Today In History
Today is Wednesday, May 2, the 122nd day of 2018. There are 243 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
› 1908: The original version of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game,” with music by Albert Von Tilzer and lyrics by Jack Norworth, was published by Von Tilzer’s York Music Co.
ON THIS DATE
› 1670: The Hudson’s Bay Co. was chartered by England’s King Charles II.
› 1927: The U.S. Supreme Court, in Buck v. Bell, upheld 8-1 a Virginia law allowing the forced sterilization of people to promote the “health of the patient and the welfare of society.”
› 1936: “Peter and the Wolf,” a symphonic tale for children by Sergei Prokofiev, had its world premiere in Moscow.
› 1968: “The Odd Couple,” the movie version of the Neil Simon comedy starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, opened in New York.
› 1970: Jockey Diane Crump became the first woman to ride in the Kentucky Derby; she finished in 15th place aboard Fathom.
› 1982: The Weather Channel made its debut.
› 1994: Nelson Mandela claimed victory in the wake of South Africa’s first democratic elections.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Singer Engelbert Humperdinck is 82. Former International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge is 76. Actress-activist Bianca Jagger is 73. Country singer R.C. Bannon is 73. Actor David Suchet is 72. Singer-songwriter Larry Gatlin is 70. Rock singer Lou Gramm (Foreigner) is 68. Actress Christine Baranski is 66. Singer Angela Bofill is 64. Fashion designer Donatella Versace is 63. Country singer Ty Herndon is 56. Actress Mitzi Kapture is
56. Commentator Mika Brzezinski is 51. Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb is
50. Rock musician Todd Sucherman (Styx) is 49. Wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne Johnson (aka The Rock) is 46. Soccer player David Beckham is
43. Rock singer Jeff Gutt (Stone Temple Pilots) is
42. Actress Jenna Von Oy is 41. Actress Ellie Kemper is 38. Actor Robert Buckley is 37. Actor Gaius Charles is 35. Olympic gold medal figure skater Sarah Hughes is 33. Rock musician Jim Almgren (Carolina Liar) is 32. Actor Thomas McDonell is 32. Actress Kay Panabaker is
28. Princess Charlotte of Cambridge is 3.