Today in History - March 10 | Why the DJ with a soothing voice was hated by entire country
March 10
On March 10, 1949, Mildred Gillars—the notorious American citizen who broadcast Nazi propaganda during World War II was convicted of treason.
Gillars had been living in Berlin during the 1930s but chose to remain there when Germany went to war with the US in late 1941.
Soon after she was hired as a disc jockey by the state radio network and began broadcasting Nazi propaganda.
While Gillars had a soothing voice on the radio, she taunted US troops fighting in Europe about the fidelity of their wives and girlfriends back at home.
She became a hate figure among American GIs, earning the nicknames "Axis Sally" and even "Berlin Bitch".
Following Germany's defeat in May, 1945, Gillars attempted to escape by posing as a refugee but was arrested by the US military.
At her later trial she was sentenced to 10 to 30 years in prison. She was paroled in 1961.
The popular TV series Incredible Hulk, starring American actor Bill Bixby, right, as a scientist who turns into a powerful green monster during emotional stress, made its debut in the US on March 10, 1978.
Based on the Marvel comics character, bodybuilder Lou Ferrigno played the rampaging monster with super human strength.
The series ran for four years and later spawned several film versions.
Marvin Gaye
The family of the late soul singer and songwriter Marvin Gaye, shown, won a record $US7.3 ($12 million) million lawsuit for music copyright infringement against Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams, and T.I.
An eight-person jury in Los Angeles found Williams and Thicke's hit song Blurred Lines copied Gaye's music.
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