Video: 'The Thong' clip
(Sunday, October 21, 2001, 10:30 p.m. ET) — Larry and Richard Lewis, who both see the same psychotherapist, plot ways of ending their respective relationships with the therapist after Larry sees the man wearing a thong bathing suit on tonight’s episode of the HBO comedy series Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Video: Nixon decides with Attorney General John Mitchell to appoint Rehnquist over Sen. Howard Baker (Oct. 21, 1971, 9:33 a.m. ET)
(Thursday, October 21, 1971, 7:30 p.m. ET) — President Richard M. Nixon nominated Lewis F. Powell Jr., 64, a former president of the American Bar Association, and William H. Rehnquist, 46, an Assistant Attorney General, to the Supreme Court tonight in an address to the nation.
If confirmed, Powell would replace Hugo Black (appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937, Black had retired Sept. 17, 1971, and then died eight days later) and Rehnquist would replace John Marshall Harlan II (appointed by President Eisenhower in 1955, Harlan had retired Sept. 23, 1971).
Video: 'I'm Down'
(Sunday, October 21, 2001, 12:18 a.m. EDT) — Paul McCartney (introduced by Jim Carrey) performed at The Concert for New York City tonight at Madison Square Garden in New York City, held to honor the first responders and those lost in the September 11 attacks, doing “I’m Down,” “Lonely Road,” “From A Lover To A Friend,” “Yesterday,” “Freedom,” “Let It Be” and “Freedom (Reprise).” Continue reading Paul McCartney performs at The Concert for New York 10 years ago this hour (2001)
