MAY 7, 2020
Today is:
| Make a Book Day
National Children’s Mental Health Day National Day of Prayer National Day of Reason National Tourism Day World Password Day |
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
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JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897) — German composer, pianist, and conductor. |
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PYTOR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) — American actor and director (The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, On the Waterfront) |
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GARY COOPER (1901-1961) — American actor from the Classical Hollywood era. (Sgt. York, Pride of the Yankees, High Noon) |
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EVA PERÓN (1919-1952) — Argentinian actress, First Lady of Argentina, & activist. Called the “Spiritual Leader of the Nation”. |
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DARRIN McGAVIN (1922-2006) — American actor, most familiar today as “the Old Man” (Ralphie’s father) in A Christmas Story. |
TODAY IN HISTORY
| 1915 – The RMS Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. This event turns American sentiment against the German Empire in WWI. |  |
| 1945 – German General Alfred Jodl signs the unconditional surrender of German troops at Reims, France, ending German participation in World War II. |  |
| 1952 – The concept for the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published. |  |
