Video: 'Republicans campaign for President 1932' (Oct. 31, 1932 at 1:57)
(Monday, October 31, 1932, evening, during the 1932 presidential campaign) — In a campaign speech to an overflow crowd tonight at Madison Square Garden in New York, U.S. President Herbert Hoover declared that the “inchoate new deal,” proposed by Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt and his supporters would “destroy the very foundations of our government and crack the timbers of the Constitution.”
Video: 'Paul McCartney - Access Hollywood (11-25-02)'
(Tuesday, October 29, 2002) — Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney was interviewed today at America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona, the site of the final show of the second of four legs of his Driving World Tour, for airing next month on Access Hollywood. Continue reading Paul McCartney interviewed for ‘Access Hollywood’ 10 years ago today (2002)
Video: 'Wake Up My Love'
(Friday, October 29, 1982) — Ex-Beatle George Harrison today released the single Wake Up My Love/Greece today in Britain (Nov. 1, 1982 in the U.S.), the first single from his album Gone Troppo. Continue reading ‘Wake Up My Love/Greece’ by George Harrison released 30 years ago today (1982)
Video: Oct. 27, 1972
(Friday, October 27, 1972, 7:00 p.m. EDT, during the Watergate scandal) — At the insistence of anchorman Walter Cronkite, The CBS Evening News featured a fifteen-minute segment tonight on the Watergate affair, the first part of a full-scale report. Continue reading CBS News elevates Watergate story with special report 40 years ago this hour (1972)
Video: 'Angels Win the 2002 World Series (Final Out)'
(Sunday, October 27, 2002) — The Anaheim Angels won the 2002 World Series today, beating the San Francisco Giants 4-1 at Edison International Field of Anaheim in Anaheim, California, in the seventh and deciding game. It was the Angels’ first World Series title.
Video: St. Elsewhere 'Pilot' (Oct. 26, 1982)
(Tuesday, October 26, 1982, 10:00 p.m. EDT) — St. Elsewhere, a medical drama television series set at fictional St. Eligius, a decaying urban teaching hospital in Boston’s South End neighborhood, debuted tonight on NBC-TV. It starred Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd, William Daniels, David Birney, Ed Begley, Jr., Denzel Washington, Bonnie Bartlett, Christina Pickles, Mark Harmon, David Morse, Cynthia Sikes, Howie Mandel, Kim Miyori and Bruce Greenwood.
Video: Oct. 26, 1972 (6:32)
(Thursday, October 26, 1972, 11 days before the U.S. presidential election, during the Vietnam War) — Hours after Radio Hanoi broadcast key details of a draft peace agreement, which the South Vietnamese had adamantly rejected a few days before, American presidential advisor Henry Kissinger went on television today and declared “We believe that peace is at hand.” Continue reading ‘Peace Is at Hand’ in Vietnam, Kissinger says 40 years ago today (1972)
Video: 'What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?' trailer
(Friday, October 26, 1962) — What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, a psychological thriller film about a crazed, aging star who torments her sister in a decaying Hollywood mansion, premiered today in New York.
Directed by Robert Aldrich, the film starred Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and Victor Buono.
Video: October 26, 1962 (at 4:25)
(Friday, October 26, 1962, day eleven of the Cuban missile crisis, part of the Cold War) — A Soviet-chartered freighter is stopped at the quarantine line today and searched for contraband military supplies. None are found and the ship is allowed to proceed to Cuba.
Meantime, ABC News reporter John Scali is approached by Aleksander Fomin of the Soviet embassy staff with a proposal for a solution to the crisis.
Later, a long, rambling letter from Soviet Premier Khrushchev to U.S. President Kennedy makes a similar offer: removal of the missiles in exchange for lifting the quarantine and a pledge that the U.S. will not invade Cuba. Continue reading Krushchev offers deal to remove Soviet missiles from Cuba 50 years ago today (1962)
(Friday, October 26, 1962) — The Beatles entered the British Top 40 charts today with Love Me Do, coming in at number 27 in the New Musical Express.
