Daily Archives: November 16, 2016

Jury acquits Dr. Sam, ending 12-year ordeal 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 16 1966)


Video: 'American Justice E 102 The Sam Sheppard Story' (Sheppard's second trial at 29:08)

(Wednesday, November 16, 1966, 10:18 p.m. EST) — Dr. Sam Sheppard, 42, was acquitted tonight in his second trial of charges he had murdered his pregnant wife, Marilyn, in 1954. Continue reading Jury acquits Dr. Sam, ending 12-year ordeal 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 16 1966)

‘Carrie’ opens in New York City 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 16 1976)


Video: 'Carrie' trailer

(Tuesday, November 16, 1976)Carrie, an American supernatural horror film based on Stephen King’s 1974 epistolary novel of the same name about a young teenage girl who wreaks telekinetic vengeance on her high school tormentors and religious-nut mother, opened today at the Criterion and other theaters in the New York City metro area. Continue reading ‘Carrie’ opens in New York City 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 16 1976)

‘What’s Up, Tiger Lily?’ opens in New York 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 16 1966)


Video: 'What's Up, Tiger Lily?' (trailer)

(Wednesday, November 16, 1966, 12:45 p.m. EST)What’s Up, Tiger Lily?, the Japanese action film Key of Keys re-dubbed to change the plot to make it a comedy about a secret egg salad recipe, opened today at the 34th Street East Theater in New York City. Continue reading ‘What’s Up, Tiger Lily?’ opens in New York 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 16 1966)

British capture Fort Washington from Patriots 240 years ago at this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 16 1776)


Video: 'Fort Washington, 1776'

(Saturday, November 16, 1776, 7:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. local time; during the American Revolutionary War and the American Revolution) — British and Hessian units today captured Fort Washington near the north end of Manhattan Island in New York in one of the worst Patriot defeats of the American Revolutionary War. Continue reading British capture Fort Washington from Patriots 240 years ago at this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 16 1776)