Poor Gabriel's Almanac -- May 03

From: poorgabriel@mystery.com
Newsgroups: alt.happy.birthday.to.me, alt.astrology, alt.fan.jai-maharaj, 
alt.astrology.metapsych
Subject: Poor Gabriel's Almanac -- May 03
Date: Sat, 03 May 2003 04:01:24 -0000
Message-ID: <vb6fokgkinr916@corp.supernews.com>

Interesting things that happened May 3rd:

Birthdays on this date:
  In 1874 Francois Coty, perfumemaker
  In 1898 Golda Meir, Israeli leader
  In 1903 Bing Crosby, crooner, actor
  In 1906 Mary Astor, New York Socialite
  In 1919 Pete Seeger, folk singer
        + Betty Comden, song writer
  In 1933 James Brown, singer (I Feel Good . . . HEH!)
  In 1937 William Bennett, crime buster
  In 1939 Samantha Eggar (in England), actor
  In 1946 Greg Gumbel
  In 1947 Frankie Valli, seasonal singer
        + Doug Henning, magician
  In 1951 Christopher Cross, musician

Events worth noting:
  In 1765 First US Medical school opened.
  In 1830 First regular steam train passenger service starts.
  In 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville - Beaten Union army withdraws.
  In 1898 Camp Merriman established at the Presidio.
  In 1919 America's first passenger flight (New York-Atlantic City).
  In 1922 Mayor Hylan closes streets for building of Yankee Stadium.
  In 1932 24 tourists begin the first air-charter holiday, from London to
          Basle, Switzerland for 7 days.
        + The "real Alice", Mrs Alice Hargreaves (née Liddell), accepts an
          honorary degree from Columbia University.
  In 1951 Gil McDougald ties record with 6 RBIs in 1 inning.
  In 1952 First landing by an airplane at geographic North Pole.
  In 1965 First use of satellite TV, Today Show on the Early Bird Satellite.
  In 1971 National non-commercial network radio begins programming.
        + National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" begins braodcasting.

And remember ...
  National Hamburger Month
 
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