ANDREWS MCMEEL ALMANAC
Today is the 130th day of 2024 and the 52nd day of spring.
TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson issued the first presidential proclamation calling for a national Mother's Day holiday.
In 1974, the U.S. House of Representatives opened impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.
In 2001, 126 soccer fans died in a stampede at the Accra Sports Stadium in Ghana.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: John Brown (1800-1859), abolitionist; J.M. Barrie (1860-1937), author/playwright; Howard Carter (1874-1939), archaeologist; Mike Wallace (1918-2012), journalist; James L. Brooks (1940- ), director/producer; Candice Bergen (1946- ), actress; Billy Joel (1949- ), singer-songwriter/pianist; Tony Gwynn (1960-2014), baseball player; Rosario Dawson (1979- ), actress; Prince Fielder (1984- ), baseball player.
TODAY'S FACT: When Federal Communications Commission Chairman Newton Minow described network TV programming as a "vast wasteland" during a speech on this day in 1961, the top-rated shows in the United States were "Gunsmoke," "Wagon Train" and "Have Gun -- Will Travel."
TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1984, the Chicago White Sox finally defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 7-6 in a 25-inning game that had been suspended from the day before. It was the longest timed game in Major League Baseball to date, at 8 hours and 6 minutes.
TODAY'S QUOTE: "Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?" -- J.M. Barrie, "The Little White Bird"
TODAY'S NUMBER: 27 -- current member nations in the European Union. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, Moldova, Albania, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Turkey and Georgia are candidates for membership.
TODAY'S MOON: Between new moon (May 7) and first quarter moon (May 15).