Video: 'Diana Ross & The Supremes - A' Go-Go [album songs] (12 clips)
(Saturday, October 22, 1966) — The Supremes make music history today as The Supremes A’ Go-Go reached No. 1 on the Billboard pop albums chart, making Diana Ross, Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson the first all-female group ever to top the chart. Continue reading The Supremes make history as ‘A’ Go-Go’ tops USA albums chart 60 years ago today (Oct 22 1966)
(Saturday, October 22, 1966) — “See See Rider” by The Animals peaked at #10 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘See See Rider’ by The Animals peaks at #10 in USA 60 years ago today (Oct 22 1966)
(Saturday, October 22, 1966) — “Girl on a Swing” by Gerry and the Pacemakers peaked at #28 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Girl on a Swing’ by Gerry and the Pacemakers peaks at #28 in USA 60 years ago today (Oct 22 1966)
Video: 'President Reagans Remarks on Signing the Tax Reform Act of 1986 - 10/22/86'
(Wednesday, October 22, 1986, 11:00 a.m. EDT) — U.S. President Ronald Reagan, culminating a two-year odyssey that was fraught with perils at nearly every turn, signed into law today a sweeping tax overhaul measure that slashes rates to the lowest level since the Great Depression and curtails many widely used business and personal tax breaks.
Video: 'The Beatles Cartoons - 33'
(Saturday, October 22, 1966, 10:30 a.m. EDT) — The Beatles are out for “a healthy tramp in the woods” when they encounter a hermit who “just wants to be left alone”; and later, Dot, Blot and Clot Publishers, decides to put a papberback book out about the Beatles and make a lot of money on this morning’s season two finale of The Beatles, a weekly cartoon television series on ABC. Continue reading ‘Nowhere Man/Paperback Writer’ episode airs on ‘The Beatles’ cartoon series 60 years ago this hour (Oct 22 1966)
Video: '1976 World Series, Game 4: Reds @ Yankees'
(Thursday, October 21, 1976, 8:15-10:51 p.m. EDT) — The Cincinnati Reds won the 1976 World Series tonight, beating the New York Yankees 7-2 at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York, in the fourth and deciding game. Continue reading Cincinnati Reds sweep New York Yankees to win World Series 50 years ago this hour (Oct 21 1976)
Video: 'Paul McCartney and Wings - Live in Wembley (London) (October 21st, 1976) - Best Source Merge'
(Thursday, October 21, 1976, scheduled for 8:00 p.m. British Summer Time) — Former Beatle Paul McCartney and his British-American band Wings performed tonight at Empire Pool in London on the first of three consecutive nights at the venue that would conclude the band’s 13-month, 65-show Wings Over The World tour. Continue reading Paul McCartney & Wings wrap up 65-show world tour at London’s Empire Pool 50 years ago this hour (Oct 21 1976)
Video: 'The Aberfan Disaster | A Short Documentary | Fascinating Horror'
(Friday, October 21, 1966, 9:15 a.m. British Summer Time) — 116 children and 28 adults were killed this morning when an avalanche of two million tons of rain-soaked coal waste slipped 500 feet down a mountainside and engulfed a school and some 20 houses in Aberfan, Wales. Continue reading 116 children killed as coal waste engulfs Welsh school 60 years ago this hour (Oct 21 1966)
Video: 'Paul McCartney and Wings - Live in Wembley (London) (October 20th, 1976)'
(Wednesday, October 20, 1976, scheduled for 8:00 p.m. British Summer Time) — Former Beatle Paul McCartney and his British-American band Wings performed tonight at Empire Pool in London on the second of three consecutive nights at the venue that would conclude the band’s 13-month, 65-show Wings Over The World tour. Continue reading Paul McCartney & Wings perform second of three shows at London’s Empire Pool 50 years ago this hour (Oct 20 1976)
Video: 'Clinton vs. Trump: The second 2016 presidential debate'
(Wednesday, October 19, 2016, 9:00–10:30 p.m. EDT; during the 2016 United States presidential election campaign) — In a remarkable statement that seemed to cast doubt on American democracy, Donald Trump said tonight in the third and final debate with Hillary Clinton at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in Paradise, that he might not accept the results of next month’s election if he felt it was rigged against him — a stand that Clinton blasted as “horrifying” at their final and caustic debate on Wednesday.
