Tuesday’s Nostalgic News – May 9

“OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS…”

• 1926 – Americans Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett became the first men to fly an airplane over the North Pole.
• 1940 – Vivien Leigh debuted in America on stage in “Romeo and Juliet” with Lawrence Olivier.
• 1944 – Jimmie Davis became the Governor of Louisiana. He wrote the song “You Are My Sunshine.”
• 1960 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved for sale an oral birth-control pill for the first time.
• 1962 – A laser beam was successfully bounced off Moon for the first time.
• 1974 – The House Judiciary Committee began formal hearings on the Nixon impeachment.
• 1987 – Tom Cruise and Mimi Rogers were married.
• 1994 – Nelson Mandela was chosen to be South Africa’s first black president.
• 1998 – Lester Butler died at the age of 39 of a drug overdose.

“NATIONAL DAYS”

• National Sleepover Day*
• National Butterscotch Brownie Day
• National Lost Sock Memorial Day
• National Moscato Day
• National Teacher Appreciation Day – Tuesday of the First Full Week in May