Video: Sept. 15, 1862 (at 42:35)
(Monday, September 15, 1862, during Maryland Campaign of the American Civil War) — Confederate General Robert E. Lee started to deploy his available forces today behind Antietam Creek, along a low ridge near Sharpsburg, Maryland.
Video: 'USS WASP (CV-7) sinking movies'
(Tuesday, September 15, 1942, at about 2:44 p.m. local time, during World War II) — The aircraft carrier USS Wasp was torpedoed today by a Japanese submarine some 170 miles southeast of San Cristobal Island. The U.S. Navy ended up sinking the badly damaged aircraft carrier.
Video: 'The Waltons s01e01 - The Foundling'
(Thursday, September 14, 1972, 8:00 p.m. EDT) — The Waltons, a drama about a family in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II, debuted as a regular series tonight on CBS-TV (it first aired as a TV movie entitled The Homecoming: A Christmas Story on Dec. 19, 1971). It starred Richard Thomas, Ralph Waite, Michael Learned, Ellen Corby and Will Geer.
(Sunday, September 14, 1952, during the 1952 U.S. presidential campaign) — Republican vice presidential nominee Richard Nixon made his first appearance today on Meet The Press, a weekly American television news/interview program produced by NBC.
Video: 'Tug of War'
(Monday, September 13, 1982) — Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney today released the single Tug of War/Get It (duet with Carl Perkins) in both the U.S. and Britain, the third single from his album Tug of War. Continue reading ‘Tug of War/Get It’ by Paul McCartney released 30 years ago today (1982)
Video: '1992: Space Shuttle Flight 50 (STS-47) - Endeavour'
(Saturday, September 12, 1992, 10:23:00.0680 a.m. EDT) — The space shuttle Endeavour blasted off today, carrying with it Mark Lee and Jan Davis, the first married couple in space, Mae Jemison, the first black woman in space, and Mamoru Mohri, the first Japanese national to fly on a U.S. spaceship.
Video: 'George Harrison Interview In Concert Profile Live in Japan Tour 7/7/92'
(Saturday, September 12, 1992, 12:00 a.m. EDT) — Ex-Beatle George Harrison appeared tonight on In Concert ’92 on ABC-TV to talk about his recent tour of Japan. The interview was taped in London sometime between June 29-July 4.
Video: 'The Rookies'
(Monday, September 11, 1972, 8:00 p.m. EDT) — The Rookies, a crime drama television series that follows the exploits of three rookie police officers in an unidentified city for the fictitious Southern California Police Department (SCPD), debuted tonight on ABC-TV.
Video: Sept. 11, 1942 (at 4:03)
(Friday, September 11, 1942, during the Battle of Stalingrad, part of the Eastern Front of World War II) — Wilhelm Hoffman, a soldier in the 267th Infantry Regiment, 94th Infantry Division of the German 6th Army who chronicled the Battle of Stalingrad in his journal, wrote today:
Our battalion is fighting in the suburbs of Stalingrad. We can already see the Volga; firing is going on all the time. Wherever you look is fire and flames . . . Russian cannon and machine-guns are firing out of the burning city. Fanatics . . .
Video: 'Buzz Aldrin punches Bart Sibrel'
(Monday, September 9, 2002, 4:30 p.m. PDT) — Former Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin was confronted outside the Luxe Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, today by conspiracy theorist Bart Sibrel, who demanded that Aldrin swear on a Bible that he’d actually been to the moon. Aldrin ended up punching Sibrel in the jaw.
