Video: 'Baseball World Series 1942'
(Monday, October 5, 1942) — The St. Louis Cardinals won the 1942 World Series today, beating the New York Yankees 4-2 at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York, in the fifth and deciding game. It was the Cardinals’ fourth World Series title and the first played since the U.S. had entered World War II.
Video: 'Wild West - The Dalton Gang's Last Raid, 1892'
(Wednesday, October 5, 1892) — The Dalton Gang, notorious for its train robberies, was practically wiped out today while attempting to rob a pair of banks in Coffeyville, Kansas.
(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: October 4, 1942 (at 1:55)
(Sunday, October 4, 1942, during the Battle of Stalingrad, part of the Eastern Front of World War II) — Wilhelm Hoffman, a soldier in the 267th Infantry Regiment, 94th Infantry Division of the German 6th Army who chronicled the Battle of Stalingrad in his journal, wrote today:
“Our regiment is attacking the Barrikady settlement. A lot of Russian tommy-gunners have appeared. Where are they bringing them from?”
Video: 'Sinéad O'Connor VS Pope John Paul II'
(Sunday, October 4, 1992, after midnight) — After performing a song protesting alleged child abuse by the Catholic Church, Irish singer Sinead O’Connor ripped up a picture of the pope during an appearance on Saturday Night Live. NBC’s switchboard in New York was flooded with calls, most of them criticizing O’Connor’s actions (click here for a longer, cleaner clip).
Video: 'Barack & Michelle Obama Strong Christian Marriage LOVELY VID'
(Saturday, October 3, 1992) — Future U.S. President Barack Obama, 31, married Michelle Robinson, 28, today at the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago.
Video: 'British Nuclear Test "Hurricane"'
(Friday, October 3, 1952) — Britain conducted its first atomic test today as it detonated a 25-kiloton device in the Monte Bello Islands off Australia.
Video: Oct. 3, 1862 (at 58:39)
(Friday, October 3, 1862, during the American Civil War) — U.S. President Abraham Lincoln reviewed his troops today at the Antietam battlefield in Maryland to assess the situation following the bloodiest battle in American history. Lincoln met with Gen. George McClellan and also posed for a half-dozen pictures by Alexander Gardner.
Video: '1932 World Series Tribute'
(Sunday, October 2, 1932) — The New York Yankees won the 1932 World Series today, beating the Chicago Cubs 13-6 at at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, in the fourth and deciding game. It was the Yankees’ fourth World Series title. Continue reading New York Yankees win World Series 80 years ago today (1932)
