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May 5, 2000 Conjunction of Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Moon May 5, 1998 Federal court rules President Clinton does not have executive privilege in the Lewinsky case so he must testify May 5, 1997 "Married With Children" final episode on Fox TV May 5, 1997 Iridium-1 Delta 2 Launch, Successful May 5, 1996 "Jack-Night on Town with J Barrymore" closes at Belasco after 12 performances May 5, 1996 Karrie Webb wins LPGA Sprint Titleholders Golf Championship May 5, 1996 Renette Cruz, Vancouver, wins Miss Canadian Universe May 5, 1995 Last basketball game at Boston Gardens (Magic beats Celtics) May 5, 1994 "Sally Marrand Her Escorts" opens at Helen Hayes New York City for 50 performances May 5, 1994 Labour beats Conservatives in British local elections May 5, 1994 North-Yemen air force bombs Aden South Yemen May 5, 1992 Country singer Tammy Wynette hospitalized with bile duct infection May 5, 1991 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic May 5, 1990 116th Kentucky Derby: Craig Perret aboard Unbridled wins in 2:02 May 5, 1990 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Chris Warren May 5, 1990 Paul Hogan and Linda Koslowski wed in Byron Bay, Eastern Australia May 5, 1989 Mike Tyson gets 2nd speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany, New York May 5, 1988 Eugene Marino installed as 1st black U.S. archbishop May 5, 1987 Congress begins Iran-Contra hearings May 5, 1987 Detroit Tigers are 11 games back in AL, but go on to win AL East May 5, 1987 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island May 5, 1986 Hall of Fame and Museum announced to be built in Cleveland May 5, 1985 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Moss Creek Women's Golf Invitational May 5, 1984 110th Kentucky Derby: Laffit Pincay, Jr. aboard Swale wins in 2:02.4 May 5, 1983 Bruins 5-Isles 1-Wales Conf Championship-Isles hold 3-2 lead May 5, 1983 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site May 5, 1981 16th and final Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 4-1, hold 8-7-1 edge May 5, 1980 Siege at Iranian Embassy in London ends; British commandos and police stormed the building May 5, 1979 105th Kentucky Derby: Ron Franklin on Spectacular Bid wins in 2:02.4 May 5, 1979 Masterpiece Radio Theater begins broadcasting May 5, 1979 Voyager 1 passes Jupiter May 5, 1978 Cincinnati Red Pete Rose becomes 14th player to get 3,000 hits May 5, 1976 Anderlecht wins 16th soccer Europe Cup II May 5, 1976 Train collision at Schiedam Netherlands, kills 24 May 5, 1975 Pulitzer prize awarded to Michael Shaara (Killer Angels) May 5, 1975 A's release pinch runner Herb Washington (played 104 games without batting, pitching, or fielding He stole 30 bases, and scored 33 runs) May 5, 1974 Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic May 5, 1973 99th Kentucky Derby: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 1:59.4 May 5, 1972 Alitalia DC-8 crashes west of Palermo Sicily; killing 115 May 5, 1971 "Earl of Ruston" opens at Billy Rose Theater New York City for 5 performances May 5, 1971 Race riot in Brownsville section of Brooklyn (New York City) May 5, 1970 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada test Site May 5, 1969 23rd NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 3 May 5, 1969 Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer (Armies of the Night) May 5, 1968 Carol Mann wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational May 5, 1966 Borussia Dortmund wins 6th Europe Cup II May 5, 1966 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 2 May 5, 1966 Willie Mays hit his 512th HR May 5, 1965 1st large-scale U.S. Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam May 5, 1964 Separatists riot in Quebec May 5, 1963 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open May 5, 1962 88th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack aboard Decidedly wins in 2:00.4 May 5, 1962 Los Angeles Angel Bo Belinsky no-hits Baltimore Orioles, 2-0 May 5, 1962 West Side Story soundtrack album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 54 weeks which is more than 20 weeks longer than any other album May 5, 1961 Alan Shepard becomes 1st American in space (aboard Freedom 7) May 5, 1958 KNME TV channel 5 in Albuquerque, New Mexico (PBS) begins broadcasting May 5, 1958 Pulitzer prize awarded to James Agee for (Death in the Family) May 5, 1958 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak May 5, 1957 Adolf Scharf elected president of Austria May 5, 1957 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open May 5, 1956 82nd Kentucky Derby: David Erb aboard Needles wins in 2:03.4 May 5, 1956 Broekster Boys soccer team forms in Damwoude May 5, 1956 Jim Bailey (U.S.) runs mile a record 3:58.6 in Los Angeles California May 5, 1956 World championships of judo are 1st held, in Tokyo May 5, 1955 "Damn Yankees" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 1022 performances May 5, 1955 Indies parliament accept hindu-divorce May 5, 1955 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada test Site May 5, 1955 West Germany granted full sovereignty by 3 occupying powers May 5, 1954 Military coup by general Alfredo Stroessner in Paraguay May 5, 1952 Pulitzer prize awarded to Herman Wouk (Caine Mutiny) May 5, 1952 Ron Necciai of Pitts Pirate's Bristol Twins Class D farm team, strikes out 27, as he no-hits Welch Minors, 4 Minors do reach base May 5, 1951 "Out of This World" closes at New Century Theater New York City after 157 performances May 5, 1951 77th Kentucky Derby: Conn McCreary aboard Count Turf wins in 2:02.6 May 5, 1950 Phumiphon Abundet crowned as king Rama IX of Thailand May 5, 1949 Council of Europe forms May 5, 1949 KGO TV channel 7 in San Francisco, California (ABC) begins broadcasting May 5, 1949 Statue of Council of Europe drawn May 5, 1949 Tiger 2nd baseman Charlie Gehringer selected to Hall of Fame May 5, 1948 1st air squadron of jets aboard a carrier May 5, 1948 Belgian government of Spaak resigns May 5, 1947 Mississippi Valley flooding kills 16 and causes $850M in damage May 5, 1947 Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Penn Warren (All the King's Men) May 5, 1945 Mauthausen Concentration camp liberated May 5, 1945 Netherlands and Denmark liberated from Nazi control May 5, 1945 Uprising against SS-occupying troops in Prague May 5, 1945 Premier Gerbrandy on Radio Orange tells Dutch they are liberated May 5, 1944 Gandhi freed from prison May 5, 1944 Russian offensive against Sebastopol Krim May 5, 1943 Postmaster General Frank C Walker invents Postal Zone System May 5, 1942 British assault on Diego Suarez Madagascar May 5, 1942 U.S. begins rationing sugar during WW II May 5, 1941 2 Fokker's employees flee nazi occupied Netherlands to England May 5, 1941 Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa May 5, 1941 Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert E Sherwood (There shall be no night) May 5, 1940 Norwegian government in exile forms in London May 5, 1939 Flash floods kill 75 in Northeast Kentucky May 5, 1938 Phillies Harold Kelleher faces 16 batters in 6th, as Cubs score 12 runs, both marks are NL records off one hurler in a single inning May 5, 1936 Edward Ravenscroft patents screw-on bottle cap with a pour lip May 5, 1936 Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa May 5, 1935 Jessie Owens of U.S., sets then long jump record at 26' 8" May 5, 1934 60th Kentucky Derby: Mack Garner aboard Cavalcade wins in 2:04 May 5, 1932 Japan and China sign a peace treaty May 5, 1930 1st woman to fly solo from Engl to Australia takes-off (Amy Johnson) May 5, 1930 Bradman scores 185* Aust vs. Leicestershire, 317 mins, 16 fours May 5, 1927 Dmitri Sjostakovitch' 1st Symphony, premieres in Berlin May 5, 1926 Geldrop soccer team forms May 5, 1926 Sinclair Lewis refuses his Pulitzer Prize for "Arrowsmith" May 5, 1925 John T. Scopes arrested for teaching evolution in Tennessee May 5, 1925 Ty Cobb goes 6 for 6, (16 total bases) May 5, 1925 Yankee Everett Scott is benched, ending his 1,307-game playing streak May 5, 1924 Unions terminate Twentse textile strike May 5, 1922 Construction begins on Yankee Stadium May 5, 1921 1st ranger for Cleveland Metroparks hired May 5, 1921 Miniature newspaper published (Brighton Gazette 10 x 13 cm) May 5, 1920 German-Latvian peace treaty signed May 5, 1920 Polish troops occupy Kiev May 5, 1920 U.S. President Wilson makes Communist Labor Party illegal May 5, 1917 St. Louis Brown Ernie Koob no-hits Chicago White Sox, 1-0 May 5, 1916 U.S. Marines invade Dominican Republic, stay until 1924 May 5, 1915 German U-20 sinks Earl of Lathom May 5, 1912 5th Olympic games open at Stockholm, Sweden May 5, 1912 Soviet Communist Party newspaper Pravda begins publishing (4/22 OS) May 5, 1908 34th Kentucky Derby: Arthur Pickens on Stone Street wins in 2:15.2 May 5, 1908 Great White Fleet arrives in San Francisco May 5, 1905 Robert S. Abbott published 1st issue of newspaper "Chicago Defender" May 5, 1904 Cy Young of Boston pitches perfect game against Philadelphia A's (3-0) May 5, 1900 "The Billboard" began weekly publication May 5, 1893 Panic of 1893: Great crash on New York Stock Exchange May 5, 1891 Music Hall (Carnegie Hall) opens in New York, Tchaikovsky as guest conductor May 5, 1881 Anit-Jewish rioting in Kiev Ukraine May 5, 1874 Dutch 2nd Chamber passes child labor law May 5, 1865 1st U.S. train robbery (North Bend Ohio) May 5, 1864 Atlanta Campaign-5 days fighting begins at Rocky Face Ridge May 5, 1864 Battle between Confederate and Union ships at mouth of Roanoke May 5, 1864 Battle of Wilderness, Virginia (Germanna Ford, Wilderness Tavern) May 5, 1864 Campaign in Northern Georgia - Chattanooga Georgia to Atlanta GA May 5, 1863 Battle of Tupelo, Mississippi May 5, 1863 Joe Coburn KOs Mike McCoole for U.S. boxing title in 63rd round May 5, 1862 French army intervenes in Puebla, Mexico: Cinco de Mayo May 5, 1862 Peninsular Campaign-Battle of Williamsburg, Virginia May 5, 1855 New York City regains Castle Clinton, to be used for immigration May 5, 1854 English pirate Plumridge robs along pro-English Finnish coast May 5, 1847 American Medical Association organized (Philadelphia) May 5, 1842 City-wide fire burns for over 100 hours (Hamburg Germany) May 5, 1835 King Leopold opens Brussels-Mechelen railway May 5, 1834 Charles Darwin's expedition begins at Rio Santa Cruz May 5, 1816 American Bible Society organized in New York May 5, 1814 British attack Ft. Ontario, Oswego, New York May 5, 1809 Citizenship is denied to Jews of Canton of Aargau Switzerland May 5, 1809 Mary Kies is 1st woman issued a U.S. patent (weaving straw) May 5, 1797 Napoleon I's sister Elisa marries Felix Bacciochi May 5, 1789 French States-General for It first since 1614 together May 5, 1780 2nd oldest learned society in U.S. (American Academy of Arts and Sciences) forms (Boston) May 5, 1764 Smolny-institution forms in St. Petersburg for noble girls May 5, 1762 Russia and Prussia sign peace treaty May 5, 1726 Marie de Camargo (16) premieres at Opera of Paris May 5, 1665 Nicolaas Witsen visits patriarch Nikon in Moscow May 5, 1646 King Charles I surrenders at Scotland May 5, 1640 English Short Parliament unites May 5, 1494 On 2nd voyage to New World, Christopher Columbus sights Jamaica May 5, 1430 Jews are expelled from Speyer Germany May 5, 1382 Battle of Beverhoutsveld - population beats drunken army May 5, 553 2nd Council of Constantinople (5th ecumenical council) opens |