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#: (C) Copyright 1990-1991 The Software Construction Co., All Rights Reserved.
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#: Monthly stuff
5:Correct Posture Month.
#: Events depending on weekdays
S(5/7) :Kentucky Derby (1st Saturday in May).
#: Normal events
5/1/1822 :1st mayor of Boston inaugurated (John Phillips).
5/2/1917 :Only major league baseball game with no hits on either side
:through 9 innings (Cincinatti vs. Chicago).
5/3/1765 :1st medical school in America organized.
5/4/1989 :Oliver North convicted in the Iran-Contra affair.
5/5/1865 :1st recorded US train robbery (N. Bend, OH).
5/6 :National Homebrew Day.
5/7/2858 :Almanac Trial (A. Lincoln, defense attorney).
5/8/1878 :1st major league triple play.
5/9/1914 :1st Mother's Day proclaimed.
5/10/1818:Paul Revere, US patriot, died.
5/11/1947:Tubeless tires announced (Akron, OH).
5/12 :Limerick Day.
5/13/1783:Society of Cincinnati founded.
5/14/1969:Last Chevrolet Corvair produced.
5/15/1888:First woman nominated for president.
5/16/1866:Root beer 1st made (C.E. Hires).
5/17/1792:NY Stock Exchange formed.
5/18/1896:Supreme Ct. upholds segregation so long as "separate but equal."
5/19/1898:Postcard first authorized.
5/20/1830:Fountain pen patented (D. Hyde).
5/21/1908:1st horror film ("Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde") released (Chicago).
5/22/1868:The Reno gang stole $98,000 in the first "Great Train Robbery".
5/23/1701:Captain William Kidd was hanged for piracy and murder.
5/24/1543:Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer, died.
5/25/1901:1st Indian motorcycle built.
5/26/1945:B-29s firebombed Tokyo.
5/27/1796:Piano patented (J.S. McLean, NJ).
5/28/1942:Sugar rationing began in US.
5/29/1919:Pop-up toaster patented (Charles Strite).
5/30/1783:First 1st daily newspaper began publication (PA Evening Post).
5/31/1884:Patent for "flaked cereal" applied for (Dr. John Harvey Kellogg).