SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2009

Today is Saturday, May 2, the 122nd day of 2009. 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

1919 _ First U.S. air passenger service starts

1934 _ Nazi-Germany begins People's court

1941 _ FCC approves regular scheduled commercial TV broadcasts to begin July 1

1955 _ Pulitzer Prize awarded Tennessee Williams for (Cat on Hot Tin Roof)

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

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

1994 _ Dr. Kervokian found innocent on assisting suicides