Video: U-131 sunk (at)
(Wednesday, December 17, 1941) — The German submarine U-131 was sunk today north-east of Madeira, Portugal, by depth charges and gunfire while shadowing Convoy HG 76 as part of the wolfpack Seeräuber in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II.
Video: 'Old Brown Shoe'
(Tuesday, December 17, 1991, 7 p.m. JST) — Rock legends George Harrison and Eric Clapton performed tonight at Tokyo Dome Stadium, Tokyo, as the final night of their 12-date tour of Japan. Continue reading George Harrison, Eric Clapton conclude Japanese tour 20 years ago this hour (1991)
Video: Mrs. Kennedy speaks Spanish (at 1:52)
(Saturday, December 16, 1961) — During a tour of Latin America with her husband, U.S. President John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy spoke to a crowd in Spanish today in La Morita, Venezuela, about the rights of all people to a fair-paying job and a decent education and lifestyle.
(Thursday, December 16, 1971) — The Pakistani army surrendered today, ending both the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 between India and Pakistan and the Bangladesh War of Independence, with the new nation of Bangladesh established in East Pakistan.
(Wednesday, December 15, 1971, 8:00 p.m. ET) — Eight years after an act of heroism put him out of commission, an officer returns to active duty, only to find that the changes made to the job that limit an officer’s power and increase suspect’s rights are too much to handle on tonight’s episode of the NBC-TV police drama Adam-12.
Video: Bill Clinton announces he'll run for president (Oct. 3, 1991)
(Sunday, December 15, 1991, 6:30 p.m. EST) — The six Democratic presidential candidates, making their nationally televised debut tonight, belittled U.S. President George Bush as “Scrooge” and “King George” while quarreling among themselves on economic policies and other issues.
The 90-minute debate from NBC’s studios in Washington was the first of seven planned for the 1992 presidential campaign season (click here to watch tonight’s full debate).
(Saturday, December 15, 2001) — Former Beatle Paul McCartney appeared today on Wetten Dass..? in Dresden, Germany.
Video: 'Piggies'
(Saturday, December 15, 1991, 6 p.m. JST) — Rock legends George Harrison and Eric Clapton performed tonight at Tokyo Dome Stadium, Tokyo, as part of their 12-date tour of Japan.
Video: 'Is This Any Way to Run a Paradise?' (part 1)
(Tuesday, December 14, 1971, 8:30 p.m. ET) — McGarrett and the team must find out who is behind a series of ecological stunts, when it is feared that a company executive will be their next target on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV police procedural drama Hawaii Five-0. Continue reading ‘Is This Any Way to Run a Paradise?’ episode airs on ‘Hawaii Five-0’ 40 years ago this hour (1971)
