Video: 'The Jimmy Durante Show from 1955 (video)'
(Saturday, October 2, 1954, 9:30 p.m. EST) — The Jimmy Durante Show, a live comedy/variety television series, debuted tonight on NBC.
It starred Jimmy Durante, Peter Lawford and Eddie Jackson.
Daily Archives: October 2, 2014
McCartney’s ‘No More Lonely Nights’ video premieres on MTV 30 years ago today (Oct 2 1984)
Video: 'Paul McCartney - No More Lonely Nights'
(Tuesday, October 2, 1984) — Paul’s promotional film for “No More Lonely Nights,” his first single from his Give My Regards to Broad Street soundtrack album, received its world premiere on MTV today in America.
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New York Giants win World Series in four-game sweep 60 years ago this hour (Oct 2 1954)
Video: 'Giants vs Indians 1954 W.S.' (5 videos)
(Saturday, October 2, 1954, 3:52 p.m. EDT) — The New York Giants won the 1954 World Series tonight, beating the Cleveland Indians 7-4 at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio, in the fourth and deciding game. It was the fifth of seven World Series titles for the Giants (1905-2012).
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63-day Warsaw Uprising crushed by Germans 70 years ago tonight (Oct 2 1944)
Video: 'Battle Of Warsaw.' (Oct. 2, 1944, at 41:34)
(Monday, October 2, 1944, 8:00 p.m. local time; part of Operation Tempest during World War II) — German troops today crushed the two-month-old Warsaw Uprising, during which a quarter of a million people were killed.
Video: 'The World At War: Pincers (2/4)' (Oct. 2, 1944, at 12:10)
