Willie Howard Mays, Jr. was born in Westfield, Alabama.
Willie Mays is a Hall of Fame outfielder and 24-time All-Star known as the "Say
Hey Kid." He hit 660 home runs for the New York and San Francisco Giants
and the New York Mets and was a 2-time National League MVP as well as a
World Series Champion with the Giants in 1954.
NASHVILLE, Tenn.(AP) – According to a publicist today, country music legend
Loretta Lynn remains hospitalized after having a stroke.
Sony Music publicist Maria Malta said nothing has changed from information
posted on Lynn’s website which states the 85-year-old singer and songwriter
was admitted to a Nashville hospital Thursday night after suffering the stroke
at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee.
The website further stated she is responsive and expected to make a full
recovery and Lynn has been advised by doctors to stay off the road while
she recuperates, and upcoming scheduled shows will be postponed.
SANDY KOZEL
It was on this day in 1942.
Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister turned 88 March 23.
Orson Welles with big brother Richard Welles.
George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985)
1941
CAMILLE BOHANNON
Alan Shepard became the first American in space when he made
a short suborbital flight on this day in 1961.
On the day in 1821, Napoleon Bonaparte on his deathbed.
The cause of his death has been debated. Napoleon’s physician, François
Carlo Antommarchi, led the autopsy, which found the cause of death to be
stomach cancer. He was 51.
The member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army died while on
a hunger strike during imprisonment at HM Prison Maze (Long Kesh).
He was the leader of the strike in which prisoners protested against
the removal of Special Category Status.
Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for "Fifth of May") is a celebration held on May 5. The
date is observed to commemorate the Mexican Army‘s victory over French
forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of General
Ignacio Zaragoza.
Capitol Records, who were looking for a young singer to rival Elvis Presley,
invited Gene Vincent to record the song “Be-Bop-A-Lula” at Owen Bradley‘s
studio in Nashville, Tennessee. It was released in June 1956 and immediately
sold well. The song was successful on three singles charts: it peaked at #7
on the Billboard pop music chart, #8 on the R&B chart, and also made the
top ten on the C&W Best Seller chart peaking at #5. In April 1957, Capitol
announced that over 2 million copies of the record had been sold to date.
Gene Vincent with His Blue Caps.
Gene Vincent (Vincent Eugene Craddock)
(February 11, 1935 – October 12, 1971)
