Video: Hitler's speech (at 0:05)
(Tuesday, November 10, 1942, during the Battle of Stalingrad, part of the Eastern Front of World War II) — German Gen. Friedrich von Paulus, commander in chief of the German 6th Army at Stalingrad, asked Adolf Hitler today to let him withdraw from Stalingrad. Hitler told him to keep attacking.
(Friday, November 9, 1962) — Motown Records today released You’ve Really Got a Hold On Me by The Miracles.
Video: 'Give My Regards to Broad Street [FULL MOVIE]'
(Monday, November 8, 1982) — Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney began filming the movie Give My Regards To Broad Street today at the Elstree Film Studios in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire. The film, directed by Peter Webb, written and starring McCartney, also featured fellow ex-Beatle Ringo Starr and Bryan Brown.
Video: Nov. 8, 1972 (at 7:29)
(Wednesday, November 8, 1972, the day after the 1972 presidential election) — The day after winning re-election in a huge landslide, U.S. President Richard Nixon orders his cabinet to submit letters of resignation by Friday, November 10, so he can decide which will stay or go in a month’s time.
Video: Hitler's speech (Nov. 8, 1942)
(Sunday, November 8, 1942, evening, during the Battle of Stalingrad, part of the Eastern Front of World War II) — On the 19th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch, German dictator Adolf Hitler focused on the fighting in Stalingrad in an after dinner speech in Munich: Continue reading Hitler on Stalingrad: ‘We’ve got it really’ 70 years ago today (1942)
Video: Nov. 6, 1942 (at 6:19)
(Friday, November 6, 1942, 5:30 p.m. during the Western Desert Campaign of World War II) — Two days after victory in the Second Battle of El Alamein, the British 7th Armored Division catches and destroys the remainder of Germany’s 21st Panzer Division, which is out of fuel.
The British pursuit, however, is slowed by fuel shortages, minefields and booby traps and a heavy rainfall late in the day that makes the coastal road the only viable route of advance.
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.).
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.”
Video: 'World News Tonight' (ABC News, Nov. 4, 1992)
(Wednesday, November 4, 1992, the day after the 1992 presidential campaign) — U.S. President-elect Bill Clinton set to work shaping his new administration today, huddling with his transition team, issuing a scarcely veiled warning to Iraq and pronouncing himself “happy, but exhausted thinking about the work that has to be done.”
Video: 'AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided Preview (Season 23)'
(Friday, November 4, 1842) — Abraham Lincoln, 33, and Mary Ann Todd, 23, were married this evening at the home of her older sister, Mrs. Ninian Edwards, in Springfield, Illinois. Continue reading Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Ann Todd in 170 years ago tonight (1842)
