Italy
Italian Emigrant Remembers His Roots
The tiny village of San Marco D’Urri receives $340,000 in Bank of America stock, 25 shares for each inhabitant, as a gift from the sons of a local boy, born 100 years ago, who emigrated to America and made his fortune.
Russia
Russian Climbers Scale Volcano
On the Far Eastern peninsula of Kamchatka, mountaineers brave wintry weather, snowy footing, and the threat of a smouldering volcano to scale an inaccessible 15,000 foot peak in a challenging adventure of man against nature.
United States
College Football: Georgia vs. Auburn
Georgia and Auburn clash for the southeast Conference title. Auburn leads in the fourth quarter, but with less than 3 minutes left in play, Georgia ties it up and wins in the final 30 seconds on conversion.
United States
College Football: TCU vs. Texas
Texas Christian topples mighty Texas from its number two national ranking with a blazing fourth period rally. 166 pound Harry Moreland races 56 yards downfield for the winning tally in the upset victory of the week.
25 YEARS AGO TODAY:
A night of terror in the Midwest as the supposedly fireproof Kerns Hotel of Lansing, Michigan, burns in a tragic holocaust that shocked the nation.
Amelia Earhart, 'America’s Flying Sweetheart', prepares for her first Trans-Pacific flight.
Lazaro Cardenas is inaugurated as President of Mexico for an historic term of office.
Olin Dutra wins the National Golf Championship with a spectacular 40-foot putt.
Shoe Fashions, a quarter of a century back, show that notions of what’s chic in footwear have changed drastically, but not tastes in the feminine appendage they adorn.
Christmas Parade Toronto, Canada.
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