Presidential news conference filmed for TV, newsreels for first time 70 years ago this hour (Jan 19 1955)

1950s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Eisenhower Gives Press Conference (1955)'

(Wednesday, January 19, 1955, 10:32 a.m. EST; during the Cold War) — A presidential news conference was filmed for television and newsreels for the first time today, with the permission of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Continue reading Presidential news conference filmed for TV, newsreels for first time 70 years ago this hour (Jan 19 1955) →

‘The Jeffersons’ series debuts on CBS-TV 50 years ago this hour (Jan 18 1975)

1970s, Television 1970s


Video: 'The Jeffersons | A Friend In Need | Season 1 Episode 1 | FULL PILOT EPISODE'

(Saturday, January 18, 1975, 8:30 p.m. EST) — The Jeffersons have moved on up and are now enjoying living in their new high-rise apartment on the premiere episode of the situation comedy series The Jeffersons tonight on CBS-TV. Continue reading ‘The Jeffersons’ series debuts on CBS-TV 50 years ago this hour (Jan 18 1975) →

‘Water’ featuring partial Beatles reunion opens in London 40 years ago today (Jan 18 1985)

1980s, Movies 1980s, Popular Music 1980s, The Beatles 1980s


Video: 'Water' trailer

(Friday, January 18, 1985) — Water, a comedy film about five criminals who are recruited by a mysterious underworld figure to stop a drug transaction, premiered today at the Odeon Cinema in London. Continue reading ‘Water’ featuring partial Beatles reunion opens in London 40 years ago today (Jan 18 1985) →

‘Baretta’ series debuts on ABC-TV 50 years ago this hour (Jan 17 1975)

1970s, Television 1970s

Video: 'Baretta S01xxE01 He ll Never See Daylight Again - Part 01' (Jan. 17, 1975)

(Friday, January 17, 1975, 10:00 p.m. EST) — Baretta vows revenge on the underworld mob boss who has his thugs murder his girlfriend on the premiere episode of the undercover cop drama series Baretta, starring Robert Blake, tonight on ABC-TV. Continue reading ‘Baretta’ series debuts on ABC-TV 50 years ago this hour (Jan 17 1975) →

Patton congratulates commanders on ‘Bulge’ victory 80 years ago today (Jan 17 1945)

1940s, World War II


Video: 'The Battle of the Bulge: World War II's Deadliest Battle' (Jan. 17, 1945, at 1:09:33)

(Wednesday, January 17, 1945; during the Battle of the Bulge on the Western Front of World War II) — “The day after Houffalize was taken, Patton congratulated his corps commanders on their victory at the Battle of the Bulge, but whatever the papers said, this fight was not over…”

Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg disappears in Hungary while in Soviet custody 80 years ago today (Jan 17 1945)

1940s, The Holocaust, World War II


Video: 'The Story of Raoul Wallenberg | Righteous Among the Nations | Yad Vashem'

(Wednesday, January 17, 1945; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited with saving tens of thousands of Jews, disappeared today in Hungary while in Soviet custody.

Warsaw liberated by Soviet, Polish forces 80 years ago this hour (Jan 17 1945)

1940s, World War II


Video: 'Week 282 - The Red Army Overruns Poland! - WW2 - January 20, 1945' (Warsaw liberated at 3:36)

(Wednesday, January 17, 1945, German forces cleared from the city by noon Central European Time; during the Vistula–Oder Offensive, part of the Eastern Front of World War II) — Russian and Polish troops today captured devastated Warsaw to free its last survivors of five years of Nazi tyranny as the Red Army’s greatest offensive surged twenty-four miles across western Poland, taking Czestochowa and reaching within fourteen miles of the German border.