"Top Gun," a triumphant all-American pre-"woke" Hollywood
movie classic, was released on this day in history, May 16,
1986.

MovieWeb.com wrote in a 2022 retrospective of the silver-
screen sensation … "When ‘Top Gun’ hit the box office in
1986, it quickly rose to the top of the charts, drawing a
great deal of attention to the film and the cast."

"The film became an instant classic thanks to the award-
winning soundtrack and some of the best aerial scenes
to ever hit the big screen."

On May 16, 1980, Los Angeles Lakers point guard Earvin
“Magic” Johnson stepped in for injured center Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar and scored 42 points, leading the Lakers
to a four games-to-two series win over the Philadelphia
76ers for their first championship since 1972.

During an outdoor rally in Laurel, Maryland on May 15, 1972,
George Wallace, the governor of Alabama and a presidential
candidate, was shot by 21-year-old Arthur Bremer. Three
others were wounded, and  Wallace was left paralyzed from
the waist down.

Michigan and Maryland. On June 8, Shirley Chisholm, the
first Black woman elected to Congress and one of Wallace’s
opponents for the Democratic nomination, famously visited
him in the hospital to wish him well. He remained in the
hospital for several months, bringing his third presidential
campaign to an irrevocable end.

Arthur Herman Bremer will be 73 August
21.

After 35 years of incarceration, Bremer was
released from prison on November 9, 2007.

George Corley Wallace Jr.
(August 25, 1919 – September 13, 1998)