Video: 'Citizen Kane' trailer
(Thursday, May 1, 1941, 8:30 p.m. EDT) — Citizen Kane, an American drama film about a group of reporters who are trying to decipher the last word ever spoke by Charles Foster Kane, the millionaire newspaper tycoon, premiered tonight at the RKO Palace at 1564 Broadway (at West 47th Street) in New York City.
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(Saturday, May 1, 1971) — “Put Your Hand in the Hand” by Ocean peaked at #2 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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Video: 'CNN: Inside the raid that killed Osama bin Laden'
(Monday, May 2, 2011, 1:00 a.m. Pakistan Standard Time; during the War on Terror) — Osama bin Laden, founder of the terrorist organization al-Qaeda and mastermind of the September 11 attacks, was killed early this morning in a firefight with United States Navy SEALs of the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group (also known as DEVGRU or SEAL Team Six) in Pakistan.
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(Saturday, May 1, 1971) — “Power to the People” by former Beatle John Lennon, credited to John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, peaked today at #11 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
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(Saturday, May 1, 1971) — “We Can Work It Out” by Stevie Wonder (written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles) peaked at #13 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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(Saturday, May 1, 1971) — “Lucky Man” by Emerson, Lake & Palmer peaked at #48 on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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Video: 'New York A Documentary E 5 Cosmopolis' (Empire State Building opens May 1, 1931,at 1:37:27)
(Friday, May 1, 1931, 11:30 a.m. EDT) — The Empire State Building, the tallest building in the world for 40 years, opened today at 350 Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, as President Herbert Hoover pressed a button in the White House that turned on the lights of all 102 stories.
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(Saturday, May 1, 1971) — “It Don’t Come Easy” by former Beatle Ringo Starr debuted today on Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart at #49.
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