- 1862] The Mexican militia defeats the French army in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico. Sounds like a reason to celebrate Cinco de Mayo to me...
- 1891] The Music Hall opens in Manhattan. It will be renamed Carnegie Hall...
- 1900] "The Billboard" which will later be changed to "Billboard Magazine", starts publishing weekly after 6 years as a monthly...
- 1904] Pitching for the Boston Pilgrims, 37-year old pitcher Cy Young completes the 1st perfect game in the modern era (when the pitching rubber was moved to 60', 6"). Young beats the Philadelphia A's...
- 1925] Dayton, Tennessee biology teacher John T. Scopes is arrested for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution. 83 years later it's still being debated...
- 1955] On 5/5/55, Boston and Detroit combine for 5 runs with the Tigers winning 3-2. It is the only game scheduled in the American League...
- 1961] Alan Shepard, who along with Wally Schirra, was one of the original Mercury 7, makes a 15-minute sub-orbital flight from Cape Canaveral which I was fortunate enough to report on when I worked at WKKO in Cocoa. I watched the launch from the back of the control room, a few miles away...
- 1973] The great Secretariat wins the Kentucky Derby in a record time of 1:59:02. Secretariat, arguably the greatest thoroughbred who ever lived still owns that record. Big Red would win the Triple (Derby, Preakness, Belmont Stakes) Crown...2007] Street Sense wins the 133rd running of the Kentucky Derby...
- 1978] Pete Rose picks up his 3,000th hit as a member of the Reds...
- 1986] The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is approved for Cleveland. The world of music can thank Norm N. Nite for that. No one worked harder to get 1) A R&RHOF and 2) Get it built in Cleveland...
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