President Franklin D. Roosevelt has died from a cerebral  hemorrhage.                  

From NBC radio news: An airplane has crashed into the Empire State Building.           

An assassination attempt has been made on the life of Harry S. Truman. It was carried out by militant Puerto Rican pro- Independence activists, Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola while President Truman was residing at Blair House during renovations at the White House. Although the pair made it up to the entry steps at Blair House and opened fire, Torresola was killed by a Secret Service agent, Leslie Coffelt who was mortally wounded himself by gunfire. Collazo was captured and sentenced to death but Truman commuted his sentence to life imprisonment.                                                     

Joe DiMaggio retires from baseball, playing in his final World Series two months earlier vs. the New York Giants.                        

News review of 1954 by NBC radio.                       

President Eisenhower suffers heart attack in Colorado.         

News review of 1955 by NBC radio.            

September 10, 1950-December 25, 1955.
 Most shows were comedy-variety hours with guest hosts Martin & Lewis, Abbott & Costello, Eddie Cantor, Donald O'Connor, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, & Gordon MacRae. Starting in the Fall of 1952, occasional revues and musicals were broadcast. In the summer of 1955, the name of the series was changed to "Colgate Variety Hour," and when Colgate dropped its sponsorship, the show continued in January 1956 for one half season as the "NBC Comedy Hour." Woody Allen was one of the writers. 

This episode stars Tom D'Andrea and Larry Blake. Includes comedy routine by Jonathan Winters and Joey Carter. Also, horror bit with Bert Wheeler, Tom D'Andrea, and Larry Blake.


                   

September 10, 1950-December 25, 1955.
 Most shows were comedy-variety hours with guest hosts Martin & Lewis, Abbott & Costello, Eddie Cantor, Donald O'Connor, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, & Gordon MacRae. Starting in the Fall of 1952, occasional revues and musicals were broadcast. In the summer of 1955, the name of the series was changed to "Colgate Variety Hour," and when Colgate dropped its sponsorship, the show continued in January 1956 for one half season as the "NBC Comedy Hour." Woody Allen was one of the writers. 

Guest: Groucho Marx and a clip from his popular TV show, "You Bet Your Life." 


                   

September 10, 1950-December 25, 1955.
 Most shows were comedy-variety hours with guest hosts Martin & Lewis, Abbott & Costello, Eddie Cantor, Donald O'Connor, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, & Gordon MacRae. Starting in the Fall of 1952, occasional revues and musicals were broadcast. In the summer of 1955, the name of the series was changed to "Colgate Variety Hour," and when Colgate dropped its sponsorship, the show continued in January 1956 for one half season as the "NBC Comedy Hour." Woody Allen was one of the writers. 

Standup comedy from Jonathan Winters. 


                   

A campaign speech by Democratic presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson who is introduced by Senator John F. Kennedy. Stevenson attacks President Eisenhower, Vice-President Nixon and the Republican party for misinforming the American people about the world crisis.                         

Featuring Sam Donehue.              

A bulletin from NBC News: President Eisenhower signs a proclamation permitting him to send federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas to quell interracial rioting.                         

NBC newsmen Frank McGee, David Brinkley, and Richard Harkness discuss the racial crisis in Little Rock, Arkansas.                        

United States Government officials comment on Russia's "Sputnik" satellite, saying they're not surprised and that it's "no laughing matter." The Jubilant Russians give time-table of satellite passes.                          

Highlights: Marshall Zhukov is criticized, degraded, and stripped of political authority, he is accused of being a "butcher", Khrushchev using supreme power, comment on this Russian crisis by NBC newsmen.           

Highlights: The US launches its first satellite, report from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Herb Kaplow reports.            

A statement from President Eisenhower on Alaska becoming the 49th State, a description of the 49-star flag.             

Jet plane makes an emergency landing, with two of eight wheels down. Gabe Pressman reports from Idlewild Airport. 

Topics: President Eisenhower trip to Europe, Eisenhower visits Adenauer in Bonn comment on Khrushchev's proposed visit to the US in September, the future of Berlin, Eisenhower's trip to England.
NBC correspondent, Frank McGee hosts.                                       

Topics: Comment by New York City Mayor Robert Wagner, a recap of latest juvenile delinquent murders in New York City, murders in the park on both the East and West sides.    

Gabe Pressman is the host.          

Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev addresses the United Nations. 

Russians launch a rocket to the moon considers it a "space station" will orbit the moon and return to earth, comment by Willy Ley Khrushchev winds up visit to Red China.                          

Live radio coverage of the 1959 National Football League Championship Game between the Eastern division champions the New York Giants and the Baltimore Colts, the champions of the Western division. The Colts defeated the Giants 31-16 at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore for their second straight NFL title and their second straight title win over the Giants. Van Patrick calls the play-by-play.            

Highlights: Moscow assails Nixon as a "Wall Street Tool" and warmonger, US tourists harassed in Russia, Nixon prefers Ambassador Lodge as the vice president, an interview with Lodge, John Kennedy news conference, Dag Hammarskjold welcomed in the Congo. Continuation of the Republican National Convention, balloting for a vice presidential candidate, Lodge wins.              

Khrushchev arrives in New York City to an unfriendly reception, other communist leaders including Fidel Castro are restricted to Manhattan, Communist leader Janos Kadar and USSR's Nikita Khrushchev make  short dockside speeches, heavy police escort guides Khrushchev motorcade to the Russian embassy,                          

NBC newsman Frank McGee is the moderator for the second Nixon-Kennedy presidential debate telecast live from Washington DC.           

Running reports of a spectacular fire on an aircraft carrier, the USS Constellation at the Brooklyn Navy Yard fifty die, eyewitness reports of the disaster from WINS radio and CBS-TV.            

Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians usher in the year 1961 along with Vincent Lopez and his orchestra. Robert Trout reports the festivities from Times Square.             

The first of this season's wonderful programs from Carnegie Hall in New York City. Leonard Bernstein conducts, performs and explains. 

NBC News special on the pirate ship in the Caribbean. The "Santa Maria" is hijacked by Portuguese rebels against the Antonio Salaza government.            

Moscow's reception for Yuri Gagarin.             

NBC newsman Frank McGee hosts a preview of the proposed orbital space flight by Major John Glenn.                          

Orbital flight postponed, Russians say the flight was called off due to "fear of failure," Kennedy visits King Savol of Arabia.             

An NBC news special on the flight of Colonel John Glenn. 

Host: Frank McGee     

    
NOTE: BOX SCORE IN SPACE RACE
A COMPARISON OF THE ORBITAL FILGHTS OF American Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., and the Russian astronauts Maj. Yuri A. Gagarian and Maj. Gherman Titov: 

Date                   GLENN        TITOV          GAGARIN
 
Launch              Feb. 20, 1962  Aug. 6, 1961   April 12, 1961

Altitude (Miles)  100-160         110-159        110-187.75

Distance (Miles)  81,000          435,000          26,000

Speed (MPH)       17,350          17,750           17,400

Flight Time    4 Hrs. 56 Min.  25 Hrs. 15 Min.    1 Hr. 45 Min.

No. of Orbits     Three             17               One

Weight of Craft  4,200 lbs.       10,430           10,460

Craft Name      Friendship 7      Vostok 2        Vostok 1

Rocket Thrust   360,000 lbs.    800,000 lbs.    800,000 lbs.

Weightlessness 4 Hrs. 45 Mins. 24 Hrs. 59 Mins.   89.1 Mins.              

The crisis in Algeria following a truce.  Secret army (OAS) terrorizes country to keep it French.                        

The first live satellite test transmissions  via Telstar from Europe to the United States. Presented by Eurovision, Europe's International TV Network.

NBC News aerospace correspondent Roy Neal in Andover, Maine with Merrill Mueller as anchorman in New York. 
Telstar from Europe to the United States. Presented by Eurovision, Europe's International TV Network. 

Televised and transmitted on the NBC TV  Special. First TV program from France.




 
                                                  

"The observance was made for man, and not man for it." Addressed by Rabbi William Spigleman, (1918-1994). President of the Board of Rabbis of Southern California.                                       

From the Penthouse in Washington, D.C., President John F. Kennedy addresses the nation regarding the arrival of James Meredith on the campus of the University of Mississippi where he will enroll tomorrow.                                      

Topics: The US sends Federal marshalls to register James Meredith at Mississippi University over protests by Governor Ross Barnett, President Kennedy to speak on this crisis, a storm threatens Walter Schirra's space flight, anti-Nasser demonstrations in Jordan.                          

Live news coverage of the 1962 Mercury Seven orbital spaceflight with astronaut Walter Schirra aboard. 

Continuing news reports on the Mercury Seven Orbital Spaceflight of astronaut Walter Schirra. 

An NBC special report on the Cuban missile crisis.                         

The US intercepts and inspects second Russian ship.             

Topics: The Cuban crisis, the Sino-Indian conflict. 

Ray Scherer reports.                                      

Signals are received from Mariner 11 as it approaches 21,000 miles from Venus.