Saturday History
Andrews McMeel Syndicate
Today is the 135th day of 2021 and the 57th day of spring.
TODAY’S HISTORY:
— In 1918, the United States launched its first regular airmail service.
— In 1970, President Richard Nixon appointed Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female U.S. Army generals.
— In 1972, Alabama Gov. George Wallace was shot and left permanently paralyzed below the waist while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination in Maryland.
— In 1988, Soviet troops began withdrawing from Afghanistan.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: L. Frank Baum (1856-1919), author; Pierre Curie (1859-1906), physicist; Richard J. Daley (1902-1976), politician; Jasper Johns (1930- ), artist; Madeleine Albright (1937- ), former secretary of state; Roger Ailes (1940-2017), news executive; Brian Eno (1948- ), singer-songwriter/musician; Chazz Palminteri (1952- ), actor; George Brett (1953- ), baseball player; Dan Patrick (1956- ), sportscaster; Emmitt Smith (1969- ), football player; Ray Lewis (1975- ), football player; Andy Murray (1987- ), tennis player.
TODAY’S FACT: Las Vegas was founded on this day in 1905, when the 110 acres that would eventually become downtown were purchased at auction.
TODAY’S SPORTS: In 2004, Smarty Jones won the Preakness Stakes thoroughbred horse race by a record margin of 11 1/2 lengths.
TODAY’S QUOTE: “No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire.” — L. Frank Baum, “The Lost Princess of Oz”
TODAY’S NUMBER: 38,198 — McDonald’s restaurants worldwide in 2020. The first McDonald’s restaurant opened in San Bernardino, Calif., on this day in 1940.
TODAY’S MOON: Between new moon (May 11) and first quarter moon (May 19).
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