Video: Bremer shoots Wallace (Bremer first appears in video at 0:22, clapping and wear sunglasses)
(Friday, August 4, 1972) — Arthur Bremer was convicted and sentenced today in Upper Marlboro, Md., to 63 years in prison for his attempt on the life of U.S. Democratic presidential candidate George Wallace. The governor of Alabama was shot on May 15, 1972, in Laurel, Maryland, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down for life.
Video: 'Unforgiven' trailer
(Monday, August 3, 1992) — Unforgiven, a dark Western film that deals frankly with the uglier aspects of violence and the myth of the Old West, premiered today in Los Angeles.
Directed by Clint Eastwood, the film starred Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman and Richard Harris. It would go on to win the Oscar for Best Picture.
Video: 'Little Road and a Stone to Roll: A Tribute to Brian Cole'
(Wednesday, August 2, 1972) — Brian Cole, the bass guitar player and one of the founding members of the 1960s folk rock band The Association, died today in Los Angeles of a heroin overdose at the age of 29.
Video: 'Alexander Graham Bell'
(Wednesday, August 2, 1922, 2:00 a.m. local time) — Alexander Graham Bell, generally regarded as the inventor of the telephone, died of complications arising from diabetes today at his private estate, Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia, Canada, at age 75.
Audio: 'I Want to Tell You'
(Saturday, August 1, 1992) — Live in Japan, a live album of George Harrison’s December 1991 tour of Japan, debuted and peaked at #126 on today’s Billboard 200 pop albums chart. Continue reading ‘Live in Japan’ by George Harrison debuts, peaks at #126 in USA 20 years ago today (1992)
(Wednesday, August 1, 1962) — U.S. President John F. Kennedy today promised stiffer government controls to avert drug tragedies and urges every woman in the country to guard against take thalidomide, blamed for thousands of malformed births in Europe.
Video: '100 Years of Marine Corps Aviation'
(Thursday, August 1, 1912) — The U.S. Marine Corps’ first pilot, 1st Lt. Alfred A. Cunningham, went on his first solo flight today as he took off in a Burgess/Curtis Hydroplane from Marblehead Harbor in Massachusetts.
Video: July 31, 1972 (at 1:33)
(Monday, July 31, 1972, 9:45 p.m. EDT) — Democratic vice-presidential nominee, Sen. Thomas Eagleton of Missouri, withdrew tonight from the party’s presidential ticket with George McGovern following disclosures that Eagleton had once undergone psychiatric treatment. Continue reading Sen. Eagleton withdraws from Democratic presidential ticket 40 years ago this hour (1972)
Video: '1932 Los Angeles Olympics Opening Ceremony'
(Saturday, July 30, 1932) — The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, opened today at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum this afternoon as 105,000 people looked on and cheered.
Video: 'An Officer and a Gentleman' trailer
(Wednesday, July 28, 1982) — An Officer and a Gentleman, a drama film that tells the story of a U.S. Navy aviation officer candidate who comes into conflict with the Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant who trains him, opened today in limited release in the U.S.
Directed by Taylor Hackford, the film stars Richard Gere, Debra Winger, Louis Gossett, Jr. (who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor), David Keith, Lisa Blount, Robert Loggia and Tony Plana.
