Video: 'The Spielberg Jewish Film Archive - United Nations Proceedings: Anti-Zionism Resolution'
(Monday, November 10, 1975, 8:30 p.m. EST) — United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379, an Arab-inspired resolution defining Zionism as “a form of racism and racial discrimination,” was approved tonight by a vote of 72–35 (with 32 abstentions; the world body repealed the resolution in Dec. 1991).
Video: 'Edmund Fitzgerald Disaster'
(Monday, November 10, 1975, shortly after 7:10 p.m. EST) — The 729-foot ore carrier SS Edmund Fitzgerald mysteriously sank tonight during a storm on Whitefish Bay on Lake Superior, taking the 29 member crew with it. Continue reading SS Edmund Fitzgerald lost in Lake Superior with 29 aboard 40 years ago this hour (Nov 10 1975)
Video: 'The Beatles - The Word'
(Wednesday, November 10, 1965, 9:00 p.m.-4:00 a.m. GMT) — The Beatles resumed recording their sixth studio album Rubber Soul this evening at EMI Studio 2 in London, tracking John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s “The Word.” Continue reading The Beatles record ‘The Word’ 50 years ago this hour (Nov 10 1965)
Video: Continental Marines 1775-1783'
(Friday, November 10, 1775; during the American Revolutionary War, part of the American Revolution) — Two battalions of Continental Marines were formed today in Philadelphia as an infantry force capable of fighting for independence both at sea and on shore.
Video: 'Ken Burns The Civil War Episode 9 The Better Angels of Our Nature 1865 Ken Burns Docum' (Nov. 10, 1865, at 44:45)
(Friday, November 10, 1865, 10:32 a.m. local time) — Henry Wirz, a Swiss-born Confederate officer in the American Civil War best known for his command of Camp Sumter, the Confederate prisoner-of-war camp near Andersonville, Georgia, was hanged today at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington for conspiracy and murder relating to his command of the camp.
Video: 'Paul McCartney Live In Festival Hall, Brisbane, Australia (Monday 10th November 1975)'
(Monday, November 10, 1975) — Former Beatle Paul McCartney and his band Wings performed the sixth of nine shows tonight on the Australian leg of their Wings Over the World tour at Festival Hall in Brisbane. Continue reading Paul McCartney and Wings perform in Brisbane, Australia 40 years ago tonight (Nov 10 1975)
