- 1536] Heads, you lose: Anne Boleyn, second wife of England’s King Henry VIII is beheaded after being convicted of adultery. Peter Noone left that part out of his hit…
- 1921] The more things change: Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act which establishes national quotas for immigrants…
- 1960] This King is dethroned: Alan Freed is arrested with 7 others on suspicion of commercial bribery. Freed refused to sign an affidavit in 1959 denying he had accepted payola. Although payola was not yet a crime, Freed is charged with 26 counts of commercial bribery but escapes with just a fine. His career, however, is ruined…
- 1962] Happy Birthday Mr. President: Marilyn Monroe performs a sultry rendition of “Happy Birthday” for President John F. Kennedy with Jackie by his side during a fund raiser at Madison Square Garden…
- 1969] Debuted on this date: Six-year old Jodie Foster makes her show business debut on “Mayberry R.F.D.”…1999] “Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace" premieres and sets a new record for opening day sales at 28.5 million…2005] “Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith” almost doubles the original movie with 50 million on opening day…
- 1973] Big Red: The great Secretariat, winner of the Kentucky Derby, wins the Preakness by 2 1/2 lengths. In three weeks, perhaps the greatest thoroughbred of all-time will run away with the Belmont Stakes...
- 1992] Veep Speak: Vice President Dan Quayle criticizes “Murphy Brown” because the title character has a baby out of wedlock…
- 1992] Taking a bullet for Joey: Mary Joe Buttafuoco is shot in the head and seriously wounded by her husband Joey’s teenager lover, Amy Fisher…
- 1994] ‘Happy Trails’: Former first-lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis passes away from cancer at 64…2006] Freddie Garrity, lead singer of Freddie and The Dreamers, dies from pulmonary hypertension at 69…
- 1994] Curtains: We say goodbye to “L.A. Law” which ends it’s 8-year run...For more on May 19th:
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