(Thursday, May 7, 1992) — Expressing “horror and dismay” at what he saw, U.S. President George H.W. Bush toured the broken and blackened districts of riot-ravaged South Central Los Angeles today and confronted the resentment of minority groups who feel cheated of justice and prosperity by the established power that he represents.
Monthly Archives: May 2012
U.S. general seized by red prisoners at Koje as hostage 60 years ago today (1952)
Video: May 7, 1952 (at 1:35)
(Wednesday, May 7, 1952, during the Korean War, part of the Cold War) — Communist prisoners on Koje Island, off the South Korean coast, today seized the camp commandant, Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd, and are holding him prisoner.
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‘The Keys’ episode airs on ‘Seinfeld’ 20 years ago this hour (1992)
'The Keys' clip
(Wednesday, May 6, 1992, 9:30 p.m. ET) — Kramer invades Jerry’s life too much, so Jerry revokes his spare key privileges on tonight’s season three finale episode of the NBC-TV sitcom Seinfeld.
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U.S. submarine test fires atomic warhead in Pacific 50 years ago this hour (1962)
(Sunday, May 6, 1962, 6:45 p.m. EDT) — The first nuclear explosion to be caused by an American ballistic missile, rather than by a bomb dropped from an aircraft or at a fixed site, was accomplished today at Christmas Island, 1,200 miles from its launch site as the USS Ethan Allen fired the armed Polaris missile from underwater to its target.
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Film legend Marlene Dietrich dies at 90 in Paris 20 years ago today (1992)
(Wednesday, May 6, 1992) — Marlene Dietrich, the seductive actress and entertainer whose sultry, distinctive face graced motion picture screens during Hollywood’s two most glamorous decades, died today of renal failure in the Right Bank apartment in Paris where she had lived as a fashionable recluse the past several years. She was 90.
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McCartneys appear on ‘Top of the Pops’ in London 30 years ago this hour (1982)
(Thursday, May 6, 1982, 7:25 p.m. local time) — Paul and Linda McCartney made a guest appearance tonight on Top of the Pops at the BBC TV Centre in Wood Lane, London, after the Ebony and Ivory video had been shown.
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‘Lucy Does a TV Commercial’ episode airs on ‘I Love Lucy’ 60 years ago this hour (1952)
Video: 'Lucy Does a TV Commercial' (clip)
(Monday, May 5, 1952, 9 p.m. EST) — Desperate to be in Ricky’s new television commercial, Lucy makes every attempt to get her way on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV sitcom I Love Lucy.
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‘The Dummy’ episode airs on ‘The Twilight Zone’ 50 years ago this hour (1962)
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(Friday, May 4, 1962, 10 p.m. ET) — A ventriloquist is convinced that his dummy, Willie, is alive and evil on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV anthology series The Twilight Zone.
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‘Up in the Air’ airs on ‘Three’s Company’ 30 years ago this hour (1982)
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(Tuesday, May 4, 1982, 9:00 p.m. ET) — Jack takes one of Larry’s tranquilizers to deal with his fear of flying, but then experiences unpredictable side effects after ignoring warnings not to drink alcohol on tonight’s episode of the ABC-TV sitcom Three’s Company.
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Mobster Al Capone begins jail sentence 80 years ago this hour (1932)
(Wednesday, May 4, 1932, 6:50 p.m. CST) — Mobster Al Capone, convicted of income-tax evasion, entered Atlanta U.S. Penitentiary today, but he was still able to obtain special privileges.
