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

#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

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

#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

#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.

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

#ThisWeekInHistory: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill resigned his office for health reasons (4/5/1955); the U.N. General Assembly ratified Dag Hammarskjold of Sweden as the new secretary-general, succeeding Trygve Lie of Norway (4/7/1953). apne.ws/PX9zh3P

#OTD in 1932, Charles Lindbergh paid a $50,000 ransom for the return of his kidnapped son. Here is a British Movietone report covering the incidents leading to the arrest of Bruno Hauptmann, who abducted and murdered the Lindbergh baby. apne.ws/iOfyvRT #MovietoneMoments

This week's #ArchivistPresents clip is a 1957 film featuring unexpected animal friendships. apne.ws/JcwsUCp

#ThisWeekInHistory: Julius & Ethel Rosenberg were convicted for conspiracy to commit espionage for the USSR (3/29/1951); American forces launched the amphibious invasion of Okinawa in WWII (4/1/1945). apne.ws/iSd5pTF

#OTD in 1953, Dr. Jonas E. Salk announced a vaccine had been successfully tested against poliomyelitis, the virus that caused the crippling disease of polio. Here is a Movietone report showing Salk with his family as well as a clinic with polio victims. apne.ws/IzaNAzb