News on this day in 1995 of a shooting at Ft. Bragg Army Base with an at-the-time-unknown sniper firing into a group of soldiers, killing one and wounding several others. As the day dragged on it became clear the assailant was one of their own. And safety concerns arose over airbag use for children as it was claimed the bags could do more harm than good, especially if the children in question weren't wearing seat belts to begin with. Claims that the Million Man March yielded a million men went under scrutiny and a researcher claimed it may have actually been around 800,000 - but with the margin of error it may have been either 600,000 or 1.1 million. And the check gets made out to who?

Boris Yeltsin was rushed to the hospital, much to the concern of all those around him even though they were tight-lipped about it.

And the Cleveland Indians were still in the World Series, coming up on Game 6 in Atlanta this evening. Trailing at 3-2, the Indians were still hopeful of pulling this one out of the hat.

Hope, like everything else, springs eternal.

And so it was on this October 27th in 1995, thanks to The CBS World News Roundup.

It certainly was a day for civil unrest. October 21, 1995 saw a wave of prison riots erupting across the U.S. - some blamed the refusal to relax stiff penalties on crack cocaine, others attributed it to the Million Man March. Whatever the reason, all prisons in the U.S. on this particular day were on lock down.

And there were riots in Okinawa - due to the continued U.S. military presence on the island and the recent rash of rapes among U.S. service personnel and Okinawa locals.

Fingers were crossed that hostage David Hutchings and three others would be released shortly from captivity in India, at least it was hoped.

President Clinton leveled a few blasts at the GOP for their Budget plan.

Mexico suffered its third earthquake in a month. This doing a bit more damage than the others.

And the World Series was getting underway this evening with the Cleveland Indians going up against the Atlanta Braves - the first time the Indians made it to a World series since 1954.

And that's what today was all about in 1995, via The CBS World News Roundup for October 21, 1995.

(A sampling of 1943 Americana tonight)

A departure from the usual format of 78's, I ran across this copy of a broadcast from NBC as part of their Music Of The New World Series. This one is from July 1943 and it features the NBC Studio Orchestra led by Joseph Stulpak with Arthur Balsam,piano in a program of works by late 19th and early 20th century American composers.

Some I'm sure you're familiar while others probably not so, at least anymore. But since we're smack in the middle of the 4th of July, how about a little Americana tonight?

So here's the lineup:

1. Leo Sowerby - Comes Autumntime Concert Overture
2. Charles Tomlinson Griffes - The White Peacock
3. John Alden Carpenter - excerpts from the ballet Krazy Kat
4. Paul Creston - Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra (with Arthur Balsam, piano)

Happy 4th!

(What it is, is Baseball)

One last salute to Baseball before it all goes away until next year. This one, from a program called Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow ran a history of baseball up to August 12, 1951 (the date of the broadcast).

Check it out and keep it for that snowy day in January to remind yourself Summer eventually comes.