May 7

German submarine sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 (1915); Eva "Evita" Perón born (1919); Football legend Johnny Unitas born (1933); Germany unconditionally surrenders, ending its participation in WWII (1945); The Scream is recovered undamaged after being stolen for three months (1994).

May 5

Napoleon Bonaparte dies while in exile (1821); Cinco de Mayo commemorates Mexican victory in the Battle of Puebla (1862); Alan Shepard becomes first American in outer space (1961); HBD singer-songwriter Adele (1988)

May 6

Famed neurologist Sigmund Freud born (1856); HBD baseball great Willie Mays (1931); Hindenburg disaster kills 36 (1937); Roger Bannister becomes first person to run a mile in under four minutes (1954); RIP actress and singer Marlene Dietrich (1992).

May 4

Actress Audrey Hepburn born (1929); first Grammy Awards held (1959); Margaret Thatcher becomes first female prime minister of the UK (1979); Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin and Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat sign peace accord (1994).

May 1

HBD Calamity Jane (1852); Dwarf planet Pluto is named (1930); Empire State Building opens in NYC (1931); The polio vaccine is first made available to the public (1956); HBD Tim McGraw (1967).

April 30

George Washington becomes first president of the US (1789); Louisiana Purchase land deal between US and France doubles the size of the US (1803); Adolf Hitler commits suicide in underground bunker (1945); HBD actress Gal Gadot (1985).

Willie Nelson

Did you know... ... that today is Willie Nelson's Birthday? Born April 30, 1933, in Abbott, Texas, Willie Hugh Nelson -- an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist -- was one of the main figures of outlaw country, a subgenre of country music that developed at the end of the 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restrictions of the Nashville sound. Happy birthday, Willie!