MAY 5, 2020
Today is:
| Cartoonists Day
Cinco de Mayo National Concert Day Museum Lovers Day National Hoagie Day National Teacher Day Oyster Day World Asthma Day Revenge of the Fifth |
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
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SØREN KIERKEGAARD (1813-1855) — Danish philosopher, theologian, & poet. Considered first existentialist philosopher. |
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KARL MARX (1818-1883) — German philosopher, sociologist economist, and social revolutionary. Author of The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital. |
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NELLIE BLY (1864-1922) — American journalist. Best known for her record breaking trip around the world in 72 days and undercover expose of a mental institution (Ten Days in a Mad-House) |
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SIR MICHAEL PALIN (1943) — English comedian, actor, author, and television presenter. Best-known as part of Monty Python’s Flying Circus. |
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JOHN RHYS-DAVIES (1944) — Welsh actor & producer (Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones, Sliders). |
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ADELE (1988) — English singer-songwriter |
TODAY IN HISTORY
| 1821 – Emperor Napoleon I dies in exile on the South Atlantic island of Saint Helena. |  |
| 1862 – Cinco de Mayo — Outnumbered Mexican forces repel French invaders at the Battle of Puebla |  |
| 1865 – The government of the Confederate States of America is declared officially dissolved in Washington, Georgia. |  |
| 1961 – Astronaut Alan Shepard is the first American in space, spending 15 minutes in a sub-orbital flight. |  |
