(watch Gandhi's arrival in London @ 1:12 into embedded video)
(Saturday, September 12, 1931) — Mahatma Gandhi, the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement, arrived in London this afternoon in a chilling and drenching rain, determined to do his best at the second Round Table Conference for the “dumb and semi-starved millions” of India.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUWJX-j1xws
FDR Fireside Chat 18: On The Greer Incident
(Thursday, September 11, 1941, 10 p.m. EDT) — Responding to last week’s Greer Incident, President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced tonight that he had ordered the navy to “shoot first” when Axis submarines, surface raiders or aircraft are encountered in areas which the (still officially neutral) U.S. considers vital to its defense (click here to watch a video clip of the address).
The Unknown War - The Siege of Leningrad - 02/05
(Wednesday, September 10, 1941) — Two days into the Siege of Leningrad, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin appointed General Georgy Zhukov today to replace Marshal Kliment Voroshilov as Leningrad Front commander in the Eastern Front theatre of World War II.
Paul McCartney - Access Hollywood (11-13-01)
(Monday, September 10, 2001) — Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney appeared today at Lincoln Center in New York City with his fiancé Heather Mills in a clip that would air Nov. 13, 2001, on “Access Hollywood.”
(click here to watch the full program, with Sara Roosevelt's death @ 3:11:05)
(Sunday, September 7, 1941, 12:15 p.m. EDT)— Sara Roosevelt, the 86-year-old mother of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, died today at her home in Hyde Park, New York, following an acute circulatory collapse late last evening.
"The Civil War - Episode One: The Cause (1861)"
(Friday, September 6, 1861) — Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant today bloodlessly captured Paducah, Kentucky, which gave the Union control the mouth of the Tennessee River during the American Civil War.
