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Wednesday, May 1

Famous Birthdays:
- Writer Joseph Heller, author of "Catch 22," was born on this day in 1923.
On This Day In History:
- On this day in 1960, an American U-2 plane espionage plane was shot down over Sverdlovsk, in the central Soviet Union.
- On this day in 1945, Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels committed suicide with his wife and six children as Russian troops entered Berlin.
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Thursday, May 2

  • Pat Buchanan is attending an Eagle Forum Luncheon in Munster, Indiana.
Famous Birthdays:
- Catherine the Great of Russia was born on this day in 1729.
On This Day In History:
- On this day in 1960, Caryl Chessman, author of "Cell 2455, Death Row," was executed in California's gas chamber, despite world-wide protests.
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Friday, May 3

  • Pat Buchanan is attending a Buchanan for President Rally in Bethesda, MD.
Famous Birthdays:
- Italian statesman and political analyst Niccolo Machiavelli, author of "The Prince," was born on this day in 1469.
On This Day In History:
- On this day in 1971, National Public Radio had its first broadcast.
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Saturday, May 4

Famous Birthdays:
- American educator and author Horace Mann, known as the "father of public education in the United States," was born on this day in 1796.
- Julia Tyler, the second wife of 10th U.S. President John Tyler, was born on this day in 1820.
On This Day In History:
- On this day in 1776, the Declaration of Independence was approved by the Contintenal Congress.
- On this day in 1826, former presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died.
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Sunday, May 5

Famous Birthdays:
- French revolutionary leader Maximilien Robespierre was born on this day in 1758.
- John Penn, signer of the Declaration of Independence, was born on this day in 1740.
- Richard Shelby, Democratic senator from Alabama, was born on this day in 1934.
On This Day In History:
- On this day in 1937, the Hindenburg exploded as it approached Lakehurst, New Jersey.
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Monday, May 6

Famous Birthdays:
- American journalist and women's rights advocate Nelly Bly was born on this day in 1867.
- German socialist and father of modern communism Karl Marx, author of "Das Kapital," was born on this day in 1883.
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Tuesday, May 7

Famous Birthdays:
- Yugolav leader Josip Tito, who was in power from 1945 until his death in 1980, was born on this day in 1892.
- American poet and Librarian of Congress Archibald McLeish was born on this day in 1892.
- Pete Domenici, Republican senator from New Mexico, was born on this day 1932.
On This Day In History:
- On this day in 1954, the Battle of Dien Bien Phu ended when Vietnamese forces defeated the French; the Vietnamese victory virtually ended French rule in Indochina.
- On this day in 1915, the British liner Lusitiania sank off the coast of Ireland after being torpedoed by German submarines.
- On this day in 1945, the remaining German forces surrendered to the Allied forces.
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Wednesday, May 8

Famous Birthdays:
- Harry Truman, the 33rd U.S. president who succeeded to the office after the death of Franklin Roosevelt, was born on this day in 1884.
- Dennis DeConcini, former Democratic senator from Arizona, was born on this day in 1937.
- James Thompson, former Republican governor of Illinois, was born on this day in 1936.
On This Day In History:
- On this day in 1945, German forces surrendered unconditionally to the Allied Forces.
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Thursday, May 9

Famous Birthdays:
- Abolitionist leader John Brown, who led the attack on Harper's Ferry, was born on this day in 1800.
- Confederate spy Belle Boyd, who later became an actress and lecturer, was born on this day in 1843.
- Television journalist Mike Wallace was born on this day in 1918.
On This Day In History:
- On this day in 1754, the first American newspaper cartoon was published in Benjamin Franklin's "Pennsylvania Gazette".
- On this day in 1936, Italy annexed Ethiopia as Italian leader Benito Mussolini celebrated in Rome.
- On this day in 1974, the House Judiciary Committee began hearing on whether to recommend the impeachment of President Richard Nixon.
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Friday, May 10

  • Dole is giving the commencement speech at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C.
  • Dole later addresses the Delaware state GOP convention.
Famous Birthdays:
- Lawyer and signer of the Declaration of Independence George Ross was born on this day in 1730.
- Former House Speaker Carl Albert was born on this day in 1908.
On This Day In History:
- On this day in 1818, American patriot Paul Revere died in Boston.
- On this day in 1994, Nelson Mandela was inaugurated President of South Africa.
- On this day in 1924, J. Edgar Hoover received the job of director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- On this day in 1940, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resigned, and Winston Churchill formed a new government in Great Britain.
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Saturday, May 11

  • Dole attends a crime event in Omaha, Nebraska, and later addresses the Kentucky state GOP convention.
Famous Birthdays:
- Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan was born on this day in 1933.
- Senator James Jeffords, Republican from Vermont, was born on this day in 1934.
- Spanish painter Salvador Dali was born on this day in 1904.
- Modern dancer Martha Graham was born on this day in 1894.
On This Day In History:
- On this day in 1858, Minnesota was admitted to the Union as the 32nd state.
- On this day in 1949, Israel was admitted to the United Nations as the organization's 59th member.
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Friday, May 12

Famous Birthdays:
- Mildred McAfee, appointed by President Franklin Roosevelt to head the U.S. Navy WAVES in 1942, was born on this day in 1900.
- English nurse and public health activist Florence Nightingale was born on this day in 1820.
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Monday, May 13

On This Day In History:
- On this day in 1981, Pope John Paul II was shot twice and wounded while riding in an open car in Rome, Italy.
- On this day in 1846, U.S. General Zachary Taylor declared war on Mexico.
- On this day in 1607, the English colony at Jamestown, Virginia, was settled
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Tuesday, May 14

Famous Birthdays:
- U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) was born on this day in 1942.
On This Day In History:
- On this day in 1973, the House of Representatives received the formal approval to appoint female pages.
- On this day in 1897, John Philip Sousa's march, "The Stars and Stripes Forever," was performed for the first time, in Philadelphia.
- On this day in 1787, delegates began gathering at a Philadelphia convention to draw up the U.S. Constitution.
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Wednesday, May 15

Famous Birthdays:
- Ellen Axson Wilson, wife of former U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, was born on this day in 1860.
On This Day In History:
- On this day in 1972, George Wallace was shot while campaigning in Maryland for the U.S. presidency, and was left paralyzed.
- On this day in 1970, two black students at Jackson State University in Mississippi were killed when police opened fire during student protests.
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Thursday, May 16

  • Bob Dole attends an event in Chicago, IL, and arrives back in Washington later Thursday evening.
Famous Birthdays:
- Button Gwinnett, signer of the Declaration of Independence, was born on this day in 1735.
- William Seward, American statesman and secretary of state under presidents Lincoln and Johnson, was born on this day in 1801; Seward negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000.
- Lowell Weicker, former governor of Connecticut, was born on this day in 1931.
- Author and journalist Studs Terkel was born on this day in 1912.
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Friday, May 17

Famous Birthdays:
- Former Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox was born on this day in 1912.
- Nebraska Governor Ben Nelson was born on this day in 1941.
- Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary was born on this day in 1937.
On This Day In History:
- On this day in 1954, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in its "Brown versus Board of Education" case that segregated public schools were unequal.
- On this day in 1940, the Nazis occupied Brussels, Belgium.
- On this day in 1995, the Senate ethics committee decided to launch a full-scale investigation of Senator Bob Packwood (R-OR) on charges that included allegations that he made improper advances toward women.
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Thursday, May 18

  • Pat Buchanan is in Jefferson City, MO, speaking to the state GOP convention.
  • Bob Dole is attending a race in Charlotte, NC.
Famous Birthdays:
- Pope John Paul II was born on this day in 1920
- Former Senator Warren Rudman (R-NH) was born on this day in 1930.
On This Day In History:
- On this day in 1896, the Supreme Court endorsed racial segregation in it's "Plessy vs. Ferguson" decision.
- On this day in 1861, the Union troops engaged in the north's first offensive against the Confederate troops in the Civil War.
- On this day in 1933, the Tennessee Valley Authority was created.
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Sunday, May 19

  • Bob Dole is in Miami Beach, FL.
Famous Birthdays:
- Black nationalist and civil rights leader Malcolm X was born on this day in 1925.
- Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh was born on this day in 1890.
On This Day In History:
- On this day in 1921, Congress established national quotas for immigrants bypassing the Emergency Quota Act.
- On this day in 1994, former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis died inNew York.
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Monday, May 20

Famous Birthdays:
- Ron Reagan, son of former President Ronald Reagan, was born on this day in 1958.
- Former Maine Governor John McKernan (R) was born on this day in 1948.
- Bob Dole is in Clearwater, Largo and Tampa, FL, today. Hillary Clinton appears on CNN's Larry King Live tonight.
On This Day In History:
- On this day in 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic when she completed her 13.5 hour flight.
- On this day in 1927, Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field, New York, in a plane called the "Spirit of St. Louis," and completed the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
- On this day in 1993, President Clinton signed the Motor Voter Bill into law.
- On this day in 1861, the Confederacy moved it's capital to Richmond, Virginia.
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Tuesday, May 21

  • President Clinton meets with with Malaysian Prime Minister Mohammad Mahathir at the White House.
  • Hillary Clinton is in Arlington at a dedication ceremony honoring the nearly 1,000 journalists who died while on assignment.
  • Bob Dole is Oshkosh and Fond Du Lac, WI.
  • Elizabeth Dole is attending a rally in Fletcher, NC.
On This Day In History:
- On this day in 1991, former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated when a nearby bomb exploded
- On this day in 1927, Charles Lindbergh completed the first solo trans-Atlantic flight when he landed his plane, the "Spirit of St. Louis," in France.
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Wednesday, May 22

  • President Clinton is scheduled to attend a campaign fund-raiser with Sen. Christopher Dodd in Stamford, CT, and will attend events in New London, CT, New York, NY, and and Milwaukee, WI.
On This Day In History:
- On this day in 1947, Congress enacted the "Truman Doctrine" when it appropriated aid for Greece and Turkey.
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Thursday, May 23

  • President Clinton meets with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl in Milwaukee, WI.
  • Hillary Clinton delivers the commencement speech at the University of Maryland in College Park, MD.
  • Bob Dole is in Philadelphia, PA.
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Friday, May 24

  • Former Chicago Mayor Jane Margaret Burke Byrne was born on this day in 1934.
  • Former Detroit Mayor Coleman Alexander Young was born on this day in 1946.
  • President and Mrs. Clinton are in Washington today, but have no public schedule.
  • Bob Dole meets with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl.
On This Day In History:
- On this day in 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was opened after nearly 14 years of construction.
- On this day in 1861, 24-year-old Elmer Ellsworth became the first Union casualty of the Civil War.
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Saturday, May 25

On This Day In History:
- On this day in 1810, Argentina freed itself from Spanish rule and became an independent republic.
- On this day in 1961, President John Kennedy called on the United States to work on getting a man on the moon by the end of the decade.
- On this day in 1787, delegates, including George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and James Madison, met in Philadelphia to form a quorum and open the first Constitutional Convention.
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Sunday, May 26

Famous Birthdays:
- Sally Ride, who became the first American woman in space aboard the space shuttle Challenger,was born on this day in 1951.
On This Day In History:
- On this day in 1994, Vietnam and the United States resumed diplomatic relations nearly 20 years after the end of Vietnam War.
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Monday, May 27

Famous Birthdays:
- American social reformer and women's rights advocate Amelia Bloomer was born on this day in 1818.
- Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT) was born on this day in 1944.
- American suffragist Julia Ward, who wrote the "Battle Hymn of the Republic," was born on this day in 1819.
- Dr. Henry Kissinger, former secretary of state, was born on this day in 1923.
- William Sessions, former FBI director, was born on this day in 1930.
- Yasuhiro Nakasone, former Japanese prime minister, was born on this day in 1917.
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Tuesday, May 28

  • Pat Buchanan is in Helena, MT.
  • Bob Dole is in Denver, CO; and Ontario and Long Beach, CA.
Famous Birthdays:
- New York Mayor Rudolph Guiliani was born on this day in 1944.
- Politician Barry Commoner was born on this day in 1917.
- French physician Joseph Guillotin, who advocated the use of the beheading machine and after whom it was named, was born on this day 1738.
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Wednesday, May 29

  • Pat Buchanan is attending a livestock auction in Bilings, MT.
  • Bob Dole is visiting Redondo Beach, San Diego and Sacramento, CA.
Famous Birthdays:
- John F. Kennedy, thirty-fifth president of the United States, was born on this day in 1917.
- American revolutionary leader and orator Patrick Henry was born on this day in 1736.
On This Day In History:
- Wisconsin became the thirtieth state to be admitted to the United States.
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Thursday, May 30

  • Pat Buchanan is visiting Little Bighorn Battlefield in Crow Agency, MT.
  • Bob Dole is visiting Chicago, IL, and Cincinnati, OH.
On This Day In History:
- On this day in 1783, the "Pennsylvania Evening Post" became the first daily newspaper to be published in the United States.
- On this day in 1431, French patriot Joan of Arc was burned at the stake.
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Friday, May 31

  • Pat Buchanan is in Seattle, WA.
  • Bob Dole is attending the Republican National Committee's annual meeting of state chairman in Washington, D.C.
On This Day In History:
- American poet Walt Whitman, author of the poetry collection "Leaves of Grass," was born on this day in 1819.
- On this day in 1962, former SS officer Adolph Eichmann was hanged in Israel for his involvement in the murder of more than a million Jews during World War II.
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