Video: 'The Doors Live at The Chicago Coliseum 1968 (synchronized)'
(Sunday, May 10, 1968, 8:30 p.m. CDT scheduled start time) — The Doors performed tonight at Chicago Coliseum in Chicago, Illinois. Continue reading The Doors perform at Chicago Coliseum 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 10 1968)
Video: 'George Harrison - This Is Love'
(Tuesday, May 10, 1988) — “This Is Love”/”Breath Away from Heaven,” the third single from the album Cloud Nine by former Beatle George Harrison, was released today in the U.S. (June 13, 1988 in the UK). Continue reading ‘This Is Love’/’Breath Away from Heaven’ single by George Harrison released 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 10 1988)
Video: 'The History of Mother's Day'
(Sunday, May 10, 1908) — Mother’s Day, a celebration honoring motherhood and family life, was observed for the first time in the United States today when Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother at St Andrew’s Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia. Continue reading First Mother’s Day observed in U.S. 110 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 10 1908)
Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History - Tet [6/11]' (May 1968 at 52:39)
(Friday, May 10, 1968, 3:00-4:45 p.m. CET; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — American and North Vietnamese delegates met in formal conference for the first time today in Paris to discuss peace talks, agreeing to open their formal preliminary talks on Monday, May 13, 1968, at the International Conference Center of the French Foreign Ministry, located in the former Hotel Majestic. Continue reading American, North Vietnamese delegates meet in Paris 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 10 1968)
Video: 'Korean War - PART 2, Prelude to war (1946-1947) 6.25' (May 10, 1948, at 8:20)
(Monday, May 10, 1948) — The National Alliance for the Rapid Realization of Korean Independence (NARRKI) led by Syngman Rhee won 55 of 200 seats today (the most of any party, although 85 were held by independents) as more than 95 per cent of South Korea’s 8 million eligible voters ignored Communist threats of violence and reprisal to vote in the country’s Constitutional Assembly elections. Continue reading NARKKI wins 55 seats in South Korean election 70 years ago today #OnThisDay #OTD (May 10 1948)
