What Happened Last July 5?
What Happened Last July 5?
HISTORICAL EVENTS
05/07/0649 - St Martin I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
05/07/0767 - Duke of Nepi names his brother (leek) Pope Constantine II
05/07/1054 - Brightest supernova (Crab Nebula) 1st reported
05/07/1294 - Pietro del Murrone elected as Pope Coelestinus V
05/07/1295 - Scotland and France sign anti-English covenant
05/07/1436 - German emperor Sigismund signs peace with Hussieten
05/07/1450 - Pope Nicolas V names Walraven van Meurs bishop of Munster
05/07/1596 - English fleet under the earl of Essex plunder Cadiz
05/07/1626 - Battle at Lenz: Rebel Austrian Boers defeated
05/07/1643 - 1st recorded tornado in US (Essex County, Massachusetts)
05/07/1687 - Isaac Newton’s PRINCIPIA published by Royal Society in England
05/07/1750 - Slave revolt on Cura‡ao
05/07/1791 - Jos‚ Mar¡a Narv ez discovers Point Grey (now Vancouver BC)
05/07/1808 - Battle of Buenos Aires
05/07/1809 - -6) Battle of Wagram - Napoleon beats archduke Charles
05/07/1811 - Venezuela, 1st South American country to gain independence from Spain
05/07/1814 - Americans defeat British and Canadians at Chippewa, Ontario
05/07/1830 - France invades Algeria, begins a 40 year conquest
05/07/1832 - HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin departs Rio de Janeiro
05/07/1834 - Provisional government forms in Oregon Country
05/07/1841 - Thomas Cook opens 1st travel agency
05/07/1843 - Committee of 9 appointed to establish civil govt in Oregon Country
05/07/1859 - Capt N C Brooks discovers Midway Islands
05/07/1861 - Battle of Carthage, MO - US Gen Sigel attacks pro-secessionist
05/07/1863 - Battle of Jackson, MS and Battle of Birdsong Ferry, MS
05/07/1864 - Battle of Smith’s Expedition, MS (Tupelo, Harrisburg)
05/07/1865 - Secret Service began operating under the Treasury Department
05/07/1865 - Great Britain delegate’s world 1st maximum speed laws
05/07/1871 - Trial against Kiowa chief Satanta (White Bear) and Big Tree, begins
05/07/1884 - German consul-general Gustav Nachtigal takes possession of Cameroon
05/07/1884 - US Congress accept 2nd Chinese Exclusion Act
05/07/1891 - Hail kills 6 horses in Rapid City, SD
05/07/1900 - Compulsory education law passes Dutch 1st Chamber
05/07/1902 - Australia won the one and only Test Cricket played at Sheffield
05/07/1904 - Giants 18-game winning streak ends as Phillies win 6-5 in 10 inn
05/07/1913 - Queen Wilhelmina meets SDAP-leader Troelstra
05/07/1914 - Boston Braves are 15 games back in NL, and win World Series
05/07/1914 - Germany offers Austria war aid to fight against Russia in Serbia
05/07/1919 - Red Sox Babe Ruth hits 2 HRs in a game for his 1st of 72 times
05/07/1919 - 32nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: S Lenglen beats Chambers (10-8 46 97)
05/07/1922 - 1st general election in Netherlands
05/07/1922 - Uprising of social righteousness in Rio de Janeiro
05/07/1922 - Women 1st vote in Dutch elections, Christian parties win
05/07/1924 - Military revolt in Sao Paulo Brazil
05/07/1929 - 42nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (61 62)
05/07/1929 - WOWO-AM, Indiana returns to air, 1 day after transmitter burns down
05/07/1930 - 50th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats W Allison (63 97 64)
05/07/1932 - Antonio de Oliveira Salazar becomes premier/dictator of Portugal
05/07/1933 - German party Catholic Center disbands
05/07/1935 - FDR signs National Labor Relations Act
05/07/1935 - Chicago Cubs are 10« games back in NL, and go on to win the pennant
05/07/1935 - 1st time brothers on opposing teams hit HRs, Tony and Al Cuccunello
05/07/1935 - 1st "Hawaii Calls" radio program is broadcast
05/07/1936 - 120øF (49øC), Gannvalley, South Dakota (state record)
05/07/1937 - Republican offensive by Brunete in Spain
05/07/1937 - Joe DiMaggio’s 1st grand slammer
05/07/1937 - Chicago Cub Frank Demaree gets 6 hits in 1st game and 2 in 2nd game
05/07/1937 - 117øF (47øC), Medicine Lake, Montana (state record)
05/07/1938 - Herb Caen’s 1st column in SF Chronicle
05/07/1940 - Diplomatic relations broken between Britain and Vichy govt in France
05/07/1941 - German occupiers disband political parties
05/07/1942 - 1st performance of Heitor Villa-Lobos’ Choros 6/9/11
05/07/1942 - Ian Fleming graduates from a training school for spies in Canada
05/07/1943 - US invasion fleet (96 ships) sails to Sicily
05/07/1943 - Liberator bombers sink U-535 in Gulf of Biskaye
05/07/1943 - Battle of Koersk, USSR begins (6,000 tanks)
05/07/1943 - Battle of Gulf of Kula
05/07/1944 - Harry Crosby takes 1st rocket airplane, MX-324, for maiden flight
05/07/1945 - Labour Party wins British parliamentary election
05/07/1946 - Louis Reard’s bikini swimsuit design debuts at Paris fashion show
05/07/1947 - Larry Doby signs with Cleveland Indians-1st black player in AL
05/07/1947 - 54th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Osborne beat Doris Hart (62 64)
05/07/1947 - "Barefoot Boy with Cheek" closes at Martin Beck NYC after 108 perfs
05/07/1948 - Britain’s National Health Service Act begins
05/07/1949 - NY Giants purchase Monty Irvin and Henry Thompson, their 1st blacks
05/07/1950 - Law of Return passes, guarantees all Jews right to live in Israel
05/07/1951 - Dr William Shockley invents junction transistor (Murray Hill NJ)
05/07/1951 - Dodgers sweep the Giants and lead by 7« games (Giants will win pennant)
05/07/1952 - "Of Thee I Sing" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 72 performances
05/07/1952 - 59th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats L Brough (75 63)
05/07/1953 - Jackie Pung wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
05/07/1953 - WANC TV channel 21 in Asheville, NC (IND) begins broadcasting
05/07/1954 - Last day of Test Cricket for Khalid Hassan aged 16 yrs, 356 days
05/07/1954 - B-52A bomber made its maiden flight
05/07/1955 - English harbor strike ends
05/07/1956 - France raises tobacco tax 20% due to war in Algeria
05/07/1957 - Tom Graveney scores 258 v West Indies at Trent Bridge
05/07/1957 - 71st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Lew Hoad beats Ashley J Cooper (62 61 62)
05/07/1958 - 65th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats A Mortimer (86 62)
05/07/1958 - J Pengel forms govt/Emanuels premier of Suriname
05/07/1959 - Jack Gelber’s "Connection," premieres in NYC
05/07/1959 - Indonesia restores constitution
05/07/1959 - Ben-Gurion’s Israeli govt resigns
05/07/1960 - Mongolia adopts constitution
05/07/1961 - 80 die in collisions in Algiers
05/07/1961 - KUSD TV channel 2 in Vermillion, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting
05/07/1961 - St Louis Cardinal Bill White hits 3 HRs and a double
05/07/1962 - Mantle hits 2 homers en route to 4 consecutive homers
05/07/1962 - Algeria gains independence after 132 years of French rule
05/07/1962 - 96 murder at massacre in Oran, Algeria
05/07/1963 - 1st Beatle tune to hit US charts, Del Shannon "From Me to You" at #87
05/07/1966 - NYC transit fare rises from 15› to 20›
05/07/1966 - National Guard mobilizes in Omaha after 3rd night of rioting
05/07/1966 - Saturn I rocket launched at Cape Kennedy
05/07/1967 - Congo uprising under Belgian mercenary Jean Schramme
05/07/1968 - "Manifest of 1000 words" published in Prague
05/07/1968 - 82nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Tony Roche (63 64 62)
05/07/1968 - John Lennon sells his psychedelic painted Rolls-Royce
05/07/1968 - Phila 76′ers trade Wilt Chamberlain to LA Lakers
05/07/1969 - Rolling Stones play a free concert in London’s Hyde Park
05/07/1969 - 83rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats J Newcombe (64 57 64 64)
05/07/1970 - 25th US Women’s Open Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young
05/07/1970 - Air Canada DC-8 crashes 7 miles from Toronto’s airport killing 109
05/07/1971 - 26th amendment certified (reduces voting age to 18)
05/07/1971 - Simon Gray’s "Butley," premieres in London
05/07/1972 - Pierre Messmer appointed French premier
05/07/1973 - Test Cricket umpiring debut of H D "Dickie" Bird v NZ at Leeds
05/07/1973 - Rwanda military coup under general-major Habyalimana
05/07/1973 - Maj Gen Juvenal Habyarimana becomes president of Rwanda
05/07/1973 - Isle of Man begins issuing their own postage stamps
05/07/1973 - "Live and Let Die," James Bond film premieres
05/07/1974 - 81st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Olga Morzova (60 64)
05/07/1975 - 89th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Arthur Ashe beats J Connors (61 61 57 64)
05/07/1975 - Cape Verde Is gain independence after 500 years of Portuguese rule
05/07/1977 - Pakistan’s army, led by Gen Mohammad Zia ul-Haq, seizes power
05/07/1978 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
05/07/1978 - Soyuz 30 spacecraft touches down in Soviet Kazakhstan
05/07/1980 - 87th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Evonne Goolagong beats C Evert (61 76)
05/07/1980 - 94th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bj”rn B”rg beats McEnroe (16 75 63 67 86)
05/07/1981 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
05/07/1981 - Rajan Mahadevan recites 31,811 digits of ã from memory
05/07/1981 - Premier Begin’s Likud party wins Israeli elections
05/07/1981 - 9th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Jan Stephenson
05/07/1982 - Challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas
05/07/1982 - ICC Trophy record p/ship, 257 Schoonheim/Liffman, Hol v Malay
05/07/1983 - France invades Algeria
05/07/1983 - NJ Devils purchase AHL Maine Mariners as their farm team
05/07/1983 - Woman gives birth to baby 84 days after brain death (Roanoke, VA)
05/07/1984 - Supreme Court weakens 70-year-old "exclusionary rule"-evidence seized with defective court warrants can now be used in criminal trials
05/07/1985 - Nicholas Mark Sanders (England) begins circumnavigation of globe, covering 13,035 road miles in 78 days, 3 hr, 30 min
05/07/1985 - Premier Mugabe wins Zimbabwe elections
05/07/1985 - 117øF (47øC), St George, Utah (state rec) (103ø spread, UT 1985)
05/07/1986 - 93rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats H Mandlikova (76 63)
05/07/1986 - Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway sets 10K woman’s record (30:13.74)
05/07/1986 - Nancy Reagan cuts red, white and blue ribbon; reopens Statue of Liberty
05/07/1986 - Statue of Liberty is reopened after it is refurbished
05/07/1987 - Jane Geddes wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
05/07/1987 - A’s Mark McGwire is 1st rookie to hit 30 HRs before All Star break
05/07/1987 - 101st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pat Cash beats Ivan Lendl (76 62 75)
05/07/1988 - Malcolm Marshall takes 7-22 at Old Trafford, England all out 93
05/07/1989 - Toronto Blue Jays are 10 games back in AL, and go on to win AL East
05/07/1989 - South-African Pres Pieter Botha visits ANC leader Nelson Mandela
05/07/1989 - Rod Stewart hits his head while on stage and knocks himself out
05/07/1989 - Mark McGwire’s gets 100th HR, 2nd fastest (1400 at bats) (to Kiner)
05/07/1989 - Barry Bond’s HR sets father-son (Bobby) HR record at 408
05/07/1990 - Zina Garrison upsets Steffi Graf in Wimbledon semi-finals
05/07/1991 - Lillian Cucuzza wins name Florida baseball team contest (Marlins)
05/07/1991 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
05/07/1991 - Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins given final approval by owners
05/07/1992 - 106th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Agassi beats Ivanisevic (67 64 64 16 64)
05/07/1992 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
05/07/1992 - Sixto Dur n Ball‚n elected president of Ecuador
05/07/1993 - Richard Chelimo run world record 10 km (27:07.91)
05/07/1993 - Kurd guerrilla’s murder 32 villager in East Turkey
05/07/1993 - A’s Rickey Henderson is 2nd to hit leadoff homers in doubleheader
05/07/1994 - Boxer Buster Douglas comes out of a diabetic coma
05/07/1994 - US changes refugee policy, by sending Haitian boat people back
05/07/1995 - Columbia U beats Hartferd College to be 1st US to win Henley Regatta
05/07/1996 - A’s scores 13 in 1st vs Angels
05/07/1996 - NY Yank John Weteland ties Lee Smith’s record of 19 consecutive saves
05/07/1997 - 104th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beats Jana Novotna
05/07/1997 - NY Yanks withdraw Kenny Rogers and Mariano Duncon deal for SD Padre
05/07/1998 - 53rd US Women’s Open Golf Championship at Blackwolf Run GC, Kohler WI
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
05/07/1546 - Johann Steuerlein, composer
05/07/1654 - Antonio Maria Pacchioni, composer
05/07/1729 - Claudio M da Costa, Brazilian poet
05/07/1755 - Sarah Kemble Siddons, Brecon England, tragic actress (Fatal Marriage)
05/07/1764 - Janos Lavotta, composer
05/07/1775 - William Crotch, composer
05/07/1781 - Stamford Raffles, founder (Singapore)
05/07/1793 - Pavel I Pestel, Russian officer
05/07/1794 - Sylvester Graham, developed graham cracker
05/07/1801 - David Glasgow Farragut, Tenn, Vice Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1870
05/07/1810 - Phineas Taylor Barnum, Bethel Conn, circus promoter (Barnum and Bailey)
05/07/1828 - Paul J C Gabriel, painter/water colors painter/etcher
05/07/1843 - Mandell Creighton, English bishop/historian
05/07/1847 - Agnes Marie Jacobina Zimmermann, composer
05/07/1852 - Stefano Gobatti, composer
05/07/1853 - Cecil John Rhodes, South Africa, politician/diamond merchant
05/07/1857 - Clara Zetkin, German women’s rights advocate/communist
05/07/1858 - Maria J "Marie" Bakker, Dutch actress
05/07/1867 - Andrew Ellicott Douglass, Dendrochronologer (study of tree rings)
05/07/1868 - William H Singer, US painter/collector (Singer Museum, Laren)
05/07/1874 - Gerhard von Keussler, composer
05/07/1877 - Wanda A Landowska, Warsaw Poland, harpsichordist (Musique Ancienne)
05/07/1878 - Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/conductor/composer
05/07/1879 - Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor/composer (Tonhalle Orchestra)
05/07/1879 - Dwight Filley Davis, US Sect of War/donated tennis’ Davis Cup
05/07/1880 - Jan Kubelik, composer
05/07/1881 - Augustyn Hlond, Polish cardinal
05/07/1885 - Andr‚ Lhote, French painter/art historian (Trait‚ du paysage)
05/07/1886 - Felix Timmermans, Flemish writer/painter/cartoonist (Pallieter)
05/07/1886 - Willem Drees, PM of Netherland (PvdA, 1948-58)/Indonesia (AOW)
05/07/1889 - Jean Cocteau, France, writer/artist/director (Le Potamak, Orph‚e)
05/07/1891 - John Northrop, US, biochemist, crystallized enzymes (Nobel 1946)
05/07/1895 - Gordon Jacob, composer
05/07/1897 - Paul Ben-Haim, [Frankenburger], Munich Germany, Israeli composer
05/07/1899 - Anna Arnold Hedgeman, social activist (NYC cabinet)
05/07/1899 - Domingo Santa Cruz Wilson, composer
05/07/1899 - Marcel Achard, French screen/playwright (Jean de la Lune)
05/07/1900 - Bernardus J Cardinal Alfrink, cardinal of Utrecht Netherlands
05/07/1902 - Henry Cabot Lodge, (Sen-R)/ambassador (VP candidate 1960)
05/07/1902 - Frank Waters, writer
05/07/1903 - Irwin Fischer, composer
05/07/1904 - Milburn Stone, Bruton Ks, actor (Doc-Gunsmoke)
05/07/1904 - Harold Acton, English/Italian historian/art collector
05/07/1904 - Franz Adolf Syberg, composer
05/07/1904 - Don Goddard, Binghamton NY, news anchor (ABC Evening News 1958-59)
05/07/1905 - Isa Miranda, [Ines Sampietro], Italian model/actress (La ronde)
05/07/1905 - Jock Cameron, South African cricket keeper (captain)
05/07/1909 - Andrei Gromyko, USSR, diplomat/USSR President (1985-89) [7/18 NS]
05/07/1910 - Robert K Meston, US sociologist (functionalism)
05/07/1911 - Georges Pompidou, banker/premier/president France
05/07/1913 - Smiley Lewis, Louisiana, vocalist (I Hear You Knockin’)
05/07/1914 - Jacob Soetendorp, Dutch rabbi
05/07/1917 - Glenn Reeves, Massillon OH, actor (Defending Your Life)
05/07/1918 - George Rochberg, Paterson NJ, composer (Concord Quartet)
05/07/1920 - Issachar Miron, composer
05/07/1923 - John McKay, WV, football coach (USC, Tampa Bay, 5X Rose Bowl champ)
05/07/1924 - Jan¢s Starker, Budapest Hungary, cellist (Chic Symph 1953-58)
05/07/1924 - Beverly Tyler, Scranton Pa, actress (Fireball, Lorelei-Big Town)
05/07/1926 - Haya van Someren-Downer, 2nd Member of parliament (Dutch Lib Party)
05/07/1926 - Jan¢s Starker, Budapest, cellist
05/07/1926 - Kenneth Gaburo, composer
05/07/1927 - W M Diggelmann, writer
05/07/1928 - Warren Oates, Depoy Ky, actor (East of Eden, Stoney Burke)
05/07/1929 - Tony Lock, cricketer (highly successful England slow lefty bowler)
05/07/1929 - Mary Maxwell Gates, philanthropist/mother of Bill Gates
05/07/1929 - Katherine Helmond, Galveston Tx, actress (Soap, Mona-Who’s the Boss)
05/07/1929 - Graham Anthony Richard Lock, cricketer
05/07/1930 - Tommy Cook, Duluth MN, actor (Missile to the Moon)
05/07/1930 - Yutaka Makino, composer
05/07/1931 - James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke, criminal
05/07/1932 - Edgar Louis Vanderstegen Millington Drake, painter
05/07/1933 - Terence Cooper, Northern Ireland, actor (Casino Royale)
05/07/1935 - Edward McInnes, German scholar
05/07/1936 - Shirley Knight, Goessei Kansas, actress (Endless Love, Secrets)
05/07/1937 - Brooke Hayward, LA Calif, author (Haywire)
05/07/1937 - Frouwke J Laning-Boersema, Dutch politician (CDA) 2nd Chamber
05/07/1937 - Nita M Lowey, (Rep-D-New York)
05/07/1938 - Stanley Joel Silverman, composer
05/07/1940 - Karen Shepherd, (Rep-D-Utah)
05/07/1941 - Barbara Frischmuth, writer
05/07/1942 - Ada J Bas-Jansen, Dutch MP (CDA)
05/07/1944 - Robbie Robertson, [Jamie], Toronto Canada, rock guitarist (Band)
05/07/1945 - Curtis Blefary, baseball player (1965 AL rookie of year)
05/07/1945 - Dick Scoppettone, rocker
05/07/1945 - Jeffrey Kramer, NYC, actor (Ted Stein-Struck by Lightning)
05/07/1948 - Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Wash DC, daughter of Richard Milhaus
05/07/1949 - Benny Stolovitz, fictional character on LA Law
05/07/1950 - Gary Matthews, baseball player (1973 NL rookie of year)
05/07/1950 - Huey Lewis, rocker
05/07/1950 - Michael Monarch, LA Calif, rock guitarist (Steppenwolf)
05/07/1951 - Richard "Goose" Gossage, relief pitcher (Yankees, Padres, A’s)
05/07/1951 - Huey Lewis [Hugh Cregg], NYC, vocalist (and the News-Need a New Drug)
05/07/1951 - Geert Jan Hessing, Dutch rock drummer (Catapult)
05/07/1952 - David Dreier, (Rep-R-Calif, 1981- )
05/07/1952 - Michael Don McNabb, composer
05/07/1952 - Terence Tom Henricks, Bryan Oh, USAF/astronaut (STS 44, 55, 70, 78)
05/07/1954 - John Wright, NZ cricketer (opening batsman 1978-92)
05/07/1955 - Michael Gismondi, rock saxophonist (Michael Stanley Band)
05/07/1956 - James Lofton, NFL wide reciever (Bills, Packers, Raiders)
05/07/1958 - Meredith Ann Pierce, US, sci-fi author (Darkangel)
05/07/1958 - Patsy Pease, Winston-Salem NC, actress (Kimberly-Days of Our Lives)
05/07/1959 - Marc Cohn, singer (Walking in Memphis)
05/07/1959 - Patricia Pease Jeffers, NC, actress (Kimberly-Days of our Life)
05/07/1959 - Tim Shaw, cricketer (South African ODI slow lefty 1991)
05/07/1959 - Veronica Guerin, journalist
05/07/1964 - Salim Raza, UAE cricket all-rounder (1996 World Cup)
05/07/1964 - Mark H Lascells, grandson of English princess Mary
05/07/1965 - Lucy Han, Hartford, Conn, WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-7th-1994)
05/07/1967 - Tim Worrell, Pasadena Calif, pitcher (San Diego Padres)
05/07/1968 - Molly Brock, Berkeley Calif, rower (Olympics-96)
05/07/1968 - Nate Singleton, NFL wide receiver (SF 49ers)
05/07/1968 - Shahid Anwar, cricketer (Pakistani all-rounder 1996 England tour)
05/07/1969 - Joshua Crayton, Redondo Beach Calif, kayak (alt-Olympics-96)
05/07/1969 - John Oostendorp, Iowa City Iowa, 220 lbs greco-roman wrestler (Oly-96)
05/07/1969 - John Leclair, St Albans VT, NHL forward (Team USA, Philadelphia)
05/07/1969 - Haylea Petrie, Australian softball outfielder (Olympics-bronze-96)
05/07/1970 - Doug Bochtler, West Palm Beach FL, pitcher (San Diego Padres)
05/07/1970 - Maureen Lee, Melbourne Australia, golfer
05/07/1971 - Donna Faber, East Orange NJ, tennis star
05/07/1972 - Michael Bays, Enrico Calif, actor (Bronx Zoo, Days of Our Live)
05/07/1972 - Robert Esmie, Jamaica, Canadian 4X100m runner (Olympics-gold-96)
05/07/1972 - Tatsuhito Takaiwa, wrestler (NJPW)
05/07/1973 - Michael Sykora, Pardubice CZE, NHL defenseman (Sharks, Oly-gold-98)
05/07/1973 - Christy Rowe, St Paul Minn, soccer defender (Olympics-96)
05/07/1974 - Julius Caesar G. Abes
05/07/1975 - Ai Sugiyama, Tokyo Japan, tennis star
05/07/1975 - Chris Gratton, Brantford, NHL center (Tampa Bay Lightning)
05/07/1975 - Christoph Brandner, hockey forward (Team Austria 1998)
05/07/1975 - Todd Macdonald, Charlestown, NHL goalie (Florida Panthers)
05/07/1978 - Carmen Kempt, Miss Canada Universe (1997)
05/07/1983 - ?, Roanoke Va, Baby girl born to a mother brain dead for 84 days
05/07/1996 - Dolly the sheep, first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell born in Scotland
TODAY is my Birthday. Looking backwards… many of the saddest times in my life turn out to be the the happiest. So I must be happy now.
This is gonna be good. Why else would I be crying?
