(Monday, December 4, 1961, evening) — Edward Kennedy, 29, youngest brother of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, stated tonight he is a candidate for the Senate seat former held by the president.
The statement was made at a meeting in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, of some 30 prospective delegates to the Democratic state convention next year.
Video: 'The Jungle' (promo clip)
(Friday, December 1, 1961, 10 p.m. ET) — Alan Richards plans to build a dam in Africa on a tribe’s ancestral land on tonight’s episode of The Twilight Zone. Continue reading ‘The Jungle’ episode airs on ‘The Twilight Zone’ 50 years ago this hour (1961)
Video: 'The Midnight Sun' (with commentary, extended clip)
(Friday, November 17, 1961, 10 p.m. ET) — The Earth’s orbit has been changed, drawing ever closer to the sun and promising imminent destruction on tonight’s episode of The Twilight Zone.
Video: 'Deaths-Head Revisited' (clip)
(Friday, November 10, 1961, 10 p.m. ET) — A former Nazi SS Captain returns to the ruins of a concentration camp to reminisce, and is met by one of his victims on tonight’s episode of The Twilight Zone.
Video: 'It's a Good Life' (highlights)
(Friday, November 3, 1961, 10 p.m. ET) — Little Anthony Fremont controls an entire town with his ability to read minds and make people do as he wishes on tonight’s episode of The Twilight Zone. Continue reading ‘It’s a Good Life’ debuts on ‘The Twilight Zone’ 50 years ago this hour (1961)
(Thursday, November 2, 1961, 9:30 p.m. ET) — George and Dorothy’s nightly television viewing has been getting interrupted by Hazel who’s excuse is that her television set in her room is broken on tonight’s episode of the NBC-TV sitcom Hazel. It was the show’s first episode to be filmed in color.
(Wednesday, October 18, 1961) — Two key advisers to U.S. President John F. Kennedy, General Maxwell Taylor and Walt Rostow, arrived today in Saigon, South Vietnam.
Their visit coincided with a serious flood. They would recommend a big increase in military aid, including U.S. combat troops disguised as flood fighters.
President Ngo Dinh Diem would say no to the troops. He needed U.S. support, but he wanted to keep control, and he wanted to keep the foreigners out.
Video: 'A Game of Pool' (part 1)
(Friday, October 13, 1961, 10 p.m. ET) — Pool shark Jesse Cardiff (Jack Klugman) challenges long dead pool great Fats Brown (Jonathan Winters) to a game to find out who’s the best player on tonight’s episode of The Twilight Zone. Continue reading ‘The Twilight Zone’ presents ‘A Game of Pool’ 50 years ago this hour (1961)
Video: 'Splendor in the Grass' trailer
(Tuesday, October 10, 1961) — Splendor in the Grass, a romantic drama film that tells a story of sexual repression, love, heartbreak, and manic-depression, which the character Deanie suffers from, opened today at the Victoria and the Trans-Lux Fifty-second Street theaters in New York.
Written by William Inge, the film stars Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty and was directed by Elia Kazan.
Video: Yankees win 1961 World Series (@ 5:35)
(Monday, October 9, 1941) — The New York Yankees won the 1961 World Series today, beating the Cincinnati Reds 13-5 at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the fifth and deciding game.
