Video: 'Queen Mary's Maiden Voyage'
(Wednesday, May 27, 1936, 4:30 p.m. BST) — With a quarter of a million people lining the shores to witness her departure, the Cunard liner RMS Queen Mary left England this afternoon on her maiden voyage to New York.
Video: 'Bob Dylan - Eat The Document (Outtake) Bob Dylan & John Lennon, May 27 1966'
(Friday, May 27, 1966, 7:00 a.m. BST) — John Lennon of The Beatles and a possibly alcohol- or drug-impaired Bob Dylan were filmed this morning sharing a ride from Kenwood, Lennon’s home in Weybridge, to the May Fair Hotel in London for the unreleased documentary Eat the Document.
Video: 'Paul McCartney & Wings at Madison Square Garden, New York City/ interview with Fans - May 25, 1976'
(Tuesday, May 25, 1976) — Former Beatle Paul McCartney and his band Wings performed the second of two shows tonight at Madison Square Garden in New York on the 11th stop of the 21-city, 31-show Wings Over America leg of his band’s Wings Over The World tour. Continue reading Paul McCartney & Wings perform in New York again 40 years ago tonight (May 25 1976)
Video: 'Truman & the Railroad Strike of 1946 - Part 3' (May 25, 1946)
(Saturday, May 25, 1946, 3:57 p.m. EST; during the Strike wave of 1945–46) — With only three minutes left before the U.S. Army would seize control of the nation’s railroads, the leaders of both striking railway workers’ unions signed a settlement at the White House. Continue reading Rail strike ends as Truman demands laws, including draft, to stop action against U.S. 70 years ago this hour (May 25 1946)
Video: 'May 25, 1986: Hands Across America'
(Sunday, May 25, 1986) — Approximately 6.5 million people held hands in a human chain for fifteen minutes along a path across the continental United States today, participating in “Hands Across America” to raise money for the nation’s hungry and homeless. Continue reading Millions of Americans join hands to raise money for hungry, homeless 30 years ago today (May 25 1986)
(Saturday, May 25, 1946) — “The Gypsy” by the Ink Spots peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for ten consecutive weeks (May 25, June 1/8/15/22/29, July 6/13/20/27, 1946).
Video: 'Truman & the Railroad Strike of 1946 - Part 1' (Truman address at 0:17)
(Friday, May 24, 1946, 9:00 p.m. EST; during the Strike wave of 1945–46) — U.S. President Harry S. Truman made a nationwide radio address tonight regarding the railway strike, and delivered an ultimatum: “If sufficient workers to operate the trains have not returned, by 4 p.m. tomorrow, as head of our government, I have no alternative but to operate the trains by using every means within my power … I shall ask our armed forces to furnish protection to every man who heeds the call of his country in this hour of need.” Continue reading Truman calls rail men to return at once, will use Army to run trains if they do not 70 years ago this hour (May 24 1946)
Video: 'Paul McCartney Live In NY Madison Square Gardens, New York, USA (Monday May 24th 1976)'
(Monday, May 24, 1976) — Former Beatle Paul McCartney and his band Wings performed the first of two shows tonight at Madison Square Garden in New York on the 11th stop of the 21-city, 31-show Wings Over America leg of his band’s Wings Over The World tour.
Video: 'Angela Lansbury in MAME (Broadway, 1966)'
(Tuesday, May 24, 1966, 7:15 p.m. EDT) — Mame, with the book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman and based on the 1955 novel Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis and a 1956 Broadway play, opened on Broadway tonight at Winter Garden Theatre in New York City, starring Angela Lansbury and Beatrice Arthur.
Continue reading ‘Mame’ opens on Broadway 50 years ago this hour (May 24 1966)
Video: 'An Inconvenient Truth' trailer
(Wednesday, May 24, 2006) — An Inconvenient Truth, a documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim about former U.S. Vice President Al Gore’s campaign to educate citizens about global warming, went into limited release today (it had premiered Jan. 24, 2006, at the Sundance Film Festival).
