Daily Archives: November 15, 2014

Baby Fae dies as baboon heart fails 30 years ago this hour (Nov 15 1984)


Video: 'Stephanie's Heart: The Story of Baby Fae - Part 1'

(Thursday, November 15, 1984, 9:00 p.m. PST)Stephanie Fae Beauclair, the infant publicly known as “Baby Fae” who had received a baboon’s heart to replace her own congenitally deformed one, died at Loma Linda University Medical Center in California three weeks after the transplant. Continue reading Baby Fae dies as baboon heart fails 30 years ago this hour (Nov 15 1984)

Peter and Gordon appear on ‘Ed Sullivan’ 50 years ago this hour (Nov 15 1964)


Video: 'Peter & Gordon I Don't Want To See You Again' (click here to watch)

(Sunday, November 15, 1964, 8 p.m. EST) — Peter and Gordon appeared on the live CBS television variety series The Ed Sullivan Show tonight, performing “I Don’t Want to See You Again” (written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles) and “500 Miles.” Continue reading Peter and Gordon appear on ‘Ed Sullivan’ 50 years ago this hour (Nov 15 1964)

Sherman begins his ‘March to the Sea’ after burning Atlanta 150 years ago tonight (Nov 15 1864)


Video: 'The Conquerors - Episode 8: Sherman's March to the Sea (History Documentary)' (Nov. 15, 1864, at 1:26)

(Tuesday, November 15, 1864, evening local time; during American Civil War) — After destroying Atlanta’s warehouses and railroad facilities, Union forces led by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman began their “March to the Sea” tonight with the goal of crippling the region’s military and economic resources. The campaign ended with the capture of Savannah on Dec. 21, 1864.