Daily Archives: May 7, 2014

The Beach Boys complete ‘All Summer Long’ song 50 years ago today (May 7 1964)


Video: 'The Beach boys - All summer long (HQ)'

(Thursday, May 7, 1964) — The Beach Boys added vocals to the previous day’s tracking master of “All Summer Long” today at Western Records studio in Hollywood to complete the title track for the group’s album All Summer Long.

Grant moves south, Battle of the Wilderness ends 150 years ago today (May 7 1864)


Video: 'Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle of the Wilderness' (May 7, 1864, at 34:17)

(Saturday, May 7, 1864; during the Overland Campaign of the American Civil War) — Following two days of intense fighting in the Battle of the Wilderness, the Army of the Potomac, under the command of Union General Ulysses S. Grant, moved south today.

Grant’s forces had clashed with Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia in a pitched and confused two-day battle in which neither side gained a clear victory.

Companies settle Agent Orange suit for $180 million 30 years ago this hour (May 7 1984)


Video: 'Agent Orange. American Chemical and Biological Warfare'

(Monday, May 7, 1984, 4:00 a.m. EDT) — A $180 million out-of-court settlement was reached today in the Agent Orange class-action suit brought by Vietnam veterans who charged they’d suffered injury from exposure to the defoliant.