Video: ‘The Passersby’
(Friday, October 6, 1961, 10 p.m. ET) — A woman (Joanne Linville) waits for her husband on the porch of her war-damaged house, while a stream of soldiers pass by during the Civil War on tonight’s episode of The Twilight Zone.
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New York Yankees win World Series 70 years ago today
Video: Dodger catcher Mickey Owen's game 4 error described
(Monday, October 6, 1941) — The New York Yankees won the 1941 World Series today, beating the Brooklyn Dodgers 3-1 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York, in the fifth and deciding game (click here to watch highlights of game 4 on Oct. 5, 1941).
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‘Hawaii-Five-0’ presents ‘3,000 Crooked Miles To Honolulu’ 40 years ago this hour
Video: '300 Crooked Miles To Honolulu' (part 1)
(Tuesday, October 5, 1971, 8:30 p.m. ET) — Five-O is up against a sophisticated gang who have come to Hawaii to cash $750,000 in traveler’s checks on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV police procedural drama Hawaii Five-0. Continue reading ‘Hawaii-Five-0’ presents ‘3,000 Crooked Miles To Honolulu’ 40 years ago this hour
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‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ starring Audrey Hepburn opens in New York 50 years ago today
Video: 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' trailer
(Thursday, October 5, 1961) — Breakfast at Tiffany’s, a romantic comedy film starring Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard, opened today at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
The film, directed by Blake Edwards, is loosely based on the novella of the same name by Truman Capote.
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‘Good Vibrations’ by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch featuring Loleatta Holloway peaks at #1 in USA 20 years ago today
(Saturday, October 5, 1991) — Good Vibrations by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch
featuring Loleatta Holloway is the #1 song on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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Charles Lindbergh said free speech imperiled 70 years ago tonight
(click here to watch the full program, with Lindbergh @ 2:59:45)
(Friday, October 3, 1941) — Aviator Charles A. Lindbergh tonight told a rally in Fort Wayne, Indiana, sponsored by the America First Committee that U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was leading the United States along a road which, “not many steps ahead,” might involve the suspension of the Congressional elections in 1942.
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‘The Last Picture Show’ opens in New York 40 years ago tonight
Video: 'The Last Picture Show' trailer
(Sunday, October 3, 1971) — The Last Picture Show, a drama about the coming of age of Sonny Crawford and his friend Duane Jackson, opened tonight in New York.
Directed by Peter Bogdanovich, the film stars Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd Ben Johnson, Eileen Brennan, Ellen Burstyn, Cloris Leachman and Randy Quaid.
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Hitler says Russia will ‘never rise again’ in Berlin speech 70 years ago this hour
(Friday, October 3, 1941, 10:33 a.m. EST) — German leader Adolf Hitler declared in a speech in Berlin today (one day after the Battle of Moscow began) that Russia had been “broken” and would “never rise again.”
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Bill Clinton enters 1992 presidential race 20 years ago today
Video: Clinton announcement (@ 3:55)
(Thursday, October 3, 1991) — Promising to restore the American dream for “the forgotten middle class,” Gov. Bill Clinton of Arkansas announced today that he was seeking the 1992 Democratic presidential nomination.
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‘The Pen’ on tonight’s ‘Seinfeld’ 20 years ago this hour
'The Pen' (clip)
(Wednesday, October 2, 1991, 9:30 p.m. ET) — Jerry and Elaine go to Florida to visit Jerry’s parents for the weekend and go scuba diving on tonight’s episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld.
