Video: 'From The Archives, 1975: Edmund Fitzgerald Sinks In Lake Superior | NBC Nightly News'
(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 50 years ago this hour (Nov 10 1975)
Video: 'The Beatles : The Word (Mono)'
(Wednesday, November 10, 1965, 9:00 p.m.-2:00 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’ in London 60 years ago this hour (Nov 10 1965)
Video: 'The Marines'
(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.9of9.The.Better.Angels.Of.Our.Nature' (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 & Wings Live In Brisbane, QLD, Australia - MPL Footage - 10 November 1975'
(Monday, November 10, 1975, evening Australian Eastern Daylight Time) — 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 50 years ago tonight (Nov 10 1975)
Video: 'Ross & Rachel's First Kiss | Friends | TBS'
(Thursday, November 9, 1995, 8:00-8:30 p.m. EST) — A drunken Rachel is persuaded to call Ross and reveals her feelings for him on his answering machine on tonight’s episode of the NBC television sitcom Friends. Continue reading Ross and Rachel share their first kiss on ‘Friends’ 30 years ago this hour (Nov 9 1995)
Video: 'Night Of The 1965 Northeast Blackout: 50 Years Later | CNBC'
(Tuesday, November 9, 1965, 5:16 p.m. EST) — The Northeast blackout of 1965 disrupted electrical power to nearly all of New York City, parts of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and Vermont in the United States and parts of Ontario in Canada tonight. Continue reading 30 million people lose power as Northeast blackout of 1965 begins 60 years ago this hour (Nov 9 1965)
(Saturday, November 9, 1985) — “Miami Vice Theme” by Jan Hammer peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Miami Vice Theme’ by Jan Hammer peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago today (Nov 9 1985)
Video: 'AFL vs. CIO split in 1935'
(Saturday, November 9, 1935) — United Mine Workers president John L. Lewis and other labor leaders formed the Committee for Industrial Organization (later renamed the Congress of Industrial Organizations) today in Washington.
Video: 'The American President' trailer
(Wednesday, November 8, 1995, 6:30 p.m. EST) — The American President, a romantic comedy-drama film about a widowed U.S. president and a lobbyist who fall in love, premiered tonight at the Ziegfeld Theatre located at 141 West 54th Street in midtown Manhattan in New York City. Continue reading ‘The American President’ premieres in New York City 30 years ago this hour (Nov 8 1995)
