May 6, 1957 – U.S. Senator John Fitzgerald Kennedy was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his book “Profiles in Courage”.
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May 5, 1956 – Jim Bailey became the first runner to break the four-minute mile in the U.S. He was clocked at 3:58.5.
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May 4, 1976 – KISS performed their first concert in their hometown of New York City.
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May 3, 1966 – The game “Twister” was featured on the “Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson. 
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May 2, 1902 – “A Trip to the Moon,” the first science fiction film was released. It was created by magician George Melies. 
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May 1, 1931 – The Empire State Building in New York was dedicated and opened. It was 102 stories tall and was the tallest building in the world at the time. 
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Apr 30, 1789 – George Washington took office as the first elected U.S. president. 
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Apr 29, 1967 – Aretha Franklin’s “Respect” was released. 
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Apr 28, 1947 – Norwegian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl and five others set out in a balsa wood craft known as Kon Tiki to prove that Peruvian Indians could have settled in Polynesia. The trip began in Peru and took 101 days to complete the crossing of the Pacific Ocean. 
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Apr 27, 1968 – Simon & Garfunkel’s “Mrs. Robinson” was released. 
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