Daily Archives: October 5, 2026

Ringo Starr appears on Holland’s ‘Voor de vuist weg’ 50 years ago this hour (Oct 5 1976)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s, The Beatles 1970s


Video: 'Ringo Starr at Voor de Vuist Weg, Holland, 1976 (NEW Rare Pristine TV Master Tape)'

(Tuesday, October 5, 1976, aired at 8:25-9:35 p.m. Central European Time) — 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’ 50 years ago this hour (Oct 5 1976) →

Plane shot down over southern Nicaragua, exposing Iran–Contra affair 40 years ago this hour (Oct 5 1986)

1980s, Cold War, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'The Eugene Hasenfus Story'

(Sunday, October 5, 1986, approximately 12:45 p.m. 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 40 years ago this hour (Oct 5 1986) →