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(Saturday, May 24, 2003, 8:30 p.m. MSK) — Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney performed tonight at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, the 19th stop and 30th performance of his Back in the World tour. Continue reading Paul McCartney performs first time in Moscow 10 years ago this hour (2003)
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(Thursday, May 23, 2003) — Mystic River, a drama film about three men with a childhood tragedy that overshadowed their lives who are reunited by circumstance when one loses a daughter, premiered today at the Cannes Film Festival.
Directed by Clint Eastwood, the film stars Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden and Laura Linney.
Video: 'Paul McCartney - 73 Hours in Russia {Rare Russian Documentary} 2003' (May 23, 2003, at 13:13)
(Friday, May 23, 2003) — Paul McCartney today opened a modern sound recording studio for musically gifted children in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Children from St. Petersburg boarding school No. 38 participated in the studio opening, which is located in the former stables of the Menshikov palace on Vasilyevsky Island. They sang songs by the former member of the legendary group Beatles.
The studio was opened with support from the charity fund The Menshikov Foundation.
According to the fund’s director Enti Ino, the fund was created to support musically gifted children, and the modern sound studio will become a stage for the exercises of these children.
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Video: 'Paul McCartney - 73 Hours in Russia {Rare Russian Documentary} 2003' (May 22, 2003, at 1:32/24:19)
(Thursday, May 22, 2003) — Paul McCartney, who ruffled the West when he wrote the Beatles’ “Back in the U.S.S.R.,” visited Russia for the first time today, 35 years after the song’s debut. Continue reading Paul McCartney arrives in Russia for the first time 10 years ago today (2003)
Video: 'Z (Costa Gavras, 1969)' (May 22, 1963, at 1:44:04)
(Wednesday, May 22, 1963) — Greek politician Grigoris Lambrakis was attacked by right-wingers after delivering a speech in Thessaloniki; he died five days later. The assassination inspired a book as well as the 1969 Costa-Gavras film “Z.”
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(Thursday, May 21, 2003, 8:00 p.m. EDT) — By a narrow margin of less than a third of a percent, voters crowned Ruben Studdard the second “American Idol” tonight over Clay Aiken on tonight’s season finale episode of the TV reality game show/singing competition American Idol. In 2004, TV Guide named this the 80th most memorable TV moments of all time.
Video: 'CHEERS - One for the Road (last episode)'
(Thursday, May 20, 1993, 9:22 p.m. EDT) — The gang finally finds out what has happened to Diane Chambers and Don the plumber pops the question to Rebecca but gets an unexpected answer on tonight’s series finale episode of the TV sitcom Cheers.
Video: 'The Waltons The Literary man'
(Sunday, May 20, 1973, 9 p.m. EDT) — The Waltons, a gentle tale of a Depression family in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, captured top honors tonight at the 25th Primetime Emmy Awards, winning six Emmys including Outstanding Drama Series – Continuing.
All In The Family, the pace setting show depicting an amiable bigot, was hailed as the Outstanding Comedy Series for the third year in a row.
Tonight’s ceremonies at the Shubert Theatre in Los Angeles were hosted by Johnny Carson.
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Video: 'Secretariat - Preakness Stakes 1973'
(Saturday, May 19, 1973) — Secretariat won the Preakness Stakes today in Baltimore, the second of his Triple Crown victories. Secretariat broke last, but then made a huge, last-to-first move on the first turn.
Video: May 18, 1973 (at 6:46)
(Friday, May 18, 1973; during the Watergate scandal) — Attorney General-designate Elliot L. Richard today turned over prosecution of Watergate, one of the biggest political scandals in history, to a Democrat, Archibald Cox (pictured left), a former federal official and now a Harvard professor of law.
