Video: 'PET 1968'
(Saturday, April 6, 1968, evening local time) — Justice Minister Pierre Trudeau, 46, became the new leader of the Liberal party tonight and the next Prime Minister of Canada. Continue reading Pierre Trudeau becomes next Prime Minister of Canada 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 6 1968)
Video: '50 years ago: Explosion rips through Richmond, killing 41'
(Saturday, April 6, 1968, 1:47 p.m. EST) — 41 people were killed and more than 150 were injured today when a double explosion and fire tore through nearly two blocks of Main Street in downtown Richmond, Indiana. Continue reading 41 killed in Richmond, Indiana explosion 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 6 1968)
(Saturday, April 6, 1968) — “Young Girl” by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap peaks at #2 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three weeks. Continue reading ‘Young Girl’ by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap peaks at #2 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 6 1968)
(Saturday, April 6, 1968) — “La-La (Means I Love You)” by The Delfonics peaks at #4 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘La-La (Means I Love You)’ by The Delfonics peaks at #4 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 6 1968)
(Saturday, April 6, 1968) — “Kiss Me Goodbye” by Petula Clark peaks at #15 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Kiss Me Goodbye’ by Petula Clark peaks at #15 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 6 1968)
Video: 'Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War - Tet! [7/13]' (Apr. 6, 1968, at 38:29)
(Saturday, April 6, 1968, 1:40 p.m. Saigon Standard Time; during the Battle of Khe Sanh, part of the Vietnam War, the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Relief forces from Operation Pegasus moved into Khe Sanh today, ending a 77-day siege. Continue reading Siege of Khe Sanh broken 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 6 1968)
Video: 'MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.'S CASKET ARRIVES AT MEMPHIS AIRPORT APRIL 5, 1968 85614'
(Friday, April 5, 1968, 11:30 a.m. CST; during the African-American civil rights movement (1954–1968)) — One day after the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., the casket containing his body was loaded aboard an American Airlines Convair chartered by Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy today at the Memphis Airport for a flight to Atlanta. Continue reading Body of MLK Jr. flown to Atlanta 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 5 1968)
(Saturday, April 5, 2008) — “Bleeding Love” by Leona Lewis peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for four non-consecutive weeks (Apr. 5/26, May 10/17, 2008). Continue reading ‘Bleeding Love’ by Leona Lewis peaks at #1 in USA 10 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 5 2008)
Video: 'Inside a Hollywood Scandal: The Cheryl Crane Story'
(Good Friday, April 4, 1958, at about 9:25 p.m. PST) — Johnny Stompanato, 32, a bodyguard and enforcer for gangster Mickey Cohen and the Cohen crime family and the boyfriend of actress Lana Turner, was stabbed to death tonight at Turner’s house in Beverly Hills, California, by Turner’s teenage daughter, Cheryl Crane, who said she did it to defend her mother from a vicious beating by Stompanato. Continue reading Lana Turner’s daughter murders movie star’s boyfriend 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 4 1958)
Video: 'The Greatest Speech Ever - Robert F Kennedy Announcing The Death Of Martin Luther King'
(Thursday, April 4, 1968, 9:30 p.m. EST; during the African-American civil rights movement (1954–1968)) — Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, moved almost to tears by the death of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., told a street corner rally of African-Americans tonight in Indianapolis, Indiana, that they must strive for “love, and wisdom, and compassion toward one another.” Continue reading Robert Kennedy urges ‘compassion’ after King murder 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 4 1968)
