May 5, 2022
QUOTE
Keep people from their history, and they are easily controlled.
--Karl Marx
BIRTHDAYS
1818 – Karl Marx, German philosopher, sociologist, and journalist
1914 – Tyrone Power, Actor
1915 – Alice Faye, Actress and singer
1942 – Tammy Wynette, Singer-songwriter and guitarist
1943 – Michael Palin, English actor and screenwriter
1946 – Jim Kelly, Actor, athlete, and martial artist
IN MEMORY
1821 – Napoleon, French general and emperor
1983 – John Williams, English-American actor
2001 – Clifton Hillegass, American publisher who created CliffsNotes
IN ON THIS DAY
1260 – Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire.
1809 – Mary Kies becomes the first woman awarded a U.S. patent, for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread.
1864 – The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County.
1866 – Memorial Day first celebrated in United States.
1973 – Secretariat wins the 1973 Kentucky Derby in an as-yet unbeaten record.