Today In History
Today is Tuesday, May 1, the 121st day of 2018. There are 244 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
› 1898: Commodore George Dewey gave the command, “You may fire when you are ready, Gridley,” as an American naval force destroyed a Spanish squadron in Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.
ON THIS DATE
› 1707: The Kingdom of Great Britain was created as a treaty merging England and Scotland took effect.
› 1786: Mozart’s opera “The Marriage of Figaro” premiered in Vienna.
› 1893: The World’s Columbian Exposition, celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ voyage to the Western Hemisphere, opened to the public in Chicago, beginning a sixmonth run.
› 1931: New York’s 102story Empire State Building was dedicated.
› 1941: The Orson Welles motion picture “Citizen Kane” premiered in New York.
› 1960: The Soviet Union shot down an American U-2 reconnaissance plane over Sverdlovsk and captured its pilot, Francis Gary Powers.
› 1967: Elvis Presley married Priscilla Beaulieu at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas.
› 1982: The World’s Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee, was opened by President Ronald Reagan.
› 2011: President Barack Obama announced the death of Osama bin Laden during a U.S. commando operation.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Singer Judy Collins is
79. Actor Stephen Macht is 76. Singer Rita Coolidge is 73. Pop singer Nick Fortuna (The Buckinghams) is 72. Actor-director Douglas Barr is 69. Actor Dann Florek is 67. Singer-songwriter Ray Parker Jr. is 64. Actor Byron Stewart is 62. Hall of Fame jockey Steve Cauthen is 58. Actress Maia Morgenstern is 56. Actor Scott Coffey is 54. Country singer Wayne Hancock is 53. Actor Charlie Schlatter is 52. Country singer Tim McGraw is
51. Rock musician Johnny Colt is 50. Rock musician D’Arcy is 50. Movie director Wes Anderson is
49. Actress Julie Benz is
46. Actor Bailey Chase is
46. Country singer Cory Morrow is 46. Gospel/ rhythm and blues singer Tina Campbell (Mary Mary) is 44. Actor Darius McCrary is 42. Actor Jamie Dornan is 36. Actress Kerry Bishe is 34.