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#OTD in 1945, the United States Tenth Army invaded Okinawa in World War II. Here is a British Movietone report covering the battle/ apne.ws/J3NiEuT #MovietoneMoments

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

This week's #ArchivistPresents clip features Munich's Oktoberfest in 1959 apne.ws/sYS8EbU

BREAKING: The jury has reached a verdict at the murder trial of a former Minneapolis police officer in George Floyd’s death. apne.ws/bPSdf9u

#ThisWeekInHistory: 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). apne.ws/1AS5TfY

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. #OnThisDay

#OTD 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.

#OTD in 1953, the Queen launched the royal yacht Britannia. Here is a British Movietone report covering the ceremony. apne.ws/COT3OcJ #MovietoneMoments

This week's #ArchivistPresents clip is a 1972 film featuring the British Beer Festival. apne.ws/WqVjFKr

#OTD 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.

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

#ThisWeekInHistory: 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). apne.ws/EgrrS3F

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. apne.ws/m4bfRAk

#OTD 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. apne.ws/DIfzODG #MovietoneMoments

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

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. #OnThisDay

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

This week's #ArchivistPresents clip is a 1959 film featuring a picnic at the park with chimpanzees. apne.ws/9GdaZf9

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.