(Saturday, November 17, 1934) — Future U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, 26, married Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Taylor, 21, today at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in San Antonio, Texas.
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Baby Fae dies as baboon heart fails 30 years ago this hour (Nov 15 1984)
Video: 'Stephanie's Heart: The Story of Baby Fae - Part 1'
(Thursday, November 15, 1984, 9:00 p.m. PST) — Stephanie Fae Beauclair, the infant publicly known as “Baby Fae” who had received a baboon’s heart to replace her own congenitally deformed one, died at Loma Linda University Medical Center in California three weeks after the transplant. Continue reading Baby Fae dies as baboon heart fails 30 years ago this hour (Nov 15 1984)
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Peter and Gordon appear on ‘Ed Sullivan’ 50 years ago this hour (Nov 15 1964)
Video: 'Peter & Gordon I Don't Want To See You Again' (click here to watch)
(Sunday, November 15, 1964, 8 p.m. EST) — Peter and Gordon appeared on the live CBS television variety series The Ed Sullivan Show tonight, performing “I Don’t Want to See You Again” (written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles) and “500 Miles.” Continue reading Peter and Gordon appear on ‘Ed Sullivan’ 50 years ago this hour (Nov 15 1964)
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‘Earthquake’ released in U.S. theaters 40 years ago today (Nov 15 1974)
Video: 'Earthquake' trailer
(Friday, November 15, 1974) — Earthquake, an ensemble disaster film about the struggle for survival after a catastrophic earthquake destroys most of the city of Los Angeles, was released today in the U.S. Continue reading ‘Earthquake’ released in U.S. theaters 40 years ago today (Nov 15 1974)
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Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra recorded ‘Opus No. 1’ 70 years ago today (Nov 14 1944)
Video: 'Opus One-Tommy Dorsey'
(Tuesday, November 14, 1944) — Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra recorded “Opus No. 1” today in Los Angeles for RCA Victor.
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Nuclear safety activist Karen Silkwood dies 40 years ago this hour (Nov 13 1974)
Video: 'Karen Silkwood Biography'
(Wednesday, November 13, 1974, at about 7:00-7:30 p.m. CST) — Karen Silkwood, a 28-year-old technician and union activist at the Kerr-McGee Cimarron plutonium plant near Crescent, Oklahoma, died tonight in a car crash while on her way to meet a reporter.
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PLO leader Yasser Arafat calls for Palestinian state at UN 40 years ago this hour (Nov 13 1974)
Video: 'Yasser Arafat's Speech at the UN General Assembly Olive Branch Speech'
(Wednesday, November 13, 1974, 11:40 a.m. EST) — Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Chairman Yasser Arafat addressed the U.N. General Assembly, the first representative of a non-governmental entity to do so, calling for creation of a Palestinian state in which Muslims, Jews and Christians could live in peace. Continue reading PLO leader Yasser Arafat calls for Palestinian state at UN 40 years ago this hour (Nov 13 1974)
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Madonna releases her ‘Like A Virgin’ album 30 years ago today (Nov 12 1984)
Video: 'Madonna | Like a Virgin'
(Monday, November 12, 1984) — Like a Virgin, the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, was released today by Sire Records.
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Stadium sniper kills former Olympic sprinter in Oregon 30 years ago this hour (Nov 12 1984)
(Monday, November 12, 1984, about 11:00 a.m. PST) — A troubled student dressed in combat gear opened fire indiscriminately at the University of Oregon’s football stadium today, killing former Olympic sprinter Christopher Brathwaite, 36, and wounding a college wrestler, and then apparently committed suicide, officials said.
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Volkssturm Nazi militia sworn-in 70 years ago this hour (Nov 12 1944)
Video: 'The World At War: Inside The Reich Germany 5/5' (Volkssturm sworn-in Nov. 12, 1944 at 8:05)
(Sunday, November 12, 1944, 4:00 p.m. local time; during World War II) — Large numbers of the Volkssturm Nazi militia, which conscripted males between the ages of 13 to 60 years who were not already serving in some military unit as part of a German Home Guard, were sworn-in today in Berlin and throughout Germany.
