Monthly Archives: May 2022

‘Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard’ by Paul Simon peaks at #22 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 27 1972)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s

(Saturday, May 27, 1972) — “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard” by Paul Simon peaked at #22 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard’ by Paul Simon peaks at #22 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 27 1972) →

U.S. opens concentration camp in Northern California to incarcerate Japanese Americans forcibly removed from their homes 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 27 1942)

1940s, World War II


Video: 'George Takei Visits Tule Lake Concentration Camp'

(Wednesday, May 27, 1942; during World War II) — The Tule Lake War Relocation Center, the second of ten concentration camps constructed in 1942 by the United States government to incarcerate Japanese Americans forcibly removed from their homes on the West Coast, opened today in Modoc and Siskiyou counties in Northern California. Continue reading U.S. opens concentration camp in Northern California to incarcerate Japanese Americans forcibly removed from their homes 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 27 1942) →

Czech partisans attack and mortally wound top Nazi leader and Holocaust mastermind Reinhard Heydrich in Prague 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 27 1942)

1940s, The Holocaust, World War II


Video: 'The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich | Nazi Hunters'

(Wednesday, May 27, 1942, approximately 10:35 a.m. Central European Summer Time; during Operation Anthropoid, part of World War II) — Reinhard Heydrich — the commander of the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA), acting governor of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and a principal architect of The Holocaust — was attacked and wounded today in an assassination attempt by a team of Czech and Slovak soldiers. Continue reading Czech partisans attack and mortally wound top Nazi leader and Holocaust mastermind Reinhard Heydrich in Prague 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 27 1942) →

U.S. and Soviet sign two arms accords to limit growth of atomic arsenals 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 26 1972)

1970s, Cold War, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'SYND 27-5-72 NIXON AND BREZHNEV SIGN ARMS LIMITATION TREATY'

(Friday, May 26, 1972, 11:07 p.m. Moscow Standard Time; during the Moscow Summit (1972), part of the Cold War) — U.S. President Richard Nixon and the Soviet Communist party leader Leonid Brezhnev, signed two landmark nuclear arms control agreements tonight that for the first time put limits on the growth of American and Soviet strategic nuclear arsenals. Continue reading U.S. and Soviet sign two arms accords to limit growth of atomic arsenals 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 26 1972) →

‘E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial’ sci-fi film premieres at Cannes Film Festival 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 26 1982)

1980s, Movies 1980s


Video: 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' trailer

(Wednesday, May 26, 1982, evening Central European Summer Time) — E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, an American science fiction film about a lonely boy who summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape Earth and return to his home world, premiered tonight as the closing film of the Cannes Film Festival. Continue reading ‘E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial’ sci-fi film premieres at Cannes Film Festival 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 26 1982) →

‘Stranger on the Shore’ by Mr. Acker Bilk peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 26 1962)

1960s, Popular Music 1960s

(Saturday, May 26, 1962) — “Stranger on the Shore” by Mr. Acker Bilk peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. It was the first British recording to reach number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 (Vera Lynn’s “Auf Wiederseh’n Sweetheart” had reached #1 in 1952, on the shorter “Best Sellers In Stores” survey). Continue reading ‘Stranger on the Shore’ by Mr. Acker Bilk peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 26 1962) →