Video: 'Ted Bundy : Serial Killer Documentary' (Kimberly Leach murder at 25:57)
(Thursday, February 9, 1978, approx. 8:00 a.m. EST) — Serial killer Ted Bundy, having committed some 30 homicides in seven states since 1974, abducted and murdered his final victim — 12-year-old Kimberly Diane Leach — today in Lake City, Florida. Continue reading Serial killer Ted Bundy murders final victim 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 9 1978)
Video: 'The Forgotten Orangeburg South Carolina Israelite Massacre'
(Thursday, February 8, 1968, approx. 10:30 p.m. EST; during the African-American civil rights movement (1954–1968)) — Three African-American college students (Samuel Hammond Jr., 18, Henry Smith, 19, and Delano Middleton, 17) were killed and 27 others were wounded tonight in a confrontation with highway patrolmen in Orangeburg, South Carolina, during a civil rights protest against a whites-only bowling alley. Continue reading Three teens killed in Orangeburg massacre 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 8 1968)
Video: '"KENNEDYS DON'T CRY" (1975)' (Feb. 8, 1968, at 1:14:13)
(Thursday, February 8, 1968; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Senator Robert F. Kennedy of New York attacked today every important facet of the Johnson Administration’s policy in Vietnam, calling the President’s claims of progress “illusory” and denied that there was “any prospect” of an American military victory. Continue reading Robert F. Kennedy says U.S. cannot win Vietnam War 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 8 1968)
Video: 'George Wallace discusses running on a third party ticket 1968'
(Thursday, February 8, 1968; during the African-American civil rights movement (1954–1968); during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Former Democratic Governor George Wallace of Alabama, a staunch racial segregationist, announced today in Washington that he would run for the presidency as a candidate of the American Independent Party and “run to win.” Continue reading George Wallace to run as third-party presidential candidate 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 8 1968)
Video: 'Planet of the Apes' trailer
(Thursday, February 8, 1968, 10:00 a.m. EST) — Planet of the Apes, an American science fiction film about an astronaut crew that crash lands on a planet in the distant future where intelligent talking apes are the dominant species, opened today at Loew’s Capitol theater in New York City. Continue reading ‘Planet of the Apes’ opens in New York City 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 8 1968)
Video: 'The Beatles - The Inner Light (1968, Stereo Remastered 2009)' (RS1)
(Thursday, February 8, 1968, 2:30-9:00 p.m. GMT) — The Beatles completed recording George Harrison’s song “The Inner Light” during a session tonight at EMI Studio 2, adding more overdubs, including background vocals. Continue reading The Beatles complete ‘The Inner Light’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 8 1968)
Video: '60 Minutes - Manuel Noriega (1988)'
(Sunday, February 7, 1988, 7:00-8:00 p.m. EST) — Panamanian strongman Gen. Manuel Noriega, indicted Feb. 5, 1988, on U.S. charges that he sold his country to drug smugglers, said tonight in a television interview that he met with U.S. officials in 1985 to discuss plans for an invasion of Nicaragua. Continue reading Noriega says U.S. planned to invade Nicaragua 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 7 1988)
Video: 'Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War - Tet! [7/13]' (Feb. 8, 1968, at 27:16)
(Thursday, February 8, 1968, 4:15 a.m. Saigon Standard Time; during Tet Offensive, part of the Vietnam War, Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Communist reinforcements launch the first daylight attack during the Battle of Khe Sanh, storming up hill 64 today just outside the Combat Base. The western half the outpost falls, but U.S. Marines counterattack and retake the hill. Continue reading North Vietnamese launch first daylight attack at Khe Sanh 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 8 1968)
Video: 'Carl Wilson - The Beach Boys Endless Harmony'
(Friday, February 6, 1998, evening PST) — Carl Wilson, an American musician, singer, and songwriter who co-founded the Beach Boys, died tonight at his home in Los Angeles of lung cancer. Continue reading Beach Boy Carl Wilson succumbs to lung cancer 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 6 1998)
Video: 'Nagano 1998 Olympic Games' (4 videos)
(Saturday, February 7, 1998, 11:00 a.m. JST) — Athletes from 72 nations marched today in the opening ceremonies of the 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, at Minami Nagano Sports Park in Nagano, Japan. Continue reading 1998 Winter Olympics open in Nagano 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 7 1998)
