Today In History...

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May 3



1469 Niccolo Machiavelli born

• American Revolution
• 1775 Dartmouth tells Martin to organize North Carolina Loyalists
  
  
• Automotive
• 1980 MADD founder’s daughter killed by drunk driver
  
  
• Civil War
• 1863 Confederates take Hazel Grove at Chancellorsville
  
  
• Cold War
• 1951 Congressional hearings on General MacArthur
  
  
• Crime
• 1992 Exxon executive is murdered
  
  
• 2007 British girl goes missing in Portugal
  
  
• Disaster
• 1962 Trains collide near Tokyo
  
  
• General Interest
• 1946 Japanese war crimes trial begins
  
  
• 1947 New Japanese constitution goes into effect
  
  
• 1952 Fletcher lands on the North Pole
  
  
• Hollywood
• 1948 U.S. Supreme Court decides Paramount antitrust case
  
  
• Literary
• 1810 Lord Byron swims the Hellespont
  
  
• Music
• 1933 James Brown is born
  
  
• Old West
• 1859 Cowboy author Andy Adams is born
  
  
• Presidential
• 1940 FDR addresses thousands of Democratic women
  
  
• 1961 JFK receives honorary degree
  
  
• Sports
• 1986 Shoemaker becomes oldest man to win Kentucky Derby
  
  
• Vietnam War
• 1965 173rd Airborne Brigade deploys to South Vietnam
  
  
• 1968 Paris is chosen as site for peace talks
  
  
• World War I
• 1915 Austro-German forces drive Russians out of the Carpathians
  
  
• World War II
• 1942 The Battle of the Coral Sea begins
  

 

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May 4



1994

Rabin and Arafat sign accord for Palestinian self-rule



American Revolution

1776

Rhode Island declares independence




1984

Bruce Springsteen releases “Pink Cadillac”




Civil War

1864

Army of the Potomac crosses the Rapidan




Cold War

1980

Tito dies




1990

An inhumane execution




Disaster

2002

Nigerian aircraft crashes in crowded city




General Interest

1886

The Haymarket Square Riot




1970

National Guard kills four at Kent State




1979

Margaret Thatcher sworn in




Hollywood

1929

Audrey Hepburn born




Literary

1948

Norman Mailer’s first novel, The Naked and the Dead, is published




Music

1956

Gene Vincent records “Be-Bop-A-Lula”




Old West

1847

Jack Slade joins the army




Presidential

1865

Lincoln is buried in Springfield, Illinois




1977

David Frost interviews Richard Nixon



Sports

1965

Willie Mays breaks National League home run record



Vietnam War

1961

Rusk reports on Viet Cong strength



1970

Four students killed at Kent State



World War I

1916

Germany agrees to limit its submarine warfare




WWII

1945

As the Nazi threat dies, the Red Army rises

 

[longknife]

May 5



1961 The first American in space

• American Revolution

• 1776 Clinton excludes Howe and Harnett from amnesty offer
  

• Automotive

• 1944 Driving pioneer Bertha Benz dies
  

• Civil War

• 1864 Grant and Lee clash in the Wilderness forest
  

• Cold War

• 1955 Allies end occupation of West Germany
  

• Crime

• 2004 Human remains found in suitcase near Virginia Beach
  

• Disaster

• 1995 Hail storm surprises Dallas residents
  

• General Interest

• 1821 Napoleon dies in exile
  

• 1862 Cinco de Mayo
  

• 1945 Six killed in Oregon by Japanese bomb
  

• 1981 IRA militant Bobby Sands dies
  

• Hollywood

• 2002 Spider-Man is first movie to top $100 million in opening weekend
  

• Literary

• 1816 The Examiner publishes John Keats’ first poem
  

• Music

• 1979 Peaches and Herb top the pop charts with “Reunited”
  

• Old West

• 1877 Sitting Bull leads his people into Canada
  

• Presidential

• 1985 Reagan visits concentration camp and war cemetery
  

• Sports

• 1904 Cy Young throws perfect game
  

• Vietnam War

• 1970 U.S. forces capture Snoul, Cambodia
  

• 1972 North Vietnamese turn back South Vietnamese relief column
  

• World War I

• 1919 Italian delegates return to Paris peace conference
  

• World War II

• 1941 Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie returns to his capital
  

 

[jon_berzerk]

the 13th amendment was ratified

abolishing slavery in the US

 

[longknife]

MAY 6



1994 English Channel tunnel opens

• American Revolution

• 1775 William Franklin warns Dartmouth of repercussions from Lexington and Concord
  

• Automotive

• 1991 Harry Gant is oldest NASCAR winner — again
  

• Civil War

• 1864 Grant and Lee continue fighting in the Wilderness
  

• Cold War

• 1992 Gorbachev reviews the Cold War
  

• Crime

• 1876 The theft of Duchess of Devonshire stirs interest
  

• 2013 Ohio kidnap victims rescued after years in captivity
  

• Disaster

• 1937 Hindenburg explodes in New Jersey
  

• General Interest

• 1937 The Hindenburg disaster
  

• 1954 First four-minute mile
  

• Hollywood

• 2004 Final episode of Friends airs on NBC
  

• Literary

• 1940 John Steinbeck wins a Pulitzer for The Grapes of Wrath
  

• Music

• 1984 Spinal Tap stages a “comeback” at CBGB’s in New York City
  

• Old West

• 1911 Hangman George Maledon dies
  

• Presidential

• 1933 FDR creates the WPA
  

• Sports

• 1954 Roger Bannister breaks four-minutes mile
  

• Vietnam War

• 1970 Students launch nationwide protest
  

• 1972 South Vietnamese defenders hold on to An Loc
  

• World War I

• 1915 Second Battle of Krithia, Gallipoli
  

• World War II

• 1942 All American forces in the Philippines surrender unconditionally
  

 

[jon_berzerk]

1941 stalin became premier of russia

 

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MAY 7

• Lead Story
• 1994 The Scream recovered
  
  
• American Revolution
• 1763 Pontiac’s plot is foiled
  
  
• Automotive
• 1998 Daimler-Benz announces purchase of Chrysler Corp.
  
  
• Civil War
• 1864 Grant leaves the Wilderness for Spotsylvania
  
  
• Cold War
• 1960 Brezhnev becomes president of the USSR
  
  
• Crime
• 1896 A serial killer is hanged
  
  
• Disaster
• 1902 Volcanic eruption buries Caribbean city
  
  
• General Interest
• 1763 Pontiac’s Rebellion begins
  
  
• 1915 Lusitania sinks
  
  
• 1954 French defeated at Dien Bien Phu
  
  
• Hollywood
• 1901 Gary Cooper born
  
  
• Literary
• 1812 Robert Browning is born
  
  
• Music
• 1965 “Satisfaction” comes to Keith Richards
  
  
• Old West
• 1901 Gary Cooper is born
  
  
• Presidential
• 1789 George Washington attends inaugural ball
  
  
• Sports
• 1995 Reggie Miller leads Pacers to victory over Knicks
  
  
• Vietnam War
• 1954 French fall to Viet Minh at Dien Bien Phu
  
  
• World War I
• 1915 German submarine sinks Lusitania
  
  
• World War II
• 1945 Germany surrenders unconditionally to the Allies at Reims
  

 

[jon_berzerk]

1824 beethovens symphony # 9