Video: POW lists exchanged (at 3:29)
(Tuesday, December 18, 1951) — In a big step toward resolving difficilites over an armistice in the Korean War, the communists today turned over a list of 11,559 prisoners, 3,198 of them Americans, far short of United Nations estimates of 100,000 or more missing. The UN command handed the communists a list of 132,474 Chinese and North Korean prisoners.
Video: Kennedys in Latin America (Dec. 15-18)
(Monday, December 18, 1961) — U.S. President John F. Kennedy concluded a weekend trip to Latin America this morning, one night after attending a state dinner at the San Carlos Palace in Bogota, Columbia. Kennedy also visited Puerto Rico and Venezuela, where his wife Jackie addressed a delighted crowd in Spanish.
Video: 'Family Affair'
(Saturday, December 18, 1971) — There’s a Riot Goin’ On by Sly & the Family Stone was the #1 album on today’s Billboard 200’s chart for the first of two weeks (December 18/25, 1971).
Video: 'JFK' trailer
(Tuesday, December 17, 1991) — JFK, a film which examines the events leading to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and alleged subsequent cover-up, through the eyes of former New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison (played by Kevin Costner), had its world premiere tonight at the Mann Village Theater in Westwood, Los Angeles, California. Continue reading ‘JFK’ premieres in Los Angeles 20 years ago tonight (1991)
Video: U-131 sunk (at)
(Wednesday, December 17, 1941) — The German submarine U-131 was sunk today north-east of Madeira, Portugal, by depth charges and gunfire while shadowing Convoy HG 76 as part of the wolfpack Seeräuber in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II.
Video: 'Old Brown Shoe'
(Tuesday, December 17, 1991, 7 p.m. JST) — Rock legends George Harrison and Eric Clapton performed tonight at Tokyo Dome Stadium, Tokyo, as the final night of their 12-date tour of Japan. Continue reading George Harrison, Eric Clapton conclude Japanese tour 20 years ago this hour (1991)
Video: Mrs. Kennedy speaks Spanish (at 1:52)
(Saturday, December 16, 1961) — During a tour of Latin America with her husband, U.S. President John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy spoke to a crowd in Spanish today in La Morita, Venezuela, about the rights of all people to a fair-paying job and a decent education and lifestyle.
(Thursday, December 16, 1971) — The Pakistani army surrendered today, ending both the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 between India and Pakistan and the Bangladesh War of Independence, with the new nation of Bangladesh established in East Pakistan.
(Wednesday, December 15, 1971, 8:00 p.m. ET) — Eight years after an act of heroism put him out of commission, an officer returns to active duty, only to find that the changes made to the job that limit an officer’s power and increase suspect’s rights are too much to handle on tonight’s episode of the NBC-TV police drama Adam-12.
Video: Bill Clinton announces he'll run for president (Oct. 3, 1991)
(Sunday, December 15, 1991, 6:30 p.m. EST) — The six Democratic presidential candidates, making their nationally televised debut tonight, belittled U.S. President George Bush as “Scrooge” and “King George” while quarreling among themselves on economic policies and other issues.
The 90-minute debate from NBC’s studios in Washington was the first of seven planned for the 1992 presidential campaign season (click here to watch tonight’s full debate).
