Video: 'Vertigo' trailer
(Friday, May 9, 1958) — Vertigo, a film noir psychological thriller film about a detective who falls for the mysterious woman he’s been hired to tail, premiered today at the Stage Door Theater in San Francisco, the movie’s setting. Continue reading Hitchcock’s ‘Vertigo’ premieres in San Francisco 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 9 1958)
Video: 'SYND 9 5 78 ALDO MORO'S BODY FOUND IN A CAR IN ROME'
(Tuesday, May 9, 1978, 1:30 p.m. CET) — The bullet-riddled body of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro was abandoned by his kidnappers today in the trunk of a red Renault 4 in via Michelangelo Caetani in the historic center of Rome. Continue reading Body of former Italian PM Aldo Moro found 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 9 1978)
Video: 'Nixon in Peru - 1958 | Today In History | 8 May 17'
(Thursday, May 8, 1958) — Vice President Richard Nixon, on an eight-nation tour of South America, was spat upon, grazed on the neck by a stone, shoved and booed as he marched today in Lima, Peru, into mobs of Communist-led demonstrators demanding his ouster from the country. Continue reading Vice President Nixon Nixon stoned by rioters in Lima, Peru 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 8 1958)
Video: '5/8/1978: 'Son of Sam' Pleads Guilty'
(Monday, May 8, 1978) — David Berkowitz, the lonely postal worker who said he was driven by howling demons, pleaded guilty today in a Brooklyn courtroom to all six “Son of Sam” murders in a year-long reign of terror with his .44 caliber revolver. Continue reading ‘Son of Sam’ killer David Berkowitz pleads guilty 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 8 1978)
Video: 'CBS News: Indiana Primary Coverage, May 7, 1968'
(Tuesday, May 7, 1968, polls closed at 8:00 p.m. EDT; during the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1968) — Senator Robert F. Kennedy won his first presidential test tonight in the Indiana primary, defeating Senator Eugene McCarthy by a margin of 42 to 27 percent. Continue reading Bobby Kennedy wins Indiana primary 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 7 1968)
(Saturday, May 7, 1988) — “Wishing Well” by Terence Trent D’Arby peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Wishing Well’ by Terence Trent D’Arby peaks at #1 in USA 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 7 1988)
Video: 'Hair (Original Broadway Cast Recording)' (32 videos)
(Monday, May 6, 1968) — The original Broadway cast recording of the rock musical Hair was recorded today, one week after the show opened on Broadway at the Biltmore Theatre in New York City. Continue reading Broadway cast recording of ‘Hair’ recorded 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 6 1968)
Video: 'Hamlet' trailer
(Thursday, May 6, 1948, evening BST) — Hamlet, a British film adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play of the same name about a melancholy Dane who flirts with insanity while trying to prove his uncle murdered his father, premiered today at The Odeon, Leicester Square, London. Continue reading Laurence Olivier’s ‘Hamlet’ premieres in London 70 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 6 1948)
Video: 'May 1968 events in France'
(Monday, May 6, 1968; during May 1968 events in France) — Bloody pitched battles between French student protesters, demonstrating against the May 2, 1968, shutdown of the Nanterre campus of the University of Paris and the May 3, 1968, police invasion of the Sorbonne campus of the University of Paris, and mobile riot policemen turned Sorbonne into a battle zone today, resulting in hundreds of arrests and injuries. Continue reading French student protesters clash with police 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 6 1968)
Video: 'Paul McCartney & Wings - Same Time Next Year (1978 Version) (1990 Remaster)'
(Saturday, May 6, 1978) — The recording of “Same Time Next Year” by Wings was essentially completed today at Abbey Road Studios in London as former Beatle Paul McCartney supervised overdubs of a lavish orchestra following the arrangement of Paul and Fiachra Trench. Continue reading McCartney records overdubs for ‘Same Time Next Year’ 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 6 1978)
