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Retro Minute

Retro Minute

Retro Minute

Get a one-day pop culture and current events blast from the past.

October 31, Halloween

Happy Halloween! TV ghouls, ghosts, witches, and wizards help us celebrate the candy-coated holiday.
10/30/08

October 30, 1975

Henry Winkler celebrates a birthday, ayyyyy! • Gerald Ford tells New Yorkers to "drop dead" • What artist has the #2 and #3 charting songs?
10/29/08

October 29, 1975

Tony Orlando and Dawn take over for Sonny Cher • Crosby, Stills and Nash play Texas • Who is the American League Rookie of the Year?
10/28/08

October 28, 1989

The Baker Boys (and Michelle Pfeiffer) are fabulous • The A's win the Earthquake Series • What computer mogul celebrates a birthday?
10/27/08

October 27, 1982

Hugh Hefner is the target of Larry Flynt's hitman • Burt Reynolds and Bert Convy produce Win, Lose, or Draw • What Beach Boys songs is on the charts?
10/26/08

October 26, 1988

The Donald is in Mike Tyson's corner • Sigourney Weaver and some Gorillas are in our box-office midst • What Love Boat star celebrates a birthday?
10/25/08

October 25, 1981

Erin Moran and Lisa Welchel have a baton battle in Twirl • George Steinbrenner battles an elevator • Who sang the #1 hit theme song to the movie Arthur?
10/24/08

October 24, 1971

"Gene Hackman connects with Popeye Doyle • Jean Knight's “You Think You’re Hot Stuff” cools on the charts • Which football stadium becomes the Cowboys new home?
10/23/08

October 23, 1979

Bo Derek is an 11 in 10 • The Yankees' Billy Martin tussles with a marshmallow salesman • What golf great turns 44?
10/22/08

October 22, World Series Fever

WORLD SERIES FEVER • Our picks for the best World Series moments
10/21/08

October 21, 1984

Drew Barrymore divorces her parents on- and off-screen • Formula 1 Racer Niki Lauda races to the top again • What Freddie Mercury song is on the charts?
10/20/08

October 20, 1968

Jackie Kennedy becomes Jackie O. • Steve McQueen rises to the top with a Bullitt • How old is Mickey Mantle?
10/19/08

October 19, 1975

A Chorus Line kicks on Broadway • The Cleveland Browns' Don Cockroft kicks 5 field goals • What Neil Sedaka song inspires people to kick up their heels?
10/18/08

October 18, 1968

Gilligan's Mary Ann celebrates a birthday • Black Power comes to the Olympic games • What Vegas casino opens its doors?
10/17/08

October 17, 1979

Mother Theresa gives her Nobel Prize to the poor • Movie audiences shriek When A Stranger Calls • What Herb Alpert song serves as Luke and Laura's theme?
10/16/08

October 16, SNL Political Satire

SNL'S POLITICAL SATIRE • Saturday Night Live satirizes the Presidential campaigns through the years
10/15/08

October 15, 1976

Dustin Hoffman gets tortured in Marathon Man • Rick Dees' "Disco Duck (Part 1)" is on the charts • Who goes head-to-head in the first-ever VP debate?
10/14/08

October 14, 1973

Buddy Ebsen stars in Barnaby Jones • Martin Scorsese hits the Mean Streets • What baseball legend takes his last swing?
10/13/08

October 13, 1970

Jim Morrison recites poetry and recounts run-ins with the law • Angela Davis is arrested in New York • What Jack Nicholson movie is in theaters?
10/12/08