Daily Archives: November 5, 2012

‘Gone Troppo’ by George Harrison released in UK 30 years ago today (1982)


Video: 'Gone Troppo' (ten tracks)

(Friday, November 5, 1982) — Ex-Beatle George Harrison today released Gone Troppo, his ninth (and last for five years) studio album, in Britain (released Nov. 8, 1982 in the U.S.).

Stevenson concedes defeat in presidential election 60 years ago this hour (1952)


Video: Nov. 5, 1952 (at 3:44)

(Wednesday, November 5, 1952, shortly after midnight CST, during the 1952 U.S. presidential campaign) — Democratic presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson conceded the race to Repubican nominee Dwight Eisenhower this morning in Springfield, Illinois, saying he felt like a little boy who stubbed his toe in the dark–but who was too old to cry and “it hurt too much to laugh.”