Video: 'Beach Boys.....Do You Remember'
(Monday, May 18, 1964) — The Beach Boys completed two more tracks today for their album All Summer Long at Western Recorders studio in Hollywood: “Do You Remember?” and “We’ll Run Away.” Continue reading The Beach Boys complete two tracks for ‘All Summer Long’ album 50 years ago today (May 18 1964)
Video: 'Andy Kaufman- The Tragic Side of Comedy'
(Wednesday, May 16, 1984) — Comedian Andy Kaufman, who played the zany immigrant auto mechanic in the ABC-TV series, Taxi, died today in Los Angeles of an extremely rare type of lung cancer at age 35.
Video: 'Fender 60th Anniversary American Vintage 1954 Stratocaster Electric Guitar'
(Saturday, May 15, 1954) — The Fender Stratocaster, a double-cutaway electric guitar with an extended top “horn” shape for balance designed by Leo Fender, George Fullerton and Freddie Tavares, was released today.
Video: 'Lewis and Clark Expedition Documentary'
(Monday, May 14, 1804, 4:00 p.m. local time) — The Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory as well as the Pacific Northwest left camp today near present-day Hartford, Illinois.
(Tuesday, May 12, 1964) — Henry Mancini won Record of the Year for “Days of Wine and Roses” at the 6th Annual Grammy Awards tonight, held in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. Continue reading Mancini, Streisand win Grammys 50 years ago today (May 12 1964)
Video: 'Pulp Fiction' trailer
(Thursday, May 12, 1994) — Pulp Fiction, a crime film about two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster’s wife and a pair of diner bandits, premiered today at the Cannes Film Festival.
Directed by Quentin Tarantino, the film starred John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Maria de Medeiros, Ving Rhames, Eric Stoltz, Rosanna Arquette, Christopher Walken and Bruce Willis.
Video: 'Three Colors: Red' trailer
(Thursday, May 12, 1994) — Three Colors: Red, the final film of The Three Colors Trilogy which examines the French Revolutionary ideals, premiered today at the Cannes Film Festival.
Directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski, the film starred Irène Jacob and Jean-Louis Trintignant.
Video: 'The battle at Bloody Angle 1864'
(Thursday, May 12, 1864; during the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, part of the Overland Campaign of the American Civil War) — Attacks today by Maj. Gen. Horatio G. Wright on the western edge of the Mule Shoe (a prominent salient) in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, which became known as the “Bloody Angle,” involved almost 24 hours of desperate hand-to-hand fighting, some of the most intense of the Civil War.
Video: 'Bobby Rydell on The Ed Sullivan Show - "World Without Love"'
(Sunday, May 10, 1964, 8 p.m. EDT) — Gerry and the Pacemakers and Bobby Rydell were among the performers on tonight’s edition of the CBS television variety show The Ed Sullivan Show, broadcast live from New York. Continue reading Gerry and the Pacemakers, Bobby Rydell appear on ‘Ed Sullivan’ 50 years ago this hour (May 10 1964)
Video: '37 Edgar Hoover' (May 10, 1924 at 26:40)
(Saturday, May 10, 1924) — U.S. Attorney General Harlan Stone appointed J. Edgar Hoover today was named the 6th Director of the Bureau of Investigation (later known as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or FBI).
