MAY 6, 2020
Today is:
| International No Diet Day
National Beverage Day National Crêpe Suzette Day National Nurses Day National School Nurses Day No Homework Day |
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
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SIGMUND FREUD (1856-1939) — Austrian neurologist, psychologist, and founder of psychoanalysis. |
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ROBERT PEARY (1856-1920) — American naval officer and explorer. Claimed to have been the first to reach the geographic North Pole. |
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RUDOLPH VALENTINO (1895-1926) — Italian silent film actor and one of the world’s first pop icons. His sudden death caused a worldwide hysteria among his fans. |
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ORSON WELLES (1915-1985) — American actor, director, and writer. Best known for his 1938 radio broadcast of War of the Worlds and for the film Citizen Kane. |
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WILLIE MAYS (1931) — American Hall of Fame baseball player. Considered one of the greatest players of all time. |
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GEORGE CLOONEY (1961) — American actor, director, producer, & filmmaker (ER, The Monuments Men, Oceans Eleven) |
TODAY IN HISTORY
| 1889 – The Eiffel Tower officially opens to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris. |  |
| 1915 – Babe Ruth, a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run. |  |
| 1937 – The Hindenberg disaster – the German zeppelin catches fire and is destroyed in Lakehurst, NJ, killing 36. |  |
| 1954 – Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run a mile in under 4 minutes. |  |
