May 2nd
1902 - "A Trip to the Moon," the first science fiction film was released. It was created by magician George Melies.
1869 – La Folies-Bergére opened in Located at 32 rue Richer in the 9th Arrondissement, Paris, France.
1994 - Nelson Mandela claims victory in the first democratic South African elections.
1997 - At the age of 44, Tony Blair becomes the Britain's youngest prime minister in 185 years.
1519 - Artist Leonardo da Vinci dies.
1568 - Mary, Queen of Scots, escaped from Loch Leven castle and revoked her abdication.
1536 - King Henry VIII accused Anna Boleyn of adultery & incest.
1887 - Hannibal W Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film
1980 - Pink Floyd's single, ‘Another Brick in Wall (Part II)’, is banned in South Africa.
2000 - President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military, paving the way for the ‘Sat Nav’
2012 - Edvard Munch's famous painting 'The Scream' sells at auction for $119,922,500
Birthdays
1936 - Engelbert Humperdinck (Arnold George Dorsey) Singer (Please Release Me, The Last Waltz)
1915 - Margaret Rose "Peggy" Mount OBE, English actress (d. 2001) (The Larkins, George & The Dragon, Mrs Bumble - Oliver! - 1968)
1972 - Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, American professional wrestler and actor. (The Mummy Returns, The Scorpion King, Star Trek: Voyager Episode: "Tsunkatse")
1903, Benjamin Spock, the American pediatrician whose books on child rearing influenced generations of parents. Author (Common Sense Book of Baby Care).
1892 - World War 1 flying ace Manfred Richthofen, also know as the Red Baron.
1972 - J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI for 48 years, died at age 77.
1974 - David Beckham, Footballer. Husband of Victoria ‘Posh Spice’.
1955 - Jay Osmond rocker (The Osmond Brothers)
1601 - Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)
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May 1st
Beltaine or Beltane (which is known in the old Irish language as Bel(l)taine or Beltine or in the modern Irish as Bealtaine while in the Scotish Gaelic it is known as Bealltain. (This actually the Gealic name for the month of May as well as the actual festival). Historically this Gealic festival was celebrated in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man, Bealtaine is a cross-quarter Day and marks the midpoint in the Sun’s progress between the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice. The name derives from the words Bel - the 'bright one' (the Celtic god) and the Gaelic word 'teine' meaning fire, giving the name ' Beltaine ', meaning 'bright fire'. http://www.moriasplace.com/festivals/blog.html
1394 - Ekiho, exorcised the Zen temple & it's surroundings from an old badger.
1471 - Thomas a Kempis spiritual writer (Navolging of Christ), dies at 91.
1974 - Death of Arnold Crowther, Gardnerian Witch.
1840 - The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, was issued in the United Kingdom.
1925 - Cyprus becomes a British colony.
1707 - the Act of Union between Scotland and England came into force.
1944 - Messerschmitt Me 262 Sturmvogel, 1st jet bomber, makes 1st flight.
1967 - Singer Elvis Presley married Priscilla Beaulieu in Las Vegas.
1869 – La Folies-Bergére opened in Located at 32 rue Richer in the 9th Arrondissement, Paris, France.
1883 – ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody put on his 1st Wild West Show
1950 - Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for her book of poetry called Annie Allen.
2011 - Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted man is killed by the United States special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Birthday
1493 - Phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10)
1852 - Martha Jane Cannary (or Canary) Burke] better known as Calamity Jane, frontier adventurer/indian fighter.
1946 - Joanna Lumley, Kashmir India, actress (Abs Fab, OHM's Secret Service, The New Avengers, Saphire and Steel, Absolutely Fabulous)
1954 - Ray Parker Jr, Detroit Mich, rock guitarist/vocalist (Ghostbusters)
1967 - Samuel Timothy "Tim" McGraw, Country singer (Just to See You Smile, Live Like You Were Dying, I Like It, I Love It)
1881 - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French philosopher and paleontologist.
April 30th
Walpurgis Night (Walpurgisnacht). In German tradition, on this night the German Witches gather on the Blockberg mountain in northeastern Germany. (a traditional spring festival on 30 April or 1 May in large parts of Central and Northern Europe- It is one form of the May-Day festival)
0030 – Believed to be the date on which Jesus of Nazareth was crucified.
1396 - Crusaders & earl of Nevers depart from Dijon.
1692 - (Salem Witch Trials) Several girls accuse former Salem minister George Burroughs of witchcraft.
1993 - The World Wide Web was born at CERN.
1006 - Supernova SN 1006, the brightest supernova in recorded history, appears in the constellation Lupus.
0311 - Emperor Galerius legally recognizes Christians in the Roman Empire.
1873 - David Livingstone, Scottish missionary and explorer, died.
1789 - George Washington took office in New York as the first president of the United States.
1986 - The Soviet Union admit that a fire has occurred in the core of the nuclear power reactor at Chernobyl, Sweden and Germany have been asked for assistance in fighting the fire. The radiation leak has not been quantified.
1991 - A cyclone reaching speeds of 230 kph drives a 6 metre high tidal wave into the Bangladeshi port of Chittagong, killing over 131,000 & leaving 9 million homeless.
1945 - Adolf Hitler commits suicide in a bunker in Berlin, Germany.
Birthdays
1854 - James Montgomery, the Scottish poet and hymnwriter, died. (Lift Up Your Heads Ye Gates of Brass, Hail to the Lord's Anointed and Angels From the Realms of Glory) Poems included (The World and The Wanderer of Switzerland).
1947 - In Nevada, the Boulder Dam is officially renamed Hoover Dam…….again.
1974 - Agnes (Robertson) Moorehead Emmy Award-winning actress (Endora from Bewitched) died.
1899 - Lucie Mannheim, Berlin, actress (East Meets West, The 39 Steps)
1953 - Merrill Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (The Osmond Brothers)
1943 - Bobby Vee, Fargo ND, (Devil or Angel, Night has a Thousand Eyes)
1982 - Kirsten Dunst, Point Pleasant, New Jersey, American actress (Interview with the Vampire, Spider-Man)
1981 - Kunal Nayyar, Actor (Rajesh Koothrappali - Big Bang Theory)
1651 - St. Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, French philanthropist and founder of the Brothers of the Christian Schools.
1933 - Willie Nelson, Abbott Texas, country singer (On the Road Again)
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