Video: 'FDR Excerpt Sept 30, 1934'
(Sunday, September 30, 1934, 10:00 p.m. EST) — In a radio speech to the nation tonight, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt called for an armistice between capital and labor while the newly reorganized NRA evolves legislation calculated permanently to safeguard the rights of each (click here for complete audio and transcript of the speech).
Video: 'Murder She Wrote (TV) (1984-) - Official Trailer [SD]'
(Thursday, September 30, 1984, 8:00 p.m. EDT) — Murder, She Wrote, a television mystery series about mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher, debuted tonight on CBS.
It starred Angela Lansbury, William Windom, Tom Bosley and Ron Masak.
Video: 'HOLLYWOOD PREMIERE OF "A STAR IS BORN" (SEPT. 29, 1954)'
(Wednesday, September 29, 1954, evening PST) — A Star Is Born, a musical film about a falling star who marries the newcomer he’s helping reach the top, had its world premiere tonight at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood. Continue reading ‘A Star Is Born’ film premieres in Hollywood 60 years ago evening (Sep 29 1954)
Video: 'Willie Mays makes an amazing over-the-shoulder catch'
(Wednesday, September 29, 1954, mid-afternoon EDT) — Willie Mays, center fielder for the New York Giants, made an amazing over-the-shoulder catch of a fly ball hit by Cleveland Indians first baseman Vic Wertz today in the eighth inning of Game 1 of the 1954 World Series at the Polo Grounds in Manhattan, New York.
Video: 'The Cosby Show Season 1 Episode 2 S01E02 Goodbye Mr Fish'
(Thursday, September 27, 1984, 8:00 p.m. EDT) — Rudy becomes very sad after her pet goldfish, Lamont, dies, on tonight’s episode of the NBC sitcom television series The Cosby Show.
In 2009, the episode was ranked #15 on TV Guide‘s 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.
Video: 'Beach Boys - Wendy (1964)'
(Sunday, September 27, 1964, 8 p.m. EDT) — The Beach Boys appeared live on the CBS television variety series The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time tonight, performing “I Get Around” and “Wendy.” Continue reading The Beach Boys debut on ‘Ed Sullivan’ 50 years ago this hour (Sep 27 1964)
Video: 'General Electric Theater - Winner By Decision' (Nov. 6, 1955)
(Sunday, September 26, 1954, 9:00 p.m. EDT) — Actor Ronald Reagan debuted tonight as the only host of the CBS television series General Electric Theater. GE added a host to provide continuity in the anthology format.
Video: 'Gilligan's Island Intro Episode1' (Sept. 26, 1964)
(Saturday, September 26, 1964, 8:30 p.m. EDT) — Gilligan’s Island, a situation comedy that followed the comic adventures of seven castaways as they attempted to survive the island on which they had been shipwrecked, debuted tonight as a regular television series on CBS. It starred Bob Denver, Alan Hale, Jr., Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer, Tina Louise, Russell Johnson and Dawn Wells. Continue reading ‘Gilligan’s Island’ debuts on CBS 50 years ago this hour (Sep 26 1964)
(Sunday, September 26, 1954, 10:43 p.m. local time) — The Japanese commercial ferry Toya Maru capsized and sank tonight during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait several hundred meters off the shore of Hakodate.
Of the 1,309 on board, only 150 people survived, while 1,159 (1,041 passengers, 73 crew and 41 others) died.
Video: 'Gomer Pyle USMC 101 Gomer Overcomes The Obstacle Course' (Sept. 25, 1964)
(Friday, September 25, 1964, 9:30 p.m. EDT) — Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., a situation comedy spin-off of The Andy Griffith Show about a naive but good natured gas station attendant from the town of Mayberry, North Carolina, who enlists in the U.S. Marine Corps, debuted tonight as a regular television series on CBS. It starred Jim Nabors, Frank Sutton and Ronnie Schell.
