WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2012

Today is Wednesday, May 2, the 123rd day of 2012. There are 243 days left in the year.

1887 ― Hannibal W. Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film

1902 ― The first science fiction film, ``A Trip To The Moon," is released

1933 ― In Germany, Adolf Hitler bans trade unions

1942 ― Japanese troops occupy Mandalay Burma

1945 ― Russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders

1949 ― Arthur Miller wins Pulitzer Prize for ``Death of a Salesman"

1960 ― Harry Belafonte's second Carnegie Hall performance

1977 ― ``The King & I" opens at Uris Theater, NYC, for 719 performances

1982 ― Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men

1994 ― Dr. Kevorkian found innocent on assisting suicides