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Famous Birthdays
- 1972: Martin Brodeur - New Jersey Devils
- 1961: George Clooney - Michael Clayton
- 1931: Willie Mays - New York Giants Alum
- 1915: Orson Welles - Citizen Kane
- 1856: Sigmund Freud - Neurologist
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Famous Deaths
- 1910: Edward VII of the United Kingdom
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The 2000s
- 2008: Police in San Diego arrest 96 people during a raid at a San Diego State University
- 2008: Barack Obama wins the North Carolina Democratic Primary contest
- 2008: Hillary Rodham Clinton wins the Indiana Democratic Primary contest.
- 2007: Nicolas Sarkozy wins the French Presidential Elections beating Segolene Royal. Sarkozy would replace Jacques Chirac on May 16
- 2008: Police in San Diego arrest 96 people during a raid at a San Diego State University
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The 1980s
- 1981: Design by Maya Ying Lin, a 21 year old Yale University architecture student from Ohio, selected to become the Vietnam War Memorial
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The 1960s
- 1954: British Runner Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes during a track meet at Oxford
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The 1940s
- 1942: On the Philippine Island of Corregidor During World War II American Forces surrender to the Japanese
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The 1800s
- 1889: In Paris France the Eiffel Tower is opened to the public for the first time during the Worlds Fair.
- 1856: Psychologist Sigmund Freud is born in Freiberg, Moravia, now the Czech Republic.
- 1889: In Paris France the Eiffel Tower is opened to the public for the first time during the Worlds Fair.
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May 6 Moment of Zen
- The Daily Show: Kilpatrick's Blessing (2008)
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- The Daily Show: Ozzy Osbourne shout out (2002)
