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.

SANDY KOZEL

Marconi was an Italian inventor and electrical engineer known for his pioneering
work on long-distance radio transmission and for his development of Marconi’s
law and a radio telegraph system. He is often credited as the inventor of radio.

Soviet and American forces meet at the Elbe River near Torgau,
Germany. World War II in Europe is almost over.

The Hubble Telescope being deployed from space shuttle Discovery
on this day in 1990.

The Hubble Space Telescope was deployed into low Earth orbit 
and remains in operation to this day.  

 
DAVID MELENDY

It was on this day in 1961.

On this day in 1970.

On April 17, 1790, American statesman, printer,
scientist, and writer Benjamin Franklin dies in
Philadelphia at age 84.

Join, or Die was the first political cartoon published
in America by Benjamin Franklin in The Pennsylvania
Gazette.

The Mustang convertible Serial #1 introduced on this day in 1964.

SANDY KOZEL

          
              It was on this day in 1970.

Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826)

Pope John Paul ll (left) shakes hands with Rabbi Eilo Toaff upon
visiting the main Synagogue in Rome on this day in 1986.

The Pope’s meeting marked the beginning of a new era in Catholic-Jewish
relations. It was the first time a pope had entered the Rome synagogue.

On this day in 1964,Sidney Poitier became the first African- American
to win an Academy Award Oscar for Best Actor for his role in Lilies
of the Field.

Sidney Poitier turned 90, February 20.

MIKE GRACIA

The United States’ Space Shuttle program began as Columbia
embarked upon its first mission on this day in 1981.

Crew members from left: John W. Young and Bob Crippen.

David Michael Letterman is 70 years old today.

David Letterman worked as a weatherman for AM radio station WNTS and
anchored on Indianapolis television station WLWI.

Although he registered for the draft during the Vietnam War, he did not fight
because he received a draft lottery number 346 (out of 366).