Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Episode 1' (Oct. 9, 1954, at 57:07)
(Saturday, October 9, 1954; during the Cold War) — Thirty thousand Viet Minh soldiers, including many who had fought the French at Dien Bien Phu during the First Indochina War, today marched into Hanoi amid the cheers of a flag-waving populace.
Video: 'World Series 1944'
(Monday, October 9, 1944) — The St. Louis Cardinals won the 1944 World Series today, beating the St. Louis Browns 3-1 at Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis, Missouri, in the sixth and deciding game. It was the fifth of 11 World Series titles for the Cardinals (1926-2011).
Video: 'The World Series Champion 1934 Cardinals "The Gashouse Gang"' (Oct. 9, 1934, at 6:20)
(Tuesday, October 9, 1934) — The St. Louis Cardinals won the 1934 World Series today, beating the Detroit Tigers 11-0 at Navin Field in Detroit, Michigan, in the seventh and deciding game. It was the third of 11 World Series titles for the Cardinals (1926-2011).
Video: 'Serbian King Alexander Assassination'
(Tuesday, October 9, 1934, 4:10 p.m. CET) — Within a few minutes after having stepped ashore at Marseilles today on an official visit to France, King Alexander I of Yugoslavia was shot dead today by an assassin — apparently one of his own subjects who had obviously come to France for this express purpose.
Video: 'The Adventures Of Ozzie & Harriet - Ozzie And The Hypnotist' (Jan. 28, 1945)
(Sunday, October 8, 1944, 6:00 p.m. EWT) — The situation comedy The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, starring Ozzie and Harriet Nelson, made its debut today on CBS Radio on the Nelsons’ ninth wedding anniversary.
Video: 'STANLEY KIRKBY - Till The Boys Come Home (Keep The Home Fires Burning)'
(Thursday, October 8, 1914) — The World War I song “Keep the Home Fires Burning,” by Ivor Novello and Lena Guilbert Ford, was first published today in London under the title “Till the Boys Come Home.”
Video: 'Marian Anderson canta Un ballo in Maschera'
(Thursday, October 7, 1954) — Marian Anderson today became the first black singer hired by the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York. Anderson made her Met debut in January 1955 playing the role of Ulrica in Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera.”
(Wednesday, October 7, 1914) — Joseph Patrick “Joe” Kennedy, the 26-year-old elder son of businessman/politician P. J. Kennedy, today married Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald, the 24-year-old eldest daughter of Boston Mayor John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald (political rival of P. J.), in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston after a courtship of more than seven years.
(Wednesday, October 7, 1974, around 2:00 a.m. EDT) — Wilbur Mills, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, was pulled over by police this morning with his glasses broken and his face bleeding from a scuffle with his mistress Argentine stripper Annabelle Battistella, better known as Fanne Foxe. Continue reading House Ways and Means chair injured in scuffle with mistress 40 years ago this hour (Oct 7 1974)
Video: 'STS 41-G: Mission Highlights' (launch at 6:45)
(Friday, October 5, 1984, 11:03:00 UTC) — The space shuttle Challenger blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center today on an 8-day mission; members of the crew included Kathryn D. Sullivan, who became the first American woman to walk in space, and Marc Garneau, the first Canadian astronaut.
