ON THIS DAY IN RECENT HISTORY ~ MAY 5

ON THIS DAY IN RECENT HISTORY ~ MAY 5

1900 - "The Billboard" began weekly publication.

1904 - Cy Young of Boston pitches perfect game against Phila A's (3-0).

1908 - Rex Harrison, [Reginald Carey], Engld, actor (My Fair Lady, Cleopatra) is born.
1912 - 5th Olympic games open at Stockholm, Sweden.

1913 - Tyrone Power, Cleve, actor (Mark of Zorro, Alexander's Ragtime Band) is born.
1916 - US marines invade Dominican Republic, stay until 1924.

1920 - US Pres Wilson makes Communist Labor Party illegal.
1922 - Construction begins on Yankee Stadium (Bronx).

1926 - Sinclair Lewis refuses his Pulitzer Prize for "Arrowsmith."
1930 - 1st woman to fly solo from Engl to Australia takes-off (Amy Johnson).
1935 - Jessie Owens of US, sets then long jump record at 26' 8½."
1936 - Edward Ravenscroft patents screw-on bottle cap with a pour lip.
1941 - Chanel No. 5 was released.
1942 - US begins rationing sugar during WW II.

 

1942 - Amy Hill, actress (Grandma-Seinfeld, Pauly Shore) is born.
1942 - Tammy Wynette [Virginia Pugh], Redbay Alabama, country singer (Stand by your Man), (d. 1998) is born. 
1943 - Postmaster General Frank C Walker invents Postal Zone System.

1943 - Michael Palin, England, comedian (Monty Python, Fish Called Wanda) is born.

1944 - Gandhi freed from prison.
1945 - Mauthausen Concentration camp liberated.
1945 - Netherlands & Denmark liberated from Nazi control.
1945 - Uprising against SS-occupying troops in Prague.
1945 - World War II: Admiral Karl Dönitz, leader of Germany after Hitler's death, orders all U-boats to cease offensive operations and return to their bases.

1947 - Mississippi Valley flooding kills 16 & causes $850M in damage.
1949 - Statue of Council of Europe drawn.
1949 - Tiger 2nd baseman Charlie Gehringer selected to Hall of Fame.

1952 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Herman Wouk (Caine Mutiny).

1953 - Billy Burnette, Memphis Tn, rock guitarist (Fleetwood Mac).
1955 - "Damn Yankees" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 1022 performances.
1956 - World championships of judo are 1st held, in Tokyo.

1961 - Alan Shepard becomes 1st American in space (aboard Freedom 7).

1962 - West Side Story soundtrack album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 54 weeks which is more than 20 weeks longer than any other album.

1965 - 1st large-scale US Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam.

1966 - Willie Mays hit his 512th HR.

1966 Willie Mays Topps card

1971 - Race riot in Brownsville section of Brooklyn (NYC).

1979 - Masterpiece Radio Theater begins broadcasting.
1979 - Voyager 1 passes Jupiter.

1990 - ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Chris Warren.
1990 - Paul Hogan & Linda Koslowski wed in Byron Bay, Eastern Australia.

1991 - A riot breaks out in the Mt. Pleasant section of Washington, D.C. after a Salvadoran man is shot by police.
1992 - Country singer Tammy Wynette hospitalized.

1997 - "Married With Children" final episode on Fox TV.
2000 - Conjunction of Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn & Moon.

2005 - The United Kingdom general election takes place, in which Tony Blair's Labour Party is re-elected for a third, consecutive term.

2012 - Japan shuts down its nuclear reactors leaving the country without nuclear power for the first time since 1970.