FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2008

Today is Friday, May 2, the 123rd day of 2008. There are 243 days left in the year.

1536 _ King Henry VIII accused Anna Boleyn of adultery and incest

1668 _ First peace of Aken: ends French-Spanish war in The Netherlands

1833 _ Czar Nicolas bans public sale of serfs

1887 _ Hannibal W. Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film

1933 _ In Germany, Adolf Hitler bans trade unions

1955 _ Pulitzer prize awarded Tennessee Williams for (``Cat on Hot Tin Roof")

1956 _ U.S. Lab detects high-temperature microwave radiation from Venus

1974 _ Former Vice President Spiro Agnew is disbarred

1980 _ Pink Floyd's ``Another Brick in Wall (Part II)" is banned in South Africa

1994 _ Dr. Kervokian found innocent on assisting suicides