Video: 'The Real Midnight Express'
(Monday, October 2, 1975, early morning EEST) — William “Billy” Hayes, an American student who was caught trying to smuggle four pounds of hashish out of Turkey on Oct. 7, 1970, escaped from Imrali Prison today by taking a rowboat at night to Bandirma, blending in with locals and then heading westbound across the border to Greece.
Video: 'TV or Not TV-The Honeymooners' (aired Oct. 1, 1955)
(Saturday, October 1, 1955, 8:30 p.m. EDT) — Ralph and Norton buy a TV set together and constantly fight over what to watch on tonight’s debut episode of the CBS sitcom television series The Honeymooners, based on a recurring 1951–55 Cavalcade of Stars sketch of the same name about two working-class married couples starring Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Audrey Meadows and Joyce Randolph.
In 1997, TV Guide ranked this episode number 26 on its “100 Greatest Episodes of All Time” list.
Video: 'The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (Digital Remaster - 1080p)'
(Friday, October 1, 1965) — “Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season),” a single by American folk rock band The Byrds, was released today by Columbia Records.
Video: 'Frank Herbert Dune Full audiobook 1 2'
(October 1, 1965) — The epic science fiction novel Dune by Frank Herbert was published today by Chilton Books.
