Today in History

    What happened on the 5th of May in history?

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    • 1527
      Sack of Rome - End Renaissance
    • 1626
      Peter Minuet purchases Manhattan Island for $24
    • 1794
      Haiti - under Toussaint L'Ouverture - revolts against France
    • 1840
      1st postage stamps issued - by Britain
    • 1851
      SF Chamber of Commerce starts
    • 1851
      Dr John Farrie Patents a "refrigeration machine"
    • 1860
      SF Olympic Club - 1st US athletic club founded
    • 1861
      Arkansas becomes 9th state to secede from US
    • 1882
      Lord Cavendish assassinated at Dublin - Ireland
    • 1890
      Mormon Church renounces polygamy
    • 1906
      Temporary permit to erect overhead wires on Market Street
    • 1915
      Red Sox Babe Ruth pitching debut & 1st HR - loses to Yanks 4-3 in 15
    • 1937
      Dirigible Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst - NJ (36 die)
    • 1953
      Bobo Holloman's 1st major league start - a no-hitter
    • 1954
      Roger Bannister breaks 4 min mile (3:59:4)
    • 1962
      1st nuclear warhead is fired from Polaris submarine (Ethan Allen)
    • 1985
      17th Space Shuttle Mission - Challenger 7 returns to Earth