Video: 'The Battle of Westport'
(Sunday, October 23, 1864; during American Civil War) — Union forces under Major General Samuel R. Curtis decisively defeated an outnumbered Confederate force under Major General Sterling Price today in the Battle of Westport in Westport (now a part of Kansas City, Missouri).
Video: 'Paul McCartney's "Give My Regards To Broad Street" premiere'
(Monday, October 22, 1984) — Give My Regards to Broad Street, a British musical drama film about ex-Beatle Paul McCartney’s search for the master tapes of his new album, premiered tonight at the Westwood Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles. Continue reading ‘Give My Regards to Broad Street’ premieres in Los Angeles 30 years ago tonight (Oct 22 1984)
Video: 'Funeral of Former President Herbert Hoover (1964)'
(Wednesday, October 22, 1964, 4:33 p.m. EDT) — Led by U.S. President Lyndon Johnson and his Republican challenger Senator Barry Goldwater, New York City bade goodbye to former President Herbert Hoover in a solemn funeral service today. Hoover had died Oct. 20, 1964, at the age of 90.
Video: 'Pretty boy Floyd' (5 videos)
(Monday, October 22, 1934, afternoon local time) — Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd, one of the most notorious outlaws of the present era, was shot and killed on a farm seven miles from East Liverpool, Ohio, this afternoon as he fled from federal agents and East Liverpool police who were closing in on him.
Video: 'Give My Regards To Broad Street'
(Monday, October 22, 1984) — “Give My Regards to Broad Street” by ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, the soundtrack album to the film of the same name, was released simultaneously today in both the US and UK. It was McCartney’s fifth solo studio album outside of The Beatles and Wings.
Video: 'Casino Royale James Bond 1954'
(Thursday, October 21, 1954, 8:30-9:30 p.m. EST) — Casino Royale, a television adaptation of the novel of the same name by Ian Fleming and the first onscreen appearance of the character of James Bond (played by Barry Nelson), was broadcast tonight live on the CBS dramatic anthology series Climax!.
Nelson’s character is played as an American agent with “Combined Intelligence” and is referred to as “Jimmy” by several characters.
Video: 'My Fair Lady' (trailer)
(Thursday, October 21, 1964) — My Fair Lady, a musical film about a phonetics instructor who bets that he can pass a street urchin off as a lady, premiered tonight at the Criterion Theater in New York City.
Directed by George Cukor, the film starred Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Gladys Cooper and Jeremy Brett.
Video: 'Roosevelt In New York Aka Presidential Campaign (1944)'
(Saturday, October 21, 1944, during World War II) — As heavy rain and autumn winds pelted the five boroughs, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, approaching an election for an historic fourth term, toured through fifty-one miles of New York City streets today in a large motorcade.
With his wife Eleanor at his side, the aging president defied terrible weather to greet his fellow Americans from an open car (and sometimes without a hat).
Video: 'Battle For Aachen (1944)'
(Saturday, October 21, 1944, 12:06 p.m. local time; during the Battle of Aachen, part of World War II) — The last despairing opposition in the desert of death and strewn ruins that used to be the prosperous city of Aachen, Germany, broke down suddenly today as the German commander signed an unconditional surrender order and handed himself, his staff and about 1,000 surviving German soldiers. It was the first city on German soil to be captured by the Allies.
Video: 'Liberation of Belgrade (1944)'
(Friday, October 20, 1944; during the Belgrade Offensive, part of the Yugoslav and Eastern fronts of World War II) — Russian and Yugoslav troops today captured the Yugoslav capital of Belgrade, annihilating its Axis garrison in savage street battles. They also liberated the city of Dubrovnik.
