Video: May 10, 1952 (at 2:26)
(Saturday, May 10, 1952, during the Korean War, part of the Cold War) — Communist prisoners on Koje Island, off the South Korean coast, today released the camp commandant, Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd, after holding him prisoner for 78 hours.
Video: 'Every Night'
(Thursday, May 9, 2002) — Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney performed tonight at Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas, the 17th stop of his 20-city Driving USA Tour. Continue reading Paul McCartney performs at Reunion Arena in Dallas 10 years ago tonight (2002)
Video: 'Dame Edna's Hollywood' (part 1)
(Saturday, May 9, 1992, 10:00 p.m. EDT) — Ex-Beatle Ringo Starr made a guest appearance on tonight’s NBC-TV variety special Dame Edna’s Hollywood, hosted by Dame Edna Everage. Continue reading Ringo Starr appears on ‘Dame Edna’s Hollywood’ 20 years ago this hour (1992)
Video: May 8, 1942 (at 3:06)
(Friday, May 8, 1942, part of the Pacific War of World War II) — The Battle of Coral Sea, a major naval battle between the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied naval and air forces from the United States and Australia, ended today with the loss of the carrier USS Lexington and the Japanese carrier Shoho. Continue reading Japanese repulsed as Battle of the Coral Sea ends 70 years ago today (1942)
Video: 'Eleanor Rigby' (at 8:56)
(Tuesday, May 7, 2002) — Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney performed tonight at Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, the 16th stop of his 19-city Driving USA Tour.
(Thursday May 7, 1992, 7:40 p.m. EDT) — Space shuttle Endeavour lifted off tonight on its maiden flight, a nine-day mission to rescue the stranded Intelsat 603 communications satellite, which failed to leave low earth orbit two years before.
(Thursday, May 7, 1992) — Expressing “horror and dismay” at what he saw, U.S. President George H.W. Bush toured the broken and blackened districts of riot-ravaged South Central Los Angeles today and confronted the resentment of minority groups who feel cheated of justice and prosperity by the established power that he represents.
Video: May 7, 1952 (at 1:35)
(Wednesday, May 7, 1952, during the Korean War, part of the Cold War) — Communist prisoners on Koje Island, off the South Korean coast, today seized the camp commandant, Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd, and are holding him prisoner.
'The Keys' clip
(Wednesday, May 6, 1992, 9:30 p.m. ET) — Kramer invades Jerry’s life too much, so Jerry revokes his spare key privileges on tonight’s season three finale episode of the NBC-TV sitcom Seinfeld.
(Sunday, May 6, 1962, 6:45 p.m. EDT) — The first nuclear explosion to be caused by an American ballistic missile, rather than by a bomb dropped from an aircraft or at a fixed site, was accomplished today at Christmas Island, 1,200 miles from its launch site as the USS Ethan Allen fired the armed Polaris missile from underwater to its target.
