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May 15, 1998 – Sonny and Cher received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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May 14, 1897 – “The Stars and Stripes Forever” by John Phillip Sousa was performed for the first time. It was at a ceremony where a statue of George Washington was unveiled.
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May 13, 1967 – Mickey Mantle hit his 500th homerun.
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May 12, 1960 – Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley appeared on the same TV special and performed the other’s hit. Elvis sang “Witchcraft” and Sinatra sang “Love Me Tender.”
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May 11, 1957 – The Everly Brothers made their debut on “Grand Ole Opry” in Nashville, TN.
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May 10, 1962 – Marvel Comics published the first issue of “The Incredible Hulk.”
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On May 9, 1994, South Africa’s newly elected Parliament chose Nelson Mandela to be the first president of the post-apartheid era.
The New York Times wrote, “The power that had belonged to whites since they first settled on this cape 342 years ago passed today to a Parliament as diverse as any in the world, a cast of proud survivors who began their work by electing Nelson Mandela to be the first black president of South Africa.”
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May 8, 1914 – The U.S. Congress passed a Joint Resolution that designated the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day.
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May 7, 1833 – Composer Johannes Brahms was born.
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May 6, 1957 – U.S. Senator John Fitzgerald Kennedy was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his book “Profiles in Courage”.
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