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Now I'm going to have Traci Lords in my brain all day, thanks. Really thanks!
Also on May 7, 1945- Germany signed an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Rheims, France, to take effect the following day, ending the European conflict of World War II |
may 7th, 1983...
In a school playground, James Vance presses a shotgun to his chin and pulls the trigger. He and cohort Raymond Belknap had forged a suicide pact while listening to Stained Class by Judas Priest. But where Belknap succeeded, Vance fails. The dumbshit survives, destroying his face. He later uses his disfigurement to his advantage, terrorizing small children on his bicycle. Both kids' parents file suit against the band, but a judge ultimately rejects their subliminal message theory. Vance dies from painkillers on Thanksgiving three years later. |
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Also on May 8th, 1886- Atlanta pharmacist John Styth Pemberton invented the flavor syrup for Coca-Cola.
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2001-In Ghana, during a football match at Accra Stadium 126 fans lose their life during a stampede. 1972-Israeli soldiers storm a hijacked Sabena Boeing airplane at Lod airport in Tel Aviv, releasing 100 people on board. 1960-The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approve the sale of the birth control pill. 1955-West Germany joins NATO. 1978-terrorist kidnappers murder Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro and dump his body in Rome. |
Also on May 9, 1994, South Africa's newly elected parliament chose Nelson Mandela to be the country's first black president.
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Also on May 10, 1869, a golden spike was driven at Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States.
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On May 11, 1981 greatness died.
RIP Bob Marley |
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On May 19th, 1962- Actress Marilyn Monroe performed a sultry rendition of "Happy Birthday" for President John F. Kennedy during a fund-raiser at New York's Madison Square Garden.
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On May 20th, 1927- Charles Lindbergh took off for Paris from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, N.Y., aboard the Spirit of St. Louis on the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Also on May 20, 1946, Cher (Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPierre) was born...
Cher - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
On May 21, 1927- Charles A. Lindbergh landed his Spirit of St. Louis near Paris, completing the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean
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On May 22nd 1868- The Great Train Robbery took place near Marshfield, Ind., as seven members of the Reno gang made off with $96,000 in cash, gold and bonds.
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Also on May 22, 1938, Susan Strasberg was born...
Susan Strasberg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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Also on May 23rd, 1934- Bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were shot to death in a police ambush as they were driving a stolen Ford Deluxe along a road in Bienville Parish, La.
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On May 25th, 1844- The first telegraphed news dispatch, sent from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore, appeared in the Baltimore Patriot.
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On May 26th, 1521- Martin Luther was declared an outlaw and his writings were banned by the Edict of Worms.
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Also on May 26, 1966, Helena Bonham-Carter was born...
Helena Bonham Carter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
On May 27th, 1941- The British navy sank the German battleship Bismarck off France with a loss of more than 2,100 lives.
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Also on May 27, 1957, Eddie Hersch of The Black Crowes was born...
The Black Crowes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
On May 28th, 1998- Comic actor Phil Hartman of "Saturday Night Live" and "NewsRadio" fame was shot to death by his wife, Brynn, who then killed herself.
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Also on May 29th, 1953- Mount Everest was conquered as Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and sherpa Tenzing Norgay of Nepal became the first climbers to reach the summit.
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On May 30, 1939, Michael J. Pollard was born...
Michael J. Pollard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
Also on May 30th, 1883- A rumor that the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge was in danger of collapsing triggered a stampede that led to the trampling deaths of 12 people.
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