Image: 'The Polo Grounds during a 1913 World Series game'
(Saturday, October 11, 1913) — The Philadelphia Athletics won the 1913 World Series today, beating the New York Giants 3-1 at the Polo Grounds (IV) in upper Manhattan, New York, in the fifth and deciding game. It was the third of nine World Series victories for the Athletics (1910-1989).
Video: 'Kill Bill Volume 1' trailer
(Friday, October 10, 2003) — Kill Bill Volume 1, an action/thriller film about a former member of an assassination team who seeks revenge on her ex-colleagues who massacred members of her wedding party and tried to kill her, opened today in U.S. theaters.
Directed by Quentin Tarantino, the film starred Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, David Carradine, Sonny Chiba, Julie Dreyfus, Chiaki Kuriyama, Gordon Liu and Michael Parks.
Video: 'Experience Panama - Seven Wonders Of The World - Episode 5: The Panama Canal, by BBC' (Oct. 10, 1913, at 47:11)
(Friday, October 10, 1913, 2 p.m. local time) — The Panama Canal was effectively completed today as President Woodrow Wilson sent a signal from the White House by telegraph, setting off explosives that destroyed a section of the Gamboa dike.
Video: 'October 9, 1963 - President John F. Kennedy says 'Yes' for wheat for Russia'
(Wednesday, October 9, 1963, 6:00 p.m. EDT) — U.S. President John F. Kennedy announced the sale of U.S. wheat to Russia and communist nations of Eastern Europe during a news conference tonight (click here for extended audio of the news conference). Continue reading Kennedy okays sale of U.S. wheat to Russians 50 years ago this hour (1963)
Video: 'BBC Documentary - "The Mersey Sound" - August 27 - 30, 1963'
(Wednesday, October 9, 1963, 10:10 p.m. BST) — The Mersey Sound, a documentary that featured the Liverpool sound by focusing on The Beatles, debuted tonight on BBC-TV in the London and northern England regions.
Video: 'Beatles 1993 10 10 Paul int by Anne Sinclair @ 7 7'
(Saturday, October 9, 1993) — Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney was interviewed today by for 7/7 at Ahoy Sportpaleis in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, on the 13th stop (and 19th show) of the second European leg of his The New World Tour, for airing the next day.
Video: 'Rangoon bombing of October 9, 1983'
(Sunday, October 9, 1983, 10:25 a.m. MMT; during the Cold War) — 21 people, including South Korean Foreign Minister Lee Beom-seok, were killed today when a bomb exploded as they prepared for a wreath-laying ceremony in Rangoon, Burma. Continue reading 21 killed in failed assassination attempt on South Korean President Chun 30 years ago this hour (1983)
Video: 'Our World Fall 1973 Part 1' (Oct. 8, 1973, at 1:46)
(Monday, October 8, 1973) — Game 3 of the National League Championship Series at Shea Stadium in Queens, New York, was marred today by a fight between Cincinnati’s Pete Rose and New York’s Buddy Harrelson. The two players tangled after Rose’s take-out slide of Harrelson at second base. The Mets went on to defeat the Reds 9-2.
Video: 'The World At War: It's A Lovely Day Tomorrow Burma 3/5' (Oct. 7, 1943, at 3:15)
(Thursday, October 7, 1943; during the Burma Campaign, part of the Pacific War during World War II) — Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, former leader of Britain’s Commandos, arrived in New Delhi, India, today to take over his new post as Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Command (SEAC). His mission was to end the stalemate and knock out the Japanese.
Image: '1933 World Series featuring a home run by Mel Ott'
(Saturday, October 7, 1933) — The New York Giants won the 1933 World Series today, beating the Washington Senators 4-3 at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C., in the fifth and deciding game. It was the fourth of seven World Series titles for the Giants (1905-2012).
