Video: 'Marathon Man' trailer
(Wednesday, October 6, 1976, 9:00 a.m. EDT) — Marathon Man, a suspense/thriller film about a covert government group uncovers a criminal plot run by Nazi War criminals, opened this morning at Loews State 1 theater in New York City.
Directed by John Schlesinger, the film starred Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane and Marthe Keller.
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(Sunday, October 5, 1986, afternoon CST) — In an incident that helped expose the Iran-Contra affair, a plane secretly ferrying supplies to Nicaraguan Contra rebels was shot down over southern Nicaragua today by Sandinista forces. Continue reading Plane shot down over southern Nicaragua, exposing Iran–Contra affair 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 5 1986)
Video: 'Willem Duys - Voor de Vuist weg 1976 met Ringo Star'
(Tuesday, October 5, 1976) — Former Beatle Ringo made a 15-minute live appearance on the AVRO NED2 program Voor de vuist weg today at Algemene Omroepvereniging AVRO in Hilversum, the Netherlands, hosted by Williem Duys, to promote his new album Ringo’s Rotogravure. Continue reading Ringo Starr appears on Holland’s ‘Voor de vuist weg’ 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 5 1976)
Video: 'SYND 5 10 76 AGRICULTURE SECRETARY EARL BUTZ ANNOUNCES HIS RESIGNATION'
(Monday, October 4, 1976, Butz spoke at about 1:00 p.m. EDT/Ford spoke at 1:35 p.m. EDT) — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz resigned today with an apology for the “gross indiscretion” of an obscene joke he’d made that was derogatory to blacks which had generated a growing clamor and threatened to damage President Gerald Ford’s election campaign. Continue reading Agriculture Secretary Butz quits under fire for racist remark 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 4 1976)
(Saturday, October 4, 1986) — “Love Comes Quickly” by Pet Shop Boys peaked at #62 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
Video: 'Gilligan's Island - S03E04 - The Producer'
(Monday, October 3, 1966, 7:30-8:00 p.m. EDT) — A famous Hollywood producer crash-lands on the island on tonight’s episode of the CBS sitcom television series Gilligan’s Island. Continue reading ‘The Producer’ episode airs on ‘Gilligan’s Island’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 3 1966)
Video: 'Gunsmoke S12Episod03 412 The Jailer'
(Saturday, October 1, 1966, 10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT) — A powerful matriarch plots her revenge on Matt for having her husband hanged six years ago on tonight’s episode of the CBS Western drama television series Gunsmoke. Continue reading ‘The Jailer’ episode airs on ‘Gunsmoke’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 1 1966)
(Saturday, October 1, 1966) — “Black Is Black” by Los Bravos peaked at #4 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Black Is Black’ by Los Bravos peaks at #4 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 1 1966)
(Saturday, October 1, 1966) — “Summer Wind” by Frank Sinatra peaked at #25 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
Video: 'Nuremberg trials' (21 videos of Oct. 1 1946)
(Tuesday, October 1, 1946, afternoon CEST; during the Nuremberg trials) — twelve of the original twenty-four defendants indicted in the Nuremberg war crimes trials were sentenced to death today in Nuremberg, Germany. Continue reading 12 Nazi leaders sentenced to be hanged 70 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 1 1946)
