(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.
Category Archives: 1990s
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)
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Angry rioters in LA beat truck driver Reginald Denny 20 years ago this hour (1992)
(Wednesday, April 29, 1992, 6:46 p.m. PDT) — Reginald Oliver Denny, a white truck driver who stopped at a traffic light in Los Angeles, was dragged from his vehicle and severely beaten tonight by a mob of local black residents as news helicopters hovered above, recording every blow, including a concrete fragment connecting with Denny’s temple and a cinder block thrown at his head as he lay unconscious in the street.
Deadly rioting had erupted in Los Angeles after a jury in Simi Valley today acquitted four Los Angeles police officers this afternoon of almost all state charges in the videotaped beating of Rodney King.
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Ringo Starr’s ‘Weight Of The World’ single released 20 years ago today (1992)
Video: 'Weight Of The World'
(Tuesday, April 28, 1992) — Weight Of The World/After All These Years/Don’t Be Cruel, a 5″ CD single by ex-Beatle Ringo Starr from his upcoming album Time Takes Time, was released today in the U.S. (it would be released in the UK as a 7″ single, without Don’t Be Cruel, on May 18, 1992). Continue reading Ringo Starr’s ‘Weight Of The World’ single released 20 years ago today (1992)
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‘The Parking Space’ episode airs on ‘Seinfeld’ 20 years ago this hour (1992)
'The Parking Space' highlights
(Wednesday, April 22, 1992, 9:30 p.m. ET) — After borrowing Jerry’s car, Elaine comes up with a wild story, because the car is now making a strange clanking noise on tonight’s episode of the NBC-TV sitcom Seinfeld.
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California denies parole for Charles Manson 20 years ago today (1992)
Video: Manson parole board hearing (Apr. 21, 1992; part 1)
(Tuesday, April 21, 1992) — Charles Manson, mastermind of the Tate-LaBianca murders of 1969, one of the most infamous mass murders in the United States, was denied parole for the eighth time today. Continue reading California denies parole for Charles Manson 20 years ago today (1992)
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72,000 say goodbye to Freddie Mercury at AIDS concert 20 years ago today (1992)
Video: 'Queen & George Michael - Somebody to Love'
(April 20, 1992, Easter Monday) — The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness, a tribute to AIDS victim and Queen vocalist Freddie Mercury (who died Nov. 24, 1991), was held today at London’s Wembley Stadium. Metallica opened the show and was followed by artists George Michael and Elton John. Annie Lennox and David Bowie teamed up on the song Under Pressure.
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Ringo Starr interviewed for ‘Making of Sgt. Pepper’ documentary 20 years ago today (1992)
Video: 'The Making of Sgt. Pepper' (part 1)
(Sunday, April 19, 1992) — Ex-Beatle Ringo Starr was interviewed today in Aspen, Colorado, for the documentary about the making of The Beatles 1967 landmark rock music album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, titled The Making of Sgt. Pepper. Continue reading Ringo Starr interviewed for ‘Making of Sgt. Pepper’ documentary 20 years ago today (1992)
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Man rushes Reagan on stage, smashes statue 20 years ago today (1992)
(Monday, April 13, 1992) — Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, 81, was jostled but not harmed today when an anti-nuclear protester walked onto a stage in Las Vegas where he was speaking and smashed an honorary crystal statue, hitting him with its shards.
