It Happened This Week! 5 Nostalgic Memories, May 22 to May 28, 2022
![Paul McCartney and Linda Eastman, 1989](/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Paul-McCartney-and-Linda-Eastman.jpg?w=953)
It’s not always easy remembering what happened this time last year — let alone this time decades ago. That’s why we’re here to do it for you! Sit back, relax, and take a trip down memory lane as we go through this week in history. Take these fun facts about Star Wars, Jell-O, Paul McCartney, Saved by the Bell, and the Super Soaker to your next party!
Star Wars: Episode IV was released.
![Carrie Fischer in Star Wars](https://www.womansworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Carrie-Fischer-in-Star-Wars.jpg)
On May 25, 1977, the Star Wars franchise changed the world. Episode IV, A New Hope debuted and quickly became a blockbuster hit!
Jello-O made its debut.
![Red Jell-O](https://www.womansworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Red-Jell-O.jpg)
In 1897, Jell-O was first introduced by Pearle B. Wait, a carpenter and cough medicine manufacturer. Yum!
‘My Love’ hit Number One.
![Paul McCartney and Linda Eastman, 1989](https://www.womansworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Paul-McCartney-and-Linda-Eastman.jpg)
Who could forget this classic love song? In this week in history, Paul McCartney’s song “My Love,” written about his wife, Linda, was No. 1 on May 28, 1973.
‘Saved by the Bell’ aired its series finale.
![Saved by the Bell Cast, 1990](https://www.womansworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Saved-by-the-Bell-Cast-1990.jpg)
NBC broadcast the graduation episode of Saved by the Bell, which was the overall series finale, on May 22, 1993.
The toy squirt gun was invented.
![Lonnie Johnson, inventor of Super Soaker](https://www.womansworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Lonnie-Johnson-inventor-of-Super-Soaker.jpg)
It’s hard to imagine a world where we weren’t tortured by our siblings playing with squirt guns. But before 1986, that time existed! Lonnie Johnson, a former US Air Force engineer, patented his toy squirt gun in 1986. It soon became known as the Super Soaker.
A version of this article originally appeared in our print magazine, Woman’s World.