(Saturday, January 29, 1972) — In a recorded telephone conversation with John Connally, U.S. President Richard M. Nixon describes what happened the previous night when a woman with the Ray Coniff singers pulled a small silk banner from the lowcut bosom of her blue evening gown and displayed it.
“Stop the killing,” the black letters on the blue background said. Continue reading Nixon describes encounter with Ray Coniff Singers’ protest 40 years ago today (1972)
Video: 'Here Comes the Bride, There Goes the Bride' (part 1)
(Friday, January 28, 1972, 8:00 p.m. ET) — Engaged, Lamont is excited about his impending nuptials but on the wedding day he quickly finds himself the only one who is on tonight’s episode of the NBC-TV sitcom Sanford and Son. Continue reading ‘Here Comes the Bride, There Goes the Bride’ episode airs on ‘Sanford and Son’ 40 years ago tonight this hour (1972)
Video: 'Skinhead' (part 1)
(Tuesday, January 25, 1972, 8:30 p.m. ET) — When a young woman is beaten and raped and a soldier is arrested for the crime, McGarrett begins to have doubts about his guilt on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV police procedural drama Hawaii Five-0. Continue reading ‘Skinhead’ episode airs on ‘Hawaii Five-0’ 40 years ago tonight (1972)
(Monday, January 24, 1972) — Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi was found today hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.
(Saturday, January 22, 1972, 9:30 p.m. ET) — Mary agrees to babysit Bess for the weekend, but then a former boyfriend, in town for a few days, asks her out on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
Video: 'The Dick Cavett Show' (Jan. 21, 1972; lengthy clip)
(Friday, January 21, 1972, 11:30 p.m. EST) — An incredible guest panel of Mel Brooks, Frank Capra, Robert Altman and Peter Bogdanovich appeared tonight on the ABC-TV program The Dick Cavett Show.
Video: ‘You Saved My Life’ (clip)
(Friday, January 21, 1972, 9:30 p.m. ET) — Oscar has to put up with an overenthusiastically thankful Felix after he saves his life on tonight’s episode of the ABC-TV sitcom The Odd Couple.
Video: 'Happy Birthday, Pop' (part 1)
(Friday, January 21, 1972, 8:00 p.m. ET) — Lamont buys Fred a new hat for his birthday and then tries to take him out on the town to celebrate on tonight’s episode of the NBC-TV sitcom Sanford and Son. Continue reading ‘Happy Birthday, Pop’ episode airs on ‘Sanford and Son’ 40 years ago tonight this hour (1972)
(Thursday, January 20, 1972, 12:30 p.m. EST) — U.S. President Richard M. Nixon urged the Democratic Congress in an election-year State of the Union message today to rise above politics and enact his array of stalled legislative proposals in order to attain “a new prosperity without war.”
Video: 'The Ninety-Second War' (part 1 of 2)
(Tuesday, January 18, 1972, 8:30 p.m. ET) — Several faces from the past reappear as McGarrett must stop Wo Fat from carrying out his plan, a ninety-second attack on a missile-tracking base on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV police procedural drama Hawaii Five-0. Continue reading ‘The Ninety-Second War’ episode (part 2) airs on ‘Hawaii Five-0’ 40 years ago this hour (1972)
