody, opened today in the U.S., Canada and Sweden.
Directed by Andrew Davis, the film starred Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones.
