Video: 'First Tonight Show 9/27/54'
(Monday, September 27, 1954, 11:30 p.m. EDT) — The Tonight Show, the world’s longest-running talk show and the longest-running regularly scheduled entertainment program in the United States, made its debut tonight on NBC under the original title Tonight. Continue reading ‘The Tonight Show’ debuts on NBC with host Steve Allen, pioneering late-night television 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 27 1954)
Video: 'November 22nd and The Warren Report' (Sept. 27, 1964, 5:00-7:00 p.m. EDT)
(Sunday, September 27, 1964, 6:30 p.m. EDT) — President John F. Kennedy’s assassination was the work of a single, unhappy man, Lee Harvey Oswald, with no evidence of a conspiracy, foreign or domestic, the Warren Commission has concluded. Continue reading U.S. President John F. Kennedy assassinated by lone gunman, Warren Commission concludes 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 27 1964)
Video: 'John Lennon Interview Discusses Deportation, UFOs, Favorite Records (1974 WABX Detroit Radio)'
(Friday, September 27, 1974) — On the after he released his fifth solo studio album Walls and Bridges, former Beatle John Lennon called additional radio stations today in the U.S. and Canada to promote the new record. Continue reading John Lennon calls into more North American radio stations to promote ‘Walls and Bridges’ studio album 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 27 1974)
