http://www.lorettalynn.com/

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.

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.

May Day is a public holiday usually celebrated on May 1. It is an ancient
northern hemisphere spring festival. It is also a traditional spring holiday
in many cultures. Dances, singing, and cake are usually part of the
celebrations that the day includes. The earliest May Day celebrations
appeared in pre-Christian times.