Video: 'Hello Goodbye'
(Wednesday, May 1, 2002) — Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney performed tonight at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan, the 13th stop of his 19-city Driving USA Tour.
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Reagan opens 1982 World’s Fair in Knoxville 30 years ago today (1982)
Video: '1982 World's Fair - Overview'
(Saturday May 1, 1982) — The 1982 World’s Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee, was opened today by President Ronald Reagan with the theme: “Energy Turns the World.”
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Gen. Butler occupies New Orleans with 5,000 Union troops 150 years ago today (1862)
Video: Butler occupies New Orleans (at 11:08)
(Thursday, May 1, 1862, during the American Civil War) — Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler, with an army of 5,000 men, occupied the city of New Orleans today without resistance.
