Video: 'Air Cargo - Dial For Murder' (part 1)
(Tuesday, October 26, 1971, 8:30 p.m. ET) — While investigating the death of a security agent at an airport, McGarrett comes into contact with a gang who steals air cargo to sell on the black market on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV police procedural drama Hawaii Five-0. Continue reading ‘Hawaii-Five-0’ presents ‘Air Cargo — Dial for Murder’ 40 years ago this hour (1971)
Video: Nixon decides with Attorney General John Mitchell to appoint Rehnquist over Sen. Howard Baker (Oct. 21, 1971, 9:33 a.m. ET)
(Thursday, October 21, 1971, 7:30 p.m. ET) — President Richard M. Nixon nominated Lewis F. Powell Jr., 64, a former president of the American Bar Association, and William H. Rehnquist, 46, an Assistant Attorney General, to the Supreme Court tonight in an address to the nation.
If confirmed, Powell would replace Hugo Black (appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937, Black had retired Sept. 17, 1971, and then died eight days later) and Rehnquist would replace John Marshall Harlan II (appointed by President Eisenhower in 1955, Harlan had retired Sept. 23, 1971).
(Wednesday, October 20, 1971, 8:00 p.m. ET) — Malloy and Reed report to a robbery at a grocery store, where Malloy is required to engage in a high speed pursuit with one of the suspects while Reed apprehends the other suspect on foot on tonight’s episode of the NBC-TV police drama Adam-12.
Video: 'And I Want Some Candy...' (part 1)
(Tuesday, October 19, 1971, 8:30 p.m. ET) — Young Vietnam veteran and marksman Billy Shem Jr. buys a rifle under false pretences and proceeds to a bunker at Diamond Head on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV police procedural drama Hawaii Five-0. Continue reading ‘Hawaii-Five-0’ presents ‘…And I Want Some Candy and a Gun That Shoots’ 40 years ago this hour (1971)
Video: First night game in World Series history (game 4, Oct. 13, 1971)
(Sunday, October 17, 1971) — The Pittsburgh Pirates won the 1971 World Series today, beating the Baltimore Orioles 2-1 at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, in the seventh and deciding game (click here to watch video highlights of the entire series, including game 7).
Video: ‘A Grave for Felix’ (clip)
(Friday, October 15, 1971, 9:30 p.m. ET) — Felix is sullen after Oscar costs him the burial plot he coveted on tonight’s episode of the ABC-TV sitcom The Odd Couple.
(Tuesday, October 12, 1971) — Jesus Christ Superstar, a rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice and directed by Tom O’Horgan, opened tonight on Broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theatre.
Video: 'Edith Writes A Song' (part 1)
(Saturday, October 9, 1971, 8:00 p.m. ET) — The family manages to collect $30 in the family pot and an argument ensues when Edith wants to use the money to set her lyrics for a song to music on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV sitcom All In The Family. Continue reading ‘All In The Family’ presents ‘Edith Writes a Song’ 40 years ago this hour (1971)
Video: 'The Odd Couple' open
(Friday, October 8, 1971, 9:30 p.m. ET) — Oscar begins attacking Felix while sleepwalking on tonight’s episode of the ABC-TV sitcom The Odd Couple.
Video: 'The French Connection' trailer
(Thursday, October 7, 1971) — The French Connection, a crime film directed by William Friedkin and starring Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider, opened tonight in New York City and Los Angeles.
The film tells the story of New York Police Department detectives named “Popeye” Doyle and Buddy “Cloudy” Russo.
