Category Archives: 1990s

‘Nightline’ profiles The Beatles on ABC-TV 20 years ago this hour (Nov 22 1995)


Video: 'ABC Nightline: A Little Help From Their Friends'

(Wednesday, November 22, 1995, 11:36 p.m.-12:05 a.m. EST) — In a program titled “A Little Help From Their Friends,” Nightline, a late-night news program broadcast by ABC-TV in the United States, profiled The Beatles tonight and the chatter surrounding The Beatles Anthology documentary series broadcast this week on the network.

Princess Diana admits adultery in BBC interview 20 years ago tonight (Nov 20 1995)


Video: 'Panorama Princess Diana Interview with Martin Bashir'

(Monday, November 20, 1995, evening GMT) — In an extraordinarily candid interview that the British Broadcasting Corporation estimated had been watched tonight by 15 million people in Britain, Princess Diana, the estranged wife of Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, admitted being unfaithful to Prince Charles.

‘The Beatles Anthology’ premieres on ABC-TV 20 years ago this hour (Nov 19 1995)


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(Sunday, November 19, 1995, 9:00-11:00 p.m. EST)The Beatles Anthology, a documentary series on the career of The Beatles, premiered tonight on ABC-TV. The six-hour series concluded on the evenings of Nov. 22 and 23, 1995. Continue reading ‘The Beatles Anthology’ premieres on ABC-TV 20 years ago this hour (Nov 19 1995)

‘Toy Story’ premieres in Hollywood 20 years ago today (Nov 19 1995)


Video: 'Toy Story' trailer

(Sunday, November 19, 1995)Toy Story, a computer-animated buddy-comedy adventure film that follows a group of anthropomorphic toys who pretend to be lifeless whenever humans are present, premiered tonight at El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood.

Directed by John Lasseter, the film starred Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Annie Potts, John Morris, Erik von Detten, Laurie Metcalf, R. Lee Ermey, Sarah Freeman and Penn Jillette.

‘Casino’ premieres in New York City 20 years ago tonight (Nov 14 1995)


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(Tuesday, November 14, 1995, evening EST)Casino, a crime drama film about greed, deception, money, power and murder between two mobster best friends and a trophy wife over a gambling empire, premiered tonight at Coronet Theater in New York City.

Directed by Martin Scorsese, the film starred Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone and Joe Pesci.

James Bond film ‘GoldenEye’ premieres in New York 20 years ago tonight (Nov 13 1995)


Video: 'Goldeneye Trailer'

(Monday, November 13, 1995)GoldenEye, the seventeenth spy film in the James Bond series and the first to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 officer James Bond, premiered tonight at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Continue reading James Bond film ‘GoldenEye’ premieres in New York 20 years ago tonight (Nov 13 1995)

Bomb kills five Americans in Saudi Arabia 20 years ago this hour (Nov 13 1995)


Video: 'Riyadh Bombing, 13 November 1995'

(Monday, November 13, 1995, 11:40 a.m. AST) — Seven people, including five Americans, were killed today when a bomb exploded at an American-run military training center in the heart of the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh, shocking a vast desert kingdom unaccustomed to the terrorism that has plagued its neighbors.

Ross and Rachel share their first kiss on ‘Friends’ 30 years ago this hour (Nov 9 1995)


Video: 'Ross & Rachel's First Kiss | Friends | TBS'

(Thursday, November 9, 1995, 8:00-8:30 p.m. EST) — A drunken Rachel is persuaded to call Ross and reveals her feelings for him on his answering machine on tonight’s episode of the NBC television sitcom Friends.

TV Guide and TV Land ranked the moment Ross and Rachel shared their first kiss #66 of the “100 Most Memorable TV Moments of All Time” in 2004.

‘The American President’ premieres in New York City 20 years ago tonight (Nov 8 1995)


Video: 'The American President' trailer

(Wednesday, November 8, 1995, evening EST)The American President, a romantic comedy-drama film about a widowed U.S. president and a lobbyist who fall in love, premiered tonight at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York City.

Directed by Rob Reiner, the film starred Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox and Richard Dreyfuss.

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin assassinated in Tel Aviv 20 years ago this hour (Nov 4 1995)


Video: 'Middle East Peace Signing Ceremony'

(Saturday, November 4, 1995, 9:30 p.m. IST) — Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, 73, was assassinated tonight by by Yigal Amir, a radical right-wing Orthodox Jew who opposed the signing of the Oslo Accords, after speaking at a festive peace rally at the Kings of Israel Square (now Rabin Square) in Tel Aviv.