Video: 'COAST GUARD SPARS WWII WOMEN'S RECRUITING FILM'
(Monday, November 23, 1942, during World War II) — President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a measure today establishing the U.S. Women’s Coast Guard Reserve, or SPARS (an abbreviation of the U.S. Coast Guard motto “Semper Paratus” — “Always Ready”).
Video: Nov. 22, 1942 (at 34:09)
(Sunday, November 22, 1942, during Operation Uranus, part of the Battle of Stalingrad during Eastern Front of World War II) — Soviet forces linked up at the town of Kalach late today, encircling some 250,000 Axis soldiers (including all of Germany’s 6th Army) east of the Don River.
Video: '1982 Cal vs Stanford'
(Saturday, November 20, 1982) — In one of college football’s oddest finales, the University of California used five laterals to score a disputed winning touchdown on the last play of a game today against Stanford, 25-20.
Video: 'Wake Up My Love'
(Saturday, November 20, 1982) — Wake Up My Love by ex-Beatle George Harrison debuted at #68 on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart.
Video: Nov. 20, 1942 (at 7:45)
(Friday, November 20, 1942, part of the Western Desert Campaign of World War II) — Benghazi changed hands for the fifth and positively final time today as British forces occupied the Libyan city.
Video: Nov. 20, 1972 (8:13)
(Monday, November 20, 1972, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. local time, during the Vietnam War) — Henry A. Kissinger, U.S. President Richard Nixon’s national security adviser, and Le Duc Tho of North Vietnam opened another round of negotiations for a Vietnam cease-fire today in Paris. Continue reading Vietnam cease-fire negotiators meet again 40 years ago this hour (1972)
Video: 'Michael Jackson dangles his baby over a hotel balcony'
(Tuesday, November 19, 2002) — Pop singer Michael Jackson dangled his third child, baby Prince Michael II (whom he calls “Blanket”), over a fourth-floor balcony at a Berlin hotel today, shocking the crowd of fans in the street below.
Video: Nov. 19, 1942 (at 33:04)
(Thursday, November 19, 1942, 7:20 a.m. Moscow time, during the Battle of Stalingrad, part of the Eastern Front of World War II) — The Red Army today launched Operation Uranus, a two-pronged attack targeting the weak Romanian and Hungarian forces protecting Germany forces in and around Stalingrad east of the Don River. Continue reading Russians launch offensive against Germans along the Don front 70 years ago today (1942)
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'The Contest' clip
(Wednesday, November 18, 1992, 9:30 p.m. ET) — Jerry proposes a contest to see who can go the longest without “you know” on tonight’s episode of the NBC-TV sitcom Seinfeld. TV Guide ranked the episode #1 on its list of “TV’s Top 100 Episodes of All Time.”
Audio: 'Brainwashed' playlist
(Monday, November 18, 2002) — Brainwashed, the eleventh and final studio album by ex-Beatle George Harrison (who died Nov. 29, 2001, at age 58), was released today in the UK (Nov. 19, 2002, in the U.S.)
