Daily Archives: February 23, 2012

‘The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank’ episode airs on ‘The Twilight Zone’ 50 years ago this hour (1962)

1960s, Television 1960s


Video: 'The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank' promo clip

(Friday, February 23, 1962, 10 p.m. ET) — A man (James Best) returns from the dead during his funeral on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV anthology series The Twilight Zone. Continue reading ‘The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank’ episode airs on ‘The Twilight Zone’ 50 years ago this hour (1962) →

Bob Kennedy lays wreath to victims at Berlin Wall 50 years ago today (1962)

1960s, Cold War

(Friday, February 23, 1962) — U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy laid a wreath “to the victims of Communist tyranny” at the Red Wall dividing Berlin today and received some cautious waves from East Berliners beyond the barricade.