Video: 'Peter Jennings - Hiroshima: Why the Bomb was Dropped (1995)' (Apr. 11, 1945, 34:59)
(Wednesday, April 11, 1945; part of the Pacific War during World War II) — A report from the U.S. Joint Intelligence Staff on Unconditional Surrender of Japan concluded today that a Russian invasion of Japan could be decisive in ending the Pacific War.
Video: 'American Experience FDR Parts 3 and 4' (Apr. 11, 1945, at 2:10:48)
(Wednesday, April 11, 1945, lunchtime EWT; during World War II) — U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt drove his former mistress Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd, who had arrived at Warm Springs, Georgia, on Monday (Apr. 9, 1945), to Dowdell’s Knob, overlooking a lovely valley, and talked about the future of the world and what he was going to do after the war had ended.
Video: 'Mittelbau-Dora/Nordhausen - The camp where the Nazis built their V2-rockets'
(Wednesday, April 11, 1945 approximately 6:30 p.m. Central European Summer Time; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — The Nazi concentration camp Mittelbau-Dora (also Dora-Mittelbau and Nordhausen-Dora) near Nordhausen in Thuringia, Germany, which supplied labor for extending the nearby tunnels in the Kohnstein and for manufacturing the V-2 rocket and the V-1 flying bomb, was liberated today by U.S. troops. Continue reading Nazi concentration camp Nordhausen-Dora liberated 80 years ago this hour (Apr 11 1945)
Video: 'Marty' trailer
(Monday, April 11, 1955, 11:00 a.m. EST) — Marty, a romantic drama film about a lonely butcher who finds love despite the opposition of his friends and family, premiered today at the Sutton theater in New York City. Continue reading ‘Marty’ romantic drama film premieres in New York City 70 years ago this hour (Apr 11 1955)
Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Episode 11' (Apr. 11, 1975, at 35:50)
(Friday, April 11, 1975; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and Cold War) — One day after U.S. President Gerald Ford appealed to Congress to approve “without delay” nearly a billion dollars in military and humanitarian aid for Saigon to give South Vietnam a chance to “save itself” as a country, U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam Graham Martin remained optimistic.
Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Episode 11' (Apr. 11, 1975, at 37:48)
(Tuesday, April 11, 1975; during the Cambodian Civil War, part of the Vietnam War, Indochina Wars and the Cold War) –The United States announced today that because of the “seriously deteriorating military situation” it was closing its embassy in Phnom Penh and evacuating several hundred Americans and Cambodians from the encircled Cambodian capital.
Video: 'The Beatles - Live At NME Poll Winners Concert, London (April 11, 1965) + Awards!'
(Sunday, April 11, 1965, 3:15-4:40 p.m. BST) — The Beatles topped the bill this afternoon at the 1964-65 New Musical Express Annual Poll-Winners’ All-Star Concert at the Empire Pool in Wembley in London. Continue reading The Beatles headline NME Poll-Winners’ All-Star Concert 60 years ago this hour (Apr 11 1965)
Video: 'WWII Triumph and Despair' (Buchenwald at 18:53)
(Wednesday, April 11, 1945, 3:30 p.m. Central European Summer Time; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — The Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald near Weimar, Germany, where prisoners from all over Europe and the Soviet Union worked primarily as forced labor in local armaments factories, was liberated today by U.S. troops. Continue reading Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald liberated 80 years ago this hour (Apr 11 1945)
Video: 'Madonna The Virgin Tour Seattle's Paramount Theatre'
(Wednesday, April 10, 1985, scheduled for 8:00 p.m. PDT) — Singer Madonna launched “The Virgin Tour,” her first major U.S. tour, with a concert tonight at the Paramount Theater in Seattle. Continue reading Madonna opens ‘Virgin Tour’ in Seattle 40 years ago this hour (Apr 10 1985)
Video: 'Gerald Ford-Address on U.S. Foreign Policy (April 10, 1975)'
(Thursday, April 10, 1975, 9:04-10:05 p.m. EDT; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and Cold War) — U.S. President Gerald Ford appealed to Congress tonight to approve “without delay” nearly a billion dollars in military and humanitarian aid for Saigon to give South Vietnam a chance to “save itself” as a country and make possible a large-scale evacuation of Americans and South Vietnamese “should the worst come to pass” (click here to watch the complete speech). Continue reading President Ford seeks $972 million in aid for Saigon and right to use troops for evacuation 50 years ago this hour (Apr 10 1975)
