Monthly Archives: November 2015

The Beatles interviewed for BBC Radio’s ‘Saturday Club’ 50 years ago this hour (Nov 29 1965)


Video: 'BEATLES RARE AUDIO: "Saturday Jump" (Outtake)'

(Monday, November 29, 1965, 2:15-2:45 p.m. GMT) — The Beatles returned to the BBC Aeolian Hall today in central London to record an interview by presenter Brian Matthew for the corporation’s radio show Saturday Club for broadcast on Dec. 25, 1965, at 10:00 a.m.

‘Long Tall Sally/I’ll Cry Instead’ episode airs on ‘The Beatles’ cartoon series 50 years ago this hour (Nov 27 1965)


Video: 'The Beatles Cartoons Episode 10'

(Saturday, November 27, 1965, 10:30 a.m. EST) — The Beatles are forced to spend the night in a castle because of dense fog and later go to Japan to sign a few autographs on this morning’s episode of The Beatles, a weekly cartoon television series on ABC.

Fromme guilty of attempt to assassinate President Ford 40 years ago this hour (Nov 26 1975)


Video: 'President Ford Shooting Attempt by Squeeky Fromme, Sacramento (1975)'

(Wednesday, November 26, 1975, 8:28 p.m. PST) — A federal jury in Sacramento, California, tonight found Lynette Fromme, a follower of criminal Charles Manson, guilty of trying to assassinate President Gerald Ford there on Sept. 5, 1975.

New version of Ku Klux Klan founded 100 years ago tonight (Nov 25 1915)


Video: 'Ku Klux Klan - A Secret History' (Nov. 25, 1915, at 18:19)

(Thursday, November 25, 1915, Thanksgiving Day) — A new version of the Ku Klux Klan, targeting blacks, Jews, Catholics and immigrants, was founded tonight by William Joseph Simmons, who proclaimed himself the Imperial Wizard of the group as he staged a cross-burning on Stone Mountain outside Atlanta.