Events in History! May-June

May on this day...
Day	Year	Event
1	1939	Batman Comics hit the street.
	1941	"Citizen Kane," directed & starring Orson Welles, premiers in NY.
	1967	Priscilla & Elvis Presley wed.
2	1519	Leonardo Da Vinci artist/scientist, dies at 67.
3	1936	Joe DiMaggio made his major-league debut, got 3 hits.
	1973	Chicago's Sears Tower, world's tallest building (443 m), topped out.
	1991	356th & final episode of CBS 2nd longest running series Dallas, 2nd only to Gunsmoke.
4	1891	Sherlock Holmes "dies" at Reichenbach Falls.
	1964	"Another World" & "As the World Turns" premieres on TV.
	1970	4 students at Kent State University killed by Ohio National Guard.
5	1847	American Medical Association organized (Philadelphia).
	1961	Alan Shepard becomes 1st American in space (aboard Freedom 7).
	1965	1st large-scale US Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam.
6	1833	John Deere makes 1st steel plow.
	1889	Eiffel Tower in Paris, completed.
	1937	Dirigible Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, NJ (36 die).
	1987	PTL's Jim Bakker & Rich Dortch dismissed from Assemblies of God.
7	1915	Lusitania sunk by German submarine; 1198 lives lost.
	1940	Winston Churchill becomes PM of Britain.
8	1794	US Post Office established.
	1886	Coca-Cola 1st sold after syrup perfected by Dr John Styth Pemberton.
	1987	Gary Hart quits democratic presidential race (Donna Rice affair).
9	1914	Pres Wilson proclaims Mother's Day.
	1987	Actor Tom Cruise (27) & actress Mimi Rogers (33), marry.
10	1863	Gen Stonewall Jackson dies from wounds received at Chancellorsville.
	1986	Tommy Lee drummer of Motley Crue marries Heather Locklear.
11	1981	Bob Marley reggae singer, dies at 36 of brain & lung cancer.
	1850	Work starts on 1st brick building in San Francisco.
	1916	Einstein's Theory of General Relativity presented.
	1947	BF Goodrich manufactures 1st tubeless tire, Akron, Oh.
	1989	217th & final episode of "Dynasty" is aired.
12	1932	Lindbergh baby found dead.
	1966	Busch Stadium opens, Braves lose to Cards 4-3 in 12 innings.
13	1961	Gary Cooper 2 time Acad award winning actor, dies at 60.
	1991	Apple releases Macintosh System 7.0.
14	1853	Gail Borden applies for patent for condensed milk.
	1987	Rita Hayworth actress, dies at 68 of Alzheimer's disease.
	1989	Final TV episode of "Family Ties" airs.
15	1940	1st nylon stockings sold in US.
	1972	George Wallace shot & left paralyzed by Arthur Bremer in Laurel, Md.
16	1929	1st Academy Awards (Film-Wings, Actor-E Jennings Actress-J Gaynor).
	1984	Andy Kaufman comedian (Latka-Taxi), dies at 35 of cancer.
	1990	Jim Henson muppeteer, dies of pneumonia at 53.
	1990	Sammy Davis Jr entertainer, dies at 64 from throat cancer.
17	1875	1st Kentucky Derby run at Churchill Downs, Aristides wins.
	1932	Congress changes the name "Porto Rico" to "Puerto Rico".
18	1860	Abraham Lincoln nominated for president.
	1980	Mount St Helens blows its top in Washington State.
19	1935	NFL adopts an annual college draft to begin in 1936.
20	1506	Christopher Colombus explorer, dies in poverty in Spain at 55.
	1874	Levi Strauss markets blue jeans with copper rivets, price $13.50 doz.
	1989	Gilda Radner comedienne (Sat Night Live), dies at 42 of cancer.
21	1832	1st Democratic party national convention.
	1881	American Red Cross founded by Clara Barton.
	1914	Greyhound Bus Co begins in Minnesota.
	1927	Lindburgh lands in Paris, after 1st solo air crossing of Atlantic.
	1932	1st transatlantic solo flight by a woman (Amelia Earhart) lands.
	1980	"Empire Strikes Back" premeirs.
	1990	Last episode of "Newhart" airs.
	1991	Rajiv Gandhi Indian Prime Minster, assassinated.
22	1868	Great Train Robbery; 7 men make off with $98,000 in cash.
	1900	Associated Press organized.
	1906	Wright Brothers patents an aeroplane.
	1980	Marlo Thomas & Phil Donahue marry.
	1992	Johnny Carson's final appearance as host of the Tonight Show.
23	1430	Joan of Arc captured by Burgundians, who sell her to English.
	1785	Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals.
	1934	Bonnie & Clyde, bank robbers, killed by police ambush in La.
	1937	John D Rockfeller, industrialist, dies in Ormond Beach Fla.
	1969	The Who release the rock opera "Tommy".
24	1883	Brooklyn Bridge opened by Pres Arthur & Gov Cleveland.
	1899	1st auto repair shop opens (Boston).
	1986	Country Singer Garth Brooks marries Sandy.
	1989	"Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade" premiers.
25	1927	Henry Ford stops producing Model T car (begins Model A).
	1983	"Return of the Jedi" (Star Wars 3) released.
	1992	Jay Leno becomes permanent host of "The Tonight Show".
26	1896	Dow Jones Industrial Average adopted.
	1933	Jimmie Rodgers country singer, dies at 35.
	1977	Movie "Star Wars" debuts.
	1978	1st legal gambling casino opens in Atlantic City.
27	1647	1st woman known to be executed as a witch, Achsah Young in Mass.
	1844	Samuel F.B. Morse completes 1st telegraph line.
	1933	Walt Disney's "3 Little Pigs" released.
	1941	German battleship Bismarck sunk by British naval force.
	1961	Pres Kennedy announces US goal to reach the Moon.
	1987	Jim & Tammy Bakker appears on "Nightline" after PTL scandal.
28	1664	1st Baptist Church organized (Boston).
	1843	Noah Webster lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary), dies at 84.
	1972	White House "plumbers" break into Democratic Nat'l HQ at Watergate.
	1989	Delta Burke (Designing Women) weds Gerald McRaney (Simon & Simon).
29	1849	Patent for lifting vessels granted to Abraham Lincoln.
	1900	Trademark "Escalator" registered by Otis Elevator Co.
	1911	1st running of the Indianapolis 500.
	1987	Michael Jackson attempts to buy Elephant Man's remains.
30	1431	Joan of Arc burned as a witch by the English at Rouen at 19.
	1868	Memorial Day 1st observed when 2 women in Columbus Mississippi placed flowers on both Confederate & Union graves.
	1901	Memorial Day 1st officially observed in US.
31	1678	Tax protester Lady Godiva rides naked through Coventry.
	1790	US copyright law enacted.
	1879	Madison Square Garden opens its doors.
	1969	John Lennon & Yoko Ono record "Give Peace a Chance".
	1969	Stevie Wonder releases "My Cherie Amore".

June on this day...
Day	Year	Event
1	1861	1st skirmish in the Civil War, Fairfax Court House, Va.
	1869	Voting Machine patented by Thomas Edison.
	1926	Marilyn Monroe [Norma Jean Baker], actress (Some Like It Hot).
	1938	Superman Comics launched.
	1968	Helen Keller blind & deaf, dies at 87.
	1971	Ed Sullivan's final TV show.
	1980	Ted Turner's Cable News Network begins broadcasting.
2	1941	Lou Gehrig Yankee great, dies at 37 of ALS in Riverdale NY.
3	1957	Howard Cosell's 1st TV show.
	1963	Pope John XXIII dies at 81.
4	1896	Henry takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit.
	1929	George Eastman demonstrates 1st technicolor movie (Rochester NY).
	1990	Greyhound Bus files bankruptcy.
5	1977	1st personal computer, the Apple II, goes on sale.
	1981	Center of Disease Control reports of a pneumonia affecting gays (AIDS).
6	1844	Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) founded in London.
	1882	Electric iron patented by Henry W. Seely, NYC.
	1933	1st drive-in theatre opens (Camden NJ).
	1942	1st nylon parachute jump (Hartford Ct-Adeline Gray).
	1944	D-Day: 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France.
	1968	Robert F Kennedy (Sen-D-NY), assassinated in LA by Sirhan Sirhan.
	1976	J Paul Getty oil magnate dies at 83 in London.
7	1968	Sirhan Sirhan indicted for Bobby Kennedy assassination.
8	1824	Washing machine patented by Noah Cushing of Quebec.
	1948	"The Milton Berle Show" premiers on NBC TV.
9	1869	Charles Elmer Hires sells his 1st root beer (Phila).
	1870	Charles Dickens author, dies in England.
	1934	1st Donald Duck cartoon, The Wise Little Hen, released.
	1980	Comedian Richard Pryor suffers burns from free basing cocaine.
	1981	Allen Ludden game show host (Password), dies at 63.
10	1752	Ben Franklin's kite is struck by lightning-what a shock!
	1902	Patent for window envelope granted to H.F. Callahan.
	1966	Janis Joplins 1st live concert (Avalon Ballroom in SF).
	1977	Apple Computer ships its 1st Apple II.
	1977	James Earl Ray (Martin Luther King's killer) escapes from prison.
	1985	Coca-Cola announces they'd bring back their 99-year-old formula.
11	1937	Marx Brothers' "A Day At The Races" released.
	1963	Gov Wallace tries to prevent blacks from registering at U of Alabama.
	1979	John Wayne actor, dies of cancer.
	1982	Movie "ET The Extra-Terrestrial" released (highest grossing film at time).
12	1839	1st baseball game played in America.
	1849	Gas mask patented by Lewis Haslett, Louisville, Ky.
	1917	Secret Service extends protection of president to his family.
	1923	Harry Houdini frees himself from a straitjacket while suspended upside down, 40 feet (12 m) above the ground in NYC.
	1994	Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman found murdered.
13	323 BC	Alexander the Great dies of fever at Babylon.
	1927	Ticker-tape parade welcomed Charles A Lindbergh to NYC.
	1986	Benny Goodman the clarinet playing King of Swing, dies in NY at 77.
14	1801	Benedict Arnold Revolutionary War general, dies in London.
	1834	Sandpaper patented by Isaac Fischer Jr, Springfield, Vermont.
	1881	Player piano patented by John McTammany, Jr, Cambridge, Mass.
	1942	Walt Disney's "Bambi" is released.
	1953	Elvis Presley graduates from LC Humes High School in Memphis, Tenn.
	1954	Pres Eisenhower signs order adding words "under God" to the Pledge.
	1986	Marlin Perkins "Wild Kingdom" host, dies near St Louis at 81.
15	1844	Goodyear patents vulcanization of rubber.
	1956	John Lennon (15) & Paul McCartney (13) meet for the 1st time as Lennon's rock group The Quarrymen perform at a church dinner.
	1973	"American Graffiti" opens in NYC.
16	1903	Ford Motors incorporates.
	1987	Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami, opens.
	1987	Subway gunman Bernhard Goetz acquitted on all but gun possession charges after shooting 4 black youths who tried to rob him.
17	1946	SW Bell innaugurates mobile telephone commercial service, St Louis.
	1950	1st kidney transplant (Chicago).
	1972	5 arrested for burglarizing Democratic Party HQ at Watergate.
18	1812	War of 1812 begins as US declares war against Britain.
	1898	Amusement pier opens, Atlantic City, NJ.
	1980	"Blues Brothers" with Dan Akwoyd & John Belushi premiers.
19	1910	Father's Day celebrated for 1st time (Spokane, Wash).
	1934	Federal Communications Commission (FCC) created.
	1987	Ben & Jerry Ice Cream & Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia announce new Ice Cream flavor, Cherry Garcia.
20	1893	Lizzie Borden found innocent in New Bedford Mass.
	1947	Benjamin `Buggsy' Siegel gangster, shot dead in Beverly Hills Cal.
21	1876	Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna Mexican general (took Alamo), dies at 82.
	1982	Prince Charles & Lady Di give birth to their baby "William".
22	1910	1st airship with passengers sets afloat-Zeppelin Deutscheland.
	1987	Fred Astaire actor/dancer, dies at Century City Hospital in LA at 88.
	1990	Florida passes a law that prohibits wearing a thong bathing suit.
23	1979	The Charlie Daniels Band releases "Devil Went Down to Georgia".
	1989	The movie "Batman" premiers.
24	1908	Grover Cleveland 22nd & 24th Pres, dies in Princeton, at 71.
	1915	800 die as excursion steamer Eastland capsizes in Chicago.
	1987	Jackie Gleason actor (Honeymooners), dies at 71 in Fort Lauderdale.
25	1876	Custer & 7th Cavalry wiped out by Sioux & Cheyenne at Little Big Horn.
	1929	Pres Hoover authorizes building of Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam).
	1951	1st color TV broadcast-CBS' Arthur Godfrey from NYC to 4 cities.
26	1916	Cleveland Indians experiment with #s on their jerseys (one game).
27	1955	1st automobile seat belt legislation enacted (Illinois).
	1966	1st sci-fi soap opera, "Dark Shadows," premiers.
28	1836	James Madison 4th US pres, dies in Montpelier, Va.
	1975	Rod Serling writer/host (Twilight Zone, Night Gallery), dies at 60.
29	1863	Very 1st First National Bank opens in Davenport, Iowa.
	1916	Boeing aircraft flies for 1st time.
	1967	Jayne Mansfield actress, dies in a car crash at 34.
	1978	Bob Crane actor (Hogan's Heroes), murdered at 59.
30	1936	40 hour work week law approved (federal).
	1952	"The Guiding Light" soap opera moves from radio to TV.
	1974	Mrs Albert King mother of Martin Luther King, murdered in church.
	1975	Cher, just 4 days after divorcing Sonny Bono marries Gregg Allman.