Bing Crosby Records White Christmas May 29, 1942 Bing Crosby records the song White Christmas. This recording of White Christmas has sold over 50,000,000 copies and is the world's best-selling single of all time. It took only 18 minutes to record and was recorded for Decca Records and featured the John Scott Trotter Or...

Phil Hartman Killed in Murder-Suicide May 28, 1998 Comedian Phil Hartman is murdered by his wife. During a heated argument earlier that evening, he had threatened to leave her if she began using drugs again. After he went to bed, she shot him while he slept at about 3 am, killing herself later that morning as police we...

Golden Gate Bridge May 27, 1937 The Golden Gate Bridge connecting San Francisco, California to Marin County (the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula) opens. At that time, San Francisco was the largest American city still served primarily by ferry boats. Many experts believed that a bridge could not be built acr...

Bye-bye, Miss American Pie May 26, 1971 Don McLean records his #1 hit song American Pie. The song's refrain "the day the music died" refers to a plane crash in 1959 that killed Buddy Holly, J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, and Ritchie Valens, ending the era of early rock and roll. At 8 minutes and ...

First U.S. President to Visit Moscow May 22, 1972 U.S. President Richard Nixon visits Moscow for a week of summit talks with the leaders of the Kremlin. The previous February, Nixon did an 8-day trip to China, making him the first U.S. President visit China.