Daily Archives: May 16, 2013

Michael Jackson introduces ‘moonwalk’ dance on Motown special 30 years ago this hour (1983)

1980s, Popular Music 1980s, Television 1980s


Video: 'Moonwalk - Michael Jackson - Billie Jean - The First Moonwalk King Of Pop'

(Monday, May 16, 1983, 9:00 p.m. EST) — Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever was broadcast tonight on NBC. The highlight was Michael Jackson lip syncing and dancing to his song “Billie Jean” and performing for the first time his “moonwalk” dance. In 2004, TV Guide rated it as the 27th most memorable TV moment of all time. Continue reading Michael Jackson introduces ‘moonwalk’ dance on Motown special 30 years ago this hour (1983) →

Czechs relesae AP correspondent William N. Oatis 60 years ago today (1953)

1950s, Cold War


(Saturday, May 16, 1953; during the Cold War) — Associated Press correspondent William N. Oatis was released today by communist authorities in Czechoslovakia, where he’d been imprisoned for two years after being forced to confess to espionage while working as the AP’s Prague bureau chief.