Video: 'Paul McCartney - arrival and soundcheck - Tarrant County Convention Center, Fort Worth - May 3, 1976'
(Monday, May 3, 1976) — Paul McCartney performed his first U.S. concert since The Beatles’ final concert on Aug. 29, 1966, tonight at the Tarrant County Convention Hall in Fort Worth, Texas, when he opened the 21-city, 31-show Wings Over America leg of his band’s Wings Over The World tour.
(Saturday, May 3, 1986) — “Addicted to Love” by Robert Palmer peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
(Saturday, May 3, 1986) — “Harlem Shuffle” by The Rolling Stones peaked at #5 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
Video: 'The Executed Leaders of the 1916 Rising'
(Wednesday, May 3, 1916) — Irish nationalists Padraic Pearse, Thomas Clarke and Thomas MacDonagh were executed today by a British firing squad; they were among 16 people put to death for their roles in the Easter Rising armed insurrection of April 24-29, 1916.
