Video: 'Gore, Quayle, Stockdale: The 1992 vice presidential debate'

(Tuesday, October 13, 1992, 7:00-8:30 p.m. EDT; during the 1992 United States presidential election campaign) — In a debate marked by intensely personal exchanges, Senator Al Gore and Vice President Dan Quayle delivered some of the campaign’s strongest blasts tonight at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, each asserting that the opposing presidential candidate did not deserve to lead the nation for the next four years. Continue reading Gore and Quayle exchange sharp attacks in vice presidential debate in Atlanta 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 13 1992) →

Video: 'Rugby Team Crash Lands On Andes And Faces The Unthinkable Taboo | Trapped | Wonder'

(Friday, October 13, 1972, 3:34 p.m. Argentina Time) — Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 carrying 45 people, including the “Old Christians” rugby team flying from Montevideo to Santiago, crashed today in the Andes mountains; 16 survivors would resort to feeding off the remains of some of the dead in order to stay alive until they were rescued more than two months later. Continue reading Chartered flight with 45 people aboard crashes in Andes mountains 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 13 1972) – survivors will resort to cannibalism →