Video: 'Roy Orbison Oh, Pretty Woman 1964'
(Sunday, October 11, 1964, 8 p.m. EDT) — Roy Orbison appeared on the live CBS television variety series The Ed Sullivan Show for the only time tonight, performing “Oh, Pretty Woman.”
Daily Archives: October 11, 2014
Civil administration of North Vietnam transferred to Viet Minh 60 years ago today (Oct 11 1954)
Video: 'Vietnam The Ten Thousand Day War 2of13 Dien Bien Phu' (Oct. 11, 1954, at 29:23)
(Monday, October 11, 1954; during the Cold War) — Transfer of civil administration of North Vietnam to the Viet Minh was given today. Ho Chi Minh was appointed Prime Minister of North Vietnam, which would be run as a socialist state.
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‘To Have and Have Not’ opens in New York City 70 years ago today (Oct 11 1944)
Video: 'To Have and Have Not' (trailer)
(Wednesday, October 11, 1944) — To Have and Have Not, a romance-war-adventure film that follows a skipper-for-hire’s romance with a beautiful drifter complicated by his growing involvement with the French resistance, opened today at the Hollywood in New York City.
Directed by Howard Hawks, the film starred Humphrey Bogart, Walter Brennan, Lauren Bacall, Dolores Moran and Hoagy Carmichael.
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‘Laura’ opens in New York City 70 years ago today (Oct 11 1944)
Video: 'Laura' (trailer)
(Wednesday, October 11, 1944) — Laura, a film noir about a police detective who falls in love with the woman whose murder he’s investigating, opened today at the Roxy in New York City.
Directed by Otto Preminger, the film starred Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price and Judith Anderson.
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First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt born 130 years ago today (Oct 11 1884)
Video: 'Eleanor Roosevelt Biography'
(Saturday, October 11, 1884) — Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt (who served from 1933 to 1945) and the niece of President Theodore Roosevelt (who served from 1901 to 1909), was born Anna Eleanor Roosevelt today at 56 West 37th Street in New York City.
