Video: 'Wonder Years series finale'
(Wednesday, May 12, 1993, 8:30 p.m. EDT) — Kevin is heartbroken when he finds out Winnie is dating one of the other lifeguards on tonight’s series finale episode of the TV comedy-drama The Wonder Years.
Daily Archives: May 12, 2013
‘Any Road/Marwa Blues’ single by George Harrison released 10 years ago today (2003)
Video: 'George Harrison Any Road (2009 Stereo Remaster)'
(Monday, May 12, 2003) — “Any Road”/”Marwa Blues” by the late Beatle George Harrison, the first (and only) single from his album Brainwashed, was released today in the UK where it peaked at #37. “Any Road” was the last Harrison song to be released as a single. Continue reading ‘Any Road/Marwa Blues’ single by George Harrison released 10 years ago today (2003)
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Bob Dylan walks off ‘Ed Sullivan Show’ set in censorship dispute 50 years ago today (1963)
(Sunday, May 12, 1963) — Bob Dylan walked off the set of the variety TV program The Ed Sullivan Show this afternoon because CBS would not allow him to sing “Talking John Birch Society Blues” on tonight’s show. Continue reading Bob Dylan walks off ‘Ed Sullivan Show’ set in censorship dispute 50 years ago today (1963)
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Roosevelt, Churchill open Trident Conference in Washington 70 years ago today (1943)
(Wednesday, May 12, 1943, during World War II)— The two-week Trident Conference, headed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, opened today in Washington. The plans for the Italian Campaign, air attacks on Nazi Germany and the Pacific War would be agreed upon during the next two weeks.
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Federal Emergency Relief Administration, Agricultural Adjustment Administration created to help needy, farmers 80 years ago today (1933)
(Friday, May 12, 1933; part of the New Deal in response to the Great Depression) — The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) was signed into law today by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, giving the federal government the power to raise farm prices and to provide relief on farm mortgage foreclosures. Also known as the “Wagner Act”, the bill provided $500 million for farm relief.
Signed on the same day was the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), which would eventually spend four billion dollars to create job programs for unemployed U.S. workers.
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Betty Miller becomes first woman to fly solo across Pacific Ocean 50 years ago this hour (1963)
(Sunday, May 12, 1963, 10:20 p.m. local time) — Pilot Betty Miller, 36, became the first woman to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean today as she landed her Piper Apache in Brisbane, Australia, having left Oakland, Calif., on April 30, making three stopovers along the way.
