Daily Archives: September 14, 2012

USS Wasp torpedoed by Japanese submarine 70 years ago this hour (1942)


Video: 'USS WASP (CV-7) sinking movies'

(Tuesday, September 15, 1942, at about 2:44 p.m. local time, during World War II) — The aircraft carrier USS Wasp was torpedoed today by a Japanese submarine some 170 miles southeast of San Cristobal Island. The U.S. Navy ended up sinking the badly damaged aircraft carrier.

‘The Waltons’ debuts on CBS-TV 40 years ago this hour (1972)


Video: 'The Waltons s01e01 - The Foundling'

(Thursday, September 14, 1972, 8:00 p.m. EDT)The Waltons, a drama about a family in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II, debuted as a regular series tonight on CBS-TV (it first aired as a TV movie entitled The Homecoming: A Christmas Story on Dec. 19, 1971). It starred Richard Thomas, Ralph Waite, Michael Learned, Ellen Corby and Will Geer.

Nixon makes first appearance on ‘Meet The Press’ 60 years ago today (1952)

(Sunday, September 14, 1952, during the 1952 U.S. presidential campaign) — Republican vice presidential nominee Richard Nixon made his first appearance today on Meet The Press, a weekly American television news/interview program produced by NBC.