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This Day In History: May 5th
Special Assignment - Amanda Faris, Graphic Design Director
Birthdays:
1945: Japanese Bomb Kills in USA Japanese Balloon Bomb explodes
1546: Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of at Mitchell Recreation Area on Gearhart Mountain in Oregon, killing the
Exeter, English politician (d. 1623) pregnant wife of a minister and five children. This is the only recorded
1635: Philippe Quinault, French instants of deaths called by Japanese Bombs on the American mainland in
Playwright (L’amant indiscret) World War II.
1747: Leopold II, Grand Duke of 1891: U.S.A. Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall originally called Music Hall
Tuscany (1764-90) and Holy Roman has it’s official opening in New York City with a concert conducted by
Emperor (1790-92) (d. 1792) maestro Walter Damrosch and composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovshy.
1817: George Washington Julian, 1925: United States John Thomas Scopes John Thomas Scopes a
MC (Union) (d.1899) teacher from Dayton, Tennessee is arrested for violating Tennessee’s Butler
1818: Karl Marx, Germain Act, which prohibited the teaching of evolution in Tennessee Schools. He
Philosopher (Communist Manifesto, was charged on May 25th and the case ended with a guilty verdict, and a
Das Kapital) (d. 1883) fine of $100.
1832: H H Bancroft, historian, 1940: Great Britain Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain Prime
publisher (History of Pacific States) Minister Neville Chamberlain is promising immediate co-operation
1882: Sylvia Pankhurst, English between armed forces following the German invasion of Norway under the
feminist leadership of The First Lord of Admiralty Winston Churchill.
1883: Charles Bender, only American 1951: Israel Border Fighting Fighting increased along the Israel-Syrian
Indian in baseball’s Hall of Fame border with continued artillery, Mortar fire and infantry attacks across the
1900: Dennis Gabor, electrical border between the two sides.
engineer and physicist, Nobel Price 1960: England Princess Margaret Marries Princess Margaret Married
winner Antony Armstrong Jones in a royal wedding at Westminster Abbey. Many
1901: Blind Willis McTell, American thousands lined the streets of London hoping to catch sight of the royal
ragtime singer and guitarist (d. 1959) couple. This is the first time for 400 years that a daughter of a king has
1921: Arthur Leonard Schawlow, married a commoner.
American physicist, shared the 1961: U.S.A. Alan B. Shepard Jr. Alan B. Shepard Jr. became the
1981 Nobel Prize in Physics for his first American in space today after soaring 115 miles above the earth in a
pioneering work with lasers (d. 1999) spacecraft named Freedom 7.
1925: Bob Cerv, American baseball 1968: Gilbraltar Spain Closes Border Following the referendum in
player (Yankees) (d. 2017) Gilbraltar in which Gilbraltar’s voters were asked whether they wished to
1926: Ann B Davis, American actress become part of Spain, voted with a resounding no vote. Spain closes the
(Bob Cummings Show, Alice-Brady border with Gibraltar and severed all communication.
Bunch) (d. 2014) 1980: Iran embassy siege ends when SAS storms embassy
1934: Ace Cannon, American The siege of the Iranian embassy in London ends after raid by SAS
Saxophonist commandos. SAS kills five Iranian gunmen and arrests one. Nineteen
1935: Douglas Marland, soap opera hostages are set free but one dies and two are injured in the cross-fire.
writer (Gen Hospital) 1992: U.S.A. Bill Clinton Governor Bill Clinton continues to increase his
1942: Tammy Wynette, American run for the democratic nomination with 80% of delegates number needed
country singer (Stand by your man) (d. to secure the democratic presidential nomination. Meanwhile, Ross Perot
1998) running as an independent is edging closer in the polls to President Bush
1943: Michael Palin, English and Bill Clinton.
Comedian (Monty Python, Fish Called 2011: French Team Tries to Recover Bodies from Plane Crash A
Wanda) French team using deep-sea robots began to recover bodies from a 2009
1948: Bill Ward, Heavy metal Air France plane crash. The plane crashed in 2009 on its way from Rio de
drummer (Black Sabbath) Janeiro to Paris and was carrying 228 people. Fifty-one bodies had been
1954: John Greg Adams, PGA golfer found on the ocean surface in 2009, but the remaining victims had not been
(1982 Hall of Fame-2nd) recovered and officials stated they were not sure how many of the bodies
1976: Juan Pablo Sorín, Argentine they would actually be able to recover from the seabed crash site. The
Footballer remains that were found were to be sent for DNA tests in France in hopes
1981: Chris Duncan, Baseball Player of identifying them.
