TODAY IN HISTORY

On May 2, 1863, during the Civil War, Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson was accidentally wounded by his own men at Chancellorsville, Virginia; he died eight days later.

In 1941, General Mills began shipping a new cereal, “Cheerioats,” to test markets. (The cereal was later renamed “Cheerios.”)

In 1970, jockey Diane Crump became the first woman to ride in the Kentucky Derby.

In 1994, Nelson Mandela claimed victory in the wake of South Africa’s first democratic elections.

In 2010, record rains and flash floods in Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee caused more than 30 deaths and submerged the Grand Ole Opry House stage.

the Boy Scouts of America announced that the group’s flagship program would undergo a name change; the program would now be called Scouts BSA.

In 2018,