(Saturday, May 10, 1975) — “Young Americans” by David Bowie peaked at #28 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Young Americans’ by David Bowie peaks at #28 in USA 50 years ago today (May 10 1975)
Monthly Archives: May 2025
The Beatles begin filming Buckingham Palace scenes for ‘Help!’ film 60 years ago today (May 10 1965)
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(Monday, May 10, 1965) — The Beatles today began a two-day shoot at Cliveden House, a 19th century stately home in Maidenhead, Berkshire, for the Buckingham Palace scenes in the group’s second feature film Help!. Continue reading The Beatles begin filming Buckingham Palace scenes for ‘Help!’ film 60 years ago today (May 10 1965)
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Confederate President Jefferson Davis captured by Union forces 160 years ago today (May 10 1865)
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(Wednesday, May 10, 1865, dawn) — Union forces led by Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin D. Pritchard captured Confederate President Jefferson Davis today at a military camp in Irwinville, Georgia.
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‘Lucy and Harpo Marx’ episode airs on ‘I Love Lucy’ 70 years ago this hour (May 9 1955)
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(Monday, May 9, 1955, 9:00 p.m. EDT) — The gang meets Harpo Marx and Lucy does the famous ‘mirror’ routine with him on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV sitcom series I Love Lucy.
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Legendary pianist Horowitz makes triumphant return to Carnegie Hall after 12 years 60 years ago this hour (May 9 1965)
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(Sunday, May 9, 1965, 3:38 p.m. EDT) — Russian-born American pianist Vladimir Horowitz performed publicly for the first time in 12 years today with a recital at Carnegie Hall in New York.
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The Beatles film four exterior scenes for ‘Help!’ film 60 years ago today (May 9 1965)
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(Sunday, May 9, 1965) — The Beatles filmed a number of scenes for their second feature film Help! today in London and St Margaret’s, Twickenham. Continue reading The Beatles film four exterior scenes for ‘Help!’ film 60 years ago today (May 9 1965)
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President Andrew Johnson declares American Civil War ‘virtually at an end’ 160 years ago this hour (May 9 1865)
(Tuesday, May 9, 1865, 12 noon local time; during the American Civil War) — U.S. President Andrew Johnson issued a proclamation today declaring the American Civil War may be regarded as “virtually at an end” and that nations or ships still harboring fugitives would be denied entry into U.S. ports. Continue reading President Andrew Johnson declares American Civil War ‘virtually at an end’ 160 years ago this hour (May 9 1865)
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Stutthof becomes last Nazi concentration camp liberated by Allies 80 years ago today (May 9 1945)
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(Wednesday, May 9, 1945; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — The Stutthof concentration camp, built in a secluded, wet, and wooded area near the small town of Sztutowo (Stutthof) 34 km (21 mi) east of the city of Gdansk in northern Poland, was liberated today by Soviet forces. Continue reading Stutthof becomes last Nazi concentration camp liberated by Allies 80 years ago today (May 9 1945)
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Oskar Schindler’s labor camp Brünnlitz liberated 80 years ago today (May 9 1945)
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(Wednesday, May 9, 1945; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — The labor camp Brünnlitz, a sub-camp of the Nazi concentration camp Gross-Rosen located in the village of Brnenec in the Czech Republic where 1,200 Jews worked in a munitions factory, was liberated today by Soviet troops about 11 hours after their protector Oskar Schindler escaped. Continue reading Oskar Schindler’s labor camp Brünnlitz liberated 80 years ago today (May 9 1945)
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Soviet forces liberate Czechoslovakia 80 years ago this hour (May 9 1945)
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(Wednesday, May 9, 1945, 8:00 a.m. CEST; during the Prague Offensive on the Eastern Front of World War II) — With World War II in Europe at an end, Soviet forces liberated Czechoslovakia from Nazi occupation today. Continue reading Soviet forces liberate Czechoslovakia 80 years ago this hour (May 9 1945)
