Video: 'Senators Win World Series'
(Friday, October 10, 1924) — The Washington Senators won the 1924 World Series today, beating the New York Giants 4-3 in 12 innings at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C., in the seventh and deciding game. It was the first and only World Series title for the Senators.
Video: '1964 Opening Ceremony'
(Saturday, October 10, 1964, 2:00 p.m. JST) — The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, opened today at Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan.
72,000 spectators looked on as Emperor Hirohito inaugurated the games with a one-sentence speech. 5,151 athletes from 93 nations would complete through Oct. 24, 1964.
Video: 'Oskar Schindler: The Man Behind the List'
(Wednesday, October 9, 1974) — Businessman Oskar Schindler, credited with saving about 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust, died today in Frankfurt, West Germany, at age 66.
Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Episode 1' (Oct. 9, 1954, at 57:07)
(Saturday, October 9, 1954; during the Cold War) — Thirty thousand Viet Minh soldiers, including many who had fought the French at Dien Bien Phu during the First Indochina War, today marched into Hanoi amid the cheers of a flag-waving populace.
Video: 'World Series 1944'
(Monday, October 9, 1944) — The St. Louis Cardinals won the 1944 World Series today, beating the St. Louis Browns 3-1 at Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis, Missouri, in the sixth and deciding game. It was the fifth of 11 World Series titles for the Cardinals (1926-2011).
Video: 'The World Series Champion 1934 Cardinals "The Gashouse Gang"' (Oct. 9, 1934, at 6:20)
(Tuesday, October 9, 1934) — The St. Louis Cardinals won the 1934 World Series today, beating the Detroit Tigers 11-0 at Navin Field in Detroit, Michigan, in the seventh and deciding game. It was the third of 11 World Series titles for the Cardinals (1926-2011).
Video: 'Serbian King Alexander Assassination'
(Tuesday, October 9, 1934, 4:10 p.m. CET) — Within a few minutes after having stepped ashore at Marseilles today on an official visit to France, King Alexander I of Yugoslavia was shot dead today by an assassin — apparently one of his own subjects who had obviously come to France for this express purpose.
Video: 'The Adventures Of Ozzie & Harriet - Ozzie And The Hypnotist' (Jan. 28, 1945)
(Sunday, October 8, 1944, 6:00 p.m. EWT) — The situation comedy The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, starring Ozzie and Harriet Nelson, made its debut today on CBS Radio on the Nelsons’ ninth wedding anniversary.
Video: 'STANLEY KIRKBY - Till The Boys Come Home (Keep The Home Fires Burning)'
(Thursday, October 8, 1914) — The World War I song “Keep the Home Fires Burning,” by Ivor Novello and Lena Guilbert Ford, was first published today in London under the title “Till the Boys Come Home.”
Video: 'Marian Anderson canta Un ballo in Maschera'
(Thursday, October 7, 1954) — Marian Anderson today became the first black singer hired by the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York. Anderson made her Met debut in January 1955 playing the role of Ulrica in Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera.”
