Monday's Nostalgic News - May 22 | Page 5 of 8

"BORN TODAY" Apolo Anton Ohno 1982 - Speed skater Bryan Lloyd Danielson 1981 Nazanin Boniadi 1980 - Actor (Homeland) Maggie Q 1979 - Actress Ginnifer Goodwin 1978 - Actress ("Big Love") Sean Gunn 1974 - Actor (Gilmore Girls and Kraglin in Guardians of the Galaxy) A.J. Langer 1974 - Actress Donell Jones 1973 - Musician Anna Belknap 1972 - Actress ("CSI: NY") Alison Eastwood 1972 - Actress, director Naomi Campbell 1970 - Model Brooke Smith 1967 - Actress (The Silence of the Lambs) Dan Roberts 1967 - Musician (Crash Test Dummies) Johnny Gill 1966 - Singer (New Edition) Jesse Valenzuela 1962 - Musician (Gin Blossoms) Ann Cusak 1961 - Actress Dana Williams 1961 - Musician (Diamond Rio) Morrissey 1959 - Musician (The Smiths) Al Corley 1956 - Actor, singer, producer Iva Davies 1955 - Musician (Icehouse) Jerry Dammers 1954 - Musician (Specials Bernie Taupin 1950 - Songwriter, worked with Elton John Barbara Parkins 1942 - Actress Michael Sarrazin 1940 - Actor Bernard Shaw 1940 - Broadcast journalist Paul Winfield 1939 - Actor ("Sounder") Richard Benjamin 1938 - Actor, director Susan Strasberg 1938 - Actress Frank Converse 1938 - Actor Al Brown 1934 - Band leader (Al Brown's Tunetoppers) Kenny Ball 1930 - Musician Jackie Cain 1928 - Musician Michael Constantine 1927 - Actor Elaine Leighton 1926 - Musician Charles Aznavour 1924 - Singer Judith Crist 1922 - Film critic Sun Ra (Herman Poole Blount, Le Sony'r Ra) 1914 - Musician Sir Laurence Olivier (Laurence Kerr Olivier) 1907 - Actor, director, producer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1859 - Author of Sherlock Holmes detective novels Click "Next" For More Nostalgic News "DIED TODAY" Langston Hughes (Born: February 1, 1902 / Died: May 22, 1967) Margaret Rutherford (Born: May 11, 1892 / Died: May 22, 1972) Robert Flemyng (Born: January 3, 1912 / Died: May 22, 1995) Matthew Cowles (Born: September 28, 1944 / Died: May 22, 2014) "MOVIES TODAY" Click on the movie title to watch it’s trailer. 1981 - Bustin' Loose 1981 - The Four Seasons 1981 - The Legend of the Lone Ranger (Featured Above) 1985 - Rambo: First Blood Part II 1985 - Brewster's Millions 1987 - The Chipmunk Adventure 1987 - Ernest Goes to Camp 1990 - The Swordsman 1992 - Alien 3 1992 - Encino Man 1992 - Far and Away 1998 - The Opposite of Sex 1998 - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Click "Next" To See What Happened in MUSIC today... "MUSIC TODAY" 1958 - Jerry Lee Lewis arrived at London's Heathrow Airport to begin his first British tour, along with his new bride, 14 year old third cousin, Myra. The public's shock over Lewis' marriage marks the start of a controversy leading to his British tour being cancelled after just 3 of the scheduled 37 performances. 1961 - Ernie K Doe went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Mother In Law'. 1965 - The Beatles went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Ticket To Ride', the group's eighth US No.1. 1965 - Marvin Gaye's "I'll Be Doggone" topped the R&B chart More MUSIC news "NEXT" 1965 - "Crying In The Chapel" was a huge hit for Elvis Presley on the Adult chart. 1966 - Bruce Springsteen and his first band, the Castilles, recorded their first and only record, "That's What You Get" backed with "Baby I." It was never released. 1968 - Gary Puckett and the Union Gap were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Young Girl.' The song which was about under-age sex, was the acts only UK No.1. https://youtu.be/qJFVPxBpezk More Music News on "NEXT" Page 1971 - "Me and You And A Dog Named Boo" was #1 for Lobo on the Adult Contemporary chart for the second week in a row. 1971 - The Rolling Stones album 'Sticky Fingers' started a four-week run at No.1 on the US charts, the group's second US No.1 album. The artwork for Sticky Fingers which, on the original vinyl release, featured a working zipper that opened to reveal cotton briefs, was conceived by American pop artist Andy Warhol. The album also features the first usage of the "Tongue and Lip Design" designed by John Pasche. 1976 - Wings started a five week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Silly Love Songs', McCartney's fifth US No.1 since leaving The Beatles. More Music News On "NEXT" page... 1976 - "Kiss And Say Goodbye" was #1 on the R&B chart. 1977 - Television kicked off their first UK tour at the Apollo Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland, Blondie were the support act. 1980 - U2 kicked off their 23 date '11 O'Clock Tick Tock' tour at The Hope & Anchor in London. 1982 - Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder made it three weeks at #1 with "Ebony And Ivory". https://youtu.be/TZtiJN6yiik 1989 - Rap group Public Enemy fired one of its members, Professor Griff, after he made anti-Semitic remarks in the Washington Post. 1993 - Swedish group Ace Of Base started a three-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'All That She Wants', a No.2 hit in the US. 1993 - Janet Jackson spent a second week at the top of the Singles chart with "That's the Way Love Goes". 1997 - Fleetwood Mac performed the first of two MTV Unplugged specials that would be aired in the summer of 1997. 2000 - Steely Dan received the Founders Award for a lifetime of songwriting at the ASCAP Pop Music Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. Click "Next" To See TV and Radio News... "TV/RADIO TODAY" 1955 - Jack Benny did his last live network radio broadcast after a run of 23 years. He devoted his time fully to TV. 1967 - "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" premiered on PBS. 1967 - The final "To Tell the Truth" program was seen on CBS-TV. 1967 - Florence Ballard appeared with the Supremes for the final time on The Tonight Show. 1992 - Johnny Carson hosted NBC's "Tonight Show" for the last time. He had been host for 30 years. Click "Next" To See Other Important Events.. "OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS..." 1872 - The Amnesty Act restored civil rights to Southerners. 1891 - The first public motion picture was given in Thomas Edison's lab. 1906 - The Wright brothers received a patent their flying machine. 1986 - Sylvester Stallone agreed to a 10-picture, six-year deal with United Artists. He signed for a reported $15 million for each film. 1990 - Microsoft released Windows 3.0. https://youtu.be/Lj6erOalAps 1991 - Wil Sinnott from The Shamen drowned while swimming off the coast of La Gomera when he was pulled under by strong currents. The Shamen were in Tenerife filming a video for their new single 'Move Any Mountain.' 1992 - Michael Jackson financed the funeral of a 9-year-old boy that had been killed in a drive-by shooting. 1998 - A federal judge said that Secret Service agents could be compelled to testify before a grand jury in Monica Lewinsky investigation concerning U.S. President Clinton. 2002 - Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants) hit his 583rd career home run. He tied Mark McGwire for fifth on the all-time lis "NATIONAL DAYS" National Buy a Musical Instrument Day National Maritime Day National Vanilla Pudding Day Please help us keep our daily "DYRT" (Do You Remember Today") up to date. If you have any additions, subtractions, changes or suggestions, we would appreciate your feedback! And thanks for SHARING this story and others. Thank you!

Monday’s Nostalgic News – May 22

By Alexis Velez
8 years ago