2min 31sec @NASA clip - Apollo 17 Moon Landing 1972 Today in History

2min 48sec #movietone @AP_Archive clip - #Palestine Partitioned - 1947 | Today In History |

Text from youtube "On November 29, 1947, the U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution calling for Palestine to be partitioned between Arabs and Jews."

1min #movietone clip - Italy Becomes a Republic - 1946 | Today In History | 2 June

Text from youtube "On June 2, 1946, Italy held a referendum which resulted in the Italian monarchy being abolished in favor of a republic."

1min 52sec #movietone clip - Spirit of St. Louis Departs - 20th May1927 Today In History

On May 20, 1927, Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, New York, aboard the Spirit of St. Louis on his historic solo flight to France.

1min 40sec @AP_Archive clip - Vanguard Explosion - 1957 | Today In History | 6 Dec

text from youtube "On December 6, 1957, America's first attempt at putting a satellite into orbit blew up on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Fla."

2min 48sec #movietone @AP_Archive clip - #Palestine Partitioned - 1947 | Today In History |

Text from youtube "On November 29, 1947, the U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution calling for Palestine to be partitioned between Arabs and Jews."

1min #movietone clip - Italy Becomes a Republic - 1946 | Today In History | 2 June

Text from youtube "On June 2, 1946, Italy held a referendum which resulted in the Italian monarchy being abolished in favor of a republic."

2min 30sec british #movietone clip - #Dunkirk Evacuation Ends - #1940 Today In #History

On June 4, 1940, during World War II, the Allied military evacuation of some 338,000 troops from Dunkirk, France, ended. 

1min 52sec #movietone clip - Spirit of St. Louis Departs - 20th May1927 Today In History

On May 20, 1927, Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, New York, aboard the Spirit of St. Louis on his historic solo flight to France.