Video: 'Allied Newsreel - MacArthur Lands at Leyte, Philippines 1944'
(Friday, October 20, 1944, 1:30 p.m. local time; during the Battle of Leyte, part of the Pacific Theatre of World War II) — American forces landed on Red Beach in Palo, Leyte, today as General Douglas MacArthur returned to the Philippines, fulfilling his promise to return to the area he was forced to flee in 1942. Continue reading MacArthur fulfills promise, returns to the Philippines 70 years ago this hour (Oct 20 1944)
Video: 'GUATEMALA 1944 [Aftermath of Guatemalan Revolution]'
(Friday, October 20, 1944, 2:00 a.m. CST) — Young officers, aided by civilians and students and employing tanks, overthrew the provisional government of President Federico Ponce today in a revolt that was reported to have resulted in more than 1,000 casualties after sharp fighting.
Video: 'The Battle of Cedar Creek 2011'
(Wednesday, October 19, 1864, 4:00 p.m. local time; the culminating battle of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 during American Civil War) — Union General Philip Sheridan averted a near disaster today in the Shenandoah Valley when he rallied his troops after a surprise attack by Confederate General Jubal Early, scoring a major victory at the Battle of Cedar Creek northeast of Strasburg, Virginia.
Video: 'Lyndon B. Johnson-Report to the Nation on Events in China and the USSR (October 18, 1964)'
(Sunday, October 18, 1964, 8:30 p.m. EDT; during the Cold War) — U.S. President Lyndon Johnson told the people of the United States tonight that despite the Chinese Communists’ nuclear explosion and the change of Government in the Soviet Union, “the key to peace is to be found in the strength and the good sense of the United States” (click here to watch the full video).
Video: 'The Best of The Ed Sullivan Show: October 18, 1964' (Jack Jones, Volantes, Peter O'Toole segments from Mar. 15, 1964)
(Sunday, October 18, 1964, 8 p.m. EDT) — The Animals appeared on the live CBS television variety series The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time tonight, performing “I’m Crying” followed by their #1 hit “House of the Rising Sun.” Continue reading The Animals debut on ‘Ed Sullivan,’ Jackie Mason allegedly gives host the finger 50 years ago this hour (Oct 18 1964)
Video: 'Regency TR-1: The First Transistor Radio'
(Monday, October 18, 1954) — Texas Instruments today unveiled the Regency TR-1, the first commercially produced transistor radio.
Video: '1974 World Series, Game 1: Athletics @ Dodgers'
(Thursday, October 17, 1974, at about 10:45 p.m. EDT) — The Oakland A’s won the 1974 World Series today, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 at at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, California, in the fifth and deciding game. It was the eighth of nine World Series titles for the Athletics (1910-1989).
Video: 'Top 5 Most Bizarre Disasters' (Oct. 17, 1814, at 0:07)
(Monday, October 17, 1814, around 5:30 p.m. local time) — The London Beer Flood inundated the St. Giles district of the British capital as a vat at Meux’s Brewery on Tottenham Court Road ruptured, causing other vats to burst as well and sending more than 320,000 gallons of beer into the streets; up to nine people were reported killed.
Video: 'Harold Wilson In Office (1964)'
(Friday, October 16, 1964) — Harold Wilson became Britain’s prime minister today, one day after leading the Labour Party to a narrow election win over the Tory government of Sir Alec Douglas-Home, which had been in power for 13 years and had four different leaders during that time.
Video: 'UK Election 1964'
(Thursday, October 15, 1964) — Britain’s Labour Party, led by Harold Wilson, returned to power in today’s general elections, sending the Conservatives, who have governed for 13 years, into opposition. Wilson would replace Alec Douglas-Home as prime minister the next day.
