Last American troops depart Vietnam 50 years ago this hour (Apr 30 1975)

1970s, Cold War, Vietnam War


Video: 'Vietnam The Ten Thousand Day War 12of13 Surrender (Apr. 30, 1975, at 41:44)

(Sunday, April 30, 1975, 7:53 a.m. Saigon Standard Time; during the 1975 Spring Offensive of the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and Cold War) — The last ten Marine security guards and their commander (Major Kean) at the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, South Vietnam, were evacuated on a Marine Corps helicopter this morning, concluding the United States presence in Vietnam. Total U.S. casualties for the war: 58,303 dead and 303,644 wounded. Continue reading Last American troops depart Vietnam 50 years ago this hour (Apr 30 1975) →

U.S. Ambassador Graham Martin flees Vietnam 50 years ago this hour (Apr 30 1975)

1970s, Cold War, Vietnam War


Video: 'Vietnam The Ten Thousand Day War 12of13 Surrender (Apr. 30, 1975, at 39:55)

(Sunday, April 30, 1975, 4:58 a.m. Saigon Standard Time; during the 1975 Spring Offensive of the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and Cold War) — U.S. Ambassador Graham Martin boarded a Marine Corps helicopter this morning in Saigon and was flown to the USS Blue Ridge. Continue reading U.S. Ambassador Graham Martin flees Vietnam 50 years ago this hour (Apr 30 1975) →

The Beatles film hand drier, Ringo rescue scenes for ‘Help!’ film 60 years ago today (Apr 29 1965)

1960s, Movies 1960s, Popular Music 1960s, The Beatles 1960s


Video: 'The Beatles - Help! Movie 1965 1080p BluRay HD' (Apr. 29, 1965, at 11:49-12:54; 15:53-16:24)

(Thursday, April 29, 1965) — The Beatles re-shot the scene for their second feature film Help! today at Twickenham Film Studios in London in which a night club hand drier sucks excessively in an attempt to steal Ringo Starr’s ring. Continue reading The Beatles film hand drier, Ringo rescue scenes for ‘Help!’ film 60 years ago today (Apr 29 1965) →

Nazi concentration camp Dachau liberated 80 years ago this hour (Apr 29 1945)

1940s, The Holocaust, World War II


Video: 'Liberating Dachau 1945'

(Sunday, April 29, 1945, approximately 11:30 a.m. CEST; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — The remaining 3,000 inmates, including 1,400 women, at the Nazi concentration camp Dachau, located on the grounds of an abandoned munitions factory southeast of the medieval town of Dachau, about 16 km (10 mi) northwest of Munich, were liberated today by American troops. Continue reading Nazi concentration camp Dachau liberated 80 years ago this hour (Apr 29 1945) →

Bodies of Mussolini, mistress hung upside down in Milan 80 years ago today (Apr 29 1945)

1940s, World War II


Video: 'Angry mob and bodies of Barrocu, Terussi, Gelormini, Benito Mussolini, Petacci, P...HD Stock Footage'

(Sunday, April 29, 1945, approximately 9:00 a.m. Central European Summer Time; during World War II) — The bodies of former Italian fascist dictator (and strong ally of German Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler) Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci, were hoisted up on to the metal girder framework of a half-built Standard Oil service station today in Milan, and hung upside down on meat hooks. Continue reading Bodies of Mussolini, mistress hung upside down in Milan 80 years ago today (Apr 29 1945) →

U.S. begins withdrawing Americans from Saigon by helicopter 50 years ago this hour (Apr 29 1975)

1970s, Cold War, Vietnam War


Video: 'Vietnam : A Television History ep.12 "End of the Tunnel, 1973-1975"' (Apr. 28, 1975, at 44:54)

(Tuesday, April 29, 1975, 2:00 p.m. Saigon Standard Time; during the 1975 Spring Offensive of the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and Cold War) — U.S. President Gerald Ford ordered the emergency evacuation today of all Americans remaining in South Vietnam. Continue reading U.S. begins withdrawing Americans from Saigon by helicopter 50 years ago this hour (Apr 29 1975) →

Barbra Streisand’s first TV special ‘My Name Is Barbra’ airs 60 years ago this hour (Apr 28 1965)

1960s, Popular Music 1960s, Television 1960s


Video: 'Barbra Streisand - 1965 - My Name is Barbra' (9 video clips)

(Wednesday, April 28, 1965, scheduled for 9:00 p.m. EDT) — Barbra Streisand’s first TV special My Name Is Barbra aired tonight on CBS in conjunction with Streisand’s fifth studio album My Name Is Barbra.

President Lyndon B. Johnson sends U.S. troops to Dominican Republic 60 years ago this hour (Apr 28 1965)

1960s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'President Johnson's Remarks on the Dominican Crisis, 4/28/65, MP545.'

(Wednesday, April 28, 1965, 8:51 p.m. EDT) — U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announced tonight that he’s sending more than 22,000 troops to the Dominican Republic in an effort to forestall a “communist dictatorship.”

Hitler marries Eva Braun, dictates last will and testament 80 years ago this hour (Apr 29 1945)

1940s, World War II

Video: 'The World At War 1973(World War II Documentary)Episode 21-Nemesis:Germany(February-May 1945)' (Apr. 29, 1945, at 43:20)

(Sunday, April 29, 1945, approximately 12:30 a.m. CEST; during the Battle of Berlin on the Eastern Front during World War II) — German dictator Adolf Hitler married Eva Braun today in a small civil ceremony within the Führerbunker, an air-raid shelter located near the Reich Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. Continue reading Hitler marries Eva Braun, dictates last will and testament 80 years ago this hour (Apr 29 1945) →

Saigon’s Tan Son Nhut airport comes under rocket fire 50 years ago this hour (Apr 29 1975)

1970s, Cold War, Vietnam War


Video: 'Vietnam : A Television History ep.12 "End of the Tunnel, 1973-1975"' (Apr. 29, 1975, at 44:37)

(Tuesday, April 29, 1975, around 4:00 a.m. Saigon Standard Time; during the 1975 Spring Offensive of the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and Cold War) — Saigon’s Tan Son Nhut airport came under the heaviest rocket attack of the war early this morning, preventing passenger planes from taking off, as North Vietnamese troops assaulted parts of the city’s suburbs. But U.S. ambassador, Graham Martin was still reluctant to begin a full-scale helicopter evacuation. Continue reading Saigon’s Tan Son Nhut airport comes under rocket fire 50 years ago this hour (Apr 29 1975) →