Video: Oct. 8, 1972 (0:41)
(Sunday, October 8, 1972, during the Vietnam War, part of the Cold War) — At the Paris Peace Talks, North Vietnam’s negotiator, Le Duc Tho reached an agreement today with Henry Kissinger of the United States on ending the Vietnam War. Continue reading Major breakthrough reached in Vietnam War peace talks 40 years ago today (1972)
(Wednesday, October 4, 1972, 11:30 p.m. EDT) — Comedian and actor Bob Hope appeared on tonight’s The Dick Cavett Show on ABC-TV.
Video: 'Lost And Found' (part 1)
(Wednesday, October 4, 8:00 p.m. EDT) — Malloy and Reed transport an unconscious 8-year-old boy to Rampart General Hospital and help him and his parents cope with the ordeal on tonight’s episode of the NBC-TV police drama Adam-12. Continue reading ‘Lost and Found’ episode airs on ‘Adam-12’ 40 years ago this hour (1972)
Video: 'Rory Storm & the Hurricanes'
(Thursday, September 28, 1972) — Singer Rory Storm, 34, of Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, which featured drummer Ringo Starr before he quit to join The Beatles in August 1962, killed himself today in an apparent suicide pact with his mother. He reportedly couldn’t accept that his band didn’t enjoy the same success as other bands from the Liverpool scene.
Video: Sept. 27, 1972 (0:09)
(Wednesday, September 27, 1972, during the Vietnam War) — U.S. National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger arrived in Washington from Paris tonight amid rumors, which were strongly denied by the White House, that there had been a breakthrough in Vietnam peace negotiations.
Video: 'Sounder' trailer
(Sunday, September 24, 1972) — Sounder, a drama film about the son of a family of black sharecroppers who comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food, opened today at the Plaza and New Embassy theaters in New York City.
Directed by Martin Ritt, the film stars Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks, Carmen Mathews, Taj Mahal, Eric Hooks and Janet MacLachlan.
Video: 'Archie's Fraud'
(Saturday, September 23, 1972, 8:00 p.m. EDT) — Archie’s Sunday job, driving taxi cabs for Bert Munson, has been a fine extra job for additional income. However, Archie has failed to report the extra income on his tax returns on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV sitcom All In The Family.
(Saturday, September 16, 1972, 8:00 p.m. EDT) — Archie gets fed up with a television editorial when this week’s issue concerns gun control on tonight’s season three premiere episode of the CBS-TV sitcom All In The Family.
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.
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.
