Video: 'Remembering USS STARK (FFG-31)'
(Sunday, May 17, 1987, 10:10 p.m. local time) — 37 American sailors were killed tonight when an Iraqi warplane attacked the U.S. Navy frigate Stark in the Persian Gulf (click here to watch news reports at the time). Continue reading 37 American sailors killed when Iraqi warplane attacks 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 17 1977)
Video: 'King Lear (Jean-Luc Godard, 1987)'
(Sunday, May 17, 1987) — King Lear, a film about a wealthy corporate executive who arrives in Switzerland in search of a reclusive filmmaker to reaffirm his faith in the art form, premiered today at the Cannes Film Festival. Continue reading ‘King Lear’ premieres at Cannes Film Festival 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 17 1987)
Video: '1997 The World Tonight' (10 videos)
(Saturday, May 17, 1997, 6:00 p.m. BST) — Paul McCartney’s Town Hall Meeting, a question and answer event hosted by John Fugelsang featuring the former Beatle, was transmitted live tonight on VH-1 from Bishopsgate Memorial Hall, in Bishopsgate, East London. Continue reading Paul McCartney holds a live televised town hall in London 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 17 1997)
Video: 'Martin Luther King Jr. 'Give Us the Ballot' May 17, 1957'
(Friday, May 17, 1957, afternoon EDT) — The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., 28, delivered his first national speech, titled “Give Us the Ballot,” advocating voting rights for African-Americans, during the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom gathering at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Continue reading Martin Luther King Jr. delivers first national speech 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 17 1957)
Video: '1997 The World Tonight' (10 videos)
(Friday, May 16, 1997, 9:00 p.m. EDT) — In the World Tonight, a documentary about the making of Paul McCartney’s Flaming Pie album, received it’s worldwide television premiere tonight on VH-1 in the United States. Continue reading McCartney’s ‘In The World Tonight’ documentary debuts 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 16 1997)
(Monday, May 16, 1977, 5:33 p.m. EDT) — A New York Airways Sikorsky S-61L (N619PA) helicopter idling on the heliport atop the Pan Am Building in midtown Manhattan, just after arriving from John F Kennedy Airport, keeled over on a broken landing gear this afternoon, killing four passengers waiting to board, including movie director Michael Findlay.
Parts of a broken blade fell into the streets below, killing one pedestrian.
The accident precipitated the permanent closure of the heliport.
Video: 'Ringo Starr George Harrison Paul McCartney Interview 5/24/1997 Access Hollywood' (May 16 1997, at 1:57 and 5:05 and 5:35)
(Friday, May 16, 1997) — Former Beatle George Harrison and Indian musician Ravi Shankar continued their promotional tour for Chants of India, a new album by Shankar and produced by Harrison, today at the Plaza Hotel in New York with a second of two days of interviews with various media outlets.
(Saturday, May 16, 1987) — “With or Without You” by U2 peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three consecutive weeks (May 16/23/30, 1987).
In 2010, Rolling Stone magazine placed the song at number 132 on their list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.”
Video: 'CBS News: Town Meeting of the World, May 15, 1967'
(Monday, May 15, 1967, 10:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m. EDT; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, a Democrat representing New York state, and California Governor Ronald Reagan, a Republican, faced each other on CBS-TV tonight and made clear their differing stands of issues concerning the war in Vietnam during a trans-Atlantic discussion between students of Europe, Asia, Africa and England. Continue reading Robert F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan face off on TV 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 15 1967)
Video: 'PAUL MCCARTNEY & LINDA MEET FOR THE FIRST TIME'
(Monday, May 15, 1967, evening BST) — Paul McCartney, 24, of The Beatles rock band met his future wife Linda Eastman, 25, tonight during a Georgie Fame concert at the Bag O’Nails club, situated in the basement of 9 Kingly Street in Soho, London. Continue reading Beatle Paul McCartney meets Linda Eastman 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 15 1967)
