History for May 5 - On-This-Day.com
Soren Kierkegaard 1813 - Philosopher, poet, theologian, Karl Marx 1818 - Socialist writer ("Das Kapital", "The Communist Manifesto"), founder of communism, John B. Stetson 1830 - Hat manufacturer, inventor of cowboy hat
Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochran Seaman) 1865 - Journalist, wrote about taboo subjects for her time period (divorce, poverty, capital punishment, insanity), women’s rights advocate, Tammy Wynette (Virginia Wynette Pugh) 1942 - Country singer, Annette Bening 1959 - Actress
1892 - The U.S. Congress extended the Geary Chinese Exclusion Act for 10 more years. The act required Chinese in the U.S. to be registered or face deportation.
1961 - Alan Shepard became the first American in space when he made a 15 minute suborbital flight.
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