Video: 'Fred and Ethel Fight' (clip)
(Monday, March 10, 1952, 9 p.m. EST) — Fred and Ethel have been going at each other’s throats for the past few days now, and aren’t talking to each other any more on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV sitcom I Love Lucy.
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Video: 'Twilight Zone' open
(Friday, March 9, 1962, 10 p.m. ET) — Old Ben, who is able to transform himself into anything, tries to help a crippled little girl on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV anthology series The Twilight Zone (click here to view an extended ‘The Fugitive’ clip).
Video: Battle of Hampton Roads begins (at 16:36)
(Saturday, March 8, 1862, during the American Civil War) — The ironclad CSS Virginia (built from the remnants of the USS Merrimack) rammed and sank the USS Cumberland and heavily damaged the USS Congress, both frigates, off Newport News, Virginia, today in the Battle of Hampton Roads.
Video: Ash Wednesday Storm (part 1)
(Tuesday, March 6, 1962) — What became known as the Ash Wednesday Storm began pounding the mid-Atlantic coast today. Over a three-day period, the storm resulted in 40 deaths and caused more than $200 million in property damage. Continue reading Ash Wednesday Storm hits mid-Atlantic coast 50 years ago today (1962)
(Wednesday, March 6, 1912) — Oreo sandwich cookies (originally called “biscuits”) were first introduced today by Nabisco at its Chelsea factory in New York City.
Video: USS Monitor built, launched (at 14:09)
(Thursday, March 6, 1862, during the American Civil War) — The first American ironclad warship, the USS Monitor finally departed New York today, following two failed attempts on Feb. 27 and Mar. 3, this time towed by a tug.
Video: 'Diner' trailer
(Friday, March 5, 1982) — Diner, a comedy-drama film about a group of male high school friends, now in their twenties, who reunite for the wedding of one of their group, opened today in U.S. theaters.
Directed by Barry Levinson, the film starred Steve Guttenberg, Daniel Stern, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Timothy Daly, Ellen Barkin, Paul Reiser and Claudia Cron.
Video: '49th Parallel' trailer
(Thursday, March 5, 1942) — 49th Parallel, a film about a stranded German U-boat crew that tries to evade capture in Canada during World War II, premiered tonight in New York (it had already premiered in London on Oct. 8, 1941).
Directed by Michael Powell, the film stars Leslie Howard, Laurence Olivier and Raymond Massey.
(Friday, March 5, 1512) — Cartographer Gerardus Mercator, creator of the Mercator Projection map of the world, was born today in Rupelmonde in the Hapsburg County of Flanders, Holy Roman Empire.
'The Good Samaritan' behind-the-scenes
(Wednesday, March 4, 1992, 9:30 p.m. ET) — Jerry tracks down a hit-and-run driver, then he wants to date her on tonight’s episode of the NBC-TV sitcom Seinfeld.
