Video: 'The Beatles - Paperback Writer'
(Monday, May 30, 1966) — The single “Paperback Writer”/“Rain” by The Beatles was released today in the U.S. (June 10, 1966, in the UK). Continue reading ‘Paperback Writer/Rain’ single by The Beatles released 50 years ago today (May 30 1966)
Video: 'AC-10: Surveyor 1 launch (30.5.66)'
(Monday, May 30, 1966, 14:41:01 UTC/10:41:01 a.m. EDT) — Surveyor 1, an unmanned spacecraft making the nation’s first attempt at a soft landing on the moon, streaked toward its target today with bullseye accuracy.
It carried a camera that will send thousands of pictures of the moon’s surface back to earth, if all does well.
Video: 'The Searchers' trailer
(Wednesday, May 30, 1956, doors opened at 9:30 a.m. EDT) — The Searchers, a Western film about a middle-aged Civil War veteran who spends years looking for his abducted niece, opened today at the Criterion in New York City.
Directed by John Ford, the film starred John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond and Natalie Wood.
