(Sunday, May 22, 1966, 10:00-11:45 p.m. EDT) — The Dick Van Dyke Show dominated the 18th Emmy Awards tonight, winning five awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor (Dick Van Dyke) and Actress (Mary Tyler Moore) in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series. Continue reading ‘The Dick Van Dyke Show,’ ‘The Fugitive’ big winners at Emmy Awards 50 years ago this hour (May 22 1966)
Daily Archives: May 22, 2016
Paul McCartney & Wings perform in Boston 40 years ago tonight (May 22 1976)
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(Saturday, May 22, 1976) — Former Beatle Paul McCartney and his band Wings performed tonight at Boston Garden in Boston on the tenth stop of the 21-city, 31-show Wings Over America leg of his band’s Wings Over The World tour. Continue reading Paul McCartney & Wings perform in Boston 40 years ago tonight (May 22 1976)
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‘Mission: Impossible’ released in North America 20 years ago today (May 22 1996)
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(Wednesday, May 22, 1996) — Mission: Impossible, an action spy film inspired by the TV series (1966-1973; 1988-1990), was released today in the U.S. and Canada.
Directed by Brian De Palma, the film starred Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Henry Czerny, Emmanuelle Béart, Jean Reno, Ving Rhames, Kristin Scott Thomas and Vanessa Redgrave.
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‘Silly Love Songs’ by Wings peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago today (May 22 1976)
(Saturday, May 22, 1976) — “Silly Love Songs” by (former Beatle Paul McCartney and his band) Wings peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for five non-consecutive weeks (May 22, June 12/19/26, July 3, 1976). Continue reading ‘Silly Love Songs’ by Wings peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago today (May 22 1976)
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‘Fooled Around and Fell in Love’ by Elvin Bishop peaks at #3 in USA 40 years ago today (May 22 1976)
(Saturday, May 22, 1976) — “Fooled Around and Fell in Love” by Elvin Bishop (with Mickey Thomas on lead vocals) peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
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‘Tryin’ to Get the Feeling Again’ by Barry Manilow peaks at #10 in USA 40 years ago today (May 22 1976)
(Saturday, May 22, 1976) — “Tryin’ to Get the Feeling Again” by Barry Manilow peaked at #10 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
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‘Strange Magic’ by Electric Light Orchestra peaks at #14 in USA 40 years ago today (May 22 1976)
(Saturday, May 22, 1976) — “Strange Magic” by Electric Light Orchestra peaked at #14 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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‘Could It Be Magic’ by Donna Summer peaks at #52 in USA 40 years ago today (May 22 1976)
(Saturday, May 22, 1976) — “Could It Be Magic” by Donna Summer peaked at #52 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
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Abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner beaten unconscious 160 years ago today (May 22 1856)
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(Tuesday, May 22, 1856, afternoon local time) — Congressman Preston Brooks, a pro-slavery Democrat from South Carolina, beat Senator Charles Sumner, a Republican abolitionist from Massachusetts, with a walking cane today in the hall of the United States Senate in retaliation for a speech Sumner had made two days earlier attacking Southerners who sympathized with the pro-slavery violence in Kansas (“Bleeding Kansas”).
Sumner is unable to return to duty for 3 years while he recovers; Brooks becomes a hero across the South.
