1914
\nMother’s Day became a public holiday.<\/p>\n
1926
\nExplorers Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett flew over the North Pole.<\/p>\n
1936
\nFascist Italy annexed Ethiopia.<\/p>\n
1962
\nThe Beatles signed their first recording contract and hired George Martin to be their producer.<\/p>\n
1978
\nThe body of slain former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro was found in an automobile in Rome.<\/p>\n
1984
\nIt took the Chicago White Sox 25 innings, eight hours, and six minutes, over two days, to finally defeat the Milwaukee Brewers, 7-6. It was the longest game (in elapsed time) in major-league history.<\/p>\n
1994
\nThe South African parliament chose Nelson Mandela as president.<\/p>\n
2004
\nChechnya’s Moscow-backed leader, Akhmad Kadyrov, was killed in a bombing. Six others were killed and another 60 wounded.<\/p>\n
Birthdays<\/p>\n
John Brown
\nAmerican abolitionist (1800)<\/p>\n
Belle Boyd
\nCivil War spy (1844)<\/p>\n
Sir James Barrie
\nplaywright (1860)<\/p>\n
Howard Carter
\nEgyptologist (1873)<\/p>\n
“Pancho” Gonzales
\ntennis player (1928)<\/p>\n
Albert Finney
\nactor (1936)<\/p>\n
John Ashcroft
\nformer U.S. attorney general (1942)<\/p>\n
Billy Joel
\nmusician, singer, songwriter (1949)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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