Video: 'Cicely' clip
(Monday, May 18, 1992, 10:00 p.m. EDT) — Joel meets an old man who’s returned to Cicely after many years on tonight’s season three finale episode of the CBS-TV comedy-drama Northern Exposure.
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McCartney wins Polar Music Prize 20 years ago today (1992)
(Monday, May 18, 1992) — King Carl XVI Gustaf presented the first Polar Music Prize to ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and to the three Baltic countries today in Stockholm, Sweden. McCartney thanked the king and the jury the Polar Music Prize jury in a pre-taped message.
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Orchestra leader Lawrence Welk dies 20 years ago today (1992)
Video: 'Lawrence Welk Tribute 1903-1992 I've Told Every Little Star'
(Sunday, May 17, 1992) — Orchestra leader Lawrence Welk, who hosted TV’s The Lawrence Welk Show from 1955 to 1982, died today from pneumonia in Santa Monica, California, at age 89.
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Ringo Starr appears on ‘Dame Edna’s Hollywood’ 20 years ago this hour (1992)
Video: 'Dame Edna's Hollywood' (part 1)
(Saturday, May 9, 1992, 10:00 p.m. EDT) — Ex-Beatle Ringo Starr made a guest appearance on tonight’s NBC-TV variety special Dame Edna’s Hollywood, hosted by Dame Edna Everage. Continue reading Ringo Starr appears on ‘Dame Edna’s Hollywood’ 20 years ago this hour (1992)
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Space shuttle Endeavour heads into orbit 20 years ago this hour (1992)
(Thursday May 7, 1992, 7:40 p.m. EDT) — Space shuttle Endeavour lifted off tonight on its maiden flight, a nine-day mission to rescue the stranded Intelsat 603 communications satellite, which failed to leave low earth orbit two years before.
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Bush finds ‘horror’ on Los Angeles tour 20 years ago today (1992)
(Thursday, May 7, 1992) — Expressing “horror and dismay” at what he saw, U.S. President George H.W. Bush toured the broken and blackened districts of riot-ravaged South Central Los Angeles today and confronted the resentment of minority groups who feel cheated of justice and prosperity by the established power that he represents.
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‘The Keys’ episode airs on ‘Seinfeld’ 20 years ago this hour (1992)
'The Keys' clip
(Wednesday, May 6, 1992, 9:30 p.m. ET) — Kramer invades Jerry’s life too much, so Jerry revokes his spare key privileges on tonight’s season three finale episode of the NBC-TV sitcom Seinfeld.
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Film legend Marlene Dietrich dies at 90 in Paris 20 years ago today (1992)
(Wednesday, May 6, 1992) — Marlene Dietrich, the seductive actress and entertainer whose sultry, distinctive face graced motion picture screens during Hollywood’s two most glamorous decades, died today of renal failure in the Right Bank apartment in Paris where she had lived as a fashionable recluse the past several years. She was 90.
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LA begins to clean up after three days of riots 20 years ago today (1992)
Video: 1992 Los Angeles Riots (KNBC-TV, May 2, 1992, 11 p.m. PDT, part 1)
(Saturday, May 2, 1992) — With armed soldiers standing guard, residents of burned and looted neighborhoods in Los Angeles swept up today after three days of rioting that deeply scarred the city and shook the nation. Continue reading LA begins to clean up after three days of riots 20 years ago today (1992)
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Fires, looting out of control in Los Angeles 20 years ago today (1992)
Video: 1992 Los Angeles Riots (KTLA-TV, Apr. 30, 1992, starting at 6:50 p.m. PDT)
(Thursday, April 30, 1992) — A second day of violence following the acquittal of three white and one Hispanic Los Angeles police officers in the videotaped beating of black motorist Rodney King appeared widespread and unchecked as heavy looting and fires were witnessed today across Los Angeles County. Continue reading Fires, looting out of control in Los Angeles 20 years ago today (1992)
