Today is Monday, May 4, the 124th day of 2015. There are 241 days left in the year.
1494 ― Christopher Columbus lands in Jamaica
1626 ― Indians sell Manhattan Island for $24 in cloth and buttons
1715 ― French manufacturer debuts first folding umbrella (Paris, France)
1878 ― Phonograph shown for first time at Grand Opera House
1896 ― First edition of London Daily Mail
1924 ― German Republic election fascists and communists win
1927 ― First balloon flight over 40,000 feet (Scott Field, Ill.)
1942 ― Food first rationed in U.S.
1957 ― Anne Frank Foundation forms in Amsterdam
1959 ― First Grammy Awards: Perry Como and Ella Fitzgerald win
1972 ― Vietcong forms revolutionary government in Quang Tri, South Vietnam
1990 ― Angela Bowie reveals that ex husband David slept with Mick Jagger