Video: 'Paul McCartney - All My Loving (Live In Budapest)'
(Thursday, May 15, 2003, 9:05 p.m. Central European Summer Time) — Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney performed tonight at Budapest Sportaréna in Budapest, Hungary, the 16th stop and 26th performance of his Back in the World tour. Continue reading Paul McCartney performs in Budapest 10 years ago this hour (2003)
Video: 'I Left My Heart In San Francisco by Tony Bennett (Subtitled)'
(Wednesday, May 15, 1963) — Tony Bennett won Record of the Year for “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” at the 5th Grammy Awards tonight, held in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York (click here to watch Bob Newhart at the ceremony). Continue reading Tony Bennett wins top Grammy awards 50 years ago today (1963)
Video: 'Weight Watchers History'
(Wednesday, May 15, 1963) — Weight Watchers, an international company based in the United States that offers various products and services to assist weight loss and maintenance, was incorporated today by Brooklyn homemaker Jean Nidetch.
(Friday, May 15, 1863) — Edouard Manet’s painting Le dejeuner sur l’herbe (The Lunch on the Grass) went on display in Paris today, scandalizing viewers with its depiction of a nude woman seated on the ground with two fully dressed men at a picnic in a wooded area.
(Thursday, May 14, 1863; part of the Vicksburg Campaign in the American Civil War) — Union General Ulysses S. Grant defeated Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston today in the Battle of Jackson, Mississippi, opening the way for the Siege of Vicksburg.
Video: 'Best of Krusty Gets Kancelled'
(Thursday, May 13, 1993, 8 p.m. EDT) — Krusty is out of a job when a new show featuring ventriloquist Arthur Crandall and his dummy, Gabbo, hits the airwaves and shrinks Krusty’s television ratings on tonight’s episode of the TV series The Simpsons. In 2009, TV Guide named this the 24th greatest TV episode of all-time.
(Monday, May 13, 1963) — The U.S. Supreme Court, in Brady v. Maryland, upheld today, 7-2, a lower court decision overturning the death sentence (but not the conviction) of John L. Brady for murder because the prosecution had withheld from the defense a statement by a separately tried accomplice, Charles D. Boblit, that he’d actually carried out the 1958 killing of William Brooks during a robbery.
Brady spent years in prison in legal limbo, declining his right to another sentencing hearing; he was eventually paroled. Boblit, 79, remains imprisoned in Maryland.
Video: 'Korean War - PART 28, End of the War, 6.25' (May 13, 1953, at 5:09)
(Wednesday, May 13, 1953; during the Korean War, part of the Cold War) — Thunderjets from the U.S. Air Force’s 58 Fighter-Bomber Wing struck the Toksan Dam, near Pyongyang today causing a massive flood. Floodwaters from the breached dam destroyed ten bridges, ruined several square miles of rice crops, flooded over 1,000 buildings and rendered the Sunan Airfield inoperable.
Video: 'Wonder Years series finale'
(Wednesday, May 12, 1993, 8:30 p.m. EDT) — Kevin is heartbroken when he finds out Winnie is dating one of the other lifeguards on tonight’s series finale episode of the TV comedy-drama The Wonder Years.
Video: 'George Harrison Any Road (2009 Stereo Remaster)'
(Monday, May 12, 2003) — “Any Road”/”Marwa Blues” by the late Beatle George Harrison, the first (and only) single from his album Brainwashed, was released today in the UK where it peaked at #37. “Any Road” was the last Harrison song to be released as a single. Continue reading ‘Any Road/Marwa Blues’ single by George Harrison released 10 years ago today (2003)
