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