Video: 'Beginning of the Dream: Homestead Act Made Law'
(Tuesday, May 20, 1862, during the American Civil War) — U.S. President Abraham Lincoln today signed the Homestead Act, which was intended to encourage settlements west of the Mississippi River by making federal land available for farming.
Video: May 20, 1862 (at 1:00:30)
(Tuesday, May 20, 1862, part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War) — Federal Gen. George McClellan’s troops are now only nine miles from Richmond, the Confederate capital, but McClellan refused to attack and instead demanded 40,000 additional men even though he already outnumbered the rebels that he faced.
Video: Dan Quayle 'Murphy Brown' comment
(Tuesday, May 19, 1992) — U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle sparked controversy by criticizing the CBS-TV sitcom Murphy Brown today for having its title character decide to bear a child out of wedlock, saying during a speech to the Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco that it mocked the importance of fathers.
Video: Mary Jo Buttafuoco interview (2008)
(Tuesday, May 19, 1992) — Mary Jo Buttafuoco was shot in the face and seriously wounded today at her home in Massapequa, New York, by her husband Joey’s teenage lover, Amy Fisher, soon to be known as “the Long Island Lolita” by the media in a case that drew much notoriety.
Video: Alec Baldwin reads the 27th Amendment
(Tuesday, May 19, 1992) — The Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution, which prohibits Congress from giving itself pay raises until the next congressional term, went into effect today.
Video: 'Getting Better'
(Saturday, May 18, 2002) — Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney wrapped up his 20-city Driving USA Tour tonight at National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida. Continue reading Paul McCartney concludes Driving Rain USA Tour in Sunrise 10 years ago tonight (2002)
Video: 'Cicely' clip
(Monday, May 18, 1992, 10:00 p.m. EDT) — Joel meets an old man who’s returned to Cicely after many years on tonight’s season three finale episode of the CBS-TV comedy-drama Northern Exposure.
Video: 'City of God' trailer
(Saturday, May 18, 2002) — City of God, a crime drama film about the growth of organized crime in the Cidade de Deus suburb of Rio de Janeiro, debuted today at the Cannes Film Festival.
Directed by Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund (co-director), the film stars Alexandre Rodrigues, Alice Braga, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen and Douglas Silva.
The film received four Academy Award nominations in 2004: Best Cinematography (César Charlone), Best Directing (Meirelles), Best Editing (Daniel Rezende) and Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) (Mantovani).
(Monday, May 18, 1992) — King Carl XVI Gustaf presented the first Polar Music Prize to ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and to the three Baltic countries today in Stockholm, Sweden. McCartney thanked the king and the jury the Polar Music Prize jury in a pre-taped message.
Video: 'We Can Work It Out' (at 3:55)
(Friday, May 17, 2002) — Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney performed tonight at National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida, the 20th stop of his 20-city Driving USA Tour. Continue reading Paul McCartney performs at National Car Rental Center in Sunrise 10 years ago tonight (2002)
