Category Archives: 1970s

Holocaust rescuer Oskar Schindler buried in Israel 40 years ago today (Oct 28 1974)

1970s, The Holocaust


Video: 'OSKAR SCHINDLER FUNERAL ENTREVISTA LEGENDADO'

(Monday, October 28, 1974) — Oskar Schindler, who is credited with saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust by employing them in his enamelware and ammunitions factories, was buried today at the Catholic cemetery on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, 19 days after dying in Frankfurt, West Germany, at age 66. Schindler was the only member of the Nazi Party to be honored in this way. Continue reading Holocaust rescuer Oskar Schindler buried in Israel 40 years ago today (Oct 28 1974) →

Oakland A’s take World Series in five games 40 years ago this hour (Oct 17 1974)

1970s, World Series


Video: '1974 World Series, Game 1: Athletics @ Dodgers'

(Thursday, October 17, 1974, at about 10:45 p.m. EDT) — The Oakland A’s won the 1974 World Series today, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 at at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, California, in the fifth and deciding game. It was the eighth of nine World Series titles for the Athletics (1910-1989).

Longtime TV host Ed Sullivan dies in New York City 40 years ago today (Oct 13 1974)

1970s, Television 1970s


Video: 'Ed Sullivan Biography piece'

(Sunday, October 13, 1974) — Ed Sullivan, who entertained hundreds of millions of Americans over his long career as Broadway columnist and host of the long-running televised Sunday evening variety show, died tonight at New York’s Lenox Hill Hospital of cancer. He was 73 years old.

House Ways and Means chair injured in scuffle with mistress 40 years ago this hour (Oct 7 1974)

1970s

(Wednesday, October 7, 1974, around 2:00 a.m. EDT) — Wilbur Mills, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, was pulled over by police this morning with his glasses broken and his face bleeding from a scuffle with his mistress Argentine stripper Annabelle Battistella, better known as Fanne Foxe. Continue reading House Ways and Means chair injured in scuffle with mistress 40 years ago this hour (Oct 7 1974) →

Frank Robinson named first major league black manager 40 years ago today (Oct 3 1974)

1970s


Video: 'Frank Robinson - Baseball Hall of Fame Biographies'

(Thursday, October 3, 1974) — With the poise that has characterized his career as a slugger of 574 home runs and as a clubhouse leader, Frank Robinson was named today by the Cleveland Indians as major league baseball’s first black manager.

‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ released in U.S. 40 years ago today (Oct 1 1974)

1970s, Movies 1970s


Video: 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre' trailer

(Tuesday, October 1, 1974) — The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a slasher film about five friends visiting their grandfather’s house in the country who are hunted and terrorized by a chain-saw wielding killer and his family of grave-robbing cannibals, was released today in the U.S.

Directed by Tobe Hooper, the film starred Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow, Gunnar Hansen and Teri McMinn.

‘Police Woman’ series debuts on NBC-TV 40 years ago this hour (Sep 13 1974)

1970s, Television 1970s


Video: 'Police Woman - The End Game (1974)' (Sept. 13, 1974)

(Friday, September 13, 1974, 10:00 p.m. EDT) — Police Woman, a police drama television series that revolves around Sgt. “Pepper” Anderson, an undercover police officer working for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los Angeles Police Department, debuted tonight as a regular television series on NBC. It starred Angie Dickinson and Earl Holliman.

‘The Rockford Files’ series debuts on NBC-TV 40 years ago this hour (Sep 13 1974)

1970s, Television 1970s


Video: 'The Rockford Files The Kirkoff Case' (Sept. 13, 1974)

(Friday, September 13, 1974, 9:00 p.m. EDT) — The Rockford Files, a drama television series about Los Angeles-based private investigator Jim Rockford and his father, a retired truck driver, debuted tonight as a regular television series on NBC. It starred James Garner and Noah Beery, Jr.

‘Chico and the Man’ series debuts on NBC-TV 40 years ago this hour (Sep 13 1974)

1970s, Television 1970s


Video: 'Chico and the Man'

(Friday, September 13, 1974, 8:30 p.m. EDT) — Chico and the Man, a sitcom television series about a cantankerous owner of a run down garage in an East Los Angeles barrio and an upbeat, optimistic Chicano young man who comes in looking for a job, debuted tonight as a regular television series on NBC. It starred Jack Albertson and Freddie Prinze. Continue reading ‘Chico and the Man’ series debuts on NBC-TV 40 years ago this hour (Sep 13 1974) →