Video: 'Weather History: 1896 St. Louis Tornado'
(Wednesday, May 27, 1896, at around 6:15 p.m. local time) — 255 people were killed tonight when a tornado struck St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, causing over $10 million in damage (approximately $2.9 billion in damage adjusted for 1997).
Video: 'Wings: A Very Lovely Party On Tour' (May 27, 1976, at 0:23-1:03)
(Thursday, May 27, 1976) — Former Beatle Paul McCartney and his band Wings performed tonight at Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati on the 12th 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 Cincinnati 40 years ago tonight (May 27 1976)
Video: 'Pan's Labyrinth' trailer
(Saturday, May 27, 2006) — Pan’s Labyrinth, a Spanish-Mexican dark fantasy film that centers on Ofelia, a lonely and dreamy child living with her mother and adoptive father, premiered today at the Cannes Film Festival.
Directed by Guillermo del Toro, the film starred Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Doug Jones, Ariadna Gil and Álex Angulo.
Video: 'Cookin' [n The Kitchen Of Love]'
(Thursday, May 27, 1976) — While Paul McCartney was in Cincinnati to perform another concert on his Wings Over America tour and George Harrison was in England for the first week of sessions for his next studio album, former Beatle John Lennon joined Ringo Starr today at the Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, where he is currently recording his next studio album Ringo’s Rotogravure. Continue reading John Lennon, Ringo Starr record ‘Cookin’ (In The Kitchen Of Love)’ in Hollywood 40 years ago today (May 27 1976)
Video: 'Queen Mary's Maiden Voyage'
(Wednesday, May 27, 1936, 4:30 p.m. BST) — With a quarter of a million people lining the shores to witness her departure, the Cunard liner RMS Queen Mary left England this afternoon on her maiden voyage to New York.
Video: 'Bob Dylan - Eat The Document (Outtake) Bob Dylan & John Lennon, May 27 1966'
(Friday, May 27, 1966, 7:00 a.m. BST) — John Lennon of The Beatles and a possibly alcohol- or drug-impaired Bob Dylan were filmed this morning sharing a ride from Kenwood, Lennon’s home in Weybridge, to the May Fair Hotel in London for the unreleased documentary Eat the Document.
