Video: 'Eleanor Rigby' (at 8:56)
(Tuesday, May 7, 2002) — Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney performed tonight at Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, the 16th stop of his 19-city Driving USA Tour.
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Space shuttle Endeavour heads into orbit 20 years ago this hour (1992)
(Thursday May 7, 1992, 7:40 p.m. EDT) — Space shuttle Endeavour lifted off tonight on its maiden flight, a nine-day mission to rescue the stranded Intelsat 603 communications satellite, which failed to leave low earth orbit two years before.
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Bush finds ‘horror’ on Los Angeles tour 20 years ago today (1992)
(Thursday, May 7, 1992) — Expressing “horror and dismay” at what he saw, U.S. President George H.W. Bush toured the broken and blackened districts of riot-ravaged South Central Los Angeles today and confronted the resentment of minority groups who feel cheated of justice and prosperity by the established power that he represents.
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U.S. general seized by red prisoners at Koje as hostage 60 years ago today (1952)
Video: May 7, 1952 (at 1:35)
(Wednesday, May 7, 1952, during the Korean War, part of the Cold War) — Communist prisoners on Koje Island, off the South Korean coast, today seized the camp commandant, Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd, and are holding him prisoner.
