Video: 'Skylark - Wildflower'
(Saturday, May 26, 1973, 1:00 a.m. EDT) — Skylark was among the performers on tonight’s episode of the late-night musical variety NBC-TV series The Midnight Special as hosted by Gladys Knight and the Pips. Continue reading Skylark performs on ‘Midnight Special’ 40 years ago this hour (1973)
Video: 'Skylab - The First 40 Days (1973)' (May 25, 1973, at 6:47)
(Friday, May 25, 9:00 a.m. EDT, part of NASA’s Skylab program) — Three American astronauts rocketed from earth this morning on an unprecedented mission to salvage the crippled Skylab space station and make it their orbital home for a record 28 days.
Video: 'President Nixon Addresses Vietnam POWs at the White House'
(Thursday, May 24, 1973, 6:30 p.m.-2:00 a.m. EDT; during the Vietnam War) — President Richard Nixon honored some 600 former American prisoners of the Vietnam war and their guests tonight at a gala homecoming party held in a giant tent on the South Lawn of the White House. Continue reading Nixon hosts Vietnam POWs at White House 40 years ago this hour (1973)
Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Episode 11' (May 24, 1973, at 10:23)
(Thursday, May 24, 1973; during the Watergate Scandal and the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Defending the government’s right to keep secrets in the national interest, U.S. President Richard Nixon told nearly 600 returned Vietnam prisoners of war today that it is time “to quit making national heroes out of those who steal secrets and publish them in the newspapers.” Continue reading ‘Time to quit making heroes’ out of secrets thieves, Nixon says 40 years ago today (1973)
Video: 'paul mccartney - concert in the red square in moscow (FULL)'
(Saturday, May 24, 2003, 8:30 p.m. MSK) — Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney performed tonight at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, the 19th stop and 30th performance of his Back in the World tour. Continue reading Paul McCartney performs first time in Moscow 10 years ago this hour (2003)
Video: 'Mystic River' trailer
(Thursday, May 23, 2003) — Mystic River, a drama film about three men with a childhood tragedy that overshadowed their lives who are reunited by circumstance when one loses a daughter, premiered today at the Cannes Film Festival.
Directed by Clint Eastwood, the film stars Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden and Laura Linney.
Video: 'Paul McCartney - 73 Hours in Russia {Rare Russian Documentary} 2003' (May 23, 2003, at 13:13)
(Friday, May 23, 2003) — Paul McCartney today opened a modern sound recording studio for musically gifted children in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Children from St. Petersburg boarding school No. 38 participated in the studio opening, which is located in the former stables of the Menshikov palace on Vasilyevsky Island. They sang songs by the former member of the legendary group Beatles.
The studio was opened with support from the charity fund The Menshikov Foundation.
According to the fund’s director Enti Ino, the fund was created to support musically gifted children, and the modern sound studio will become a stage for the exercises of these children.
Video: 'Paul McCartney in St.-Petersburg (RUSSIA) 23.05.2003'
Video: 'Paul McCartney - 73 Hours in Russia {Rare Russian Documentary} 2003' (May 22, 2003, at 1:32/24:19)
(Thursday, May 22, 2003) — Paul McCartney, who ruffled the West when he wrote the Beatles’ “Back in the U.S.S.R.,” visited Russia for the first time today, 35 years after the song’s debut. Continue reading Paul McCartney arrives in Russia for the first time 10 years ago today (2003)
Video: 'Z (Costa Gavras, 1969)' (May 22, 1963, at 1:44:04)
(Wednesday, May 22, 1963) — Greek politician Grigoris Lambrakis was attacked by right-wingers after delivering a speech in Thessaloniki; he died five days later. The assassination inspired a book as well as the 1969 Costa-Gavras film “Z.”
Video: 'AI2-Rewind-Clay-Ruben-Finale-Part-2'
(Thursday, May 21, 2003, 8:00 p.m. EDT) — By a narrow margin of less than a third of a percent, voters crowned Ruben Studdard the second “American Idol” tonight over Clay Aiken on tonight’s season finale episode of the TV reality game show/singing competition American Idol. In 2004, TV Guide named this the 80th most memorable TV moments of all time.
