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