Limerick Day: birth anniversary of artist and poet Edward Lear (1812-1888).
National Etiquette Week begins (May 12-16).
National Stuttering Awareness Week begins (May 12-18).
125th birth anniversary of Otto Frank (1889-1980), father of Anne Frank, founder of The Anne Frank Foundation.
100th birth anniversary of journalist Howard K. Smith (1914-2002).
Birth anniversaries of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) and Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003).
In 1847, Mormon pioneer William Clayton invented the odometer while crossing the plains in a covered wagon.
Happy Birthday! Burt Bacharach, Yogi Berra, Bruce Boxleitner
1885 - In the Battle of Batoche, French Canadians rebelled against the Canadian government.
1888 - Charles Sherrill of the Yale track team became the first runner to use the crouching start for a fast break in a foot race.
1926 - The airship Norge became the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
1940 - The Nazi conquest of France began with the German army crossing Muese River.
1957 - A.J. Foyt won his first auto racing victory in Kansas City, MO.
1975 - U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez was seized by Cambodian forces in international waters.
1978 - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that they would no longer exclusively name hurricanes after women.
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