On This Day: May 31, 1985 — The Only F5 to Hit PA
The May 31, 1985 tornado outbreak dropped 44 twisters, killed 90 people, and produced the only F5 ever recorded in Pennsylvania.
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On This Day: May 29, 1985 — Heysel Stadium Disaster
The Heysel Stadium disaster happened on May 29, 1985, an hour before the European Cup final between Liverpool and Juventus in Brussels, when a charge by Liverpool fans pushed Italian supporters against a crumbling concrete wall that buckled and collapsed, killing 39 people. Thirty-two of the dead were Italian. The youngest was 11 years old….
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On This Day: May 23, 1980 — The Shining Premieres
On May 23, 1980, Warner Bros. dropped The Shining into U.S. theaters and quietly rewired horror cinema for the next four decades. Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining 1980 release wasn’t an obvious blockbuster on opening weekend — critics shrugged, Stephen King fumed, and the Razzies even nominated it for Worst Director. Forty-five years later, it’s preserved…
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Pope John Paul II Assassination Attempt: 7 Shocking 1981 Facts
On May 13, 1981, a Turkish gunman shot Pope John Paul II in St. Peter’s Square. The bullet missed his heart by millimeters. Here are 7 shocking facts about that day.
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March 20, 1980: The Day Radio Caroline’s Mi Amigo Sank, Ending an Era of Pirate Radio
At 11:58 PM on March 19, 1980, a DJ named Stevie Gordon leaned into the microphone aboard a rusted Panamanian coaster called the Mi Amigo and told listeners across Britain that Radio Caroline was about to go off the air. Force-ten gales were already over the gunwales. The 134-foot mast that had beamed sixteen years…
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Lithuania Independence 1990: The Day That Broke the USSR
On March 11, 1990, Lithuania became the first Soviet republic to declare independence, starting the domino effect that would topple the entire communist empire within 18 months. This is the story of the small Baltic nation that dared to be first and changed the world.
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The DeLorean: How a Failed Car Became a Pop Culture Icon
The DeLorean DMC-12 produced 9,000 cars in three years, bankrupted its creator, and got him arrested in an FBI cocaine sting. By every metric the auto industry uses, it was a disaster. Then a film school grad from Long Beach named Robert Zemeckis cast it as a time machine in a summer movie nobody expected…
