Video: 'Ken Burns The Civil War: Episode 9 The Better Angels of Our Nature (1865) |Ken Burns Docum' (May 13, 1865 at 28:47)
(Saturday, May 13, 1865, 4:00 p.m.; during the Battle of Palmito Ranch) — In what is considered as the final battle of the American Civil War, Union Private John J. Williams of the 34th Indiana is believed to have been the last man killed in combat in the war as the Battle of Palmito Ranch in Cameron County, Texas, ended in a Confederate victory.
Video: '1985 Philadelphia MOVE bombing'
(Monday, May 13, 1985, 5:27 p.m. EDT) — A confrontation between Philadelphia authorities and the radical group MOVE ended today as police dropped a bomb onto the group’s row house. 11 people died in the resulting fire that destroyed 61 homes.
Video: 'Elvis Presley Interview 1955 Jacksonville, FL'
(Friday, May 13, 1955) — A riot broke out at an Elvis Presley concert today at the Gator Bowl Baseball Park in Jacksonville, Florida, the first time trouble was reported at one of his concerts. Witnesses say the crowd went crazy when Presley said, “Girls, I’ll see you backstage.”
(Saturday, May 13, 1995) — “Cotton Eye Joe” by Rednex peaked at #25 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
Video: 'Match Point' trailer
(Thursday, May 12, 2005) — Match Point, a drama film about a former tennis pro who falls for a femme-fatal type who happens to be dating his friend and soon-to-be brother-in-law, premiered today at the Cannes Film Festival.
Directed by Woody Allen, the film starred Brian Cox, Matthew Goode, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Penelope Wilton.
Video: 'THIRD AVENUE EL - "The Vanishing El" - New York City's last "El" trains.'
(Thursday, May 12, 1955, 6:00 p.m. EDT) — The main portion of the Third Avenue El closed tonight from Chatham Square to East 149th Street in the Bronx, ending the operation of elevated service in Manhattan.
Video: 'Jefferson Starship - May 12, 1975 - Central Park - New York., N.Y.'
(Monday, May 12, 1975, afternoon EDT) — The Jefferson Starship (formerly the Jefferson Airplane) opened the New York summer season for pop music this afternoon with a free concert on the Great Lawn of Central Park. The band and a New York radio station ended up paying $14,000 for damages and park cleanup.
Video: 'Satisfaction by Rolling Stones (Stereo)'
(Wednesday, May 12, 1965) — The Rolling Stones recorded the final version of “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” considered by some critics to be one of the all-time greatest rock songs ever recorded, today at RCA Studios in Hollywood.
In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine placed “Satisfaction” in the second spot on its list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.”
(Wednesday, May 12, 1965) — West Germany and Israel exchanged letters establishing diplomatic relations today, 20 years after the Hitler regime’s genocide of six million Jews during the Holocaust ended.
Video: 'Vietnam War, The Mayaguez Incident (1975)' (4 videos)
(Monday, May 12, 1975, 2:18 p.m. local time; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and Cold War) — The White House announced today the new Cambodian government had seized an American merchant ship, the Mayaguez, in international waters.
U.S. Marines gained control of the ship three days after its seizure, not knowing the 39 civilian members of the crew had already been released by Cambodia.
