Video: 'Margot Fonteyn & Rudolf Nureyev "Swan Lake" on The Ed Sullivan Show'
(Sunday, May 16, 1965, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT) — Ballet dancers Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn danced the pas de deux from “Swan Lake” tonight on the live CBS television variety series The Ed Sullivan Show from CBS Studio No. 50 in New York City.
Video: 'The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd (21 videos)'
(Sunday, May 16, 1965, 7:10 p.m. EDT) — The musical The Roar of the Greasepaint — the Smell of the Crowd opened on Broadway tonight at the Shubert Theatre in New York City.
Video: 'NEW! John Lennon Philly 1975 - RESTORED AUDIO'
(Friday, May 16, 1975, starting at 5:00 p.m. EDT) — Former Beatle John lennon traveled to Philadelphia night to appear on the WFIL Helping Hand Radio Marathon, an event to raise money for multiple sclerosis. Lennon talked on the phone and even did a short stint reading the weather. Continue reading John Lennon appears on ‘WFIL Helping Hand Radio Marathon’ 50 years ago this hour (May 16 1975)
Video: 'Listen To What The Man Said'
(Friday, May 16, 1975) — “Listen to What the Man Said“/”Love in Song” by (ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and) Wings, the first single from the group’s forthcoming album Venus and Mars, was released in the UK today (in the U.S. on May 23, 1975). Continue reading Wings release ‘Listen to What the Man Said’/’Love in Song’ single 50 years ago today (May 16 1975)
Video: 'Junko Tabei, the first woman on Mt Everest'
(Friday, May 16, 1975, 12:30 p.m. Nepal Time) — Japanese climber Junko Tabei, 35, today became the first woman to reach the 29,2028-foot summit of Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak.
