On May 8, 1914, the U.S. Congress passed a law designating the second
Sunday in May as Mother’s Day and requesting a proclamation. The next
day, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation declaring the first 
national Mother’s Day.

In 1934, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt approved this special stamp 
commemorating Mother’s Day.

Camille Bohannon

Learned turned 75 on April 9

Michael Learned is known for her role as the mom, Olivia Walton
on the CBS television family series The Waltons (1972-1981).

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USS Saratoga (CVA 60) was commissioned April 14, 1956

The USS Saratoga, the legendary aircraft carrier that played a key role in the
Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam and Gulf wars, is destined for dismantling after
the Navy paid one penny to a Texas firm to recycle the 81,101-ton behemoth.

The once-mighty vessel is the second of three conventionally-powered carriers
to set to sail to the scrapyard, following another one-cent deal involving the
Forrestal in October. ESCO Marine, of Brownsville, will pay to tow, dismantle 
and recycle the ship, which was decommissioned in 1994 after more than 38
years of service. Efforts to spare the ship failed, as they did with the Forrestal
last year.

Sandy Kozel

Irish born singer Bono (Paul David Hewson) is 54 today. The name
Bono was derived from the nickname Bono Vox O’ Connell Street,
which means good voice of O’Connell Street.

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