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Irish singer Bono (Paul David Hewson) is 65 years old today.
10
May
HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY
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10
May
FIRST LATINA WOMAN IN SPACE IS 66 TODAY
Ellen Ochoa is an American engineer, former astronaut and
former director of the Johnson Space Center. In 1993, Ochoa
became the first Latina woman to go to space when she served
on a nine-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery.
Ochoa became director of the center upon the retirement of
the previous director, Michael Coats, on December 31, 2012.
She was the first Latina director and the second female director
of Johnson Space Center.
09
May
FIRST MOTHER’S DAY PROCLAIMED IN 1914
On May 9, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson (above) issued a
presidential proclamation that officially established the first
national Mother’s Day holiday to celebrate America’s mothers.
The idea for a “Mother’s Day” is credited by some to Julia Ward
Howe (1872) and by others to Anna Jarvis (1907), who both
suggested a holiday dedicated to a day of peace.
Many individual states celebrated Mother’s Day by 1911, but it
was not until Wilson lobbied Congress in 1914 that Mother’s
Day was officially set on the second Sunday of every May.
In his first Mother’s Day proclamation, Wilson stated that the
holiday offered a chance to “[publicly express] our love and
reverence for the mothers of our country.”
J. C. Leyendecker painted ‘Pot of Hyacinths’ to be used
on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post’s May 30, 1914
issue.
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08
May
U.S. MOVIEGOERS FIRST SAW JAMES BOND
On May 8, 1963, with the American release of Dr. No, North
American moviegoers get their first look down the barrel
of a gun—at the super-spy James Bond (codename: 007),
the immortal character created by Ian Fleming in his now-
famous series of novels and portrayed onscreen by the
relatively unknown Scottish actor Sean Connery.
Sean Connery and Ursula Andress.
Joseph Wiseman as Dr. No.
Sir Thomas Sean Connery (25 August 1930 – 31 October 2020)
08
May
DIRECTOR JAMES FOLEY HAS DIED AT 71
James Foley (December 28, 1953 – May 6, 2025)
Famed Hollywood director James Foley has passed away after
a battle with brain cancer. Many know James’ work but may
not even realize it. In addition to directing films like Glengarry
Glenn Ross and two films in the Fifty Shades franchise.
James worked with Madonna several times for her iconic music
videos. He directed videos for Papa Don’t Preach, Live to Tell,
and True Blue in the 1980s. James also served as the director
for Madonna’s 1987 feature film Who’s That Girl.
(Hollywood Reporter)
1992 
Al Pacino and James Foley.
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