Video: 'Dateline NBC on Christopher Reeve (June 1995)'
(Saturday, May 27, 1995, around 3:30 p.m. EDT) — Actor Christopher Reeve, 42, was left paralyzed today when he was thrown from his horse during a jumping event in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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‘La Haine’ French social thriller film premieres at Cannes Film Festival 30 years ago tonight (May 27 1995)
Video: 'La Haine' trailer
(Saturday, May 27, 1995, evening Central European Summer Time) — La Haine, a French black-and-white drama/suspense film about about three young friends and their struggle to live in the suburbs of Paris, premiered today at the Cannes Film Festival. Continue reading ‘La Haine’ French social thriller film premieres at Cannes Film Festival 30 years ago tonight (May 27 1995)
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Wings release ‘Venus and Mars’ studio album in USA 50 years ago today (May 27 1975)
Video: '16- Wings- Venus and Mars (Full Album)' (13 clips)
(Tuesday, May 27, 1975) — Venus and Mars by Wings, Paul McCartney’s sixth studio album since the 1970 break-up of The Beatles (the fourth with his British-American band Wings), was released in the U.S. today (it would be released in the UK on May 30, 1975). Continue reading Wings release ‘Venus and Mars’ studio album in USA 50 years ago today (May 27 1975)
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Supreme Court strikes down key component of FDR’s New Deal 90 years ago today (May 27 1935)
Video: 'Schechter Poultry vs US (1935): US History Review'
(Monday, May 27, 1935; during the Great Depression) — The U.S. Supreme Court today decided Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, which held the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA), a major piece of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, unconstitutional (click here for a clip of May 27, 1935, at 28:27 from “American Experience – S07E02 – FDR Parts 3 and 4 (October 12, 1994)).
