This Week In History: October 5 – October 11

Headlines & Tidbits from the 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s & 80s

World News & the American Experience:

1947 – Harry Truman became the first President to address the nation from the White House on television.

1961 – John F. Kennedy advised Americans to build fallout shelters.

1971 – Disney World opened in Orlando, FL.

Movies & TV:

1950 – “The Frank Sinatra Show” debuted.

1952 – The first “Bandstand” show was broadcast in Philadelphia on WFIL-TV.

1959 – A U.S. House subcommittee began investigations of allegedly rigged TV quiz shows.

1960 – “Route 66″ premiered on CBS-TV.

1965 – The Supremes appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show.

Music & Radio:

1935 – “Cavalcade of America” was first broadcast on radio this week.

1940 – The radio soap opera “Portia Faces Life” debuted on the NBC Red network.

1943 – “Land of the Lost” was broadcast on ABC radio for the first time.

1944 – “The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet” debuted on the CBS radio network. The show continued on radio until 1953 and on ABC-TV from 1952 to 1966.

1945 – “Meet the Press” premiered on radio.

1962 – Beatles released their first record “Love Me Do.”

1965 – Beatles’ “Yesterday,” single goes #1 & stays #1 for 4 weeks

1971 – John Lennon released his megahit “Imagine.”

1974 – The Beach Boys’ “Endless Summer” was the #1 album in the U.S.

1979 – Howard Stern began broadcasting on WCCC in Hartford, CT.

The Arts:

1935 – George Gershwin’s “Porgy & Bess” opened on Broadway.

1982 – “Cats” opened at Winter Garden Theater in New York City, and lasts for more than 5000 performances.

Celebrity Headlines:

1935 – Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Hilliard wed.

1973 – Elvis Presley and Priscilla were officially divorced.

1978 – Mick Jagger apologizes for racist lyrics in “Some Girls.”

1978 – Steve Tyler & Joe Perry from Aerosmith were injured by a cherry bomb.

1980 – Bob Marley collapsed on stage and was brought to Sloan-Kettering Hospital.

1980 – William “Buckwheat” Thomas, actor on “Little Rascals” dies at 49.

1985 – Little Richard was seriously injured in a car accident.

Sports:

1961 – Whitey Ford broke Babe Ruth’s record of 29 consecutive scoreless innings in a World Series with 32 scoreless innings.

1965 – Robert Miters hit the longest hole-in-one in golf history at 447 yards.

Technology & Inventions:

1933 – The first synthetic detergent, “Dreft” by Procter & Gamble, went on sale.

1958 – Dr Ake Senning installed first pacemaker (developed by Rune Elmqvist) in Stockholm, Sweden.

Famous Birthdays:

1941 – Rev. Jesse Jackson

1943 – Chevy Chase, actor, comedian

1948 – Johnny Ramone, musician

1950 – Robert ‘Kool’ Bell, musician

1954 – David Lee Roth, singer

1958 – Tanya Tucker, singer

1969 – Brett Favre, football player