TUESDAY, MAY 6, 2008

Today is Tuesday, May 6, the 127th day of 2008. There are 239 days left in the year.

1833 _ John Deere makes first steel plow

1835 _ First edition of New York Herald (price 1 cent)

1840 _ First postage stamps (Penny Black) issued (Great Britain)

1851 _ John Gorrie patents a ``refrigeration machine"

1861 _ Jefferson Davis approves a bill declaring war between U.S. and Confederacy

1940 _ Pulitzer prize awarded to John Steinbeck (Grapes of Wrath)

1941 _ Joseph Stalin became premier of Russia

1962 _ First nuclear warhead fired from Polaris submarine (Ethan Allen)

1974 _ West German chancellor W. Brandt resigns

1994 _ Nelson Mandela and his ANC finally confirmed winners in South Africa