Video: 'Paul & Linda McCartney on The Late Late Breakfast Show '1983'
(Saturday, October 29, 1983, 5:50-6:35 p.m. UTC) — Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and his wife Linda made their first live television studio appearance in ten years today on the variety show The Late Late Breakfast Show, hosted by the DJ Noel Edmonds and transmitted from the BBC Television Centre in Wood Lane, London, on BBC1.
Audio: 'Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon (1973) [Full Album]'
(Saturday, October 29, 1983) — The Dark Side of the Moon, the eighth studio album by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd. today became the longest-running album on the Billboard music charts, with a total of 491 weeks, although that record has since been broken.
Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Episode 2' (Oct. 26, 1963, at 45:26)
(Saturday, October 26, 1963; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem reviewed 8,000 troops and $20 million worth of arms contributed by the U.S. for the war against Communist guerrillas today in Saigon on Vietnam’s national day, knowing that a coup against him was being planned.
Video: '2003 World Series, Game 6: Marlins @ Yankees'
(Saturday, October 25, 2003) — The Florida Marlins won the 2003 World Series tonight, beating the New York Yankees 2-0 at Yankee Stadium (I) in Bronx, New York, in the sixth and deciding game. It was the second of two World Series titles for the Marlins (1997-2003).
Video: 'Our World Fall 1973 Part 1' (Oct. 6-25, 1973, at 3:16)
(Thursday, October 25, 1973, 7 a.m. local time; during the Yom Kippur War, part of the Cold War and Arab–Israeli conflict) — A cease-fire to end The Yom Kippur War, the fourth and largest Arab–Israeli conflict, went into effect this morning, 19 days after Egyptian and Syrian forces attacked Israeli forces in the Sinai Peninsula and Golan Heights. Continue reading Yom Kippur War truce begins 40 years ago this hour (1973)
Video: 'Kojak: Siege of Terror'
(Wednesday, October 24, 1973, 10:00 p.m. EDT) — Kojak, a crime drama TV series about New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak, debuted tonight as a regular series on CBS following a 90-minute pilot that aired on Mar. 8, 1973. The program starred Telly Savalas, Dan Frazer and Kevin Dobson.
Image: '1993 World Series, Game 6: Phillies @ Blue Jays'
(Saturday, October 23, 1993) — The Toronto Blue Jays won the 1993 World Series tonight, beating the Philadelphia Phillies 8-6 at SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario, in the sixth and deciding game. It was the second of two World Series titles for the Blue Jays (1992-1993).
Video: '1973 World Series' (game 3 on Tuesday, October 16, 1973 at Shea Stadium in Queens, New York; 4 videos)
(Sunday, October 21, 1973) — The defending world champs Oakland A’s won the 1973 World Series today, beating the New York Mets 5-2 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, California, in the seventh and deciding game. It was the seventh of nine and World Series titles for the Athletics (1910-1989).
Video: 'The Presidents: Nixon' (Oct. 19, 1973, at 2:25:26)
(Friday, October 19, 1973, evening; during the Watergate scandal) — U.S. President Richard Nixon refused tonight to turn over Watergate related tapes to special prosecutor Archibald Cox but said that, “with greatest reluctance,” he would prepare a summary of their content to be verified by Sen. John Stennis, a Democrat from Mississippi. Continue reading Nixon says Watergate tapes must remain confidential 40 years ago this hour (1973)
Audio: 'JFK'S SPEECH IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS (OCTOBER 19, 1963)'
(Saturday, October 19, 1963, evening) — At a Democratic Party fundraising dinner tonight at Boston’s Commonwealth Armory, U.S. President John F. Kennedy jibed at critics in Congress, suggesting they can demonstrate their concern for the nation by voting for his programs.
