On this day in Earth's magnetosphere history - Northern Lights Aurora Borealis (May 10, 2024)

Aurora Borealis - Northern Lights

North Carolina

May 10, 2024

Seeing the Aurora Borealis for the first time – in the southern part of the U.S. - was a life changing experience.

We walked outside to our front yard as the International Space Station (ISS) made its way quickly across the sky.  Parts of the sky became translucent pink, with a little green near the horizon and whitish ‘fingers’ reaching across the sky from overhead contained within the translucent pink

With my eyes only, it looked like the remnants of a sunset, but the iPhone camera showed the amazing reality – I was seeing THE Aurora Borealis….in North Carolina! 

At the time, it felt very personal – an experience with only my husband and nature – but in the hours since, now realize this was a global, human experience – with all around the world experiencing the same sky – pink, green, whitish ‘fingers’ overhead.

I am one with all that is the universe; I trust in the wisdom of the universe.

We are one.

Stephen King, on writing:

If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others; read a lot and write a lot.

There's no way around these two things that I'm aware of, no shortcut.

- Stephen King. 

Recommended reading – Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2002)

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

by Christiane Kubrick.

Foreword by Steven Spielberg.
Hardcover.
 
ISBN-10: 0821228153
ISBN-13: 978-0821228159
 
Description:
 

Few cinematic figures can boast the scope, breadth, talent, and influence of Stanley Kubrick. Visionary, auteur, artist, director.... His brilliant canon of films is unsurpassed in modern cinema, from the futuristic vision of 2001: A Space Odyssey to the dark artistry of A Clockwork Orange, from the black comedy of Dr. Strangelove to the psychological horror of The Shining, from the stark realism of Paths of Glory to the dreamlike romance of Eyes Wide Shut.

 

Now, the astonishing career of this cinematic legend is remembered in perhaps the most fitting way: in pictures. With an accompanying commentary by his widow, Christiane, Stanley Kubrick - A Life in Pictures is a wide-ranging and wonderful collection. Featuring a wealth of never-before-seen photographs, it offers a fascinating glimpse of Kubrick behind the camera, from his directorial beginnings in the early 1950s to his final film, Eyes Wide Shut, completed just six days before his death in March 1999.

Born on this day – Olaf Stapledon:

 

Olaf Stapledon

Writer

Philosopher

May 10, 1886 – September 6, 1950

Credits:
 
Books:
 

A Man Divided (1950); A Modern Magician (1979); An Olaf Stapledon Reader (1996); Darkness and the Light (1942); Death into Life (1946); Far Future Calling (1986); Four Encounters (1976); Last and First Men (1930); Last and First men and Star Marker (1972); Last Men in London (1932); Nebula Maker (1976); Nebula Maker and Four Encounters (1983); Odd John (1935); Odd John and Sirius (1940); Old Man in New World (1944); Sirius (1944); Star Maker (1937); Talking across the World (1961); The Flames (1947); The Opening of the Eyes (1954); To the End of Time (1975); Worlds of Wonder (1949).

 

Movies and television:
 
A Modern Magician (2019); Last and First Men (2020).

Born on this day – Max Steiner:

Max Steiner

Composer

Conductor

May 10, 1888 – December 28, 1971

Born on this day – Clarence Brown:

 

Clarence Brown

Director

Actor

May 10, 1890 – August 17, 1987

Born on this day – Ted Bogan:

Ted Bogan

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

May 10, 1909 – January 29, 1990

Credits:

Albums:

Louie Bluie (1978); Martin, Bogan, and Armstrong (1974); That Old Gang of Mine (1978).

Documentary:

Louie Bluie (1985).

Born on this day – Charles McGraw:

 

Charles McGraw

Actor

May 10, 1914 – July 29, 1980

Born on this day – Maryesther Denver:

Maryesther Denver

Actress

May 10, 1918 – June 3, 1980

Credits:

Alice Through the Looking Glass (1966); Ben Casey (1964); Bewitched (1971); Born to Be Loved (1959); Columbo (1974); Diamond Jim: Skulduggery in Samantha (1965); Frasier, the Sensuous Lion (1973); Nightmare (1974); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1965); Project X (1968); Star Trek (1967); Strange Homecoming (1974); The Danny Thomas Hour (1967); The Fortune Cookie (1966); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Interns (1962); The New Interns (1964); The Wild Wild West (1968); Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963); Wicked, Wicked (1973).

Born on this day – Chuck Roberson:

 

Chuck Roberson

Actor

Stuntman

May 10, 1919 – June 8, 1988

Credits:

100 Rifles (1969); 100 Years of John Wayne (2007); 4 for Texas (1963); 7 Men from Now (1956); 7 Women (1965); 99 and 44/100% Dead! (1974); A Man Called Horse (1970); Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952); Across the Wide Missouri (1951); Advance to the Rear (1964); Albuquerque (1948); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); Angel and the Badman (1947); Angel on the Amazon (1948); Atom Man vs. Superman (1950); Badmen of Tombstone (1949); Bandit Queen (1950); Bat Masterson (1960); Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970); Big Jake (1971); Black Spurs (1965); Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952); Blindfold (1966); Blue Thunder (1983); Bonanza (1966); Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory (1952); Cactus Caravan (1950); Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973); Calamity Jane (1953); Calendar Girl (1947); California Firebrand (1948); Cape Fear (1962); Cat Ballou (1965); Cattle Drive (1951); Cattle Town (1952); Cheyenne Autumn (1964); Chisum (1970); Cimarron City (1958–1959); Cinéma cinémas (1982); City of Bad Men (1953); Cow Country (1953); Cow Town (1950); Cowboy G-Men (1952); Custer (1967); Dakota Incident (1956); Daniel Boone (1964–1967); Daniel Boone: Frontier Trail Rider (1966); Dante (1961); Death Valley Days (1957–1960); Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975); Donovan's Reef (1963); Down Laredo Way (1953); El Dorado (1966); FM (1978); Fort Dodge Stampede (1951); Fort Massacre (1958); Fort Vengeance (1953); Forty Guns (1957); Frontier Outpost (1950); Fugitive at Large (1939); Fury at Furnace Creek (1948); General Electric Theater (1957); Gun Belt (1953); Gun Town (1946); Gunsmoke (1959–1964); Hannah Lee: An American Primitive (1953); Hard Contract (1969); Hatari! (1962); Haunted Trails (1949); Have Gun - Will Travel (1960–1961); Hell Canyon Outlaws (1957); Hellfighters (1968); Hellfire (1949); Hi-Jacked (1950); Hills of Oklahoma (1950); Homicide for Three (1948); Hondo (1953); How the West Was Won (1962); I Shot Jesse James (1949); Indian Uprising (1952); Jesse James Rides Again (1947); John Wayne: Behind the Scenes (2007); John Wayne's 'the Alamo' (1992); Jubilee Trail (1954); Kentucky Rifle (1955); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1965); Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955); Lancer (1968); Laramie (1959–1963); Laredo (1966); Last of the Wild Horses (1948); Law of the Golden West (1949); Lawless Breed (1946); Lawman (1959); Lightning Guns (1950); Lone Star (1952); Lost in Space (1966); Mail Order Bride (1964); Man of the West (1958); McLintock! (1963); McQ (1974); Men of the Timberland (1941); Merrill's Marauders (1962); Miracle Mile (1988); Mod Squad (1969); Mr. Terrific (1967); Nevada Smith (1966); Night Passage (1957); Oh! Susanna (1951); Once Upon a Texas Train (1988); Outcast of Black Mesa (1950); Panic! (1957); Plainsman and the Lady (1946); Pork Chop Hill (1959); Quincy M.E. (1977); Raiders of Ghost City (1944); Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953); Rawhide (1959); Red River (1948); Red Sundown (1956); Rescue 8 (1958); Ridin' the Outlaw Trail (1951); Rio Bravo (1959); Rio Conchos (1964); Rio Grande (1950); Rio Lobo (1970); Rooster Cogburn (1975); Roughshod (1949); Run of the Arrow (1957); Sergeant Rutledge (1960); Shenandoah (1965); Shock Corridor (1963); Shoot Out (1971); Sign of the Pagan (1954); Silver Lode (1954); Smoky (1966); Song of Scheherazade (1947); Spartacus (1960); Stagecoach West (1961); Stampede (1949); Stoney Burke (1962); Tales of Wells Fargo (1962); Taras Bulba (1962); Ten Wanted Men (1955); The 61st Annual Academy Awards (1989); The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967); The Adventures of Kit Carson (1952); The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1955); The Alamo (1960); The Arizona Ranger (1948); The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958); The Baron of Arizona (1950); The Battle at Apache Pass (1952); The Big Country (1958); The Big Valley (1967); The Blazing Forest (1952); The Capture (1950); The Comancheros (1961); The Conqueror (1956); The Cowboys (1972); The Detectives (1961); The Eagle and the Hawk (1950); The Far Country (1954); The Fighting Kentuckian (1949); The Flame (1947); The Forest Ranger (1956); The Gal Who Took the West (1949); The Gallant Legion (1948); The Gene Autry Show (1950); The Great Locomotive Chase (1956); The Green Berets (1968); The Hawaiians (1970); The Hired Gun (1957); The James Brothers of Missouri (1949); The Kid from Texas (1950); The King and Four Queens (1956); The Last Command (1955); The Last Outpost (1951); The Last Sunset (1961); The Lone Gun (1954); The Lone Ranger (1949); The Lucy Show (1962–1966); The Lusty Men (1952); The Magical World of Disney (1958–1961); The Man from Laramie (1955); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); The Misfits (1961); The Moonlighter (1953); The Naked Spur (1953); The Naughty Nineties (1945); The Outcast (1954); The Outer Limits (1964); The Plainsman (1966); The Prodigal (1955); The Rawhide Years (1956); The Rounders (1965); The Roy Rogers Show (1952–1953); The Scalphunters (1968); The Scarlet Horseman (1946); The Searchers (1956); The Second Greatest Sex (1955); The Shootist (1976); The Sons of Katie Elder (1965); The Spoilers (1955); The Stone Killer (1973); The Tall Men (1955); The Three Musketeers (1948); The Train Robbers (1973); The Undefeated (1969); The Virginian (1965); The War Lord (1965); The War Wagon (1967); The Wings of Eagles (1957); The Wonderful Country (1959); Thunder Over Arizona (1956); Timberjack (1955); Trail of the Rustlers (1950); Tripoli (1950); Two Rode Together (1961); Wagon Train (1958–1960); Wake of the Red Witch (1948); Way of a Gaucho (1952); Welcome to Hard Times (1967); Western Renegades (1949); Wide Country (1962); Wide Wide World (1958); Wildcatters (1959); Winchester '73 (1950); Wyoming (1947); Yancy Derringer (1959); Zane Grey Theatre (1959); Zorro (1959).

Born on this day – Barbara Taylor Bradford:

 

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Writer

May 10, 1933 – November 24, 2024

Credits:
 
Books:
 

A Man of Honor (2021); A Secret Affair (1996); A Sudden Change of Heart (1998); A Woman of Substance (1979); Act of Will (1986); Angel (1993); Being Elizabeth (2008); Breaking the Rules (2009); Cavendon Hall (2014); Damaged (2018); Dangerous to Know (1995); Decor Idea Casual (1984); Easy Steps To Successful Decorating (1971); Emma's Secret (2003); Everything to Gain (1994); Fashions That Please Him (1970); Heirs of Ravenscar (2007); Her Own Rules (1996); Hidden (2013); Hold the Dream (1985); How to Solve Your Decorating Problems (1976); In the Lion’s Den (2019); Just Rewards (2005); Letter from a Stranger (2011); Living Romantically Every Day (2001); Love in Another Town (1995); Luxury Designs for Apartment Living (1981); Making Space Grow (1979); Master of His Fate (2018); Playing The Game (2010); Power of a Woman (1997); Remember (1991); Secrets from the Past (2012); Secrets of Cavendon (2017); The Cavendon Luck (2016); The Cavendon Women (2015); The Ravenscar Dynasty (2006); The Triumph of Katie Byrne (2001); The Women in His Life (1990); The Wonder of It All (2023); Three Weeks in Paris (2002); To Be the Best (1988); Treacherous (2014); Unexpected Blessings (2005); Voice of the Heart (1983); Where You Belong (2000); Who Are You? (2016).

 

Movies and television:
 

A Secret Affair (1999); A Woman of Substance (1985); Act of Will (1989); Bookmark (2013); Breakfast (2006); Breakfast with Frost (2003); Countdown (1988–1999); Everything to Gain (1996); Good Morning America (1994); Good Morning Britain (2017–2019); HARDtalk (2009); Her Own Rules (1998); Hold the Dream (1987); Hour Magazine (1983); Intimate Portrait (1999); Loose Women (2008–2015); Lorraine (2018); Love in Another Town (1997); Moving Image Salutes Goldie Hawn (1997); Moving Image Salutes Steven Spielberg (1994); One on One with John Tesh (1992); Reader, I Married Him (2006); Remember (1993); Richard & Judy (2003); Secrets from the Workhouse (2013); The Bob Braun Show (1984); The Book Show (2007); The Chuck Woolery Show (1991); The One Show (2011); The Sharon Osbourne Show (2006); The Storyteller (1999); This Is Your Life (1990–2002); To Be the Best (1991); Voice of the Heart (1989); Wogan (1986–1990).

Born on this day – Judith Jamison:

Judith Jamison

Actress

Dancer

Choreographer

May 10, 1943 – November 9, 2024

Credits:
 
Book:
 
Dancing Spirit (1993).
 
Choreography:
 

Among Us / Private Spaces: Public Places (2009); Divining (1984); Double Exposure (2000); Echo: Far From Home (1998); Forgotten Time (1989); Here...Now (2001); Hymn / a tribute to Alvin Ailey (1993); Love Stories (2004); Reminiscin' (2005); Rift (1991); Riverside (1995); Sweet Release (1996).

 

Movies and television:
 

1999 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (1999); A Tribute to Alvin Ailey (1990); Ailey (2021); Alvin Ailey: Memories and Visions (1974); American Masters (2022); An Evening with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (1986); Batouk (1967); Beyond the Steps: Alvin Ailey American Dance (2006); Black Girls Rock! (2018); Bold & Untold by Makers (2018); Carmen and Geoffrey (2005); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1991); Great Performances (2006); Jack Mitchell: My Life Is Black and White (2006); Legends Ball (2006); Limón: A Life Beyond Words (2001); Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band (2015); Mr. Soul! (2018); Never Stand Still (2012); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Numéro un (1975); Roadtrip Nation (2011); Sophisticated Ladies (1982); Tamron Hall (2022); Tavis Smiley (2009); The 24th Annual Grammy Awards (1982); The 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (2012); The 35th Annual Tony Awards (1981); The Articulate Hour (2023); The BET Honors (2009); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1999 / 2000); The Mo'Nique Show (2010); Today (2003); Weekend Today (2015).

Born on this day – Jim Abrahams:

 

Jim Abrahams

Writer

Producer

Director

May 10, 1944 – November 26, 2024

Credits:

Airplane! (1980); Airplane: Long-Haul Version (2005); An Introduction to the Ketogenic Diet (1994); Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London' (2009); Big Business (1988); Big John, Little John (1976); Biography (2001–2004); Cancer/evolution (2023); CBS Saturday Morning (2023); Chiseled (2008); Cocaine Blues (1983); Coming to America (1988); Cry-Baby (1990); Fat: A Documentary (2019); ...First Do No Harm (1997); Hearts of Hot Shots Part Deux: A Filmmaker's Apology (1993); Hot Shots! (1991); Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993); Hot Shots: The Making of an Important Movie (1991); Katie Holmes in Miss Meadows (2014); Late Night Berlin (2019); Late Night with David Letterman (1982); Laugh Out Loud: The Funniest Films Ever (2015); Le Fossoyeur de Films (2021); Life and Times (2000); Mafia! (1998); Minty Comedic Arts (2020); Movie Magic (1994); Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994); Oscar (1991); Our Planet Tonight (1987); Police Squad! (1982); Ruthless People (1986); Scary Movie 4 (2006); The Directors (1997–2008); The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977); The Midnight Special (1974); The Naked Gun (2025); The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991); The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988); The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1972); Top Secret! (1984); Valkokangas (1984); Voice of the Epilepsies (2018); Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990); Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022); Wisconsin Born & Bred: The Entertainers (2004).

On this day in movie history - Violent Road (1958)

 

Violent Road

a.k.a. Hell's Highway,

directed by Howard W. Koch,

written by Richard H. Landau and Don Martin,

based on the novel Le Salaire de la peur (The Salary of Fear) by Georges Arnaud,

was released in the United States on May 10, 1958.

Music by Leith Stevens.

Cast:

Brian Keith, Dick Foran, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Merry Anders, Sean Garrison, Joanna Barnes, Perry Lopez, Arthur Batanides, Ed Prentiss, Ann Doran, John Dennis, Susan Adams, Robert Alderette, Peter Brown, John Caler, Bud Cokes, Joe Connors, Charmienne Harker, Dennis Holmes, Pat Lawless, Jack Lomas, Asa Maynor, Gil Perkins, Joel Smith, Venetia Stevenson, John Veitch, Robert B. Williams.

On this day in movie history - Thunder Road (1958)

Thunder Road

directed by Arthur Ripley,

written by James Atlee Phillips and Walter Wise,

based on a story by Robert Mitchum,

was released in the United States on May 10, 1958.

Music by Jack Marshall.

Cast:

Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Jacques Aubuchon, Keely Smith, Trevor Bardette, Sandra Knight, James Mitchum, Betsy Holt, Francis Koon, Randy Sparks, Mitchell Ryan, Peter Breck, Peter Hornsby, Jerry Hardin, Robert Porterfield, Charles Elledge, Charles Hendrix, Christopher Mitchum, Jack Perry, Dale Van Sickel.

On this day in movie history - Détective (1985)

Détective

directed by Jean-Luc Godard,

written by Jean-Luc Godard, Alain Sarde, Anne-Marie Miéville and Philippe Setbon,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival, in France, on May 10, 1985.

Music by Emmanuel Chabrier, Frédéric Chopin, Ornette Coleman, Arthur Honegger, Franz Liszt, Franz Schubert and Jean Schwarz.

Cast:

Laurent Terzieff, Aurelle Doazan, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Nathalie Baye, Claude Brasseur, Johnny Hallyday, Alain Cuny, Xavier Saint-Macary, Pierre Bertin, Alexandra Garijo, Stéphane Ferrara, Emmanuelle Seigner, Eugène Berthier, Julie Delpy, Cyrille Dajinckourt, Ann-Gisel Glass, Cyrille Autin, Erich von Stroheim.