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Georgia Tech wins most lopsided victory in college football history 110 years ago this hour (Oct 7 1916)
Video: 'Highest Scoring Football Game Of All Time!'
(Saturday, October 7, 1916, game time at 3:00 p.m. EST) — Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland University 222-0 today at Grant Field in Atlanta in the most lopsided victory in college football history.
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Fox News Channel launched in New York City 30 years ago this hour (Oct 7 1996)
Video: 'FOX NEWS Channel to Launch October 7, 1996'
(Monday, October 7, 1996, 6:00 a.m. EDT) — The Fox News Channel (FNC), an American multinational conservative news and political commentary television channel and website based in New York City, launched today to 17 million cable subscribers. Continue reading Fox News Channel launched in New York City 30 years ago this hour (Oct 7 1996)
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Ford stumbles in second debate with Carter, denies ‘Soviet domination of Eastern Europe’ 50 years ago this hour (Oct 6 1976)
Video: 'Ford vs. Carter: The second 1976 presidential debate'
(Wednesday, October 6, 1976, 9:30-11:00 p.m. EDT; during the United States presidential election, 1976) — U.S. President Gerald R. Ford, in his second presidential debate with Democrat Jimmy Carter, said tonight that there was “there is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe and there never will be under a Ford administration.” Continue reading Ford stumbles in second debate with Carter, denies ‘Soviet domination of Eastern Europe’ 50 years ago this hour (Oct 6 1976)
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Clinton, Dole spar over Medicare, taxes in first debate 30 years ago this hour (Oct 6 1996)
Video: 'Clinton vs. Dole: The first 1996 presidential debate'
(Sunday, October 6, 1996, 9:00-10:30 p.m. EDT; during the 1996 presidential election campaign) — U.S. President Bill Clinton briskly defended his stewardship tonight as improving the lives of ordinary Americans while former Senator Bob Dole tried to chip at his record by saying that average people had become worse off in the last four years and would prosper with Dole’s proposal for a major tax cut. Continue reading Clinton, Dole spar over Medicare, taxes in first debate 30 years ago this hour (Oct 6 1996)
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‘Marathon Man’ suspense thriller film premieres in New York City 50 years ago this hour (Oct 6 1976)
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(Wednesday, October 6, 1976, 9:00 a.m. EDT) — Marathon Man, a suspense thriller film about a covert government group that uncovers a criminal plot run by Nazi War criminals, premiered this morning at Loew’s State 1 theater at 1540 Broadway on Times Square in New York City. Continue reading ‘Marathon Man’ suspense thriller film premieres in New York City 50 years ago this hour (Oct 6 1976)
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Ringo Starr appears on Holland’s ‘Voor de vuist weg’ 50 years ago this hour (Oct 5 1976)
Video: 'Ringo Starr at Voor de Vuist Weg, Holland, 1976 (NEW Rare Pristine TV Master Tape)'
(Tuesday, October 5, 1976, aired at 8:25-9:35 p.m. Central European Time) — Former Beatle Ringo made a 15-minute live appearance on the AVRO NED2 program Voor de vuist weg today at Algemene Omroepvereniging AVRO in Hilversum, the Netherlands, hosted by Williem Duys, to promote his new album Ringo’s Rotogravure. Continue reading Ringo Starr appears on Holland’s ‘Voor de vuist weg’ 50 years ago this hour (Oct 5 1976)
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Plane shot down over southern Nicaragua, exposing Iran–Contra affair 40 years ago this hour (Oct 5 1986)
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(Sunday, October 5, 1986, approximately 12:45 p.m. CST) — In an incident that helped expose the Iran-Contra affair, a plane secretly ferrying supplies to Nicaraguan Contra rebels was shot down over southern Nicaragua today by Sandinista forces. Continue reading Plane shot down over southern Nicaragua, exposing Iran–Contra affair 40 years ago this hour (Oct 5 1986)
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Tim Kaine and Mike Pence clash sharply over their running mates in VP debate 10 years ago this hour (Oct 4 2016)
Video: 'Kaine vs. Pence: The 2016 vice presidential debate'
(Tuesday, October 4, 2016, 9:00–10:30 p.m. EDT; during the 2016 United States presidential election campaign) — Senator Tim Kaine and Gov. Mike Pence repeatedly threw each other on the defensive over their running mates’ policies and character at the vice-presidential debate on tonight at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia, with Pence making little effort to directly rebut the near-constant attacks on Donald Trump’s fitness for the presidency.
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‘Love Comes Quickly’ by Pet Shop Boys peaks at #62 in USA 40 years ago today (Oct 4 1986)
(Saturday, October 4, 1986) — “Love Comes Quickly” by Pet Shop Boys peaked at #62 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Love Comes Quickly’ by Pet Shop Boys peaks at #62 in USA 40 years ago today (Oct 4 1986)
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Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz quits under fire for racist remark 50 years ago this hour (Oct 4 1976)
Video: 'SYND 5 10 76 AGRICULTURE SECRETARY EARL BUTZ ANNOUNCES HIS RESIGNATION'
(Monday, October 4, 1976, Butz spoke at about 1:00 p.m. EDT/Ford spoke at 1:35 p.m. EDT) — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz resigned today with an apology for the “gross indiscretion” of an obscene joke he’d made that was derogatory to blacks which had generated a growing clamor and threatened to damage President Gerald Ford’s election campaign. Continue reading Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz quits under fire for racist remark 50 years ago this hour (Oct 4 1976)
