(Sunday, October 7, 1962, 8 p.m. EST) — Vaughn Meader did his JFK impersonation on tonight’s edition of the CBS-TV variety show The Ed Sullivan Show.
Daily Archives: October 7, 2012
‘Cats’ opens on Broadway 30 years ago today (1982)
Video: 'Cats - Memory - Original Broadway Cast'
(Thursday, October 7, 1982) — The Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice musical Cats opened on Broadway today at the Winter Garden Theatre. The show closed Sept. 10, 2000, after a record 7,485 performances.
New York Yankees win World Series 60 years ago today (1952)
Video: '1952 World Series Game 7: Yankees vs Dodgers'
(Tuesday, October 7, 1952) — The New York Yankees won the 1952 World Series today, beating the Brooklyn Dodgers 4-2 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York, in the seventh and deciding game. It was the Yankees’s fourth consecutive World Series title, 15th overall.