On this day in history, May 9, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson
(above) issued a proclamation for Americans to show a public expression of reverence to mothers through the celebration of
Mother’s Day.

"Proclamation 1268 – Mother’s Day" stated, in part, "Whereas,
by a Joint Resolution approved May 8, 1914, designating the
second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day, and for other purposes,
the President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation
calling upon the government officials to display the United
States flag on all government buildings," according to The
American Presidency Project of the University of California
Santa Barbara.

The proclamation continued, "And the people of the United
States [can] display the flag at their homes or other suitable
places on the second Sunday in May as a public expression
of our love and reverence for the mothers of our country."

Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis
(September 30, 1832 – May 9, 1905)

The first unofficial Mother’s Day observances
were organized by West Virginia resident Anna
Jarvis and held in Grafton, West Virginia, and
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 10, 1908,
according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Kahan, a Holocaust survivor, took to the field in honor of the Florida Holocaust Museum. Kahan lost family in the
Holocaust, and survived concentration camps.

A crowd of more than 25,000 cheered on 100-year-old Holocaust
survivor Helen Kahan as she threw the first pitch of the game
between the Tampa Bay Rays and the New York Yankees.

"It was really wonderful and exciting," Kahan told Fox News
Digital of the May 5 first-in-series baseball game held at
Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida.

"I loved seeing so many people cheering for us, ‘Go Tampa Bay.
Win, win, win!,’" the centenarian added. "Thank you for honoring
me. Thank you for honoring the Florida Holocaust Museum. I
waited 100 years to do this." (FOX NEWS)

Kahan was joined by her family as she threw the first pitch
at the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays game in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Friday.

The XK 120 was fully restored in 2011. (RM Sotheby’s)

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A 1952 Jaguar XK120 originally owned by Clark Gable is being
put up for sale for the first time since 1982. He owned the car
until late 1953.

The Battleship Grey roadster was delivered to the Hollywood
legend in Cornwall, U.K., where he was working on the film
"Never Let Me Go."

Clark Gable (above) used the car to tour Europe after the
movie was done.

William Clark Gable
(1901 – 1960)

On this day in history, May 8, 1945, President Harry Truman
announced to the American people that Nazi Germany’s
forces had surrendered in World War II — and that "the
flags of freedom fly all over Europe."

The day has been known as Victory in Europe Day or V-E
Day, with celebrations erupting all around the globe to
mark the end of World War II in Europe.

The war had been raging for nearly five years when U.S.
and Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy,
France, on June 6, 1944, as defense.gov notes.

On May 8, 1963, with the 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.

Sir Sean (Thomas) Connery
(25 August 1930 – 31 October 2020)