Daily Archives: September 21, 2012

‘The Jack Paar Program’ debuts on NBC 50 years ago this hour (1962)


Video: 'The Jack Paar Program' (Dec. 7, 1962)

(Friday, September 21, 1962, 10:00 p.m. EDT)The Jack Paar Program, a weekly, prime-time television show that followed Paar’s stint on The Tonight Show, began a three-year run tonight on NBC.

Margaret Houston writes to her son about the deaths of his friends, schoolmates 150 years ago today (1862)


Video: Sept. 21, 1862 (at 1:00:02)

(Sunday, September 21, 1862, during the American Civil War) — Margaret Lea Houston, former First Lady of the Republic of Texas, wrote to her eldest son, Sam Jr., today, notifying him of the deaths of ten of his friends and school mates.