May 5 - Out for a Walk

Out for a Walk

This Day In History

1215

Rebel barons renounce their allegiance to King John of England — part of a chain of events leading to the signing of the Magna Carta.

1809

Mary Kies becomes the first woman awarded a U.S. patent, for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread.

1835

In Belgium, the first railway in continental Europe opens between Brussels and Mechelen.

1865

In North Bend, Ohio (a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio), the first train robbery in the United States takes place.

1866

Memorial Day first celebrated in United States at Waterloo, New York.

1891

The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.

1904

Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.

1961

Mercury-Redstone 3 – Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, on a sub-orbital flight.

Famous Birthdays

1749

Jean-Frédéric Edelmann, French composer (d. 1794)

1813

Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (d. 1855)

1830

John Batterson Stetson, American hat manufacturer (d. 1906)

1832

H.H. Bancroft, American historian and publisher (d. 1918)

1864

Nellie Bly, American journalist and writer (d. 1922)

1899

Freeman Gosden, American radio comedian (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy) (d. 1982)

1903

James Beard, American chef and cookbook writer (d. 1985)

1914

Tyrone Power, American actor (d. 1958)

1926

Ann B. Davis, American actress

1935

Bernard Pivot, French journalist and television host

1940

Lance Henriksen, American actor and painter

1942

Tammy Wynette, American musician (d. 1998)

1943

Michael Palin, British writer, actor, and comedian

1944

John Rhys-Davies, English-born Welsh actor
Roger Rees, Welsh-American actor

1957

Richard E. Grant, British actor