Today is Monday, May 1st, the 121st day of the year. There are 244
days remaining until the end of the year.
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES Date Your Mate Month,
Foster Care Month, National Barbecue Month, National Bike
Month, National Blood Pressure Month, National Hamburger
Hamburger Month, National Photograph Month, National
Recommitment Month, National Salad Month, Older Americans
Month, Nurse’s Week, May Day, Mother Goose Day, Kentucky
Derby Day, Save the Rhino Day, Loyalty Day, Herb Day,
Hawaiian Lei Day, Free Comic Book Day!
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Ray Parker Jr., 69, singer/songwriter
Eddie Johnson, 64, basketball player
Gary Clark, 61, football player
Billy Owens, 54, basketball player
Curtis Martin, 50, football player
Tina Atkins-Campbell, 49, singer
Darius McCrary, 47, actor
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
Patricia Roberts-Harris, 99, U.S. Cabinet member
Ollie Matson, 93, football player (d. 2011)
Little Walter, 93, harmonica player (d. 1968)
Max Robinson, 84, journalist (d. 1988)
DEATHS
Eldridge Cleaver, 1998, activist/author (b. 1935)
Chris Kelly, 2013, rapper (Kriss Kross) (b. 1978)
ON THIS DAY IN…
1863 – Confederate congress passed resolution to kill black
soldiers upon capture.
1867 – Reconstruction of the South begins with black voter
registration.
1884 – Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first Black to play
in a professional baseball game in the United States.
1884 – Proclamation of the demand for the eight-hour workday
in the United States.
1926 – Satchel Paige makes his pitching debut in Negro Southern
League.
1948 – Glenn Taylor, Idaho Senator, is arrested in Birmingham,
for trying to enter a meeting through a door marked “for Negroes”.
1950 – Gwendolyn Brooks is the 1st Black awarded a Pulitzer Prize
for poetry.
1956 – The polio vaccine developed by Dr. Jonas Salk is made
available to the public.
1972 – Radio’s Mutual Black Network premieres.
1989 – Disney-MGM Studios opens at Walt Disney World in
Orlando.
1991 – Ricky Henderson of the Oakland As steals his 939th base,
making him the all-time leader in this category.
2003 – In what becomes known as the “Mission Accomplished”
speech, on board the USS Abraham Lincoln, Pres. George Bush
declares that “major combat operations in Iraq have ended”
however the war continued for several more years.
2011 – Pres. Barack Obama announces that Osama Bin Laden,
the suspected mastermind behind the September 11th attacks
has been killed by U.S. Special Forces in Pakistan.
HOROSCOPE
As a Taurus born on May 1st, your personality is defined by tact, charm and practicality. Your social skills allow you to always know when to say and do the right thing. Your gifts for communication are paired nicely with your innate charms, which people are often drawn to. While your charms are widely known, those closest to you say your practicality may be your best kept secret. In all matters of life, especially your work, you prefer to take a practical and thoughtful approach.