Video: 'The Midnight Special 1973 - 11 - Argent - Hold Your Head Up'
(Saturday, June 2, 1973, 1:00 a.m. EDT) — Argent was among the performers on tonight’s episode of the late-night musical variety NBC-TV series The Midnight Special as hosted by Paul Williams.
Video: 'Paul McCartney - Liverpool, 1 June 2003 (Driving USA Tour)'
(Sunday, June 1, 2003, 8:20 p.m. BST) — Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney performed tonight at King’s Dock in his home town of Liverpool, England, on the 22nd stop, 28th and final performance of his Back in the World tour.
Video: 'Don't worry, I shall be back - In memory of Leslie Howard'
(Tuesday, June 1, 1943; during World War II) — A civilian flight from Portugal to England was shot down today by the Germans during World War II, killing all 17 people aboard, including British actor Leslie Howard.
Video: 'Paul McCartney | In Concert On The New World Tour' (May 31, 1993, at 1:37/8:11/39:32/56:46)
(Monday, May 31, 1993, Memorial Day) — Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney performed tonight at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on the 16th stop (and 16th performance) of the North America leg of his The New World Tour. Four songs from the concert (Drive My Car, Looking For Changes, C’mon People and Kansas City) would be featured on the official tour video Paul Is Live – The New World Tour and CD Paul is Live, released Nov. 15, 1993.
Video: 'Finding Nemo' trailer
(Thursday, May 30, 2003) — Finding Nemo, a computer-animated comedy-drama adventure family film about a timid clownfish that sets out on a journey to bring his son home after he’s captured in the Great Barrier Reef and taken to Sydney, premiered today in the U.S. and Canada.
Directed by Andrew Stanton, the film stars Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres and Alexander Gould.
Video: 'Combat Roll from the Battle of Attu'
(Sunday, May 30, 1943, Memorial Day; during Battle of Attu, part of the Aleutian Islands Campaign, in the Pacific Theater of World War II) — American troops secured the Aleutian island of Attu today from Japanese forces led by Colonel Yasuyo Yamasaki. It was the only land battle of World War II fought on territory that was part of the incorporated territory of the U.S.
(Wednesday, May 30, 1883, Memorial Day, a few minutes after 4 p.m.) — 12 people were trampled to death today in a stampede sparked by a rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge, which opened six days before, was in danger of collapsing.
Video: 'Paul McCartney - Paul Is Live - Full CD' (May 29, 1993, at 36:49)
(Saturday, May 29, 1993) — Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney performed tonight at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, on the 15th stop (and 15th performance) of the North America leg of his The New World Tour. One song from the concert (My Love) would be featured on the official tour CD Paul is Live, released Nov. 15, 1993.
Video: 'Tom Bradley's Successful Campaign for Mayor of LA in 1973'
(Tuesday, May 29, 1973) — Tom Bradley was elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles today, defeating incumbent Sam Yorty. Yorty had defeated Bradley in 1969.
Video: 'Stalag 17' trailer
(Friday, May 29, 1953) — Stalag 17, a war film about a group of American airmen held in a German World War II prisoner of war camp who come to suspect that one of their number is an informant, premiered today in London. Continue reading ‘Stalag 17’ premieres in London 60 years ago today (1953)
