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TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2010

Today is Tuesday, May 18, the 138th day of 2010. There are 227 days left in the year. 1804 _ Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor of France 1830 _ Edwin Budding of England signs an agreement for manufacture of his invention, the lawn mower _ Saturdays are destroyed forever 1860 _ Republican Party nominates Abraham Lincoln for president 1933 _ Tennessee Valley Act (TVA) Act signed by FDR, to build dams 1934 _ Academy Award first called Oscar in print (Sidney Skolsky) 1951 _ U.N. moves headquarters to NYC 1951 _ U.S. General Collins predicts use of atom bomb in Korea 1954 _ European Convention on Human Rights goes into effect 1980 _ China People's Republic launch first intercontinental rocket 1982 _ Unification Church founder Reverend Moon Sun-myung convicted of tax evasion

May 17, 2010

MONDAY, MAY 17, 2010

Today is Monday, May 17, the 137th day of 2010. There are 238 days left in the year. 1620 _ First merry-go-round seen at a fair (Philippapolis, Turkey) 1792 _ 24 merchants form New York Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street 1845 _ Rubber band patents 1846 _ Saxophone is patented by Antoine Joseph Sax 1884 _ Alaska becomes a U.S. territory 1916 _ British Summer Time (Daylight Saving Time), first introduced 1948 _ Soviet Union recognized Israel 1949 _ British government recognizes Republic of Ireland 1960 _ First atomic reactor system to be patented, JW Flora, Canoga Park, Calif. 1973 _ Stevie Wonder releases ``You are the Sunshine of my Life"

May 16, 2010

SATURDAY, MAY 15, 2010

Today is Saturday, May 15, the 135th day of 2010. There are 230 days left in the year. 1618 _ Johannes Kepler discovers harmonics law 1672 _ First copyright law enacted by Massachusetts 1905 _ Las Vegas, Nev., founded 1928 _ Mickey Mouse made his first appearance 1940 _ Nylon stockings go on sale for first time (U.S.) 1944 _ Eisenhower, Montgomery, Churchill and George VI discuss D-Day plan 1948 _ 28-year-old British mandate over Palestine ends 1970 _ Beatles' last LP ``Let It Be" is released in U.S. 1988 _ Moscow begins withdrawing its 115,000 troops in Afghanistan 1989 _ Soviet President Gorbachev in Beijing for first Sino-Soviet summit in 30 years

May 14, 2010

THURSDAY, MAY 13, 2010

Today is Thursday, May 13, the 133rd day of 2010. There are 232 days left in the year. 1110 _ Crusaders march into Beirut causing a bloodbath 1637 _ Cardinal Richelieu of France creates the table knife 1643 _ Heavy earthquake strikes Santiago Chile; kills 1/3 of population 1940 _ Churchill says, ``I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat" 1958 _ Rioters attack U.S. Vice President Nixon in Venezuela 1965 _ Several Arab nations break ties with West Germany after it established diplomatic relations with Israel 1966 _ Rolling Stones release ``Paint it Black" 1979 _ Shah & family sentenced to death in Teheran 1989 _ Approximately 2,000 students begin hunger strike in Tiananmen Square, China 1992 _ Three astronauts simultaneous walked in space for the first time

May 12, 2010

WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 2010

Today is Wednesday, May 12, the 132nd day of 2010. There are 233 days left in the year. 1551 _ San Marcos University in Lima, Peru, opens 1792 _ Toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented 1832 _ Gaetano Donizetti's opera ``L'Elisir D'amore" premieres in Milan 1928 _ Mussolini ends woman's rights in Italy 1932 _ Body of kidnapped son of Charles Lindbergh is found in Hopewell, N.J. 1949 _ West begins Berlin Airlift to get supplies around Soviet blockade 1959 _ Liz Taylor's fourth marriage (Eddie Fisher) 1965 _ Israel and West Germany exchange letters beginning diplomatic relations 1984 _ South Africa prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for first time in 22 years 1997 _ 14 North Koreans defect to South Korea

May 11, 2010

TUESDAY, MAY 11, 2010

Today is Tuesday, May 11, the 131st day of 2010. There are 234 days left in the year. 1330 _ Constantinople (Istanbul) becomes new capital by Roman Emperor Constantine for Eastern Roman Empire 1502 _ Columbus begins fourth and last trip to ``Indies" 1749 _ British parliament accept Consolidation Act: fleet reorganization 1916 _ Einstein's Theory of General Relativity presented 1929 _ First regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (three nights per week) 1931 _ Credit-Anstalt, Austria's largest bank, fails beginning financial collapse of Central Europe 1949 _ First Polaroid camera sold $89.95 (NYC) 1949 _ Siam renames itself Thailand 1950 _ Eugene Ionesco's ``La Cantatrice Chauve" premieres in Paris France 1994 _ Six white racists sentenced to death in South Africa

May 10, 2010

MONDAY, MAY 10, 2010

Today is Monday, May 10, the 130th day of 2010. There are 235 days left in the year. 1497 _ Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for first voyage to New World 1503 _ Columbus discovers Cayman Islands 1752 _ Benjamin Franklins first tests the lightning rod 1787 _ Parliament impeaches Warren Hastings 1908 _ First Mother's Day observed (Philadelphia) 1933 _ Nazis stage public book burnings in Germany 1940 _ Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British P.M. 1972 _ Overloaded South Korean bus plunges into reservoir, killing 77 1983 _ Lee Chin-yong performs 170 continuous chin-ups in Seoul 1994 _ Nelson Mandela sworn in as South Africa's first black president

May 9, 2010

SATURDAY, MAY 8, 2010

Today is Saturday, May 8, the 128th day of 2010. There are 237 days left in the year. 1521 _ Parliament of Worms installs edict against Marten Luther 1823 _ ``Home Sweet Home" first sung (London) 1895 _ China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki 1956 _ John Osborne's ``Look Back in Anger" premieres in London 1958 _ Vice President Nixon is shoved, stoned, booed and spat upon by protesters in Peru 1963 _ JFK offers Israel assistance against aggression 1967 _ Muhammad Ali is indicted for refusing induction in U.S. Army 1970 _ Beatles release ``Let it Be" album 1980 _ World Health Organization announced smallpox had been eradicated 1996 _ South Africa's Const Assembly adopts permanent post-apartheid constitution

May 7, 2010

FRIDAY, MAY 7, 2010

1429 _ English siege of Orleans broken by Joan of Arc 1824 _ Beethoven's 9th (Chorale) Symphony, premieres in Vienna 1840 _ Tornado strikes Natchez, Mass., kills 317 1912 _ Columbia University approves plans for awarding the Pulitzer Prize in several categories, the award is established by Joseph Pulitzer 1913 _ British House of Commons rejects woman's right to vote 1939 _ Germany and Italy announced an alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis 1945 _ Formal undertaking of complete German surrender 1947 _ General MacArthur approves Japanese constitution 1966 _ Mamas & Papas ``Monday Monday" hits No. 1 1975 _ President Ford declares an end to ``Vietnam Era"

May 6, 2010

THURSDAY, MAY 6, 2010

Today is Thursday, May 6, the 126th day of 2010. There are 239 days left in the year. 1794 _ Haiti, under Toussaint L'Ouverture, revolts against France 1833 _ John Deere makes first steel plow 1882 _ Chinese Exclusion Act: U.S. Congress ceases Chinese immigration 1914 _ British House of Lords rejects women suffrage 1919 _ Paris Peace Conference disposes of German colonies; German East Africa is assigned to Britain and France, German Southwest Africa to South Africa 1940 _ Pulitzer prize awarded to John Steinbeck (Grapes of Wrath) 1941 _ Joseph Stalin became premier of Russia 1950 _ Liz Taylor's first marriage (Conrad Hilton Jr.) 1974 _ West German chancellor Willy Brandt resigns 1997 _ Michael Jackson and Bee Gees inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

May 5, 2010

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