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From: "Mary" <>
Subject: [FOLKLORE] Today in History - May 1st.
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 08:14:22 -0400


Today is Monday, May first, the 122nd day of 2000.
There are 244 days left in the year.

TODAY IS MISSI & PAULI'S ANNIVERSARY!
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!!

Today's Highlight in History:
On May first, 1960, the Soviet Union shot down an American U-2
reconnaissance plane near Sverdlovsk and captured its pilot, Francis
Gary Powers.

On this date:
In 1786, Mozart's opera "The Marriage of Figaro" premiered in Vienna.

In 1893, the World's Columbian Exposition was officially opened in
Chicago by President Cleveland.

In 1898, Commodore George Dewey gave the command, "You may fire when
you are ready, Gridley," as an American naval force destroyed a
Spanish fleet in Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.

In 1931, New York's 102-story Empire State Building was dedicated.

In 1931, singer Kate Smith began her long-running radio program on
CBS.

In 1941, the Orson Welles motion picture "Citizen Kane" premiered in
New York.

In 1948, the People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) was
proclaimed.

In 1967, Anastasio Somoza Debayle became president of Nicaragua.

In 1971, Amtrak -- which combined and streamlined the operations of 18
intercity passenger railroads -- went into service.

In 1998, Eldridge Cleaver, the fiery Black Panther leader who later
renounced his past and became a Republican, died in Pomona,
California, at age 62.

Ten years ago: Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev and other Kremlin
leaders were jeered by thousands of people during the annual May Day
parade in Red Square.

Five years ago: Charges that Qubilah Shabazz, the daughter of Malcolm
X, had plotted to murder Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan were
dropped as jury selection for her trial was about to begin in
Minneapolis. President Clinton defended his choice for surgeon
general, Henry Foster, as a "pro-life, pro-choice doctor."

One year ago: Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic agreed to hand over
three captured US soldiers to the Reverend Jesse Jackson.
Despite protests, the National Rifle Association held its annual
meeting in Denver eleven days after the Columbine shootings.
The "Liberty Bell Seven," the Mercury space capsule flown by Gus
Grissom, was found in the Atlantic 300 miles southeast of Cape
Canaveral, 38 years after it sank.
An amphibious boat (known as a "duck") sank at Hot Springs, Arkansas,
killing 13. Charismatic, a 30-1 shot, charged to victory in the 125th
Kentucky Derby.

Today's Birthdays:
Actor Glenn Ford is 84. (one of my all time favorites!)
TV personality Jack Paar is 82.
Actor Dan O'Herlihy is 81.
Former astronaut Scott Carpenter is 75.
Country singer Sonny James is 71.
Singer Judy Collins is 61.
Actor Stephen Macht is 58.
Singer Rita Coolidge is 55.
Actor-director Douglas Barr is 51.
Singer-songwriter Ray Parker Junior is 46.
Hall of Fame jockey Steve Cauthen is 40.
Country singer Wayne Hancock is 35.
Rock musician Johnny Colt (The Black Crowes) is 34.
Actor Charlie Schlatter is 34.
Country singer Tim McGraw is 33.
Rock musician D'Arcy (Smashing Pumpkins) is 32.
Actor Darius McCrary is 24.

Thought for Today:

"Think much, speak little, and write less."
-- Italian proverb.


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