The World and Everything in It - Oct. 8, 2011
The World and Everything in It is an audio news magazine produced daily (Monday-Friday), with a longer week-in-review program on weekends. Hosted by Nick Eicher and Joseph Slife, the program features reports, interviews, and analysis from WORLD's editorial team.
Find a station near you, or subscribe to the free podcast by clicking the iTunes icon or the RSS icon shown above.
Send comments or questions to feedback@worldandeverything.com, or call 202-709-9595.
You are viewing a program segment. Return to the full program.
Hour B, Segment 5
The TW&E History Book
- Oct. 8, 1918 - American Army Cpl. Alvin York almost single-handedly kills 25 German soldiers and captures 132 others in the Argonne Forest in France.
- Oct. 8, 1956 - Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in a World Series as the New York Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 2-0 in Game 5.
- Oct. 9, 1967 - Communist guerrilla leader Che Guevara is executed in Bolivia while attempting to incite revolution.
- Oct. 8, 1970 - Soviet author Alexander Solzhenitsyn is named winner of the Nobel Prize for literature.
