- 1835] Start the presses: James Gordon Bennett publishes the New York Herald for the first time…
- 1851] This is a lock: Linus Yale patents the clock-type lock and has the good sense to put his name on it…
- 1915] Bambino goes yard: Babe Ruth hits his first home run (as a Red Sox pitcher) against the Yankees. Three years later on the same date, he hits one against the Yankees as a position (first base) player…
- 1937] Oh the humanities: The hydrogen filled German dirigible Hindenburg crashes and burns in Lakehurst (NJ) killing 36 of the 97 people aboard in one of the most vivid scenes ever captured on film…
- 1954] Run a mile in my shoes: Roger Bannister becomes the first runner to finish a mile under 4 minutes. His time: 3:59:59.4…
- 1957] Profiles of a Pulitzer: John Fitzgerald Kennedy wins a Pulitzer Prize for his book "Profiles in Courage"…
- 1960] Wedding Bells: Britain’s Princess Margaret walks stiffly and properly down the royal aisle with commoner Anthony Armstrong Jones. They will stiffly and properly divorce in 1978…
- 1978] Last Triple Crown Winner: Affirmed captures the Kentucky Derby and will become the last Triple Crown winner…2006] Barbaro wins the Kentucky Derby, a first for jockey Edgar Prado. Sadly, tragedy awaits Barbaro in a tumultuous year for the thoroughbred…
- 1999] The Long Island Lolita is free: A parole board in New York votes to release Amy Fisher after 7 years for shooting her lover’s wife, Mary Jo Buttafuoco in the face…
- 2004] Friends no more: An estimated 51.1 million watch the final first-run episode of “Friends” on NBC-TV…For more on May 6th:
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