Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, Louisville, KY. 140th annual. See www.kentuckyderby.com
Birth anniversary of Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527).
Birth anniversaries of James Brown (1933-2006), Bing Crosby (1903-77), Golda Meir (1898-1978)
1921 - West Virginia imposed the first state sales tax.
1971 - National Public Radio broadcast for the first time.
1986 - In NASA's first post-Challenger launch, an unmanned Delta rocket lost power in its main engine shortly after liftoff. Safety officers destroyed it by remote control.
1988 - The White House acknowledged that first lady Nancy Reagan had used astrological advice to help schedule her husband's activities.
1992 - Five days of rioting and looting ended in Los Angeles, CA. The riots, that killed 53 people, began after the acquittal of police officers in the beating of Rodney King.
2000 - The trial of two Libyans accused of killing 270 people in the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 (over Lockerbie) opened.
2006 - In Alexandria, VA, Al-Quaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui was given a sentence of life in prison for his role in the terrorist attack on the U.S. on September 11, 2001.
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