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