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    Apr 22

    . celebrates its 175th birthday in May 2021. To mark this milestone, the AP Corporate Archives has assembled an eight-part monthly blog, “AP at 175.” This is the third of eight installments.

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  2. Apr 23

    in 1945, the United States Tenth Army invaded Okinawa in World War II. Here is a British Movietone report covering the battle/

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    Apr 23

    ON THIS DAY - In 1971, released “Sticky Fingers” - their first album on their own label.

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  4. Apr 21

    This week's clip features Munich's Oktoberfest in 1959

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    Apr 20

    BREAKING: The jury has reached a verdict at the murder trial of a former Minneapolis police officer in George Floyd’s death.

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  6. Apr 19

    : Apollo 16′s lunar module, carrying astronauts John W. Young and Charles M. Duke Jr., landed on the moon (4/20/1972); Prince was found dead at his home in suburban Minneapolis; he was 57 (4/21/2016).

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    Apr 16

    ON THIS DAY – In 1969, Desmond Dekker & The Aces scored a UK No.1 with “Israelites,” as they boosted reggae music in Britain and the US.

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    Apr 16

    in 2007, in one of America’s worst school attacks, a college senior killed 32 people on the campus of Virginia Tech before taking his own life. Students console each other after a memorial service at War Memorial Chapel near Norris Hall, the site of a shooting on campus.

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  9. Apr 16

    in 1953, the Queen launched the royal yacht Britannia. Here is a British Movietone report covering the ceremony.

    Royal Yacht Britannia - 1953 | Movietone Moment | 16 April 2021
    #OTD in 1953, the Queen launched the royal yacht Britannia. Here is a British Movietone report covering the ceremony.
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  10. Apr 15

    This week's clip is a 1972 film featuring the British Beer Festival.

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    Apr 12

    in 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia, at age 63; he was succeeded by Vice President Harry S. Truman. Roosevelt stands in front of the townhouse he and his wife Eleanor own on the Upper East Side of New York in 1933.

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    Apr 12

    ON THIS DAY – In 2012, Liza Minnelli and co-stars attended a 40th anniversary screening for iconic musical “Cabaret.”

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  13. Apr 12

    : Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia, at age 63 (4/12/1945); the liner RMS Titanic collided with an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 11:40 p.m. ship’s time and began sinking (4/14/1912).

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    Apr 9

    Egyptian archeologists have unearthed a 3,000-year-old lost city, complete with mud brick houses, artifacts, and tools. Archeologist Zahi Hawass said the city was once the largest administrative and industrial settlement of the pharaonic empire.

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  15. Apr 9

    in 1959, NASA introduced America's first astronauts to the world. Here is a British Movietone report covering Project Mercury, America’s first manned space program.

    Project Mercury - 1959 | Movietone Moment | 9 April 2021
    On this day in 1959, NASA introduced America's first astronauts to the world. Here is a British Movietone report covering Project Mercury, America’s first manned space program.
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  16. Apr 9

    Today Prince Philip, passed away at age 99. Have a look back at his betrothal to then Princess Elizabeth in 1947.

    Royal Betrothal - 1947
    Princess Elizabeth and Lt. Philip Mountbatten's royal betrothal in 1947.
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    Apr 8

    ON THIS DAY - In 1964, The Supremes recorded their first No.1 hit, "Where Did Our Love Go," which started their record-breaking chart career.

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    Apr 7

    ON THIS DAY - In 1992, Princess Diana took Prince William and Prince Harry to the premiere of Steven Spielberg's pirate adventure, "Hook."

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  19. Apr 6

    This week's clip is a 1959 film featuring a picnic at the park with chimpanzees.

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    Chimps Picnic - 1959 | The Archivist Presents | #291
    This week's #ArchivistPresents clip is a 1959 film featuring a picnic at the park with chimpanzees.
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    Apr 5

    70 years ago today, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death following their conviction in New York on charges of conspiring to commit espionage for the Soviet Union.

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