On this day in 1970, the U.S. Army accused Capt. Ernest Medina
and four other soldiers of committing crimes at My Lai (also
known as Songmy) in March 1968. The charges ranged from premeditated murder to rape and the “maiming” of a suspect
under interrogation. Medina was the company commander of
Lt. William Calley and other soldiers charged with murder and
numerous crimes at My Lai 4 in Song My village.

Ernest Lou Medina
(August 27, 1936 – May 8, 2018)

Twenty-four high-ranking Nazis go on trial in Nuremberg,
Germany, for atrocities committed during World War II 
began on November 20, 1945.

The Nuremberg trials were conducted by an international
tribunal made up of representatives from the United States,
the Soviet Union, France and Great Britain. It was the first
trial of its kind in history, and the defendants faced charges
ranging from crimes against peace, to crimes of war, to
crimes against humanity.

Lord Justice Geoffrey Lawrence, the British member, presided
over the proceedings, which lasted 10 months and consisted
of 216 court sessions.

Sir Frederick Geoffrey Lawrence
(5 April 1902 – 3 February 1967)

Hermann Goering in the witness box during the Nuremberg trials.

German Reichsmarschall, Commander of the Luftwaffe
Hermann Goering during cross examination at the trials. 

Twenty-four high-ranking Nazis go on trial in Nuremberg, Germany,
for atrocities committed during World War II. 

The Nuremberg trials were conducted by an international tribunal
made up of representatives from the United States, the Soviet
Union, France and Great Britain. It was the first trial of its kind in
history, and the defendants faced charges ranging from crimes
against peace, to crimes of war, to crimes against humanity. Lord
Justice Geoffrey Lawrence, the British member, presided over
the proceedings, which lasted 10 months and consisted of 216
court sessions.

TIM MAGUIRE

During its golden age from 1936 to 1972, Life was a wide-ranging
weekly general interest magazine known for the quality of its photography.

TIM MAGUIRE

I Love Lucy is television sitcom that originally aired on CBS from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, with a total of 180 half-hour
episodes spanning six seasons (including the “lost” original
pilot and Christmas episode). The show starred Lucille Ball,
(left) her then real-life husband Desi Arnaz (right), with Vivian
Vance and William Frawley.