Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Todays day in history


so if you have an example of something cool that happened today, i'm all ears cause i dont.

1 comment:

  1. Sorry I didn't get this sent on the 5th, but here is some things that happened on the 5th of May in History.

    1809
    Mary Kies of South Killingly, Conn., became the first woman to be granted a patent. The patent was for the rights to a technique for weaving straw with silk and thread.

    1821
    Napoleon Bonaparte died on the island of St. Helena.

    1891
    Carnegie Hall (then known as Music Hall) opened in New York City. Peter Tchaikovsky was the guest conductor.

    1925
    John Scopes was arrested in Tennessee for teaching Darwinism.

    1961
    Alan Shepard became the first American in space.

    1981
    Bobby Sands of the Irish Republican Army died in a prison hospital on the 66th day of his hunger strike.

    2004
    Pablo Picasso's "Boy with a Pipe" became the most expensive painting ever sold.

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