THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2022

1900-"The Billboard" began weekly publication

1904-Cy Young of Boston pitches perfect game against Philadelphia A's (3-0)

1926-Sinclair Lewis refuses his Pulitzer Prize for "Arrowsmith"

1944-Gandhi freed from prison

1956-World championships of judo are 1st held, in Tokyo

1957-Adolf Scharf elected President of Austria

1962-"West Side Story" soundtrack album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 54 weeks which is more than 20 weeks longer than any other album

1979-Voyager 1 passes Jupiter

1988-Eugene A Marino installed as 1st black US archbishop

1994-Labour beats Conservatives in British local elections

1994-North-Yemen air force bombs Aden South Yemen

2000-conjunction of Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn & Moon