MAY 5 | Birthdays and Events

Notable Birthdays for May 5

John Archer (1741-1810) - The first person to received the first medical diploma issued on U.S. continent.

Alexander McNair (1775-1826) - The first Governor of Missouri.

John Batterson Stetson (1830-1906) - Founded the John B. Stetson Company (cowboy hats).

Lee Richmond (1857-1929) - The first pitcher in MLB baseball to pitch a perfect game.

Charles B. Hanford (1859-1926) - Shakespearean actor.

Charles "Chief" Bender (1884-1954) - Professional Native American MLB pitcher.

Pat Carroll (1927-2022) - Voice actor who played Ursula in The Little Mermaid.

Ilene Woods (1929-2010) - The voice of Cinderella in the Disney animation.

Stan Goldberg (1932-2014) - Comic book artist accredited with his work creating the characters in Archie Comics.

Stanley Cowell (1941-2020) - Jazz pianist who helped co-found the record label Strata-East.

Tammy Wynette (1942-1998) - Country music singer of the song Stand By Your Man.

Memorable Events for May 5

1809 - Mary Kies becomes the first woman awarded a U.S. patent (technique of weaving straw with silk and thread).

1866 - Memorial Day first celebrated in NY.

1877 - Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the U.S. Army.

1891 - Carnegie Hall (originally The Music Hall) opens in NY City.

1942  - Sugar rations begin in the U.S.

1943 - Postmaster General Frank Walker invents Postal Zone System.

1945 - The Japanese Army launches a Fu-Go balloon bomb and kills six people near Bly, OR.

1945  - U.S. forces liberate Mauthausen Concentration Camp.

1961 - Alan Shepard becomes the first American astronaut in space.

1965 - The first large-scale U.S. Army ground units land in South Vietnam.