Video: 'Paul McCartney - Hope Of Deliverance'
(Thursday, November 26, 1992) — Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney today completed shooting of a promotional film video at Black Island Studios, North Acton, a place in West London, UK, for his new single Hope of Deliverance (which will be released in the UK on Dec. 28, 1992, and Jan. 17, 1993 in the U.S.).
(Thursday, November 26, 1942, Thanksgiving Day during World War II) — U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt served notice tonight that the government would begin the nationwide rationing of gasoline to conserve rubber on Dec. 1, as scheduled. Continue reading President Roosevelt orders full ‘gas’ rationing 70 years ago tonight (1942)
Video: 'The Mousetrap'
(Tuesday, November 25, 1952) — The play The Mousetrap, a murder mystery by Agatha Christie, first opened today in London’s West End at the New Ambassadors Theatre. It is the longest continuously running show in history with over 24,500 performances so far.
Video: 'Paul McCartney - Hope Of Deliverance'
(Tuesday, November 24, 1992) — Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney today began filming a promotional film video at Ashdown Forest south of London in the county of East Sussex, England, for his new single Hope of Deliverance (which will be released in the UK on Dec. 28, 1992, and Jan. 17, 1993 in the U.S.).
Video: 'COAST GUARD SPARS WWII WOMEN'S RECRUITING FILM'
(Monday, November 23, 1942, during World War II) — President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a measure today establishing the U.S. Women’s Coast Guard Reserve, or SPARS (an abbreviation of the U.S. Coast Guard motto “Semper Paratus” — “Always Ready”).
Video: Nov. 22, 1942 (at 34:09)
(Sunday, November 22, 1942, during Operation Uranus, part of the Battle of Stalingrad during Eastern Front of World War II) — Soviet forces linked up at the town of Kalach late today, encircling some 250,000 Axis soldiers (including all of Germany’s 6th Army) east of the Don River.
Video: '1982 Cal vs Stanford'
(Saturday, November 20, 1982) — In one of college football’s oddest finales, the University of California used five laterals to score a disputed winning touchdown on the last play of a game today against Stanford, 25-20.
Video: 'Wake Up My Love'
(Saturday, November 20, 1982) — Wake Up My Love by ex-Beatle George Harrison debuted at #68 on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart.
Video: Nov. 20, 1942 (at 7:45)
(Friday, November 20, 1942, part of the Western Desert Campaign of World War II) — Benghazi changed hands for the fifth and positively final time today as British forces occupied the Libyan city.
Video: Nov. 20, 1972 (8:13)
(Monday, November 20, 1972, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. local time, during the Vietnam War) — Henry A. Kissinger, U.S. President Richard Nixon’s national security adviser, and Le Duc Tho of North Vietnam opened another round of negotiations for a Vietnam cease-fire today in Paris. Continue reading Vietnam cease-fire negotiators meet again 40 years ago this hour (1972)
