Month: May 2025

MAY 31 — 1988 Reagan/Gorbechev summit ends; 1862 Battle of 7 Pines; 1868 Memorial Day/Decoration Day; 1819 Happy Birthday Walt Whitman MAY 31 1988-Reagan-Gorbachev summit in Moscow ends. …Good ol’ Rawhide Ronald Reagan traveled to Moscow in May 1988. General

V MAY 30 — 1806 Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson; 1908 Aldrich-Vreeland Act passes in response to Panic of 1907; 2009 Melvin Booth grows world’s longest fingernails 1806 – Andy Jackson kills Charles Dickinson. …Huh? His wife’s….husband…wait what did Old

MAY 29 — 1848 — Wisconsin joins the Union; 1962 Centralia begins burning uncontrollably; 2005 Danica Patrick takes lead in Indy 500; 1903 Happy Birthday Bob Hope; 1953 Happy Birthday Danny Elfman MAY 29 1848—Happy birthday Wisconsin! … The 30th

MAY 28 — 1754 Washington leads ambush in Battle of Jumonville Glen; 1830 Jackson signs Indian Removal Act, leading to Trail of Tears; 1946 Carter Glass dies (Federal Reserve);  NBA: 2016 Klay Tmopson sinks record 11 3s in playoff game

MAY 27 — 1813 Jefferson and Adams renew friendship; 1941 FDR gives National Emergency Speech; 2016 O’Brady completes the Explorer Grand Slam; 1937 Happy Birthday “Wild Bill” Hicock MAY 27 1813 – Thomas Jefferson reaches out to his old pal

MAY 26 — 1781 Robert Morris charters Bank of North America; 1927 Last Model T drives off lot; 1969 Kinetic Sculpture Race begins in Humboldt, CA;  1926 Happy Birthday Miles Davis MAY 26 1927 – Goodbye Tin Lizzy. Henry Ford

MAY 25 — 1977 Star Wars released; 1862 Stonewall Jackson victorious at 1st Battle of Winchester; 1922 Babe Ruth gets suspended/1935 makes last home run; 1803 Happy Birthday Ralph Waldo Emerson; 2015 Arizona man wins world record for longest leghair

MAY 24 — 1883 Brooklyn Bridge opens; 1884 Morse code runs successful test run; 1924 Charles August Lindbergh dies; 1989 Yankee Lee Gutterman sets pitching record; 1997 Tim Allen gets DUI MAY 24 1883—The Brooklyn Bridge opens. …At the time,

MAY 23 — 1934 Police catch up to Bonnie & Clyde; 1927 Lucky Lindburgh Lands in Paris!; 1785 Ben Franklin announces bifocals invention; 2000 Eminem releases Marshall Mathers LP MAY 23 1934 – Police finally catch up with Bonnie and

MAY 22 — ELECTIONS: 1835 Van Buren unanimously elected leader of the Democratic Party; 1856 The caning of Senator Charles Sumner; 1842 Howe’s Cavern is purchased in Cobleskill NY; 1966 Cloward-Pivens call for socialism in America MAY 22 1835 –