SANDY KOZEL

On this day in 1937, the German airship Hindenburg crashed and
burned in Lakehurst, NJ. Thirty-six people, of the 97 on board,
were killed.

Japanese troops landing on Corregidor.

On this day in 1942, during World War II, Japanese military seized
control of the Philippines. About 15,000 Americans and Filipinos
on Corregidor surrendered to the Japanese.

CAMILLE BOHANNON

Alan Shepard became the first American in space when he made a
15 minute suborbital flight on this day in 1961.

Napoléon Bonaparte (August 15, 1769 – May 5, 1821)

Napoleon was a French statesman and military leader who rose to
prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful
campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars. He was Emperor
of the French from 1804 until 1814.

Death of Napoleon the Great, French engraving from 1828.

Napoleon on his death bed. It is said       
he died of stomach cancer.

Napoleon’s tomb at Les Invalides.

Karl Marx  (May 5, 1818 – March 14, 1883)

Karl Marx was a renowned German political theorist,
philosopher, and economist. He penned both Das
Kapital and The Communist Manifesto. He attended
both the University of Bonn and the University of
Berlin.

A bust of Karl Marx at the garden of the Karl
Marx House museum in Trier, Germany.

Robert Gerard Sands (March 9, 1954 – May 5, 1981)

Bobby Sands (member of the provisional IRA – Irish
Republican Army: died following a hunger strike on
this day in 1981.

Music Hall was dedicated in New York City on this day in 1891. It was later renamed Carnegie Hall.

A ticket from the opening-night concert.

Frankie Valli (Francesco Stephen Castelluccio) was born in Newark,
New Jersey. 
       

Frankie Valli has been the front man with the Four Seasons since 1960. The
groups hits included "Big Girls Don’t Cry" and "Sherry." He was inducted
into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Four Seasons. Frankie had 29
Top 40 hits with The Four Seasons and 9 more as a solo artist. Before fame,
Frankie Valli once worked as a barber until his singing career was able to
support him.

SANDY KOZEL

Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (May 3, 1469 – June 21 1527) 

Machiavelli was an Italian diplomat, politician, historian, philosopher,
humanist, and writer of the Renaissance period. He has often been
called the father of modern political science.

On this day in 1948, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities
were legally unenforceable.

In his debut at Yankee Stadium against the St. Louis Browns on
this day in 1936, the “$75,000 rookie”, Joe DiMaggio recorded a
triple and two singles in six plate appearances, showcasing that consistently sweet swing that fans would come to know and love.

He was the only Yankees player to get a hit off of Browns’ relief
pitcher Russ Van Atta that day, as New York defeated St. Louis,
14-5.
 

Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014)

Pete Seeger had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member
of the Weavers, most notably their recording of Lead Belly‘s "Goodnight,
Irene", which topped the charts for 13 weeks in 1950. Members of the
Weavers were blacklisted during the McCarthy Era. In the 1960s, Seeger
re-emerged on the public scene as a prominent singer of protest music in
support of international disarmament, civil rights, counterculture, and environmental causes.

As a songwriter, Pete Seeger’s best-known songs include "Where Have
All the Flowers Gone?" (with Joe Hickerson), "If I Had a Hammer (The
Hammer Song)" (with Lee Hays of the Weavers), and "Turn! Turn! Turn!".

James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006)

Singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, record producer and bandleader,
James Brown is often referred to as the "Godfather of Soul". In a career
that lasted 50 years, he influenced the development of several music
genres. Brown began his career as a gospel singer in Toccoa, Georgia.

James Brown & The Famous Flames At The Apollo.

SANDY KOZEL

On this day in 1945, the Russians took Berlin after 12 days of fierce house-to-house fighting. The Allies announced the surrender of
Nazi troops in Italy and parts of Austria.

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1919)

Confederate Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was wounded by his
own men in the battle of Chancellorsville, VA. on this day in 1863 and
died 8 days later.

Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson
(January 21, 1824 – May 10, 1863)

On this day in 1994, Nelson Mandela claimed victory after South
Africa’s first democratic elections.

John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972)

J. Edgar Hoover was the longtime director of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He became involved in law
enforcement as a special assistant to the attorney general,
overseeing the roundups and deportations of suspected
communists during the post-World War I Red Scare. He
was named bureau director in 1924, Hoover emphasized
modern investigational techniques and earned renown
for challenging criminal syndicates. He also became
known for secretly monitoring the activities of various
organizations that were considered subversive, including
the Black Panthers, the Socialist Workers Party and the
Ku Klux Klan. Despite his controversial methods, Hoover
remained in power until his death.

Crosby was born in Tacoma, Washington.