‘He Don’t Love You (Like I Love You)’ by Tony Orlando and Dawn peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago today (May 3 1975)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s

(Saturday, May 3, 1975) — “He Don’t Love You (Like I Love You)” by Tony Orlando and Dawn peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three consecutive weeks (May 3/10/17, 1975). Continue reading ‘He Don’t Love You (Like I Love You)’ by Tony Orlando and Dawn peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago today (May 3 1975) →

‘Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance)’ by Leo Sayer peaks at #9 in USA 50 years ago today (May 3 1975)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s

(Saturday, May 3, 1975) — “Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance)” by Leo Sayer peaked at #9 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks, the singer’s first appearance on the chart. Continue reading ‘Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance)’ by Leo Sayer peaks at #9 in USA 50 years ago today (May 3 1975) →

The Beatles begin three-day Salisbury Plain shoot for ‘Help!’ film 60 years ago today (May 3 1965)

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Video: 'The Beatles - Help! Movie 1965 1080p BluRay HD' (May 3-5, 1965, at 48:19-58:33)

(Monday, May 3, 1965) — The Beatles began a three-day location shoot today for the military scenes in their second feature film Help! on Salisbury Plain at Knighton Down in Larkhill, Wiltshire. Continue reading The Beatles begin three-day Salisbury Plain shoot for ‘Help!’ film 60 years ago today (May 3 1965) →

Abraham Lincoln returns to Springfield, Illinois 160 years ago this hour (May 3 1865)

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Video: 'Ken.Burns.The.Civil.War.9of9.The.Better.Angels.Of.Our.Nature' May 3, 1865 at 23:22)

(Wednesday, May 3, 1865, 9:00 a.m. local time; during the American Civil War) — The remains U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, fatally shot on the evening of Apr. 14, 1865, and his deceased son, William Wallace Lincoln, arrived today in Lincoln’s hometown of Springfield, Illinois, for public viewing at the Old State House, concluding a 1,654 mile train journey from Washington for final burial.

First medical school in North America established in Philadelphia 260 years ago today (May 3 1765)

1760s


Video: 'The Perelman School of Medicine: First'

(Friday, May 3, 1765) — The first school of medicine in the American colonies, the Medical School of the College of Philadelphia (now the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania), was founded today.

Allied forces recapture Rangoon from the Japanese 80 years ago this hour (May 3 1945)

1940s, World War II


Video: 'Manila And Rangoon - Japanese Surrender (1945)' (Rangoon surrender at 0:51)

(Sunday, May 3, 1945, 4:00 p.m. Burma Standard Time; part of the Pacific Theatre of World War II) — Allied forces recaptured Rangoon (Yangon) in Burma from the Japanese today.

Fascist extermination camp Jasenovac fully liberated 80 years ago around this date (May 2 1945)

1940s, The Holocaust, World War II


Video: 'The Concentration Camp That Scared Even The Nazis: Jasenovac Concentration Camp'

(early May 1945; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — The main camp of the extermination camp Jasenovac, established in Slavonia by the authorities of the German puppet Independent State of Croatia (NDH), was fully liberated today by Yugoslav Partisans. Continue reading Fascist extermination camp Jasenovac fully liberated 80 years ago around this date (May 2 1945) →

Nazi concentration camp Wöbbelin liberated 80 years ago this hour (May 2 1945)

1940s, The Holocaust, World War II


Video: 'The Liberation of The Wöbbelin Concentration Camp - May 2, 1945'

(Wednesday, May 2, 1945, approximately 1:00-2:00 p.m. Central European Summer Time; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — The Wöbbelin concentration camp, a subcamp of the Neuengamme concentration camp near the city of Ludwigslust, Germany, was liberated today by American forces. Continue reading Nazi concentration camp Wöbbelin liberated 80 years ago this hour (May 2 1945) →