Video: 'T 780 NIghtline Bombing of TWA 840 TWA bombing April 2, 1986'

(Wednesday, April 2, 1986, 2:32 p.m. Eastern European Summer Time) — Four American passengers, including an 8-month-old girl, her mother and grandmother, were killed today when a terrorist bomb exploded aboard a TWA jetliner en route from Rome to Athens, Greece. Continue reading Four killed as bomb rips TWA plane on way to Athens 40 years ago this hour (Apr 2 1986) →

Video: 'History of Apple Company | Steve Jobs to Tim Cook [1976-2021]'

(Thursday, April 1, 1976) — Apple Computer Company was established today by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne to market Wozniak’s Apple I personal computer.

Video: 'Karen Ann Quinlan NHD'

(Wednesday, March 31, 1976) — The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled today that the mechanical respirator that was keeping Karen Ann Quinlan (a young woman in a persistent vegetative state) alive might be disconnected if her attending physicians and a panel of hospital officials agreed that there was “no reasonable possibility” that she would recover. Continue reading Court rules Karen Quinlan’s father can let her die if doctors see no hope 50 years ago today (Mar 31 1976) →

Video: 'Germany Rhineland - 1936 | Movietone Moment | 29 March 2024'

(Sunday, March 29, 1936) — German Chancellor Adolf Hitler claimed overwhelming victory today in a plebiscite on his policies with 98.79 per cent of the votes.

Video: 'Andrea Chénier'

(Saturday, March 28, 1896) — The opera Andrea Chénier, by Umberto Giordano, based loosely on the life of the French poet, premiered today at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy.